Tina Newman, Ph.D.

Dr. Tina Newman is a licensed clinical child psychologist specializing in psychological and educational evaluations for children and adolescents with individual learning needs, complex developmental profiles, and multiple exceptionalities.

Dr. Newman earned her Ph.D. in School/Applied Child Psychology from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and completed postdoctoral work at Yale University. Before joining CCSN, she held appointments as a Psychologist at British Columbia Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Center for Children, as well as an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale University Child Study Center.

Her research has focused on assessment and intervention for children with individual learning needs, including those with multiple exceptionalities (i.e., areas of both strength and weakness), as well as hyperlexia in autism spectrum disorders. Her clinical work has included comprehensive assessments of children with complex learning profiles, including autism spectrum disorder, prenatal exposures, neurodiverse profiles, and multiple exceptionalities, including twice-exceptional children.

Dr. Newman has also served as an Adjunct Instructor at Yale University and Albertus Magnus College, both in New Haven, Connecticut. In the education departments at these institutions, she taught graduate-level courses on assessment and intervention for students with individual learning needs.