Women Leaders in School Psychology

Chapter 1: Some History.- Chapter 2: An Academic's Path.- Chapter 3: An Australian Story.- Chapter 4: My Path in School Psychology.- Chapter 5: My Long Days' Journey into NOW!.- Chapter 6: The Role of Serendipity and Opportunity in Shaping a Career in School Psychology.- Chapter 7: A Career of Rich and Rewarding Compromises.- Chapter 8: Journey Toward Multicultural Consultation and Diversity of Perspectives.- Chapter 9: A Career in School Psychology: Some Themes, Many Variations.- Chapter 10: Bridging Practice, Academe, and Cultures as a School Psychologist in Israel.- Chapter 11: Embracing the Academic Life with All its Highs and Lows.- Chapter 12: Perseverance and Joy: Advancing the Lives of Children.- Chapter 13: A Professional Journey: A Privilege and Responsibility.- Chapter 14: My Journey as a School Psychology Advocate.- Chapter 15: Intertwining Journeys and Professional Passions.- Chapter 16: An Alternative Life in the Mainstream, Revisited.- Chapter 17: An Unforeseen Journey.- Chapter 18: Entrepreneurial School Psychologist.- Chapter 19: On becoming a Culturally Competent School Psychologist.- Chapter 20: All Roads Led Me to School Psychology. 

Carol S. Lidz, Psy.D., is retired after a 40-year career in a wide variety of school psychology positions. She began her career as a frontline school psychologist in New Jersey, followed by several years in Montgomery County Pennsylvania. She then worked briefly as a pediatric psychologist in a rehabilitation hospital and, then, for many years as creator and chief psychologist for a multidisciplinary team that provided services to children enrolled in Head Start programs throughout the Philadelphia area. Her academic career began at Temple University, where she trained graduate students for services to young children. She then created a new School Psychology Program for Touro College in New York City. Her educational background includes a B.A. in psychology from the University of Michigan, an M.A. in School Psychology from the University of Tennessee, and a Psy.D. in School Psychology from the Graduate School of Applied Professional Psychology of Rutgers University. Her research primarily concerns parent-child interaction and dynamic assessment. She has published extensively on topics of preschool assessment in general and dynamic assessment, specifically. She has designed a dynamic assessment procedure for preschool children (Application of Cognitive Functions Scale) and a rating scale for observation of adults with young children (Mediated Learning Experience Rating Scale and its variations). She and her husband, a retired architect, reside in Philadelphia PA.