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John Santa
Position:
Clinical Director & Founder 
Education:
  • BA Whitman College Psychology
  • MS Psychology, Purdue University
  • PhD Psychology, Purdue University
  • Postdoctorate Cognitive Psychology, Stanford University
  • Postdoctorate, Clinical Psychology, University of Montana
  • Postdoctorate Clinical Psychology, University of California (S.D.) with specialty training in clinical neuropsychology and child psychology.
 

Experience:
  • Associate Professor, Rutgers University Department of Psychology, author of 30+ papers and chapters re: cognition, memory, learning and education.
  • Consultant to National Diffusion Network, Project CRISS; Project First Steps-- Early Reading Intervention Program; Kalispell Head Start 
  • 1981- Board Memberships: Child Abuse Prevention Council; Gateway Educational Products Research Advisory Board; Team Concepts Advisory Board; Flathead Valley Community College Board of Trustees (member and Chairman). 
  • Member of National Association Board of Directors and President of the association
  • 1986- Private Practice, Clinical Psychology 
  • 1996- Founding President and Board Member, Northwest Psychiatric Services, an outpatient network in Kalispell, MT
 

Favorite Thing:
I love working with these kids and our families. Watching adolescents turn the corner and come to appreciate who they truly are and reconnect with their families is very rewarding. 

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