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 ALICE THOMAS is the founder, president and CEO of the Center for Development and Learning. A core mission of social justice drives her strong belief that every child is entitled to a high-quality education regardless of race, socioeconomic background, or learning profile. A career educator for 30+ years, Alice has been a teacher (grades 7-12), a middle and high school counselor, and an intervention specialist in inner city, suburban and rural public schools; and has served as a co-instructor for graduate level courses. She has delivered hundreds of seminars on learning and teaching to public, parochial and private school administrators, teachers and parents, both nationally and internationally, and has presented at national and international conferences. She is the coauthor of the Learning Profiles: Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners professional development program and Right from Birth parent training curriculum, and author or coauthor of numerous articles on teaching and learning. Alice holds certifications in teaching, guidance and supervision. Alice earned her master's degree in counseling and psychology at Louisiana State University. In 1990, she completed a fellowship at the Clinical Center for the Study of Development and Learning at the University of North Carolina Medical School, Chapel Hill. She is a 2005 graduate of Learning Forward's Academy (formerly National Staff Development Council). Alice studied change leadership in 2006 with Michael Fullan at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.
 CANDY LAWSON is a Clinical Psychologist at CDL. She holds a doctoral degree in psychology from Louisiana State University and is licensed to practice in the state of Louisiana. In her position as a clinical psychologist at CDL, she provides direct services in our clinic, including evaluations, consultations, and individual and family therapy to children, adolescents and adults with learning problems. Before joining the staff at CDL in 1997, Candy was in private practice for ten years, where she worked with a diversity of clients including children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly in both inpatient and outpatient settings. She has extensive clinical experience in the evaluation of intellectual, academic, social, emotional and behavioral skills, and has provided individual and group therapy for a broad spectrum of social, emotional and behavioral problems. At CDL, Candy has co-authored the Behavioral, Academic and Neurodevelopmental Survey (BANDS), a descriptive assessment instrument used in our evaluations to obtain comprehensive information from parents, students and teachers about a student's strengths and weaknesses. She is also a co-author of MINDWORKS! ...and how Mine Works, a book written to help middle through high school students understand how their brain works and how to improve their thinking and learning. She has also written articles on clinical topics for CDL's monthly newsletter PlainTalk.
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