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School Psychologist Information and Resource Page
Announcements
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Talk about Children and Anxiety
Westerly Hospital Presents “Raising Resilient Children in the Age of Anxiety” Posted September 22, 2016 In honor of World Mental Health Day, Westerly Hospital will be hosting a free discussion on “Raising Resilient Children in the Age of Anxiety” on Tuesday, October 11 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. in the hospital’s Henry J. Nardone Conference Center. The program will be presented in partnership with the Westerly Public School district and the Washington County Coalition for Children. The program will be presented by Ellen Flannery Schroeder, PhD, ABPP, clinician at the New England Center for Anxiety in Westerly and Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Rhode Island and member of the Washington County Coalition for Children. Dr. Schroeder will discuss how parents can identify anxiety and related difficulties in children, avoid common parenting practices which serve to maintain or worsen anxiety, use research-supported parenting strategies which lessen both the immediate and long-term impacts of anxiety and related distress, and best support children’s independent coping to manage difficult situations. The program is free and open to…
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Attention Deficit Disorder
Articles, support groups, programs, and events for children and adults with ADHD. -
Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Information and Resources
Useful information for parents and teachers by the National Association of School Psychologists. -
LD online
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Nonverbal Learning Disability
The term Nonverbal Learning Disorder/Disability is actually quite misleading. Individuals with this disability are highly verbal, with their areas of deficit being in the nonverbal domains.
Contacts
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Hooper, Leslie
Email: lhooper@westerly.k12.ri.us Kalen, Patricia
Email: pkalen@westerly.k12.ri.us Pendola, Richard
Email: rpendola@westerly.k12.ri.us Simone, Scott
Email: ssimone@westerly.k12.ri.us