Dan Leibowitz was born and raised in Connecticut and spent significant portions of his childhood in Vermont, where he later earned his Bachelor's Degree at the University of Vermont. After graduating in 1991 he spent two years in northern New Mexico teaching skiing, and then pursued his interest in working with kids by earning a Master's in Education and his CT teaching credential. In 1995 he was hired by the Weston, CT Public Schools and was charged with creating and delivering the 6th grade language arts and study skills curricula. In 1997, after two years of classroom teaching, he relocated to San Francisco, where he enrolled in San Francisco State's Special Education Master's and Educational Therapy programs.
It was then he founded EdTherapy Education Services and began focusing on the ways technology and other tools can accommodate students with varying learning profiles. Hired by Drew School in 1999 to direct its emerging Learning Support Program, he learned a great deal about the opportunities and challenges associated with supporting high school students with learning and attentional disabilities -in and out of school. After this experience, Dan was hired by the Jewish Community High School to run its program. Through close collaboration with the school counselor, Dan developed a keener appreciation for the emotional lives of kids and adolescents. Until last spring, Dan worked part time at Town School for Boys as the Upper School Learning Specialist, grades 5-8.
It was then he founded EdTherapy Education Services and began focusing on the ways technology and other tools can accommodate students with varying learning profiles. Hired by Drew School in 1999 to direct its emerging Learning Support Program, he learned a great deal about the opportunities and challenges associated with supporting high school students with learning and attentional disabilities -in and out of school. After this experience, Dan was hired by the Jewish Community High School to run its program. Through close collaboration with the school counselor, Dan developed a keener appreciation for the emotional lives of kids and adolescents. Until last spring, Dan worked part time at Town School for Boys as the Upper School Learning Specialist, grades 5-8.
Born out of a love for teaching, learning and the tools that organize the process, Innovative Learning Services takes pride in supporting learners of all ages, helping parents identify and pursue educational supports, and designing a variety of engaging presentations for professional groups, students, schools and parent organizations.