Transforming Student and Learning Supports

Howard Adelman earned his Ph.D. in psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he is currently a professor of psychology and co-director of the Center for Mental Health in Schools. He began his career as a classroom teacher and school administrator.Linda Taylor holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan. Dr. Taylor is co-director of the Center for Mental Health in Schools at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her background includes administering a lab school at UCLA and working as a special project director with the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Adelman and Taylor have invested more than 25 years in the design and improvement of comprehensive learning support systems. This more expansive and detailed framework offers multiple benefits for students, educators, and policy leaders." —Hal A. Lawson, Professor of Social Welfare & Professor of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, NY"This is an extraordinary effort by the prodigious team of Howard Adelman and Linda Taylor to counter the fragmentation of current school reform efforts through a comprehensive approach to learning supports for all children. Clear, concise, and compelling, this book is required reading for school administrators, educational reformers, and scholars." —Marc S. Atkins, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Director of the Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago