Lynn Cannon, M.Ed., is a social learning specialist at The
Ivymount School and The Maddux School. Ms. Cannon received her
M.Ed., in Special Education from the University of Virginia. For
over 15 years, she has worked as an educator, administrator and
program director, serving students with neurodevelopmental
disabilities. Ms. Cannon is also a co-author of Solving Executive
Challenges, a resource guide for teachers and parents and The
Conversation Club, an instructional manual for teaching
conversation skills to students with neurodevelopmental
disabilities. Her research and teaching interests are in developing
interventions and support materials for students with
neurodevelopmental disabilities, therapists, educators and their
families. She is currently working with federal grant to develop
IvySCIP, an assessment, IEP development tool and curricular
resource for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., is Professor of Neurology,
Pediatrics, and Psychiatry at the George Washington University
School of Medicine, and Director of the Center for Autism Spectrum
Disorders at Children's National Health System. Dr. Kenworthy
received her B.A. from Yale University and Ph.D. from the
University of Maryland. Her research interests are in describing
and treating the neuropsychological phenotype of autism. She is an
author of more than 60 peer-reviewed publications, and a co-author
of the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF). She
is currently completing a trial of Unstuck and On-Target in
low-income schools for children with ADHD or ASD.
Katie C. Alexander, M.S., OTR/L, is an occupational
therapist and clinician-researcher. Ms. Alexander received her B.S.
and post-professional masters from the University of Kansas Medical
Center. For over 15 years, she has specialized in community and
school-based intervention for individuals with neurodevelopmental
disabilities and served as the founding program director for the
Model Asperger Program at The Ivymount School. Her research and
clinical interests are in developing interventions and supports
that improve the daily lives of individuals with neurodevelopmental
disabilities and their families.
Monica Adler Werner, M.S., is the Director of the Model
Asperger Program (MAP) at the Ivymount School. In that capacity she
has spearheaded the development of a social learning curriculum
that emphasizes problem solving, self advocacy and self regulation.
Ms Werner has been a major contributor to the development of the
intervention. In addition, she is a co-founder of Take2 Summer
Camp, a program designed to develop social thinking, problem
solving and skills. She also serves as an ad hoc public reviewer of
NIMH autism grants.
Laura Gutermuth Anthony, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of
Psychiatry, Children,s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado
School of Medicine. Dr. Anthony completed a dual degree Ph.D.
program in clinical and developmental psychology at the University
of Illinois, Chicago in 1997. Since then, she has focused her
research and clinical work on children with neurodevelopmental
disabilities, including more than 30 publications. She has also
received funding for 11 federally-funded and 7 foundation research
grants including a current Patient Centered Outcome Research
Institute (PCORI) Addressing Disparities award for children with
autism and ADHD to study this intervention.
"Teachers and therapists alike, take note: You have in your hands the means by which you'll be able to address IEP and clinical goals. This is going to be your go-to manual, when you haven't lent it out!" --Glenis Benson, Ph.D.
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