Ph.D. The University of Arizona
Linda A. Reddy is an associate professor in the Psy.D. program in school psychology and serves as the director of the Child ADHD and ADHD-Related Disorders Clinic. She is the former founder and director of the Child/Adolescent ADHD Clinic and director of the Center for Psychological Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is a research scientist at the Devereux Foundation's Institute of Clinical Training and Research. Her research interests include the assessment and treatment of children with ADHD-related disorders, empirically-based treatments, and test validation and development.
She has published over 40 papers and book chapters and coedited three books on assessment and interventions for children with special needs. Her books include: Empirically-Based Play Interventions for Children; Innovative Mental Health Interventions for Children: Programs that Work; and lnclusion Practice in Special Education: Research, Theory, and Application. She is currently authoring Group Play Interventions for Children: Strategies for Teaching Prosocial Skills with the American Psychological Association Press (under contract).
Dr. Reddy fills several roles for the APA Division of School Psychology, including federal advocacy coordinator, vice president of publications and communications, member of the Task Force for Evidence-Based
Interventions for Children, and chair of the Jack Bardon
Distinguished Service Award Committee. She also is a member of the Steering Committee for the APA Interdivisional Task Force on Child and Adolescent Mental Health and chair of the APA Child and Adolescent Mental Health consumer website.
Dr. Reddy has been awarded the 2006 APA Division 16 Outstanding Service Award, 2004 Distinguished Faculty Research Award from Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2003 Emerging Researcher Award for Significant Contributions to Research in Psychology from the New Jersey Psychological Association, and 1996 Research and Service Recognition Award from the Devereux Foundation's Institute of Clinical Training and Research.
Dr. Reddy is also licensed in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and is a nationally certified school psychologist. She consults with schools/agencies, conducts school/community workshops nationwide, and maintains a private practice in Rochelle Park, New Jersey.
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