About Credentials Unlimited

Credentials Unlimited is your partner in personalized learning in the Science of Reading. We offer laser-focused courses that align with the Knowledge and Practice Standards for the Teachers of Reading. Our course offerings provide you with deep knowledge in content YOU determine to improve YOUR practice.

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Lori Severino, Ed.D.

Lori is a retired Assistant Professor at the School of Education at Drexel University. She teaches courses in reading, high incidence disabilities, and student teaching. Her area of expertise is in reading disabilities. Prior to teaching at Drexel, she was a special education teacher in public education for 26 years. Most of her teaching career was working with students with dyslexia. She is committed to preparing all teachers to be able to teach all students to read. She is a member of the instructional strategies committee of the Philadelphia Readby4th campaign.

Dr. Severino is a certified Wilson Language trainer and teaches the Wilson coursework as well as offering professional development to local districts. Dr. Severino worked with a team of researchers to develop a web-based reading comprehension assessment for adolescents (ACE: Adolescent Comprehension Evaluation). This assessment uses fNIRS (functional near infrared spectroscopy) during the validation process and is a patent-pending process. She is the Co-author of Using Creativity to Address Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia: Assessments and Techniques. Dr. Severino has presented nationally and internationally at IDA, CLD, and EECERA.

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Donna Hejtmanek, M.Ed

Donna Hejtmanek (hite-man-ik) retired after 41 years of teaching special education and serving as a reading specialist-interventionist. She served as president of the Literacy Task Force of Northern Wisconsin, was appointed by Gov. Scott Walker in 2014 to Wisconsin’s Read to Lead Literacy Council, served as the legislative chair of the International Dyslexia Association and served on The Legislative Council Study Committee on the Identification and Management of Dyslexia in 2018,  resulting in Wisconsin’s first dyslexia bill, Act 86, signed into legislation in 2019. Hejtmanek was awarded the Herb Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award in 2016.  Donna retired in 2018.  In retirement, she spends her days creating professional development opportunities for teachers on  her Facebook group, Science of Reading—What I Should Have Learned in College, and is a co-owner of Credentials Unlimited,  providing opportunities for non-credit micro-credentials.

Our Advisory Committee

We are honored to have the following literacy luminaries be on our Credential Unlimited Advisory Committee.

The committee will serve as liaisons, as they gather invaluable input from the literacy community, offering insights that shape the development of our micro-credential courses. Their role also extends to providing critical feedback, helping us refine and strengthen our offerings to better serve educators and students alike.

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Claude Goldenberg, Ph.D.

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Nancy E. Hennessy. M.Ed.

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Harvey Hubbell V

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Kenneth Pugh, Ph.D.

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Hollis Scarborough, Ph.D.

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Mary Wennersten

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