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The
basis of the dePaul School began with the work of noted
psychologist and researcher, Dr. Charles Shedd. Dr.
Shedd was Director of the Reading Disabilities Clinic of the
University of Alabama School of Medicine, and devoted many
years of research into the identification and remediation of
students with dyslexia. As a result of his research, he
created a curriculum which used specific techniques for
teaching reading and spelling to students with dyslexia.
Dr. Shedd's work added to the growing body of evidence that
children and adults with dyslexia could learn to read, when
taught through a multi-sensory, structured linguistics
approach.
Sister Anne Rita Mauck, an
educator in Louisville, Kentucky, began working with Dr. Shedd
in 1965. Building on Dr. Shedd's curriculum,
Sister developed an instructional program tailored to meet the
academic and organizational needs of children with dyslexia
and devoted her entire career to education, and more
specifically, to diagnosing and remediating the dyslexic
child. She founded the dePaul School in 1970. The
dePaul School also guided educators in other states to create
schools modeled after the Louisville example.
The Pinellas
County dePaul School was established in 1983 by a group of
frustrated parents who were unable to find the right learning
environment for their dyslexic children. Familiar with
the dePaul School in Louisville, they contacted Sister Anne
Rita. With training and guidance from Sister and the
Louisville school, they established the dePaul School as a
non-profit, non-sectarian institution, with the sole purpose
to assess, remediate and return the dyslexic student to
ongoing educational settings.
In 1983, twenty families began a
Saturday Tutorial program, meeting in the Largo Library.
In 1984, a full time school opened for students age 6-14 in
Dunedin, Florida. Today, the dePaul School is located in
Clearwater and offers full-time school, summer school and
Saturday Tutorial Program. |
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The
Pinellas County dePaul School was established in
1983...
The dePaul School
provides an alternative educational experience for adults,
youth, and children with learning disabilities and attention
deficits. |
