About

DIANA BLACK KENNEDY, MA, is a board certified educational therapist with a thriving private practice in Marin County, Calif. Her extensive classroom experience spans second grade through high school, rural, urban, and suburban settings, and public and private schools.

Since 2009, she has worked one on one as an educational therapist with a wide range of diverse, unique, wonderful students, including students with learning disabilities and neurodivergences, as well as people who are gifted, talented, and twice exceptional. A former student of the UCSC Silicon Valley Educational Therapy program, she has taught Structured Literacy I and II since 2019. She began serving as chair of the Educational Therapy certificate program in 2026.

Black Kennedy earned a Master's Degree in Elementary Education from UC Berkeley and a Master's Degree in English Literature from Indiana University, Bloomington. She presents and provides professional development internationally and writes a blog about education at www.MindSparkLearning.com.

Diana Black Kennedy's courses currently open for enrollment

Education Innovation Workshop: Informal Assessments

EDTH.800_W2
$95
Diana Black Kennedy
Mar. 28, Saturday, 9:00am - 12:00pm
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Sat, 03-28-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Live-Online REMOTE
 

This course is part of the Winter 2026 Educational Therapy Workshop series.

This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Tools & Materials: Download Kahoot - You do not need to create an account.  Just be ready to enter the game pin or scan the QR code when we begin to play!

For Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/kahoot-play-create-quizzes/id1131203560

For Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=no.mobitroll.kahoot.android&hl=en_US&gl=US&pli=1

Recommended Tools & Materials:

Assessment in Educational Therapy, Marion Marshall, Routledge, 2019, ISBN: 9781000769937.

Equipped for Reading Success, David Kilpatrick, Casey & Kirsch, 2016, ISBN: 9780964690325.

Essentials of Assessing, Preventing, and Overcoming Reading Difficulties, David A. Kilpatrick, John Wiley & Sons, 2015, ISBN: 9781118845240.

Assessment and Intervention for Executive Function Difficulties, George McCloskey, Lisa A. Perkins, Bob Van Diviner, Taylor & Francis, 2008, ISBN: 9781135906108.

Educational Therapy: Structured Literacy I

EDTH.X301
$640
Diana Black Kennedy
Apr. 4 - Jun. 20, Saturday, 9:00am - 11:59pm
  • Hybrid Live-Online Some meetings remotely, some self-paced.
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Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Sat, 04-04-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 04-11-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 04-18-2026 11:58pm 11:59pm Online Traditional ONLINE
Sat, 04-25-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 05-02-2026 11:58pm 11:59pm Online Traditional ONLINE
Sat, 05-09-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 05-16-2026 11:58pm 11:59pm Online Traditional REMOTE
Sat, 05-30-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-06-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-13-2026 9:00am 12:00pm Hybrid Live-Online REMOTE
Sat, 06-20-2026 11:58pm 11:59pm Final Coursework Due ONLINE
 

This is a Hybrid Live-Online class and will use a combination of live-online and online traditional methods. Live-online lectures/meetings are held via Zoom and asynchronous materials/instruction will be available on Canvas per the direction of the instructor.

No meeting May 23, 2026. To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.

Required Tools & Materials:
Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, and Word Analysis for Teachers, Donald J. Leu and Charles K. Kinzer, Pearson, 2016, ISBN: 9780134169781.

Recommended Tools & Materials:

See course syllabus for complete list of texts to choose from. Instructor will discuss at the first meeting.

Associated Program(s)
Educational Therapy
Workshops