Joy C. Polignano, Ph.D., NCSP
Joy C. Polignano, Ph.D., NCSP, earned her doctoral degree and national certification in school psychology from Lehigh University before completing a U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (IES) postdoctoral fellowship with the Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies at the University of Florida. She has worked as an early care and education teacher and has been actively involved in the implementation of four, large-scale IES randomized-controlled efficacy studies designed to promote the social-emotional competence and pre-academic skill development of young children with or at risk for disabilities. She currently serves as an early intervention school psychologist in Pennsylvania.