DeJunne’ Clark Jackson
DeJunne’ Clark Jackson, M.A., M.A.T., M.Ed., CALT, LDT, serves as President at The Center for Literacy & Learning. She is an educational professional with over a decade of experience working with children and adolescents. From early childhood development to college matriculation, DeJunne’ has been able to serve a host of students – helping them to become successful in their educational pursuits. In addition to her past service with a district attorney’s child advocacy center, she has served in the capacities of college disabilities facilitator, classroom teacher, school counselor/student services coordinator, and reading interventionist.
DeJunne’s current leadership includes also serving as President of The Reading League Louisiana, state leader of Decoding Dyslexia Louisiana, and the founder of Learning Fundamentals Educational Therapy & Consulting. DeJunne’ has the honor of selection to the Louisiana Department of Education’s Dyslexia Bulletin Workgroup, Early Literacy Commission, and Special Education Advisory Panel. She is the co-author of The Speech Language Pathologist’s Guide to Dyslexia. DeJunne’, among other achievements, is a Certified Academic Language Therapist and only one of three nationally credentialed AET Educational Therapist in the state of Louisiana.
DeJunne’ has an in-depth knowledge of the necessary school-based solutions for students with attention and learning challenges, particularly struggling readers. Having several opportunities to empower parents through awareness, DeJunne’ has delivered several parent-focused and school-solutioned education presentations. She is most impassioned about the advocacy she’s curated surrounding dyslexia awareness, early identification, and remediation.
She is a proud alumnus of Louisiana Tech University and William Carey University. She is a native of the greater New Orleans area and has lived in north Louisiana for a bit, but currently calls Baton Rouge home.