Dr. Newman is a licensed psychologist providing high quality
comprehensive services to children and adolescents with behavioral,
emotional, and academic problems.
She offers psychoeducational evaluations, therapy, and
consultation services.
Additionally, Dr. Newman specializes in gifted and creative children
and young adults.
Dr. Newman’s background in child psychology and education makes her
uniquely qualified to counsel families on a wide variety of school
related issues. On request,
she is available to provide school observations, consultations to
school personnel, in-service training, and she is willing to
accompany parents to school meetings.
Dr. Newman holds two doctoral degrees from the University of
Georgia, one in School Psychology and one in Gifted Education.
She has been a school psychologist, 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
illness in childhood. In
addition to English, Dr. Newman can provide services in Croatian,
Serbian, Bosnian, and Slovene languages.
Dr. Newman is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA),
Georgia Psychological Association (GPA), and Georgia Association for
Gifted Children (GAGC). For
the past two years, as a part of her postdoctoral fellowship, Dr.
Newman has been practicing in Gwinnett County under the supervision
of Dr. Peggy Mayfield.
Dr. Newman is an experienced, caring, and responsible professional
who is committed to providing high quality services and who is
looking forward to serving children, families, and the community.
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