Faculty

Jane Adelizzi, PhD

Jane Utley Adelizzi is Professor Emerita at Curry College where she developed the Adult Center at PAL, a program that evolved from a support group and nonprofit organization she created for women returning to school.  She received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Lesley University, with a focus on the impact of psychological trauma on learning and functioning in individuals with learning disabilities.  A Board Certified Educational Therapist with the Association of Educational Therapists (AET), she developed the post-masters Certificate in Educational Therapy at Curry College.  She has served as national liaison and as coordinator of research and publications for AET, and as editor of the journal, The Educational Therapist.  Jane is a registered art therapist with ATCB, and recently worked for two years as a clinician at Westwood Lodge Psychiatric Hospital in the partial hospitalization program for adults.   Her writing activities include co-editor and contributing author to A Closer Look:  Perspectives & Reflections on College Students with Learning Disabilities (1995);  author of Shades of Trauma (1998);  co-author to Parenting Children with Learning Disabilities (2001);  contributing author to Gender Issues and ADHD:  Research, Diagnosis and Treatment (2001); and, co-editor and contributing author to the upcoming textbook, The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy:  A Teaching Model.  Jane is a Certified Canadian Counselor.  She teaches Life Span Development and is an affiliate at the Brenner Center for Psychological Assessment and Consultation at MSPP.

MSPP congratulates Dr. Jane Adelizzi and her co-editor Maxine Ficksman on the publication of their book "The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy", which will be available in May of 2010.

Dr. Adelizzi is a professor in the MSPP School Psychology, Counseling Psychology and Forensic and Counseling Psychology programs.

"The Clinical Practice of Educational Therapy" is the first book to provide a comprehensive review of the interdisciplinary profession and practice of educational therapy as it exists today. It describes the scope and practice of educational therapy from its European roots to its growing presence in the United States, and provides case studies to illustrate the work of educational therapists.

www.routledgeeducation.com/books/The-Clinical-Practice-of-Educational-Therapy-isbn9780415998574

Updated 4/22/10