Jane Adelizzi is a professor in the Program for the Advancement of Learning at Curry College where she works with adults with LD/ADD.  She is a Certified Educational Therapist, and focuses on the relationship between the cognitive and socio-emotional aspects of each learner, guiding the metacognitive process to levels of competency and autonomy.  Jane received her Ph.D. from Lesley University in 1996 where her doctoral research focused on the impact of psychological trauma on learning and functioning in women with learning disabilities.  Her background in the visual arts provides her with the opportunity to look at each aspect of her work with her students through many perspectives.  Jane is a contributing author and co-editor of A Closer Look: Perspectives & Reflections on College Students with Learning Disabilities (1995), Shades of Trauma (1998) and co-author to Parenting Children with Learning Disabilities (Bergin & Garvey, April 2001).