Dr Deborah Schneider
aka Dr Dys
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Dr Deborah Schneider, a.k.a. Dr Dys, helps families of children with learning disabilities, dyslexia, ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, intellectual disabilities, and other developmental differences understand their children's evaluations and navigate the special education process.
Dr Schneider has spent her career studying how children with learning disabilities and developmental differences are identified, evaluated and supported. Her research on assessment and diagnosis appears in major reference texts, including the Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, the Oxford Handbook of Child Psychological Assessment, Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention, and the Sage Encyclopedia of Abnormal Clinical Psychology, among others. Before moving into research, Dr Schneider worked as a reading specialist and as an independent evaluation and intervention provider serving children and families in Switzerland. She holds a Ph.D. in Special Education; an Ed.S. in Language, Reading, and Culture; and an M.A. in Educational Psychology from the University of Arizona.
Dr Schneider is also a parent who has navigated the special education system for her own children. She understands the joys and challenges of parenting children with special needs and is committed to offering her support.
She is based in Connecticut and available for remote consultation nationally.
Selected Publications
Articles
Schneider, D., & Mather, N. (2025). A postsecondary case study: Use of the WJ V dyslexia test set and other tests to inform recommendations for accommodations in higher education. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
Schneider, D., Bouhali, F., Richter, C. G., Costache, R., Costache, C., Kirchhoffer, K., Sheth, V., MacDonald, I., & Hoeft, F. (2024). Perinatal influences on academic achievement and the developing brain: A scoping systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1352241.
Mather, N., & Schneider, D. (2023). The use of cognitive tests in the assessment of dyslexia. Journal of Intelligence, 11(5), 79.
Cohen, R. A., Mather, N., Schneider, D. A., & White, J. M. (2017). A comparison of schools: Teacher knowledge of explicit code-based reading instruction. Reading and Writing, 30, 653–690.
Schneider, D., Chambers, A., Mather, N., Bauschatz, R., Bauer, M., & Doan, L. (2016). The effects of an ICT-based reading intervention on students' achievement in grade two. Reading Psychology, 37(5), 793–831.
Chapters
Schneider, D., White, J., Mather, N., & Kirkpatrick, J. (under contract). Achievement assessment. In M. Sellbom & J. Suhr (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis, Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Schneider, D., & Mather, N. (in press). Toward a synthesis of cognitive-psychological, medical/neurobiological, and educational models for the diagnosis and management of dyslexia. In D. Saklofske, C. R. Reynolds, & V. L. Schwean (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Child Psychological Assessment, Second Edition. Oxford University Press.
Schneider, D., Mather, N., & Wendling, B. (2024). The brain. In N. Mather & B. Wendling, Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention. John Wiley & Sons.
Schneider, D., Wendling, B., & Mather, N. (2024). Genetics and the environment. In N. Mather & B. Wendling, Essentials of Dyslexia Assessment and Intervention. John Wiley & Sons.
White, J., Mather, N., Schneider, D., & Kirkpatrick, J. (2019). Achievement assessment. In M. Sellbom & J. Suhr (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis (pp. 160–179). Cambridge University Press.
Mather, N., Goldstein, S., Eklund, K., & Schneider, D. (2015). Specific learning disabilities and the processing blocks. In N. Mather, S. Goldstein, & K. Eklund, Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviors (pp. 207–272). Paul H. Brookes.
Mather, N., & Schneider, D. (2015). The use of intelligence tests in the diagnosis of specific reading disability. In S. Goldstein, D. Princiotta, & J. A. Naglieri (Eds.), Handbook of Intelligence: Evolutionary Theory, Historical Perspective, and Current Concepts (pp. 415–433). Springer.
Encyclopedia Entries
Schneider, D., & Mather, N. (2017). Achievement tests; Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Reading disability. In The Encyclopedia of Abnormal Clinical Psychology. Sage Press.
Schneider, D., & Mather, N. (2014). Achievement testing. In R. Cautin & S. Lilienfeld (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Clinical Psychology. John Wiley & Sons.
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