She studied under the guidance of giants in gifted education such as Bonnie Cramond, Paul Torrance, Robert Sternberg, Mary Frazier, and Joe Renzulli.

In her thirty year long career in child psychology she has been a school psychologist, clinician, Postdoctoral Fellow with the National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented at Yale University, educational consultant, researcher, and university professor.  Dr. Newman has lectured and published on gifted education, underachievement of gifted females, heightened sensitivities and overexcitabilities in gifted children, and early temperament and development of mental disorders in childhood. 

Dr. Newman is among a small number of psychologists around the world who specializes in gifted children.  She is listed on Hoagies web site (www.hoagiesgifted.org ) and has successfully collaborated with Davidson Young Scholar Program (www.davidsongifted.org).   In her work with exceptional children Dr. Newman continues to innovate and explore new educational models that are specifically tailored to serve the needs of exceptional and twice-exceptional children. 

In addition to English, Dr. Newman can provide services in Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, and Slovene languages.  In her free time she loves to read, listen to music, cook, and garden.  She lives in Smoke Rise, GA with her husband Bob and her corgi Gingerbread   Dr. Newman is an experienced, caring, and responsible professional who is committed to providing high quality services and is looking forward to serving children, families, and the community.

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