Dr. Richard Guare
Richard Guare, Ph.D., BCBA-D is a Clinical Psychologist with a specialization in Neuropsychology and a board-certified behavior analyst. For 25 years he was the director of the Center for Learning and Attention Disorders at Seacoast Mental Health Center in Portsmouth, NH where he worked with families and schools on intervention strategies. Dick received his doctorate in Clinical/School Psychology from the University of Virginia and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Neuropsychology at Children’s Hospital Boston and the Boston VA Medical Center. His interests are in the areas of attention, learning and behavior challenges and the development of executive skills. Dick is co-author with Peg Dawson of the books, Executive Skills in Children and Adolescents (3rd ed.) and The Smart but Scattered Guide to Success. He is also co-author of the books Smart but Scattered,(2nd ed.) Smart but Scattered Teens, Smart but Scattered-and Stalled and Coaching Students with Executive Skills Challenges (2nd, ed.) with Colin Guare and Peg Dawson. He is co-founder, with his son Colin, of Executive Skills LLC. They provide training in Executive Skills Coaching to programs throughout the country.
Dick also provides training in Executive Skills to schools and agencies.
