Dr. Melissa Orkin

Developmental Psychologist and Director of Crafting Minds

<p>Dr. Orkin is a developmental psychologist and director of Crafting Minds, an educational consulting practice. She provides district-based consultation and professional development workshops designed to enhance practitioners&rsquo; knowledge in the fields of neuroscience, reading instruction, dyslexia, achievement motivation, early literacy skills, and use of technology in literacy development.</p>
<p>Dr. Orkin has served as a researcher and clinician at the Tufts University Center for Reading and Language Research, an educator in public schools, and a lecturer for graduate and undergraduate courses at Tufts University and Harvard University&rsquo;s Graduate School of Education. She has contributed to publications on a variety of educational topics, including literacy development and executive function skills, and regularly presents at annual professional meetings in the fields of reading disorders, education, and child development.</p>