Dianne Tucker-LaPlount is a teacher, reading specialist, and educational therapist with over 25 years of experience in reading, writing, and specific language disabilities. Trained in the Slingerland method, she has wide experience teaching students with learning differences and ELL students. She is coauthor with Louise Skinner of Words—Writing, Reading, and Spelling (Prentice Hall) and is the author of Phonetic Fiction, a series of beginning readers for adults (Red Van Publishers).