Craig Pohlman, Ph.D., Senior Clinical Scholar, All Kinds of Minds.
Craig is a licensed psychologist and nationally certified school psychologist who has been with All Kinds of Minds since 1998. He began his career teaching science to elementary and middle school students in New York City. He later went on to earn his doctorate in school psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), where he trained at The Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning, University of North Carolina School of Medicine (CDL). After completing an internship in the Dallas Public Schools, where he worked as a school psychologist in one of the largest and most diverse districts in the country, he returned to the CDL for a post-doctoral fellowship. He has since earned appointments at UNC-CH as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the school psychology program and as a Clinical Scientist at the CDL. Craig has conducted or supervised thousands of assessments of struggling learners, and has trained thousands of professionals on assessment techniques. He has designed numerous techniques and tools to help educators and clinicians integrate a neurodevelopmental assessment approach into their practices. He assesses students with learning problems each week at the clinic Success in Mind. His book, Revealing Minds, is a hands-on guide for assessing students facing learning challenges.
Dr. Judy Lombardi, Associate Professor of Secondary Education, California State University Northridge
Judy Lombardi is an Associate Professor of Secondary Education and the secondary coordinator of the ACT (accelerated) teacher training program at California State University Northridge (CSUN). At CSUN, she is a Center Fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, which focuses on the work of Dr. Mel Levine and facilitates Schools Attuned training for area teachers and administrators. Her interests include instructional technology, brain-compatible learning, critical thinking, and English language learners.
Paul B. Yellin, MD, FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, Director, The Yellin Center for Student Success
Paul B. Yellin, MD, FAAP is the Director of The Yellin Center for Student Success, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine, and Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics New York State Task Force on Pediatrics and Childhood Learning Differences. Prior to starting The Yellin Center in 2007 (affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine and the All Kinds of Minds Institute), Dr. Yellin served, for 5 years, as National Director of the Student Success Program at the All Kinds of Minds Institute, where he was responsible for clinical centers in North Carolina and New York that provided comprehensive interdisciplinary assessments and educational care for more than 4,000 children from all over the world). To have your student assessed by Dr. Yellin and his team, please visit www.yellincenter.com or call 646-775-6646.
Dr. James B. Cunningham, Professor Emeritus
Michael D. Eisner College of Education, California State University, Northridge
James Cunningham is Professor Emeritus of Secondary Education and currently a Fellow of the Center for Teaching and Learning in the Michael D. Eisner College of Education at California State University, Northridge. He is a former Chair of the Department of Secondary Education and has written several books, including Hands on Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications, Hands-On Chemistry Activities with Real-Life Applications, and Teaching Metrics Simplifies. His interests include mathematics, science and computer education.
Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa
Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa is the Director of the Center for Evaluation and Academic Excellence, Director, Brain, Mind, and Educational Development Institute, and a Professor of Education at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. Tracey has two books which will be coming out related to her research on beliefs and neuromyths about the brain: Applying Mind, Brain, and Education Science in the Classroom (Columbia University Teachers College Press 2009); The Scientifically Substantiated Art of Teaching: Textbook (W.W. Norton, 2010). Tracey received her Bachelors degrees from Boston University (B.S., B.A.), her Master’s at Harvard University (Ed.M.) and her Ph.D. in Education with dissertation focus on Neuroeducation / Mind, Brain, and Education / Educational Neuroscience from Capella University.
Dr. Stephen R. Hooper
Dr. Stephen R. Hooper is a Professor in Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Education, and Psychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He also is the Associate Director at the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning, and Director of the Child and Adolescent Neuropsychology Consultation Program.
