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Peg Dawson, Ed.D.

Peg Dawson, Ed.D.: Clinical Psychologist on ADHD

Peg Dawson, Ed.D., received her doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia. She worked as a school psychologist for 16 years in Maine and New Hampshire, and, for the past 20 years, has worked at the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she specializes in the assessment of children and adults with learning and attention disorders. Dawson is co-author of Smart but Scattered and Smart but Scattered Teens.

Peg Dawson, Ed.D., is a member of the ADDitude ADHD Medical Review Panel.

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