About Sara Mattia, Founder of My Learning Farm

I am a mom of two amazing kids who were diagnosed with dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia at young ages.  My life’s work became focused to find ways they learned best to achieve their academic potential. As my kids have grown & spread their wings, I have the privilege to share my knowledge and passion for education with your kids. I am grateful to families for allowing me to support their journeys.

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Qualifications:

-Masters Degree, Journalism Deakin University, Geelong Australia

-Bachelor’s Degree, Journalism CSU, Chico

-60 units of post graduate coursework in targeted academic subjects and human development areas

• Live scanned with all charter schools

• Certificate of Completion: How to Make Sure the IEP is in Tip-Top Shape: Learning Ally & San Diego Dyslexia Training Institute

• Certificate of Completion: Parents: Know Your Rights: Learning Ally & San Diego Dyslexia Training Institute

• Certificate of Completion:  Parent Education and Advocacy Training Center: WrightsLaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Training

• Member NorCal Dyslexia Association

• Member National Dyslexia Association

• Completed: What is Dyslexia? Course, University San Diego, Dyslexia Training Institute 

• Completed: Structured Word Inquiry (SWI), University San Diego, Dyslexia Training Institute

• Completed: Orton-Gillingham Best Practices, University San Diego, Dyslexia Training Center

• Completed: Institute for Multisensory Education, OG in Every Classroom Series

• Certificate of Completion Orton-Gillingham Academy: What is Dyslexia?

• Attended: Organized Binder Executive Function Tips for Student Success

• Completed: Orton-Gillingham Academy Orton-Gillingham Introduction

• Certificate of completion: Overcoming Dyslexia, Yale University Center for Dyslexia & Creativity

• Certificate of Completion: Wilson Language Training, Wilson Reading System 

• Certificate of Completion: The Morphological Matrix Matters, Peter Bowers PhD

• Certificate of Completion: Shift the Lexical Lift: Research-Based Stragetgies for Elevating Vocabulary Acquisition in Elementary and Middle School, Amy Elleman, PhD

• Certificate of Completion: Becoming Literate: The Coordinated Development of Reading and Social-Emotional Functioning for students, Rebecca Gotlieb, PhD

• Certificate of Completion: Helping High-Frequency Words Stick Fiona Hamilton and Rebecca Loveless

• Certificate of Completion Structured Literacy Instruction: The Importance of Pacing and Literacy Component Integration, Jessica Hamman

• Certificate of Completion: Simple Not Simplistic: Clarifying Phonemes to Build Literacy, Sue Hegland

• Certificate of Completion: Why are our children Not Reading a Grade-Level? R. Malatesha Joshi, PhD

• Certificate of Completion: Current Understandings about Reading Comprehension,  Molly Ness, PhD

• Passed  California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST)

• Passed  Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA)

• Utilize Making Math Real®-Based Strategies & Methods (MMR)

  • Completed: MMR overview

  • Completed: MMR 9-lines intensive

  • Completed: MMR 4-Operations

• Vendor for:

  • South Sutter Charter School,

  • Harvest Ridge Cooperative Charter Homeschool,

  • Clarksville,

  • Feather River,

  • Cottonwood School

  • Sequoia Grove Charter Alliance

  • Forest Charter School

I love all things agriculture, I volunteer extensively with 4-H and FFA, national organizations which promote youth in agriculture. I am a proud Placer County Farm Bureau member. I have attended farming & agriculture workshops and classes from University California Agriculture & Natural Resources. I am a member of Calpaca, National Pygmy  Goat Association. I love playing in the dirt, I can usually be found with a shovel in my hand or playing with my animals. I grow sunflowers, vegetables, fruits, pumpkins and am always experimenting with new crops.

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My Learning Farm Supports Community: Miners Ravine 4-H, Gold Country Fair, Gold Country Junior Livestock Auction, High School Rodeo, Loomis Community Senior Center, Placer County Farm Bureau, Calpaca, S.O.W. Ministries because building community MATTERS

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