Experience

Robyn Honiberg, M.Ed., is one of the most well-known, highly regarded, and sought after Special Education consultants in the metropolitan Washington, DC area.

Consulting Experience

Educational Consultant (1999 - present)
McLean, VA

Educational advocate for children with special needs and developmental disabilities:

• Successfully helped over 250 families in the Washington metropolitan area with educational planning, IEPs, and parent advocacy training.
• Effectively assisted families in persuading schools to provide programs and services, and increase educational benefits for their child.

Hospital Experience

Education Consultant (1990 - 1999)
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Department of Developmental Pediatrics
Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Effective, articulate advocate for children and adolescents with special needs:

• Coordinated educational testing, advocacy and consulting for school-age patients
• Specialized grasp of medical issues and diagnoses
• Detailed knowledge of special education laws and regulations governing public schools in Maryland, Virginia and D.C.
• Successful expert witness in due process hearings

Director of Special Education (1989 - 1990)
Greenery Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center, Boston, MA

Specialized in managing the unique educational requirements of children who were hospitalized or had a variety of complex, chronic medical conditions:

• Developed psycho-educational programs for children and adolescents with chronic disabilites.
• Won a complex, precedent-setting case on behalf of a Greenery patient fighting to have the City of New York fulfill it's special education obligations.

Teaching Experience

Special Education Teacher,
Rochester, NY, Prince George's County, and Boston, MA (1986-1989)
Regular Elementary Education Teacher, Rochester, NY (1978-1986)

Experienced teaching both special and regular elementary education. Certified special education teacher for Maryland, Massachusetts and New York.

Education

M.Ed., Special Education, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY
B.S. Regular Education (K-6) and Special Education (K-12), Ohio State University, Columbus, OH