Licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist Dr. Bert Whetstone has worked with children, families, and schools since 1973. From his base in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire, he consults with schools and communities in New England, throughout the U.S., and abroad. He has delivered over 350 workshops on topics concerning child-centered team building and strategies to increase family cooperation and classroom performance. Audiences enthusiastically receive his workshops because of their practical, down-to-earth suggestions for improving communication and self-esteem in families and classrooms. His book entitled How to get Togetherness - Improving AD/HD and Oppositional Relationships In Families and Classrooms draws together ideas developed with children, parents, and teachers over his 35-year career.

Current Work (1982 to present): Private Practice in Clinical and School Psychology

Therapist

Family, marriage, individual, children, adolescents, adults.
Specialist in Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders and Oppositional Defiant Disorders, Drug and Alcohol Interventions, Attachment and Relationship Disorders, Depression and Anxiety Disorders.

Consultant

Pre-school through grade 12 in numerous New Hampshire public and private schools and agencies.

Evaluator

Psychological and sociological functioning, cognitive potential, learning style, learning disability evaluations for schools, individuals, and courts.

Presenter

350+ in-service workshops and keynote addresses for public and private schools, universities, residential treatment centers, parent-teacher organizations, agencies, businesses and the public.

Author

How To Get Togetherness – Improving AD/HD and Oppositional Relationships in Families and Classrooms, 215-page workbook, Jan. 2001

Peer consultant

1.5hours per week with John Walsh, Ed.D., Bill Zeckhausen, D.Min., Steve Catalano, DSW., and (summers) Robert Hlasny, Ph.D.

Other employment- 1973-1982

School and Clinical Psychologist, Tri-City Special Education Consortium, Franklin, NH, 1980-82, individual/group therapy, mainstreaming and coordination with other agencies for learning disabled middle/high school students; advised teachers, conducted workshops, in-service presentations.

Treatment Coordinator and Resource Staff Spaulding Youth Center, Tilton, NH, 1979-1980, treatment coordinator for boys in placement; supervised therapy provided by cottage staff for children and families; trained parents in behavior modification applications to family life.

Clinical Psychology Intern: Child and Family Services, Hartford CT, 1977-78, therapist for crisis intervention, play therapy, family therapy, individual/group therapy for children, adolescents, adults; consultant to residential treatment programs for emotionally disturbed children, mainstream and special education classes K-12; diagnostician for learning style and personality testing.

Counselor, Granite Mental Health Center, Adolescent Residential Treatment and Education Center, Salt Lake City UT, 1976, residential counselor with delinquent adolescent females; individual, family, group counseling; redesigned educational tracking system to incorporate behavior modification techniques and data-based decisions.

Special Education Teacher, Granite School District, Utah Boys Ranch, Kearns, UT, 1975-76, developed behavior modification programs in special education school for delinquent adolescent males, taught all academic subjects

Child Care Worker III, Children's Service, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, CT, 1973-1974, residential staff member working with aggressive, acting-out, borderline and psychotic children 8-15; conducted play therapy, theater and psychodrama group therapy, and sports therapy.