Special Education, Research, Assessment, Intervention, and Support
Welcome to My Practice
(For information regarding the PANS 'Survivors and Thrivers' Study, and my interview on the Beneficial Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on the Brain, Body, and Well-being, kindly refer to the sections further below.
Kindly note the wonderful new Spanish language translation of the PPN article Considerations for Health Care Professionals in the Education of PANS-Affected Students. This work was generously provided courtesy of Karla Aceves, AS, C-SLPA.)
I provide intervention, diagnostic evaluations, and compassionate support for those with learning and academic challenges. Inspired by the belief that every individual brings skills, intelligences, and other gifts to the learning environment, my practice, research, and writing focuses special attention on the following areas:
- Learning Disabilities and Developmental Delays
- Health Conditions Affecting Learning and Academic Achievement
- Teens and Adults Entering/Re-entering College and the Workplace
- Women and Learning Disabilities
- Early Intervention and Remediation for Preschool Children at Risk
- Literacy and Second Language Acquisition/ESL
- Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD), Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) and Academic Learning and Achievement
- Advocacy and Forensic Educational Record Reviews
- Collaborative Support for Families, Providers, School Districts, Universities, and other Organizations Regarding Health-Related Learning Challenges, IEP Evaluations and Planning, and Other Considerations for Students at Risk.
My Professional Background
- Clinician, teacher, and professor of Special Education, whose work has spanned over four decades
- Internationally recognized writer, researcher, and presenter on the effects of health conditions on learning, language development and literacy, and PANS/PANDAS
- Instructional experience with students of every age and developmental level- from preschool to the post- graduate level
- Learning Disabilities (LD) Specialist for the California Community College System
- Consulting Learning Specialist for Alameda County Social Services, CA
- Bilingual/Cross Cultural Special Education research, instruction, and supervision in East Africa and Western Europe (Additional research conducted in the Central African nations of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the former Republic of Zaire).
- Ongoing research into PPD-related phenomena affecting learning, achievement, and behaviors; including seminal work on the notion of Societal Pain (Winston Kennedy and Jamie Candelaria-Greene, Medium, 2022)
Academic Background and Training
- PhD Special Education (UC Berkeley)
- Visiting Researcher Scholar in the Study of Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (PANS) and Learning (UC Berkeley)
- California State Teaching Credentials in Regular and Special Education- Preschool, K-12, Adult (UC Davis and CSUS)
- MA Special Education; BA French Language and Literature (CSUS)
- Certification as a Learning Disabilities (LD) Specialist for the California Community College System
- Board Certified Educational Therapist (CSUSF)
- Post Graduate Level Training in Bilingual Special Education (Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico)
- Advanced training in Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD), Pain Reprocessing Therapies (PRT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) as applied to societal, social, and personal traumas affecting learning ability and academic success
- EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Certification (Level 3)
Ongoing Support and Research into Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (PANS), Immune-Related Encephalopathies, and Education**
Fall 2022 - Spring 2024
Qualitative Research into the Study of 'Survivors and Thrivers' of PANS
(Update)
MANY THANKS to those wonderful participants
who generously offered to share
their insightful- and invaluable- perspectives!
The interviews have now been conducted,
and are presently being analyzed.
Findings of this seminal qualitative research will be included in the second edition of the book below.
PANS, CANS, and Automobiles: A Comprehensive Reference Guide
for Helping Students with PANDAS and PANS
J. Candelaria-Greene PhD, BCET
First Edition Publishing,
GOLD WINNER Special Needs Human Relations Indie Book Award
Considerations for Health Care Professionals
in the Education of PANS-Affected Students
J. Candelaria-Greene PhD, BCET (For PANDAS PHYSICIANS NETWORK)
https://www.pandasppn.org/education-resource/
Consideraciones Para Profesionales de la Salud en la Educación de Estudiantes Afectados con PANS (See Below)
PANS/PANDAS Educational Toolkit
J. Candelaria Greene PhD, BCET, Lead Contributor
http://pandasnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PANDAS-NETWORK_EDUCATIONTOOLKIT.pdf
Tutorial of PANS and Education
produced by Dr. Jan Tona and her team at the University of Buffalo
Dr. Candelaria-Greene, Chapter Narrator
The Importance of School Nursing in PANS
(found in the following section)