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pecan

Wed, Dec 10 2008, 11:38 pm

Has anyone ever heard of Rifka Schonfeld who heads SOS - she does teacher training, evaluations, etc.
What have you heard?

flowerpower

Wed, Dec 10 2008, 11:39 pm

She is all over-in all publications. She is educated in kids that are lacking social skills, acedemic skills....

amother

Wed, May 06 2009, 7:46 pm

Does anyone know her success rate?

qeenB

Wed, May 06 2009, 7:51 pm

you can pm me for some info that I have

ShakleeMom

Wed, May 06 2009, 8:01 pm

I know a mother who sent her daughter for the social skills training group. it costs money. daughter begged to go back a second year.

amother

Sun, May 23 2010, 4:27 pm

It's now a year later. Any new opinions on Rifka Schonfeld/SOS?

pecan

Sun, May 23 2010, 5:23 pm

I only went to her once. She had some useful suggestions, but it was not for reading or social skills. I didn't really benefit, but maybe others did.

user

Thu, Apr 04 2013, 11:45 pm

I know its an old thread, I am wondering if anyone has any information about her.

seeker

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 1:25 am

I see her ads and stuff all over, I'm curious what it is she DOES that's so hot, or if she's just trying to sound special but is really doing the same stuff as the rest of us. Not that there's anything wrong with that, I just want to know if I can be special too or if there's some secret Wink

sister

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 2:15 am

I had a very bad experience with her about a year ago. I needed help for my special needs child and found her to be extremely unprofessional

user

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 8:39 am

That's my question, is she really that special or she just advertises all over the place. Do any of you would know someone else that could to a good evaluation about some reading issues with a big boy?

amother

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 9:30 am

I just want to point out that she isn't a therapist.

user

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 10:51 am

I am not looking for a therapist, looking for someone that could tell me if my son has any learning disability. Is she licensed?

marina

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 11:13 am

If you are looking for an evaluation, please call your local Board of Education. They are required by law to provide this service for no charge.

seeker

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 1:22 pm

Yes, Marina, but with the DOE you just have to kind of trust whoever they send to do the evaluation. For all I know, they might be fine, but I just have no way of knowing. Whereas reading specialists are practically a dime a dozen in Brooklyn, and I'm sure you can easily get a referral to someone competent. Not that I object to going the DOE route, just saying I could see why someone might prefer a personal referral.

User, for a formal diagnosis of learning disabilities you'd need an educational psychologist. A M.Ed, like me and this Schonfeld, can assess whether the child has a reading problem, which skills need work, and other related factors that could be helpful for intervention, but we could not give a diagnosis. If you're looking to get services funded by the Dept of Ed, you need the diagnosis.

oliveoil

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 1:24 pm

She is not licensed or trained at all.

user

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 1:52 pm

I am not necessarily interested to get funded by the government. I just someone that is experienced with kids to tell me if he has a reading issue or its a vision issue. I don't know if she's the kind of person that would be honest enough that if it doesn't belong to her she would tell me or she's is a "I can do it all" kind of person.

oliveoil

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 3:51 pm

There's a place in Boro Park that doesn't vision therapy (it's free, I believe). They could probably tell you. I hear great things about it.

anonymrs

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 3:54 pm

I just checked out her website. I'm curious to know what are her credentials? training? It does not say anywhere on the website.

seeker

Fri, Apr 05 2013, 4:26 pm

user wrote:

You would have to get an evaluation by a developmental opthalmologist or developmental optometrist to rule out vision issues first. Then, if they tell you there are no vision issues or that the vision issues alone don't account for the difficulties, you go to a reading specialist for a reading-specific evaluation. But the only way to know if a reading issue is just that, is to rule out other causes.

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