The Cove School is proud to have hosted as speakers the following thought leaders in the field of Learning Disabilities and related disorders. 

 

Robyn Gobbel - 2025

MSW | Former therapist with nearly two decades of experience in complex trauma, attachment, and adoption who now designs communities and educational experiences to help parents and professionals translate neuroscience into practical strategies

 

Dr. Doug Bolton - 2025

Ph.D. | Clinical Psychologist, Author and Consultant

 

Dr. Joanna Christodoulou - 2024

PhD. | Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders | Director of the Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab at the MGH Institute of Health Professions | Research Affiliate and at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

 

Jessica Minihan - 2021

Ph.D., BCBA, LABA | Special Educator | Author | Behavior Analyst

 

Dr. Chris Willard - 2020

Psy. D. | Clinical Psychologist, Author and Consultant

 

Anita Archer - 2019

Ph.D. | Educational Consultant

 

Dr. John Ratey - 2019

MD | Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School | Best Selling Author

 

Dr. Jerome Schultz  - 2018

Ph.D. | Clinical Neuropsychologist 

 

Peg Dawson - 2017

Ed.D., NCSP | School Psychologist

 

Dr. Steven Feifer - 2016, 2015

D. Ed., NCSP, ABSNP - School Psychologist 

 

Randy Lewis - 2015

MBA, BA | Former Senior Vice President of Walgreens | Peace Corps Volunteer | Fortune 50 Executive | Disability Advocate

 

Dr. Steven Graham - 2014

Ed.D., MS, BS | Regents and Warner Professor in the Division of Leadership and Innovation in Teachers College

 

Russell A. Barkley - 2012

Ph.D. | Former Professor of Psychiatry | Internationally Recognized Authority on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD/ADD)