Richard Guare, Ph.D., D-BCBA

Richard Guare, Ph.D., D-BCBA is a neuropsychologist and board certified behavior analyst who serves as director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, NH. He received his doctorate in school/child clinical psychology from the University of Virginia and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in neuropsychology at Harvard Medical School/ Children’s Hospital Boston.

Dr. Guare is co-author with Dr. Margaret Dawson of the books, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents (#CommissionsEarned), Smart But Scattered, Smart But Scattered Teens (#CommissionsEarned), and Coaching Students with Executive Skill Deficits (#CommissionsEarned).

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