About
Margaret Bentley
Margaret (Meg) Bentley is a Specialist in the Assessment of Intellectual Functioning (S.A.I.F.) and Learning Disabilities Specialist, certified in New Hampshire. She is also certified in General Special Education and Elementary Education.
Meg earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary and Special Education at Boston College and her Master of Education degree in Learning Disabilities at Rivier College in 1988. In addition to her Master’s Degree, advanced coursework for certification as a Specialist in the Assessment of Intellectual Functioning was completed at Rivier College in 1990.
Meg has extensive experience working with children, teachers and parents in the field of special education. She was a S.A.I.F. and Learning Specialist for the Hudson, NH School District for 9 years. Meg worked for the Litchfield School District as the Special Education Coordinator, working with families and students from preschool through high school. She has also taught children in both general education classrooms and in a resource room setting.
As a college instructor, Meg Bentley taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Rivier College in Nashua, NH and at Notre Dame College in Manchester, NH. In addition, Meg has shared her wealth of knowledge and educational techniques by presenting teacher training seminars in Hudson, Derry, Pembroke, Manchester, NH and Plymouth, MA.
Meg has specialized training in the Orton-Gillingham based reading instructional techniques of Project Read and Wilson Reading. Intensive study of learning strategies developed by Howard Gardner and Mel Levine are incorporated into Meg’s instruction.
Meg provides tutoring and coaching to children and adolescents, as well as consultation to their families. She specializes in working with students with Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disability as well as other learning differences.