Marion Blank, Ph.D., is Director of the Light on Learning Program in the Columbia University
Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program (a unit for children with autism spectrum disorders).
Her teaching programs have proven to be so effective that she is able to teach meaningful
literacy even to children who do not speak.
Dr. Blank is a developmental psychologist who has spent over forty years studying how
children learn. She has lectured extensively around the world, served as a consultant to
government bureaus in many countries, authored over sixty articles and seven books on
language. Recently she has published Phonics Plus Five, a comprehensive and unique
reading program.
From 1973 to 1983, Dr. Blank was a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers
Medical School where she served as the director of a research unit in reading disabilities.
From 1960 to 1973, she was on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Throughout her career, Dr. Blank has been the recipient of many awards and commendations
including being the New Jersey nominee for the Frank R. Kleffner Clinical Career Award of the
American Speech-Language Hearing Association. In addition, she is a member and fellow of
the American Psychological Association, and on the board of the New Jersey Association of
Children with Learning Disabilities.
She has written the following book and designed the system below:
Developmental Neuropsychiatry Program (a unit for children with autism spectrum disorders).
Her teaching programs have proven to be so effective that she is able to teach meaningful
literacy even to children who do not speak.
Dr. Blank is a developmental psychologist who has spent over forty years studying how
children learn. She has lectured extensively around the world, served as a consultant to
government bureaus in many countries, authored over sixty articles and seven books on
language. Recently she has published Phonics Plus Five, a comprehensive and unique
reading program.
From 1973 to 1983, Dr. Blank was a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers
Medical School where she served as the director of a research unit in reading disabilities.
From 1960 to 1973, she was on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at the Albert
Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Throughout her career, Dr. Blank has been the recipient of many awards and commendations
including being the New Jersey nominee for the Frank R. Kleffner Clinical Career Award of the
American Speech-Language Hearing Association. In addition, she is a member and fellow of
the American Psychological Association, and on the board of the New Jersey Association of
Children with Learning Disabilities.
She has written the following book and designed the system below:
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The Reading Remedy: Six Essential Skills That Will Turn Your Child Into
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