About

Serving Granbury and Hood County, Texas

literacy consulting specialties

exists to give hope to those who struggle with dyslexia and other learning differences. We identify dyslexia or other learning differences and prescribe a strategy for overcoming those differences and assist the student in learning how to view his/her out-of-the-box thinking as an advantage.

Karen Haggard

Years of experience: 20+

Karen holds both a B.A. in Special Education and an M.Ed. in Reading from Harding University.  She has taught for over 20 years in a variety of classroom settings, including elementary special education, high school Spanish and college English. She’s been a dyslexia tutor since 2015 and is certified at the advanced level in the Barton program.  She trained with Susan Barton to become a Barton screener and consultant.  If you are unfamiliar with the Barton Reading and Spelling System, you can learn more about this program here https://bartonreading.com.  Karen is also certified by the Texas Education Agency in Special Education and by the Association of Christian Schools International as a Reading Specialist.

Karen is also an Associate Educational Therapist and a member of AET.  Education therapy can help students who have broad reading, writing or math difficulties or who struggle with executive function skills like time management, organization, self-regulation, flexibility and task initiation.