Stephen M. Silverman, 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. Stephan M. Silverman is a Licensed Psychologist in Maryland and a Nationally Certified School Psychologist. He is retired from a 30-year career as a School Psychologist in the Montgomery County School System (MCPS) and has been maintaining a private practice as a licensed psychologist in Maryland since 1975. Dr. Silverman has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Maryland, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Emory University. He specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents, and adults with attention deficits, learning disabilities, and low incidence developmental disorders, including autistic spectrum disorders. He specializes in working with parents of children with disabilities and children who underachieve. Dr. Silverman also evaluates and counsels young adults with disabilities in life transitions. For over 18 years, Dr. Silverman provided field-training supervisor for practicum, extern, and intern students from universities around the U.S. He has taught at the college level and has lectured to a wide group of psychologists, educators, parents, and related health providers. Dr. Silverman has provided consultative support to a wide range of educational groups and schools. He lectures frequently on Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD.

Dr. Silverman has a diverse background. He worked in a private research group investigating combat stress in American helicopter pilots during the Vietnam conflict. He also has served as a child psychologist in a developmental assessment clinic in Israel. Dr. Silverman has appeared in a popular segment on classroom management on national cable television'ss "Learning Channel" as well as on local WJLA-TV "Seven on Your Side in Education", demonstrating assistive technology techniques for the learning disabled. Dr. Silverman has helped to develop a policy for the protection of minority children in the assessment of children with mental retardation and emotional disturbances. Dr. Silverman published a popular book with co-author, Rich Weinfeld, through Prufrock Press entitled "School Success for Kids with Asperger's Syndrome" and is the lead author of "School Success for Kids with ADHD," published in March 2009. His book was featured at the CHADD International Conference in Cleveland in 2009. He was an invited guest on "Voices in the Family" with Dr. Dan Gottlieb on NPR Philadelphia's WHYY about ADHD in 2009, and his book was recently featured in Attention Magazine (December 2009). He is the co-author of a new book, "101 School Success Tools for Children with ADHD", which will be in bookstores in March 2010. Currently, Dr. Silverman is coordinator of assessments for the Weinfeld Education Group and, in that capacity coordinates assessments for the Jewish Social Service Agency of metropolitan Washington, DC.