SANDRA CUSHNER-WEINSTEIN, RPT, LCSW-C

Coordinator of Support Services

Neurology Department

Children’s Hospital

Education

University of Maryland, B.S., 1976, Physical Therapy

Neurological Developmental Training (NDT), 1980, Certificate

University of Georgia, M.S.W., 1985, Social Work

Professional Experience

Chief Physical Therapist, United Cerebral Palsy 1976-78

Founder and Director of the Parent Infant Intervention Program (Demonstration Project) Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine 1978-81

Designed and developed an early intervention program for children and caregivers. Hired and supervised multi-disciplinary staff of professionals.

Founder and Director of Intervention with PACT (Parents and Children Together), 1981-86

Designed a center based interdisciplinary assessment and intervention program for children, age birth to five, and their parents. Developed the first mainstreamed daycare in Baltimore, MD. (In 1999, became part of The Kennedy Krieger Institute)

Director of the Epilepsy Foundation for the National Capital Area, 1992-98

Designed, developed and directed programs for children and adults with epilepsy and other disabilities. Facilitated groups and trained individuals to become peer counselors, models and mentors. Educated the community. Established a camp for children with epilepsy.

Coordinator of Support Services, Neurology Department, Children’s Hospital,1998-present

Develop programs for children with epilepsy and their parents. Assess, educate and train families with a chronically ill child. Facilitate groups. Direct a camp for children with epilepsy. Designed and direct the New Onset Seizure Clinic.

Licenses

Clinical Social Work: California 1989; Maryland 1991, District of Columbia 1996

Physical Therapy: California 1986; Georgia 1984; Maryland 1976

Academic Appointments

Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor1996-00, University of MD, School of Social Work

Relevant Research and Abstracts

Grant recipient and PI for The Development of a Coping Skills Program for adults with M.S. Funded by the Multiple Sclerosis Society (1990-91), Kaiser Foundation (1991-93)

Grant recipient and PI for The Effect of Parent Groups on Parenting Stress and Family Adaptation. Funded by Aaron and Lilly Strauss Foundation 1983-85.

The Design of a Teen Peer Counseling Program, American Epilepsy Society (AES), (1998)

A Clinic to Help Families Adapt to the New Diagnosis of Epilepsy, AES Meeting, (1999)

Evaluating Adaptive Behaviors in a Camp for Children with Epilepsy, AES Meeting (1999)

Evaluating Adaptive Behaviors in a Camp for Epilepsy, second year of significance, (2000)

Behavioral symptomatology in relation to social/adaptive behavior in children at epilepsy summer camp. AES Meeting Abstract (2000)