Stanley Fagen, 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. Stanley A. Fagen is a child clinical psychologist with the Jewish Social Service Agency and a consultant to Montgomery County Public Schools. He has extensive experience helping parents, professionals and exceptional children in school, clinic and hospital settings. Prior positions include Director of Staff Development, Supervisor of Special Education Inservice Training, Supervisor of Training for Mark Twain Programs, and school psychologist for MCPS; Associate Director of Hillcrest Children's Center; and Chief Child Psychologist, Walter Reed General Hospital. As part of his service in MCPS, Dr. Fagen initiated and supervised the very successful Parent Training and Information Center, Montgomery Exceptional Leaders Program, and Inservice Training for Mainstreaming Program.

Dr. Fagen earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, and his undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College. He has taught graduate courses in social-emotional development and intervention for many years at local universities, and presented frequently at national and local conferences. Dr. Fagen has numerous publications including the following books/booklets: Promoting Successful Mainstreaming: Reasonable Accommodations for LD Students; Teaching Self-Control: Preventing Emotional and Learning Problems in the Elementary School; Behavior Management, and, Individual and Group Counseling: A Competency-Based Manual for Inservice Training. He is in the process of completing a new book entitled: Helping Your Child Make and Keep Friends: A Social Skills Guide for Parents. Dr. Fagen has been happily married for a long time. He has three wonderful daughters, three great sons-in-law, and ten fantastic grandchildren.