Sisters Supporting Successful Learning in the Community

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR

Judith Benn, M.A., BCET
Board Certified Educational Therapist and Certified Dyslexia Remediation Specialist

Judith Benn is the Founder and Director of Milestones Educational Therapy Institute LLC. She is a Board Certified Educational Therapist and is certified in Cognitive and Dyslexia Remediation.  She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Psychology with a cognitive and developmental area of emphasis from California State University, Los Angeles.

She began her professional experience as an elementary school teacher. Judith has sixteen years of educational experience and has worked extensively in a variety of settings, including school districts, private schools, and private clinics. Judith has presented at national conferences and provides in-service teacher training for private schools.  In addition, she has been a consultant for numerous school districts and several private and independent schools.  Similarly, she has collaborated on several transdisciplinary teams as well as providing international consultative services.  She also serves as one of the study group leaders for the Santa Monica/West Los Angeles, Association of Educational Therapists.  She has devoted her career to providing evidenced based remediation programs to children of all ages presenting with a variety of diagnoses.

Willette Lever-ET/P
Educational Therapist and Clinic Director

Willette is an educational therapist and has dedicated her entire career to the educational field. She began her early career as an elementary school teacher. Afterwards, she was promoted to a school administrator where she was instrumental in developing programs to significantly reduce student’s retention rate and increase graduation rate. In addition, she has been instrumental in designing curriculum for parents who desire to home school their children. Her passion and desire to support children are evident in the numerous organizations in which she spends countless hours volunteering.

Our Story

At Milestones, we understand first hand, the needs of children with leaning differences. As parents of children with learning differences and educational therapists we have a unique perspective working with children and their families.
As educators, we have passionately participated in the educational system in various roles and settings. We have been school administrators, teachers and learning coaches as we home-schooled our own children, nieces and nephews from elementary to high school. They have successfully matriculated to both, private and public high schools and universities.
We are proud parents of children with learning differences who have an in depth knowledge and understanding of their learning profile. In addition, they have received remediation to strengthen their cognitive abilities to gain academic success. Their academic achievements include acceptance into top universities, medical school and a magna cum laude graduate from USC graduate school.
It is a privilege to work alongside families in discovering, honoring and embracing their child’s learning profile. As parents and educational therapist we are dedicated, passionate and committed to supporting families on their academic journey to success.

The Milestones Team

Milestones employs a team of preeminent educational clinicians who possess a master’s degree in psychology, education or related field and have extensive experience working with students with learning differences. In addition, all clinicians are supervised by the director and undergo comprehensive training in our remediation programs and the proven methodology and philosophy of Milestones. After the director develops a treatment plan, the educational clinician works one-to-one with the student.  Continual collaboration between the director and educational clinician occur while the student attends Milestones.