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Dr Schneider is an expert in learning disorders whose work in the fields of special education and educational psychology appears in the Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, the Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal Clinical Psychology, the Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology, Springer's Handbook of Intelligence, Brookes' Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors, and Wiley's Woodcock-Johnson IV: Reports, Recommendations, and Strategies, among others. She has also contributed to award-winning educational software programs, such as the MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach and the MindPlay Comprehensive Reading Program online interventions.
Dr Schneider is a full member of the American Psychological Association, the International Dyslexia Association and the Learning Disabilities Association of America. She is a ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP) and a Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS). She has extensive training and experience in positive behavioural support and interventions for children with ASDs and ADHD, and she has completed advanced course training the Early Start Denver Model. She holds a PhD in Special Education; an EdS in Language & Reading; and an MA in Educational Psychology. All of her degrees were awarded by the University of Arizona, where she was named College of Education Outstanding Graduate elected to the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa honour society.
Dr Schneider currently works as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Hoeft BrainLENS Neuroscience Laboratory in the Psychology Department at the University of Connecticut and has served as instructional faculty at the University of Arizona and as an evaluator and research associate on multi-year, federally-funded projects in the areas of behavioural intervention and reading remediation. Dr Schneider has also served as principal investigator on two large experimental studies of reading interventions. Dr Schneider has been invited to present her academic work and research at various international conferences, including the annual conferences of the International Dyslexia Association, the Council for Exceptional Children, the International Academy of Research in Learning Disabilities, and the Learning Disabilities Association.
On a personal note, Dr Schneider is the mother of three children, two of whom have special educational needs. She understands the joys and challenges of parenting children with special needs and is there to offer her support.
Below are some of the textbooks, encyclopaedias & educational programs to which Dr Schneider has contributed:
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