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Dr. Walter Dunson, Ph.D.
Dr. Walter Dunson, Quick Facts
Main Areas: Dyslexia, Morphology, Phonology, Articulation, Visual Processing, Auditory ProcessingCareer Focus: Author, Consultant
Affiliation: International Dyslexia Association, Learning Disabilities Association of America
Dr. Walter E. Dunson is an academic language therapist who has more than twenty years of experience working with students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences in one-on-one and small group tutorials. He is recognized for his knowledge of learning disabilities, dyslexia, and English phonology and morphology.
Dr. Dunson received extensive Orton-Gillingham training and was mentored through a 2760-hour practicum by a founding Fellow in the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators and has received additional training in: Lindamood-Bell's Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech; Visualizing and Verbalizing Program of Concept Imagery for Comprehension and Thinking; Seeing Stars Program of Symbol Imagery for Sight Words, Reading, Phonemic Awareness, and Spelling; and Dr. Jane Fell Greene's Language! Program, a curriculum for at-risk and ESL students in grades K-12 and includes components for writing, spelling, reading, grammar, and vocabulary.
Dr. Dunson is a dyslexia researcher, former member of the Board of Directors of the International Dyslexia Association (Houston Branch), and the author of four books: School Success for Students with Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties, The English Code: A Forensic Approach to Mastering the Language, The English Code: Student's Manual, and The English Code: Grammar Directory.
Dr. Dunson is a member of the Weinfeld Education Group, LLC, a team of multidisciplinary experts, based in Maryland, who specialize in special needs advocacy, assessment, training, and related student services.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Dr. Walter Dunson,
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."
-Marcel Proust
