Jill M. Leafstedt, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of Education at California State University. She has worked extensively with young children struggling to learn to read with a special focus on students with learning disabilities and students learning English. Jill has trained numerous teachers, parents, psychologists and paraprofessionals in how to help struggling readers learn to read.
Catherine (Cara) Richards, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the College of Education at California State University, Long Beach. She has taught students with disabilities and English Learners as a classroom teacher. Cara has also work extensively with school districts on developing Response to Intervention models and has trained teachers to use assessments and interventions that increase student achievement and support RTI models.