About Us

In her more than twenty years in education, Adina has worked in and with a wide variety of schools. Her college experience includes a B.A. in English and Education, a Masters in Educational Leadership, Reading and Bilingual/ESL and a second Masters in Counseling and Psychology. She has worked with students from Pre-School through College as well as with adult learners. Adina is a fluent Spanish speaker who has extensive experience in cross cultural education and evaluations. She has also worked as a counselor and assessment specialist with private mental health agencies.

Adina spent many years as a bilingual general and special education teacher working in Title I Schools. She was a professional development trainer, mentor, master teacher, counselor and At-Risk Coordinator. In those roles, she led guidance classes, facilitated small group sessions for children in a variety of situations and settings, and worked with students with behavior and emotional problems. All of these experiences led her to become a diagnostician. As a diagnostician, she is endorsed by the state of Texas, has passed a rigorous state registry exam, and obtained national certification in the area of Educational Diagnostics. She has served as a Pre-school evaluator, Autism team evaluator, evaluator for a school for gifted learners, and district bilingual evaluator.

Her experience with adult learners includes ESL and GED teacher as well as teacher at Collin County and Tarrant County Community Colleges, and Education professor at Texas Wesleyan University.

Adina serves as a parent resource, teaches parenting classes, facilitates social groups for children, promotes advocacy for parents with children with special needs and is also a State of Texas certified vision and hearing screener and iLs certified Practictioner.

Adina is also familiar with various special education paperwork programs such as Special Education Manager, eSPED, CEAS, and Encore, as well as TAKS/STAAR  testing, and allowable and recommended accommodations.  Having completed extensive and specialized training in Conflict Resolution and IEP meeting facilitation, Adina is a passionate yet  diplomatic advocate for families with a true gift for getting schools and families to work together  in the best interest of  the children.

Adina is married and has three children. In 2003, she began Rich Educational Consulting. She can be reached at adina@richeducationalconsulting.com or 972.816.3100.