Myles Cooley, Ph.D. is a Board Certified, Licensed Psychologist and author who has evaluated and treated thousands of children, adolescents and adults. Some of his services include:
- Psychotherapy/counseling for adults, adolescents and children for many behavioral, psychological, and emotional problems. Therapeutic orientation is cognitive-behavioral
- Parent counseling for effective child behavior management strategies
- Evaluations for adults, adolescents, and children for Attention Deficit Disorder, Dyslexia, learning disabilities, early childhood developmental delays, and autistic spectrum disorders
- Computerized brain training programs for working memory & attentional deficits
- Evaluations for educational accommodations on SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT as well as for accommodations in school, college/university, graduate school
- Evaluations for gifted program eligibility
- Local and national speaking engagements for parents, educators, and health professionals
- Pre-employment/pre-academy psychological evaluations for law enforcement applicants
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Teaching Kids With Mental Health and Learning Disorders in the Regular Classroom: How to Recognize, Understand, and Help Challenged (And Challenging) Students Succeed
by Dr. Myles Cooley
Book Reviews
“This accessible, ready-to-use guide describes mental health and learning disorders often observed in school children, explains how each might be exhibited in the classroom, and offers suggestions for what to do (and what not to do). Written to and for the regular classroom teacher, this book is a valuable tool for all school personnel, parents and anyone who works with children.” National Association of Elementary School Principals
“In important resource for every teachers…this book will reduce teacher’s anxieties as an increasing number of students with special needs are being mainstreamed…A “bible” for all of us, a handbook that will never collect dust.” TeacherLeaders.org
“Lots of practical suggestions on how to accommodate and respond to kids with various types of mental health and learning problems. With all these kids in our classrooms now, this resource can be very helpful to teachers who get little training in this area.” Teacher Magazine
“Very strongly recommended” Midwest Book Review
”This ready reference describes mental health and learning disorders and offers expert advice on what to do to meet students’ learning and emotional needs.” School & Community
“Overall, this book is a must-have guide for educators. I don’t know how anyone in today’s classroom survives without one.” Sue Watson, About.com
“…this is the perfect book to bring to IEP and Child Study meetings for practical and concise interventions….“As a school counselor who spends a great deal of time meeting with teachers and parents, this book has spent very little time on my bookshelf. A great tool!” Randy Schietz, Wellington, Fl
“Examines more than 20 mental-health and learning disorders, describes their symptoms and behaviours, suggests classroom strategies and intervention, and notes the professional treatments available for each.” Professionally Speaking
“This solid new resource is a must read for everyone (counselors, teachers, school psychologists and others) interested in helping students thrive… This book is also an excellent source of information regarding mental health and learning disorders. When used as a quick reference guidebook, one can read about a specific disorder, learning about behaviors and symptoms associated with the disorder and find classroom strategies and interventions to help students with the disorder succeed…An extremely useful tool for any educator to use when working with all students.” Becky Thomas, Counseling Today, newsletter of the American Counseling Association