Prior to developing The A.D.D Centre, he held full-time faculty positions and had research affiliations in Departments of Family Studies, Human Development, Nutrition and Behavioral Medicine at various universities including The University of Toronto, The University of Guelph (Canada), Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia State University, The University of Connecticut Health Center and the Children's Hospital in Mexico City. He was a research associate in behavioral medicine at the Albert Einstein Hospital and College of Medicine and held a clinical position at Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center (NYC). His graduate and post-graduate work was at Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts with additional training in psychiatric and neuro-biological assessments at Cornell Medical Center, Harvard University Medical School (with Dr. T. Berry Brazelton) and The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto). He has kept up-to-date with developments in related fields through continuing education.

He developed and directed numerous research programs investigating learning, behavior and child development, was invited to participate in NATO Advanced Study Institutes on Learning & Behavior and Human Growth and Development. He currently maintains a busy lecture and workshop schedule both nationally and internationally.

He has developed specialized methods, tools and systems for: comprehensively assessing and diagnosing AD/HD through the lifespan; evaluating the efficacy of medication; and improving educational, life, career and communication skills. He has also developed a comprehensive home-school behavioral incentive program (S.I.B.S.) which is successfully utilized by adults, families and within various school systems for children and adolescents who have previously been unresponsive to behavioral modification programs. 

He conducts seminars, workshops and in-service training programs for schools, hospitals, camps, corporations and the judicial system. In addition, due to his experience and knowledge of State and Federal discrimination and civil rights laws, he has been instrumental in helping to obtain the rights due to individuals with disabilities in school and in the workplace.

March 13 - April 14

ADHD Workshops for Educators,
Parents and other Professionals

March 13 - Denver 
March 15 - Los Angeles
March 17 - San Francisco
March 21 - Orlando
March 23 - Atlanta
March 29 - Cherry Hill, NJ
March 30 - Columbia, MD
April 4 - Chicago
April 6 - Detroit
April 7 - Nashville
April 11 - Phoenix
April 13 - Dallas

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May 7-10       

The 21st National Professional Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals with Disabilities
New Orleans, LA

July 24-28

International Special Education Congress 2000
INCLUDING THE EXCLUDED
University of Manchester, ENGLAND

1999

November 25-27, 1999  ADHD Across the Spectrum – into the Millenium & Beyond” 
ADDISS International Conference, Leeds, England
Keynote Speaker & 5 Workshops for Educational Psychologists, Special Educators, Child Psychiatrists, Pediatricians, Parents and Adults with ADHD 

July 12-14, 1999    International World Congress: ADHD/LD in the Jewish World: 
                           Character Education as the Foundation of Achievement, 
                           Jacobs Ladder Foundation, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
                           Invited Keynote Speaker: “Rethinking Thinking Differently”
                           Workshop: The Role of Reasoning in Developing Academic, 
                           Social & Spiritual Skills”
 

June 4, 5 & 6, 1999  Lighting the Way for Connecticut’s Children, CT Association of
                              Foster & Adoptive Parents’ 4th Annual Conf. Co-sponsored by The 
                             CT Dept of Children & Families 
Invited Keynote Speaker: “Healthy Child Development Depends on a Sense of Empathy” 
Workshop: “ADHD, LD, CD or OCD?: Understanding & Dealing with Problem Behaviors”
Workshop: “The New Special Education Laws and Foster Parenting”

April 25-28, 1999  The 20th National Institute on Legal Issues of Educating Individuals
                           with Disabilities, San Francisco, Ca
                          Seminar:  “Preparing Yourself for the Next Millennium: Understanding 
                                     AD/HD, “the Hidden Disability”

April 23, 1999 Philadelphia College of Art and Maryland School of Art & Design
“Feeling Good About ADHD: Harnessing the Creativity” 

March  26-28, 1999  American Camping Association N.E. Regional Conference, Manchester, NH  “Impulsive Behavior, Risk-Taking and the AD/HD Camper”

March 2, 1999  Impact of IDEA on Discipline: A Symposium on Prevention, Intervention & Alternatives to Suspension and Expulsion, CT Department of Education / CERC (CT Education Research Center):  Panel Participant

February 23, 1999  Boys’ Village Inc., Milford, CT 
Workshop: “Understanding and Dealing with Disruptive Behaviors” 

Awards:

May 1998 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Miss America / Miss Connecticut Scholarship Organization. Presented to an outstanding professional(s) for their contribution to the well-being of Connecticut children and families. Awarded for our work towards the recognition, treatment, advocacy and the education of Connecticut children with "hidden disabilities".

PARTIAL PUBLICATION LIST:

"AD/HD Protocols for Schools" The Special Educator, Oct 18, 1999
“The Enemy is Within: The Use of Medication for ADHD”  ADDvance Mag., May 1999
"AD/HD & Relationships: The Key is Communication" Attention Magazine, 1999
"Attention Deficit Disorders in Children and Adults"  CT Baby and Child, Fall 1998
"Attention Deficit Disorders: What's the Scoop"  Self-Health Magazine, Sept 1996

MANUSCRIPTS & ARTICLES IN PRESS OR PREPARATION

S.I.B.S. The Structured Incentive Behavioral System for School & Home © 1998

A PRIMER FOR TEACHERS: Interventions and Strategies for Academic & Behavioral Success with the AD/HD Student: © 1998

The Insiders Study Guide for the AD/HD Student  © 1999

Understanding How to Deal with AD/HD and/or Behaviorally Challenged  Children: A  Handbook for Educators, Case Workers and Parents  © 1999

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (in preparation)
Benjamin's Special Secret: The Magic of ADHD by R.S. Weinstein & Carla Golembe