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Dr. Teresa Herrero Taylor is currently the Director of Special Services for Jackson Township School District and previously was the Director of Special Services and a Supervisor of Special Education for the Freehold Regional High School District. Her career in education began as a School Psychologist for the Lawrence Township Public Schools and the Monroe Township Public Schools. Her 22-year career in New Jersey public education has spanned the elementary, middle, high school, and district levels. Teresa is a proud graduate of the NJEXCEL Program and has been Chair of the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association Special Education Committee for more than 5 years. She is a New Jersey Licensed Psychologist, doctoral-level Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, New Jersey Certified School Psychologist, and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Masters in Psychology Program at Rider University. Teresa holds a Doctorate in School, Community and Clinical Child Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and a Master of Education in Multicultural Counseling from Teachers College/Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Florida. She completed her pre-doctoral internship as a psychologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and post-doctoral fellowship through the Prevention of Long-Term Anger and Aggression in Youth (PLAAY) Project at the University of Pennsylvania in the disciplinary schools of Philadelphia.