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The Center for School Success (CSS) helps students, teachers and parents understand and manage specific breakdowns in learning. CSS services shift the focus from what individual students can’t do, to what they can do and provide strategies to promote self-advocacy and school success. Center for School Success
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At the Center for School Success (CSS) we believe that students need to know how they learn best; teachers need to know how to address the unique strengths and needs of all their students; and parents need to know how to support their children’s learning strengths and challenges. Contact
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Steven
C. Atkins, Psy.D., CSS Clinical Psychologist,
is a Certified Clinical Psychologist and school consultant.
He holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts School
of Professional Psychology and an Ed.M. from the Harvard
Graduate School of Education. Dr. Atkins holds an adjunct
faculty position at Dartmouth Medical School, where
he teaches several systemic courses for the Department
of Psychiatry. He also consults with several schools
in the Upper Valley and operates a clinical practice
that focuses on child, adolescent and family therapies.
In addition, he has co-authored several books on parenting
strategies which have been published in over six languages.
Dr. Atkins serves as a member of the CSS inter-disciplinary
team conducting neurodevelopmental assessments for
school-aged children. 
Michael
Kilcullen, M.D., FAAP, CSS Developmental Pediatrician,is
Board Certified in General Pediatrics and Developmental-Behavioral
Pediatrics. He has been a practicing pediatrician since
1981 and has provided neurodevelopmental evaluations
using Dr. Mel Levine's model since 1984. Dr. Kilcullen
is the Medical Director at the Dartmouth Hitchcock
Medical Center Regional Clinic in Woodstock, Vermont.
He has a special interest in the learning/behavior
problems of childhood and school health. Dr. Kilcullen
serves on several state advisory boards. Dr. Kilcullen
serves as a member of the CSS inter-disciplinary
team conducting neurodevelopmental assessments for
school-aged children. 
Elizabeth
K. Reed, M.Ed, CSS Senior Learning Specialist,
holds a Master's Degree in Early Education from Plymouth
State University. Over the last ten years she has
worked with students from preschool through adult,
as a preschool teacher, child care director, special
education learning assistant, teacher and college
instructor. Ms. Reed serves as a member of the CSS inter-disciplinary
assessment team conducting neurodevelopmental assessments
for school-aged children. 
Nancee Tracy,
Ed. M., CSS Clinic Coordinator,
earned her Master's Degree from the Harvard Graduate
School of Education. She has worked with children,
families, teachers, physicians, community providers
and state policy-makers and administrators for over
25 years in a variety of educational, medical and
community settings. She has also been responsible
for managing a number of federal and state funded
grant projects to enhance and expand services to
NH children and families. In addition, she has provided
consulting, training and technical assistance to
diverse audiences.
Leslie
Williamson, BA, CSS Founder and Executive
Director, works closely with the Board
and staff to make the vision of CSS a reality. Ms.
Williamson is a certified secondary school teacher
with a BA from the University of Michigan. She is
an adjunct faculty member of Plymouth State University
in New Hampshire. Ms. Williamson and her colleagues
at CSS created courses to be delivered in partnership
with Plymouth State University toward either a self-designed
K-12 Master of Education (M.Ed.) or a Certificate
of Advanced Graduate Studies (CAGS) in Educational
Leadership, each with a concentration in the "Neurodevelopmental
Approach to Teaching" - the only programs of their
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