Sandra Rief, MA, is an internationally known speaker, educational consultant, and author specializing in practical and effective strategies for helping students with ADHD and Learning Disabilities succeed in school. She has written several books and presented numerous seminars, workshops and keynotes nationally and internationally on this topic. Sandra has trained thousands of teachers in the U.S. and throughout the world on best practices for helping students with ADHD, and worked with many schools in their efforts to provide interventions and supports for students with learning, attention, and behavioral challenges.
Among some of the books she has authored (published by Jossey-Bass/Wiley) are: How to Reach & Teach Children and Teens with ADD/ADHD: Practical Techniques, Strategies, and Interventions, 3rd Edition (2016), The ADHD Book of Lists: A Practical Guide for Helping Children and Teens with Attention Deficit Disorders, 2nd Edition (2015), The Dyslexia Checklist (co-authored with J. Stern, 2010), The ADD/ADHD Checklist, 2nd Edition, How to Reach & Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy (co-authored with J. Heimburge) and How to Reach & Teach All Children in the Inclusive Classroom, 2nd Edition (co-authored with J. Heimburge). Sandra has also developed and presented acclaimed educational DVDs, including: ADHD & LD: Powerful Teaching Strategies and Accommodations. She is the author of several laminated reference guides including, ADHD & LD: Classroom Strategies At Your Fingertips; Dyslexia: Strategies, Supports & Interventions; Executive Function: Skill-Building Support Strategies for the Elementary Classroom; Executive Function: Skill Building and Support Strategies, Grades 6-12; and Section 504: Classroom Accommodations, all published by National Professional Resources, Inc./Dude Publishing.
Sandra is formerly an award-winning special education teacher from San Diego Unified School District (California Resource Specialist of the Year), with a couple decades of experience teaching in public schools. Presently, Sandra is an instructor for continuing education and distance learning courses offered through a few universities on instructional and behavioral strategies and interventions for reaching and teaching students with ADHD, LD and other mild to moderate disabilities. She received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Illinois.
