Laurie McCloskey is a a classroom teacher certified in special and general education with experience in curriculum development. She is trained in using Orton-Gillingham approaches to reading instruction and has taught reading and study skills to elementary, middle, and high school students. She is the co-author of the children's book The Day Frankie Left His Frontal Lobes at Home and co-author of the Silas/McCloskey Executive Functions Curriculum published by CentralReach..