Peg Dawson, EdD., is a licensed clinical school psychologist with an undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and a doctorate from the University of Virginia. She is currently a staff psychologist at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders, an agency within Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Dawson has over 25 years of experience working in the fields of education and psychology, with a specialization in assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. In addition to working in schools and mental health centers in New Hampshire and Maine, she has also taught in the Education Department at the University of New Hampshire at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Active in professional associations, Dr. Dawson has been president of the New Hampshire Association of School Psychologists, the National Association of School psychologists, and the International School Psychology Association. She ha also served as the newsletter editor for the National Association of School Psychologists, and has published many journal articles and book chapters on topics related to educational policy and practices and learning and attention disorders. In addition to Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Dr. Dawson and her colleague Richard Guare have written a manual on coaching students with attention disorders.