Linda Lang

Linda is a special education teacher and remedial therapist with 25 years of international experience and training for exceptional children, remedial therapy, learner support, and elementary classroom education.

Born and raised in Scotland, Linda is a British-trained educator, a graduate of Lawside Academy secondary school in Dundee, Scotland, and received the Diploma in Primary School Education in 1980 from the Dundee College of Education.  In 1996, Linda received the Further Diploma in Remedial Education (Cum Laude) from RAU in Johannesburg, a South African institution of higher education now known as the University of Johannesburg.  Linda's supplementary training also includes the Cognitive Education workshop under the tutelage of cognition expert Professor Willie Rautenbach of Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Prior to her arrival in 2006 to the Charlotte area, Linda was a member of the teaching staff at the renowned Crossroads Remedial Centre in Johannesburg, the leading South African school for children with specific learning disabilities.  During her 14-year tenure at Crossroads, Linda was a classroom Teacher as well as an individual and group Remedial Therapist.  Linda's other teaching appointments have included several years in the United Arab Emirates at the prestigious International School of Choueifat in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi.

At Crossway Pediatric Therapy since May 2010, Linda provides intensive educational intervention services to students with or without diagnosed learning disabilities.  Linda works with students of all ages to improve their reading, math, writing, comprehension and language-processing skills using multi-sensory processing based methods.

Linda provides remedial tutoring for children who can benefit from a more structured and nurturing environment to further their learning.  Linda attends to your child's individual needs according to his/her learning style and potential.  By working individually or in small groups, Linda applies a more flexible approach to encourage each child's confidence in their own ability.  The frequency and duration of therapy for each child depends on individual needs; some children are able to return confidently to traditional schools following a short interval of specific therapy, whereas others need ongoing support.  Linda's aim is to help children to thrive in a stable, tolerant, and understanding environment; to improve their self-confidence and to reduce the anxiety and frustration often associated with the feeling of inadequacy that many children feel when experiencing learning problems.