Ali Shwartz, Ed.M.

 

Ali joins Newton Neuropsychology Group following several years as the Director of Support and Counseling at a local private school. She is currently a Mental Health Specialist at Gateways, a nonprofit organization that supports several local private schools. 

 

Ali has worked as a school psychologist in both the public and private sector, providing comprehensive mental health supports. Ali has experience working with a broad range of students from preschool through eighth grade, conducting a wide array of assessment methods, employing multiple consultation techniques, and implementing therapeutic and behavioral interventions. Her past experience also includes ACCEPT Education Collaborative, where she worked in a substantially separate therapeutic program for K-8 students who were unable to make adequate social and emotional progress in traditional classrooms, and also co-developed a program to provide short-term stabilization, assessment, and instructional services to students who were temporarily excluded from their educational placement due to emotional and behavioral challenges. Ali believes that if all children feel safe and loved, and are given the supports they need, they will thrive.

 

In her spare time, Ali enjoys hanging out at the pool and local hikes with her two kids.