Rebecca Lawer, Founder of Parenting Rx, has more than 10 years of experience in public and private schools and in the Early Intervention Program. She provides services in English and Spanish to children with special needs including those with language and learning delays, multiple handicaps and Autism.
She has served as a team member on Committee of PreSchool Education, Committee for Special Education and Individual Family Service Plan Meetings. Her experience includes performing speech and language evaluations, screenings and developmental evaluations for young children, and training in the use of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS).
In addition, Rebecca has led Parent-Child groups designed to help parents of 2-3 year olds with developmental delays understand how to better meet the needs of their children.
She holds a Masters Degree in Special Education with a concentration in Autism and dual New York State Certifications as a Teacher of Speech and Hearing Handicapped and Special Education Teacher, as well as a Bilingual Extension (Spanish) to both these certifications.
Parenting Rx was founded to give parents of both typically developing children and children with developmental delays a place to go to receive the in-home support they are seeking when concerns arise regarding their child's development and behavior.