About Us

Dr. Marilyn F. Engelman

Dr. Engelman has been a professional special educator since 1971, with public school and university faculty appointments. She has done research concerning college students with learning disabilities and attention deficits, administered a university LD support program, and has taught at the university level in all main aspects of special education and assessment. She provides teacher training and in-service consultation and has a private practice specializing in psycho-educational, neuropsychological assessments, college advisement service, therapeutic placement, private school placement. She has advised over 1000 students of all abilities, helping them with college, school and special residential programs. She has been a special educator and reading teacher. Dr. Engelman has taught assessment and special education courses at Clark University, Boston College, Simmons College, Tufts University and Regis College. She is a member of the Indpendent Educational Consulting Association (IECA), Since 1995 Certified Educational Planner, a member of the Council of Exceptional Children (CEC), a member of the Massachusetts Branch International Dyslexia Association (MABIDA), and Learning Disabilities World Wide Association (LDWWA), Council for Learning Disabilities (CLD) and CHADD. Chaired three conferences of the New England Joint Conference on Specific Learning Disabilities. She has also spoken at numerous national conferences.

Dr. Eileen Antalek

Eileen Antalek, Ed.D. is the Assistant Director of Educational Directions, Inc. She has worked in education for 17 years. She worked with learning disabled, culturally disadvantaged, and international students at the college level, specializing in organization skills, reading comprehension, and written language expression, and served as an academic advisor to LD students. Dr. Antalek has taught and tutored high school and college students as well, and is a licensed school psychologist. Within her spiritual community, Dr. Antalek has taught elementary through middle school students and has served as the Education Director. She recently completed research on learning disabled students and written expression. Dr. Antalek is a member of APA, CLD, CEC, IDA and is an associate member of IECA. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Branch of IDA (MABIDA). She Also presented at local and national conferences. Dr. Antalek has also presented at local and national conferences on assessment, placement, and learning disabilities.

Linda Kreisel

Linda Kreisel., M.A., has been a Learning Disabilities Specialist for over 35 years. She has setup L.D. Programs in public school settings in Salinas, California and Demarest, New Jersey. Since 1966, she has tutored in both private and public school settings where she has also conducted teacher training workshops. Ms. Kreisel's most recent experience includes classroom teacher training, developing a study skills curriculum for 7th and 8th grade students and tutoring L.D. Students for 17 Years at the Rivers School of Weston, Mass. Linda has an undergraduate degree in Special Educations and an M.A. in Learning Disabilities from Teachers College, Columbia University. Presently Ms. Kreisel is associated with the Hallowell Center in Sudbury, Mass and has been a Psycho Educational Diagnostician at Educational Directions for 10 Years.