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Signs of Success Agency, LLC Company Profile:

Signs of Success is a private practice serving children and adults with learning difficulties. Signs of Success specializes in working with deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

Our Director, Kimberly Mooney, Ph.D, LDTC, LPC, works with individuals, families, and schools to identify why the child or adult has difficulty learning, how the person learns best, and what can be done to help the student become more successful.

Please visit the Services page for a list of all services offered.

DR. KIMBERLY MOONEY

Dr. Kimberly Mooney is an oral deaf individual, fluent in American Sign Language and Signed English. Kimberly graduated from Montclair University in 1993 (Montclair, NJ) and earned her Ph.D in the education of those with physical disabilities, with a specialty in the treatment of deaf/hard of hearing individuals, from Columbia University in 2002 (New York, NY). After two years of post-doctoral training and supervision, Dr. Mooney became a licensed professional counselor and now provides individual and family therapy to hearing, non-hearing and physically disabled clients. Kimberly recently received additional training in educational diagnosis at Montclair State University and was certified as a Learning Disability Teacher Consultant (LTD-C) by the state of NJ. She is currently the founder and director of Signs of Success. Dr. Mooney has had a broad range of professional experiences that have shaped both her clinical skills as well as her educational diagnostic skills. Prior to establishing Signs of Success, Kimberly was a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, a special services coordinator, a college professor and a counselor. In addition to her PH.D, Kimberly is a certified as an LDT-C, a teacher of the deaf, Elementary School Teacher, Supervisor, and a Licensed Professional Counselor by the State of NJ. Kimberly’s experience as a teacher provides the basis for her understanding of schools and her ability to make recommendations that work in a school environment.

KRISTINE M. SIMMONS, M.S., CCC/SLP

Kristine M. Simmons, a Speech-Language Pathologist since 1996, has spent the majority of her career providing services for individuals with hearing loss. Prior to earning her B.S. in Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped in 1995 from Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, she volunteered at a school for the deaf through her high school's Gifted and Talented Program. After earning her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology in 1996 from Ithaca College, she returned to the same school for the deaf to complete her final
graduate school externship and accepted a position at that school as a full time Speech-Language Pathologist. She is experienced with the language, speech, and auditory training needs of populations ranging from newborn to high school. In addition to working with students with hearing loss, she has worked in the area of language and literacy development, specifically phonemic awareness and story comprehension. She has been an Adjunct Professor of American Sign Language at a local community college for the past three years. During this time, she has co-written the curricula for American Sign Language Levels I, II, and III, and has written the Master Syllabi for all three courses. She is part of a signing ministry, Hands of Faith, at the First Presbyterian Church of Sparta, providing an interpreted service for those who utilize sign language.

THOMAS ZANGAS, PH.D.

Dr. Zangas completed his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.  His expertise and interests include assessment of children, adolescents and adults, psycho-educational evaluations, neuropsychological testing and early childhood assessments. He has extensive training and experience in providing assessment services to Deaf and hard of hearing clients.  Dr. Zangas completed his pre-doctoral internship training at Mount Sinai Services at Elmhurst Hospital and his post-doctoral training at St. Joseph’s School for the Deaf in the Bronx, NY. Dr. Zangas has also completed neuropsychological externships at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and at New York Presbyterian Hospital.  He completed his B.A. in Psychology at Hofstra University.