About Elizabeth Cohen Hamblet
Elizabeth Hamblet's experiences in a variety of educational settings make her uniquely qualified to inform professionals and families about the changes they will find in disability services and accommodations moving from high school to college.
Her most recent contributions can be found on her Publications page.
Experience
Professional Speaker
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2008-current
- Hired by school systems and professional groups to make presentations on the topic of transition to college for students with learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD
Private Consultant
- 2008-current
- Help families research disability services at a student's target colleges, check documentation standards, get paperwork ready for submission
Learning Disabilities Consultant
- 2008-current,
Elliot Gursky, M.D. & Associates,
Princeton, NJ
- Conduct testing of clients' academic skills using Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement and other relevant protocols as part of complete psychoeducational battery in conjunction with Dr. Steven Kennelly
Freelance Writer
- 2007-current
- Choose topics and develop articles for Disability Compliance for Higher Education, a monthly journal for college disability services professionals. Her article on college disability services will be published in the fall of 2009 in the journal of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling.
- Most recent contributions can befound on her Publications page
Learning Disabilities Specialist
- 2000-2007,
Rutgers University,
New Brunswick, NJ
- Analyzed LD and ADD/ADHD documentation for LD/ADD/ADHD Documentation Review Committee, and served as Chair since 2003
- Rewrote policy manual & reconceived and wrote content for website to clarify documentation procedures and provide useful information to prospective students and their parents
- Revised documentation standards for learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD keeping up with current research
- Built and maintained database to track LD & ADD/ADHD students for research
- Created and presented workshops to relevant staff.
- 1996-1999,
Simmons College, Boston, MA
- Delivered one-on-one tutorial to undergraduate and graduate students with learning disabilities and Attention Deficit Disorder
- Reviewed all documentation for students with learning disabilities and ADD/ADHD
- Interpreted and explained diagnostic evaluations to newly identified students with learning disabilities
Special Needs Teacher
- 1996-1999,
Masconomet Regional High School
, Topsfield, MA
- Chaired Team meetings and wrote Individualized Educational Plans for students on caseload. Supervised implementation of plans
Education
- Master's Degree, Moderate Special Needs 5-12, Simmons College, 1995
- Master's Degree, The Art of Teaching English, Tufts University, 1991
- Bachelor's Degree, English, Tufts University, 1990
Additional Training
- Certified as Learning Disabilities Teacher - Consultant, State of New Jersey
- Completed certificate program in Orton-Gillingham, Mass. General Hospital, Boston, 1997
Professional Memberships
- AHEAD Association on Higher Education and Disability
- Learning Disabilities Association of America
- New Jersey Transition Coordinators Network
