IVY PREP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Founder
- Learning Specialist
Dr. Mannis has presented on the following topics:
Foreign Language Learning Disabilities
Homework Strategies
Executive Functions and Organization
Methods of Reading Instruction
Learning Disabilities Among Intellectually Gifted Students
Education of Students with Brain Tumors
Educational technology
Metacognitive Awareness
2e Twice Exceptional Students
Developing and Implementing Accommodation Plans
Concussion Management
Medically Based Education Planning
Educational Remediation
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Executive Function Skills Development
Language Acquisition
Getting Your Child the Help He Needs
Adults Learning
Road Map for Learning: Customizing Instruction
Curriculum Development for Learning Disabled Students
Ivy Prep was founded by Dr. Rebecca Mannis, a learning specialist in private practice with 35 years of experience teaching children and adults in New York City and worldwide. Dr. Mannis holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology with a specialization in Neuroscience and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a Masters degree in Reading, Language and Learning Disabilities from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her publications include a chapter in a 1999 volume of Child and Adolescent Clinics of North America. She was an editor of The Jewish Special Educator and is the tri-state liaison to the SENG- Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted.
Dr. Mannis consults to schools and corporations about the neuroscience of learning, remediation, learning disabilities, individualized instruction and adaptive technology. She coordinated educational services for cancer survivors and children with traumatic brain injury for The Making Headway Foundation for 14 years.
Dr. Mannis has been in practice for over 30 years and was a 2009-2014 appointee of Harvard Graduate School of Education's Alumni Council.