Richard (Rick) Lavoie

Richard D. Lavoie is currently the director of the Schwab Foundation for Learning. He was Executive Director of Riverview School from 1990-2001, a boarding school for adolescents with learning disabilities.  Lavoie is one of the most sought-after speakers in the field of learning disabilities and has made appearances on ABC Nightly News, Good Morning America and the CBS Morning Show in the USA.

He serves as a consultant on learning disabilities to many agencies, among them ABC News, New York Times, Walt Disney Studios, and the Secondary School Admissions Board. He has been a guest speaker at many universities, including Rutgers. He frequently has articles on the web  and his “FAT City” video is the largest selling video in the field of Education.  His presentations are entertaining as well as informative.

Without a doubt, Rick Lavoie is one of the best presenters and also is known as The  Teacher of Teachers. Below are articles about Rick or by him.

Richard Lavoie: Understanding the Learning Disabled Child  by Linda Proudfoot
Re-published with the kind permission of Linda.

The Teacher's Role in Developing Social Skills  excerpted from the Teacher's Guide that comes with the video Last One Picked ... First One Picked On - Learning Disabilities and Social Skills with Richard Lavoie.  This video can be obtained from the products page (see link on side bar)

Please click this link Last One Picked .... First One Picked On  You will need to download Real Player (click here) to view this.

LD Online have the rest of Rick's videos with previews.