Dr. Teddy Osantowski "Life is not fair, but God is." Company: Hands-on Phonics in Reading Location: Henderson, NV Website: www.handsonphonicsinreading.com

Biography:
Dr. Osantowski is a survivor of domestic abuse, anorexia, parental abuse, rape, divorce, interracial marriage, and family rejection. She distinguished herself as an outstanding educator in Illinois and was a college instructor at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Ill. She established the Dr. Teddy B. Osantowski Textbook Fund, through the Prairie State College Foundation, to help needy students buy textbooks.

She taught in Chicago's Inner -city schools for 38 years. She devised an enrichment program for autistic children and presented it in Nevada's Clark County School District for 3 years. It is still used in the district. She was an adjunct faculty member at University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV).

She is a published author of "The Little Survivor" and "The Black Landed Gentry of Montgomery County." She has presented her "Hands-on Phonics in Reading" (HOPIR) at local, national, and international conferences. This program is geared toward non-readers and remedial readers of all ages. It reduces the restless behavior of the highly active male learners. It is used throughout the United States.

She is a member of community service organizations in Las Vegas: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. She is Board member of the Achievement Academy, a school for autistic children. She was, recently, appointed by the Henderson, Nevada City Council to the Blue Ribbon Commission for Excellence in Education. She and her husband live in Henderson, Nevada and are parents of two adult sons.

Availability:
As a motivational speaker to students, organizations, & coporations