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An IEP is created for students that might have conditions that have names to them. One name might be a learning disability. Dyslexia is a specific kind of learning disability. It falls under that category. A child might have intellectual challenges. A child might have attention problems. A child might have social and emotional difficulties. The guidelines talk about mental health problems. A child might have other health impairments. A child might have cerebral palsy for example. Might have some physical difference that makes it hard for a boy or girl to access even the building. So the IEP covers all of those kinds of disabilities. But the main criteria is that disability has to be having some kind of significant impact on the child's performance in school. If not, it's not really a disability. It's a difference, and that's great.

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Jerome Schultz, PhD

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Dr. Jerome (Jerry) Schultz is a former middle school special education teacher. He is currently in private practice as a clinical neuropsychologist and is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School in the Department of Psychiatry.  For over three decades, he has specialized in the neuropsychological assessment and treatment of children with learning disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and other special needs. He was on the faculty of Lesley University in Cambridge MA for almost 30 years, and served there as the Founding Director of a diagnostic clinic called the Learning Lab. Before returning to private practice, Dr. Schultz served as the Co-Director of the Center for Child and Adolescent Development at the Cambridge Health Alliance, a Harvard Teaching Hospital.

Dr. Schultz received both his undergraduate and Master’s degree from The Ohio State University and holds a Ph.D. from Boston College. He has completed postdoctoral fellowships in both clinical psychology and pediatric neuropsychology. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of a journal called Academic Psychiatry, and is on the Professional Advisory Boards of a website called Inside ADHD.com, and the Learning Disabilities Association of America.

In addition to his clinical and educational work, Dr. Schultz serves as an international consultant on issues related to the neuropsychology and appropriate education of children and young adults with ADHD & LD and other special needs. In his current role as neuropsychological consultant to several large school districts in the Boston area, he is on the ground, in schools and working with kids and their teachers several days each week.

Dr. Schultz created an award-winning video called “Einstein and Me” about living successfully with a learning disability, and has written extensively about children with learning, behavioral and emotional challenges. He has a special education and psychology blog on the Huffington Post. His book, called Nowhere to Hide: Why Kids with ADHD and LD Hate School and What We Can Do About It, (Jossey-Bass/Wiley) which examines the role of stress in learning, has received international acclaim.

 

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An IEP is created for students that might have conditions that have names to them. One name might be a learning disability. Dyslexia is a specific kind of learning disability. It falls under that category. A child might have intellectual challenges. A child might have attention problems. A child might have social and emotional difficulties. The guidelines talk about mental health problems. A child might have other health impairments. A child might have cerebral palsy for example. Might have some physical difference that makes it hard for a boy or girl to access even the building. So the IEP covers all of those kinds of disabilities. But the main criteria is that disability has to be having some kind of significant impact on the child's performance in school. If not, it's not really a disability. It's a difference, and that's great.