About Me

Hi! I’m Megan Sheehan-Dean.

The process of learning fascinates me and I have been a curious observer while I taught in early childhood, elementary, and college classrooms, trained teachers, worked with parents, and parented two wonderful humans (now adults-yikes!) with their own unique learning profiles.

Early in my career I was the third grade teacher who said, “Your child is shy, but fine at school” when a parent expressed concern about behaviors at home. I didn’t know then about the impact of masking sensory differences.

A decade later I was the parent who at conference time heard things like, “Your child is always making careless mistakes. They don’t care about their work.”

Over time my professional and parenting experiences broadened my understanding of the impact personal connection, interoceptive awareness and sensory processing have on emotions and learning. I bring this knowledge to the work I do now.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

For over three decades my professional career has been dedicated to early learning, child development, and parent education. I have ten plus years of classroom teaching experience in preK through fifth grade.  I served as a director of a federal child care center in West Virginia and later as the Interim Director of the Laboratory Preschool at Louisiana State University.  As an adjunct instructor at LSU, I supervised student teachers and taught classes in pedagogy.

I’m a life-long learner, so this list continues to grow, but some of the certifications and trainings that influence my approach include:

  • The Neuropsychology of Learning Disabilities (Dr. William Stixrud);

  • An Evidence-Based-Approach to Improving Interoception (Kelly Mahler)

  • Neurodiversity-Affirming OT Practice (Learn Play Thrive)

  • Master IEP Coach®

  •  LiPS, Visualizing Verbalizing (Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes)

  •  Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS-Teachstone)

  •  Handwriting Without Tears

I earned a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and my undergraduate degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.