Mount Pleasant Special Education PTA
MP-SEPTA
Invites you to join us for an
informative lecture by
Dr. Esta M. Rapoport
on the subject of
ADHD & Social Skills
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:30pm
Westlake Middle School
825 Westlake Drive, Thornwood
Enter via bus circle in rear of bldg.
BIO
Dr. Esta M. Rapoport is an Assistant Professor of Special Education at the College of New Rochelle in New York. She is experienced in working with children with ADHD and other similar special needs and their parents. She has a B.A. from N.Y.U.,an M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University, and an Ed.D from Boston University. Her book, ADHD and Social Skills: A Step-by-Step-Guide for Teachers and Parents has been endorsed by elite professionals in the field. Dr. Russell A. Barkley, stated that “This is a lavishly detailed book providing numerous recommendations for ways to address the social interaction problems and social skills impairments associated with ADHD in children." Dr. Rapoport’s social skills training includes interventions to help children with ADHD and similar special needs to learn how to develop positive social skills so that they can make friends and succeed in school and in life. She also assists children to improve their executive function, in terms of learning how to organize their lives both at home and at school so that they can reach their educational and personal goals with less stress.
MP-SEPTA lectures
are open to the public.
Membership is not required.
We look forward to having you join us !
www.MPSEPTA.org
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