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Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed., ET/P
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Introduction
Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed., ET/P, is the Clinical Director of Parkaire Consultants, a clinic
she founded in 1987 to serve neurologically impaired individuals. Prior to the founding
of Parkaire Consultants, Ms. Pruitt conducted a State of Georgia exemplary Model
Learning Disability Program and taught behavior-disordered students in a
psychoeducational setting. Ms. Pruitt served on the Board of Directors of the Tourette
Syndrome Association of Georgia for six years and as a member of the Scientific
Advisory Board of the Tourette Syndrome Association of Georgia and South Carolina.
Ms. Pruitt was a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Tourette Spectrum
Disorder Association of California. She also served on the National Tourette Syndrome
Association’s Education Committee. She was a member of the Professional Advisory
Board for North Atlanta and Central Georgia CHADD and served on the Board of
Directors for the Association of Educational Therapists. She is also a member of the
Professional Advisory Board of the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada. Ms.
Pruitt is a member of the Senior Advisory Board of the Brad Cohen Tourette
Foundation. She teaches a State of Georgia Professional Learning Unit Course on
students with neurological impairments and the impact of their disorders on education,
behavior, family, and socialization.
Ms. Pruitt is a co-author of the books Teaching the Tiger, Hope Press (1995) Tigers,
Too with corresponding supplements titled Tigers, Too: Checklists for Classroom
Objectives and Interventions and Tigers, Too: Assessment, Parkaire Press (2009-2011)
and Challenging Kids, Challenged Teachers, Woodbine Press (2010) and is a
contributing author to the Tourette Foundation of Canada’s Education Guide on
Tourette Syndrome. She has currently co-authored a chapter on educating people with
Tourette Syndrome for a medical book on Tourette Syndrome, Oxford Press (2013).
Sheryl K. Pruitt has presented both nationally and internationally. Her presentations
incorporate not only professional experiences, but her personal experiences living with
children, a spouse and herself with these conditions.
Contact Information:
Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed.,ET/P
Parkaire Consultants, Inc.
4939 Lower Roswell Road, Suite C-201
Marietta, GA 30068
Tel: 770-578-1519
Fax: 770-578-0860
www.parkaireconsultants.com
www.parkairepress.com
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