Dr. Richard Guare
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 serves as a consultant to schools and agencies in programs for autism, learning, attention and behavior disorders and acquired brain injuries. He has presented and published research and clinical work involving attention, executive skills, and neurological disorders. Dr. Guare is co-author with Dr. Margaret Dawson of the books, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents, Smart but Scattered and Coaching Students with Executive Skill Deficits. He is also co-author of the book Smart But Scattered Teens and the iPhone children’s application Randominder with Dr. Dawson and Colin Guare.
Dr. Guare is currently consulting with a policy institute in Washington, DC on the role that executive skills development could play in job search and job retention strategies for disadvantaged young adults.
