EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Dr. Littman is a native of Westchester County, just north of New York City. She attended Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island on a full scholarship and graduated cum laude with bachelor's degrees in biology and semiotics.
After graduating from Brown, she attended the Creative Writing Certificate Program at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. She was also employed as chief editor of research papers at the American Health Foundation in Valhalla, NY.
She then attended Yale University, where she completed a third undergraduate major in psychology, as well as the en passant masters level work towards a doctoral degree in clinical psychology.
After relocating, Dr. Littman completed her doctoral studies and was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Clinical Psychology from Long Island University in Brooklyn, NY.
She interned at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for two years, with rotations in the neuropsychology, emergency room, and substance abuse units at Jacobi Hospital. She also obtained advanced training in chronic early trauma, crisis intervention, and eating disorders.
After receiving her PhD, she worked in community mental health, creating and directing the ADHD Service at the Center for Preventive Psychiatry in Yonkers, NY, while establishing her private practice.
Dr. Littman was an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education at Pace University, where she designed and taught the school's first course on Neurodiversity. This developmental perspective course became a requirement for teachers respecializing in special education.
Understanding Girls with ADHD, the book Dr. Littman co-authored with Kathleen Nadeau and Patricia Quinn in 1999, was revised for a second edition published in 2015, and has been translated into numerous languages and adapted for the Kindle.
The American Psychological Association selected Dr. Littman's career to be highlighted in an article in 2019. She has appeared in 5 films about ADHD, and numerous television appearances.
She was named the inaugural chair of the APSARD's Special Interest Group on Women and Girls (American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders) by the late Dr. Joseph Biederman.
She is a member of the ADHD expert medical advisory panel for ADDitude Magazine.
Dr. Littman was a member of the first mental health delegations to travel to Tibet in 2007 and to Cuba in 2009.
She presented on Emotional Healing in Tibet: Implications for Psychotherapy at the American Psychological Association Convention in 2008.
She is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (CHADD), and the National Association for Adults with ADHD (ADDA).
Beyond her professional interests, Dr. Littman enjoys scuba diving, photography, and understanding animal behavior.
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