Tara J TuckTara Tuck began her career as an educator teaching elementary school in Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor's degree at Lesley College, a master's degree in Speech and Language Pathology from Boston University and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate tudies in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ms. Tuck developed and taught one of the first self-contained classes for students with severe language disabilities, and worked for many years as a speech-language pathologist specializing in classroom inclusion, becoming a district inclusion specialist in Florida. She has extensive experience with all ages of children, from toddlers through high school and has developed and taught numerous workshops for teachers on language and literacy skills. Ms. Tuck currently teaches graduate courses in Linguistics and English as a Second Language for Lesley University in addition to her work with parents, caregivers and teachers through The Joy of Language publications, seminars and web site. Read More Read Less