Jerome is known to be a very influential clinical neuropsychologist who focuses on helping people understand how children learn, how to maximize success and how to reduce the stress that often accompanies teaching and learning.
He is going to share with you how stress can have a negative impact on your child’s learning and behavior, and how to reduce the stress level and maximize success, as he has helped many school districts and parents over THE PAST 40 YEARS.
What impressed me the most about Jerome is his frank, calm, respectful, humorous, and VERY practical approach to helping schools and parents deal with youth with ADHD.
Dr. Schultz's presentation will explore current research regarding how chronic stress can adversely affect brain functioning, behavior and emotions, and offer practical strategies to help kids become their own advocates and turn stress into the fuel for success.
By the end of this enlightening and entertaining presentation you will have a better understanding about how and why stress plays such a central role in your child’s life in middle school.
You’ll also learn some simple and effective ways to help minimize the negative impact of stress and let your child’s strengths shine through.
A former middle school special education teacher, Dr. Schultz is a Clinical Neuropsychologist on the faculty at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry.
He received his undergraduate and Master’s degrees from The Ohio State University and held a Phd from Boston College.
He has completed postdoctoral fellowships in both clinical psychology and pediatric neuropsychology.
For nearly four decades, Dr. Schultz specialized in the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of children and young adults with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other special needs.
He has served as a faculty member at Lesley University, Boston College,
and Wright State University in Ohio.
He was the founding director of the Learning Lab, a diagnostic clinic at Lesley, and served for several years at Cambridge Health Alliance as the Co-Director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Development.
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