About Educational Enterprises, Inc.

Karen J. Rooney, Ph.D. is Director of Educational Enterprises, Inc. in Richmond, VA. Karen holds degrees in English and Secondary Education, a Master of Science (assessment of cognitive abilities and reading) as well as a Ph.D. in Education (major areas: special education, psychology, research/statistics). She is licensed to teach English (grades 7-12) in New York State and English (grades 7-12) as well as Learning Disabilities (grades K-12) in Virginia. Previously, Karen was Director of The Learning Resource Center and The Attention Disorders Clinic. She is a past member of the national board of the International Dyslexia Association and was the 2007 recipient of the Rebecca Brock Richardson award. Karen was a representative on the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, is Past-President of the Division for Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children, was on the Professional Advisory Board of the Learning Disabilities Association of Virginia and was Chair of the Steering Committee of the National Adolescent Literacy Coalition. Dr. Rooney has made many presentations and provided professional development at the local, state and national levels.

Educational Enterprises, Inc. was formed in 1994 and its mission is to empower individuals through education. The company was formed with several divisions. Instruction and professional development to share the learning strategies that were developed by Dr. Rooney formed one branch, assessment comprised another and consultation was the third. The company expanded to produce educational materials such as Wordstorming and Reverse Diagramming as well as the strategy instruction manuals for upper elementary, middle and high school students, which are entitled Independent Strategies for Efficient Study.

Dr. Rooney's sons, Patrick and Sean, were involved in the early technical development of the materials and Sean has provided the coding/technical support since the beginning of the company. Recently, he has created digital versions of the previously published programs (Strategies for Efficient Learning, Wordstorming and Reverse diagramming).