Joyce Cooper-Kahn, Ph.D.

Weinfeld Education Group, LLC Presents…

Diamonds in the Rough
Smart Kids Who Learn Differently

March 11- 13, 2010
University of Maryland
Shady Grove
9630 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

Biography:

Dr. Joyce Cooper-Kahn is a licensed psychologist who has been in practice for over 20 years, specializing in the variety of learning and emotional challenges affecting children and their families. Bringing together research-based knowledge and clinical experience, Dr. Cooper-Kahn has a particular interest in the areas of attention disorders and learning disabilities with an emphasis on interventions for executive functioning difficulties. She is co-founder of Psychological Resource Associates, a private mental health group in Severna Park, Maryland (www.pra-info.com), where she provides evaluation, treatment, school consultation and professional training.

Previously, she was on the staffs of Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Kennedy-Krieger Institute. She is the co-author, with Laurie Dietzel, Ph.D., of Late, Lost and Unprepared: A Parents' Guide to Helping Children with Executive Functioning (Woodbine Press, 2008), www.latelostandunprepared.com.