Erik von Hahn, M.D . Dr . Erik von Hahn has worked with children with diverse disabilities for more than 20 years . He received his medical training and specialization in pediatrics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and subsequently underwent specialist training in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry at both Harvard University and at Tufts University in Boston. Early in his career, Dr . von Hahn developed an interest in following his patients to school. He developed an extensive consultative practice with public school districts, first in New Hampshire and then in Massachusetts. He has developed a deep understanding of children with disabilities, as seen through the lens of their school day and their interactions with the school professionals who serve them. In addition to his consultative practice with schools, Dr. von Hahn maintains a clinical practice at the Floating Hospital for Children in Boston. He shares his experience working with schools to help families in the clinic communicate successfully with their childâ (TM)s school team. As part of his academic duties, Dr. von Hahn has substantial teaching duties with Tufts University School of Medicine. He provides training and supervision of future Developmental-Behavioral Pediatricians, future general pediatricians, and future allied health care professionals in social work, speech pathology, and psychology. Finally, Dr. von Hahn provides regular continuing education services to both educators and general pediatricians in their practice. Successful service to children with disabilities occurs when adults can work successfully with one another. All of Dr. von Hahnâ (TM)s clinical and teaching encounters emphasize service to children with disabilities by seeing their world through their eyes, and by fostering collaboration among home, school, and clinic. Dr. Sheldon H. Horowitz, Ed.D. is Senior Advisor at the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD). He earned and masterâ (TM)s in special education from Peabody College/Vanderbilt University with a course concentration in learning disabilities and assessment, and completed his doctoral studies at Teachers College, Columbia University, with a focus on learning disabilities and neurosciences in education. Prior to his arrival at NCLD in 1996, he served as the associate director of the Learning Diagnostic Center at Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY. He also held the position of assistant unit chief, educational supervisor, and grand rounds chairperson of the Center for Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry at Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Horowitz has taught at primary, secondary, and college levels, and worked as a consultant to schools and districts throughout the New York City metropolitan region. His interests include: neurobiology of learning, educational assessment, fetal alcohol effects in children, language-based learning disabilities (e.g., dyslexia), disorders of hyperactivity and attention, and learning disabilities in adolescents and adults. Dr. Horowitz is a regular presenter at professional conferences in the field of special education and is frequently cited in the popular press on topics including parenting children with special needs, LD and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, post-secondary transition, LD throughout the lifespan. He has provided leadership on many of NCLD's key projects and programs, including national summits, Every Child is Learning, Get Ready to Read!, Living with LD, Recognition & Response, the LD Navigator, LD Talks, LD News, LD Insights, Research Roundup, the Transitioning to Kindergarten Toolkit, and the Early Learning Observation & Rating Scales. Dr. Horowitz is also the co-author of NCLDâ (TM)s State of Learning Disabilities report. Dr. Horowitz currently serves in an expert advisory capacity to a number of organizations including Understood.org and the Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Project. He is also currently a Trustee at Beacon College, serving as the chair of the Committee of Academic and Student Affairs. Caroline Linse, Ed.D. Dr .Caroline Linse is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University, Belfast, where she teaches in the School of Social Sciences Education and Social Work. She teaches in the TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) program and works directly with current and future teachers who must address cultural and linguistic diversity as a core element of the instruction that they deliver. She has worked in a variety of countries with learners and teachers from different cultural and linguistic traditions.
