Joyce E. Butler is an educational consultant, specializing in systematic analysis and change. Joyce Butler has been a general education teacher, special education teacher, principal, special educator director, and adjunct professor in the university setting. She is certified as a reading specialist in Orton-Gillingham, holds a variety of professional certifications at the state level, and holds a Transition Specialist Certification. Early in her career, she was a Research Assistant with the Psychology Department at Columbia University, USA, to study the sign-language acquisition of a young, male chimpanzee.
"""Joyce Butler has written a detailed account for educators wishing to improve practice. It is based on the building blocks of high-quality educational exercises. Her unique tutelage of the chimpanzee, Nim Chimpsky, and expertise in teaching and pedagogical consultancy, proffered her an exclusive position in education with an appreciation for the high standards required in the exquisite teaching experience. Mediocrity cannot be tolerated or supported for successful educational outcome. In this original and highly informative guide, Joyce steers each reader to become ‘The Difference Maker’, so they can be empowered with methods of identifying improvement requirements, with strategies to create positive change."" -- Dr Anna Scarnà, University of Oxford, UK; Psychologist and author of: Primatology, Ethics and Trauma and Trauma in Sentient Beings: Nature, Nurture and Nim (Routledge)"