Clarity with Dr. Katz offers expert guidance and support as a Licensed Educational Psychologist, helping students unlock their full potential and overcome educational challenges. Located in San Diego, CA, Dr. Katz provides personalized strategies to enhance learning and development. Her work is informed by her training in developmental psychology, special education, neuroscience, cognitive behavioral therapy and cognitive learning theories.
Dr. Katz assesses students from infancy through college using comprehensive and holistic psycholeducational evaluations to identify learning differences. She specializes in working with students who have dyslexia, ADHD, Autism, Anxiety, Depression, and other processing deficits.
Dr. Katz works with parents to help them navigate the school system and advocate for the support their child needs. She also mentors parents in learning simple, effective parenting techniques tailored to their unique situations.
Dr. Katz collaborates closely with school administrators to review and plan for appropriate support and coaches teachers on how to implement specialized services and interventions for children.
She collaborates with the child's care team to recommend appropriate interventions and school placements, as well as target and implement individualized accommodations to support unique learners.
Dr. Katz earned her B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania and her Ph.D. in School Psychology from Temple University. She is a licensed educational psychologist, a nationally certified school psychologist, and has more than ten years of experience working in school settings. As a mother of a neurodivergent learner herself, Dr. Katz recognized that parents need extra support when they discover their child has learning and behavioral challenges. She uses her professional and personal experience to help guide parents through this emotional process. Dr. Katz can provide accurate diagnoses as well as build the capacities of the larger environments in which children operate.