About DMS Consulting
About DMS Consulting

Desirae “DeeDee” Spangler, M.S. is the founder of DMS Consulting. DeeDee
received her Masters degree in Special Education from National University and
her Bachelors degree in Communications from Ohio University with a Minor in
Coaching. She also received a Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis as a
Behavior Analyst from National University in 2005. She has been involved in
the San Diego Special Education community since 1996 as an Educational
Advocate/Consultant: Behavioral Consultant; Director of a Multi-Sensory
Therapy Center, Special Education Teacher; Home School Teacher/Supervisor/
Therapist; Special Education Classroom Assistant; Campus Behavior Specialist;
current board member of the San Diego County Chapter of the Autism Society
of America for her fifth year; and most of all,
FRIEND.

Training:  Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Treatment and Education of
Autistic and related Communication handicapped Children (TEACCH); Picture
Exchange Communication System (PECS), Pivotal Response Training (PRT);
Floortime (Relationship Based Model), Brain Gym (sensory), Sensory
Integration, Handwriting Without Tears (HWOT), Touch Math, Key Math,
Teach Me Language, Blending Methodologies, Language! (a special education
language arts curriculum), Harcourt Math (a general education math
curriculum), Visualizing and Verbalizing (V&V), BIP and BSP (Behavior
Intervention and Behavior Support Plan), and PART-R (Physical Assault
Response Training).

Assessments: The Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills
(DIBELS); Brigance (Comprehensive Inventory of Basic Skills); Analytical
Reading Inventory (ARI); Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA);  Bader
(Reading and Language Inventory); Woodcock-Johnson III (WJIII);
Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI-5); Conner's Rating
Scale; Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills (ABBLS); Lindamood-
Bell Auditory Conceptualization Test (LAC); Receptive - Expressive
Observation (REO) and CORE, and many other assessments often used by
school districts and private practices.

DeeDee continues to serve on the board of the San Diego County Chapter of
the Autism Society of America for her fifth year, serving her first two years as
Treasurer and current Secretary. She is also a member of the National Autism
Society of America, Council for Exceptional Children, and Ohio University and
National University Alumni.

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