Rita Cevasco

Rita Cevasco enjoys language arts and teaching, as well as helping others share her interest in both. Rita shared her passion when teaching her own children to read and write--discovering that the experience was not as smooth or romantic as she imagined! For decades Rita has worked with students who struggle as readers and writers, understanding that interest is not possible until skills are improved and success is achieved.

Rita has spent over thirty years working as a speech-language pathologist and reading-writing specialist. She has extensive training in intervention for dyslexia and dysgraphia, combining various reading and spelling programs with her speech-language knowledge to impact all language arts skills. Rita has built her work on evidence-based strategies from the fields of language and reading, using methods that have also been tested with her own students--all of whom struggle with reading, writing, and language-based learning difficulties. Rita is the co-owner of Rooted in Language, where she teaches online educator training classes, creates podcasts and blogs, and co-authors instructional materials. She specializes in creating deep learning strategies to aid students in taking small steps toward huge growth and progress.

Rita is married and the mother of three married adult children, so she understands parenting children in traditional school, homeschool, and university settings. Rita is pursuing her life-long writing interests as she continues to develop and share ideas and curricula at RootedinLanguage.com and through the Rooted Community.