Dina Shacknai, PsyD

Dr. Dina Shacknai, is a graduate of Argosy University where she earned a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology. She has specialized training working with children and their families and has worked at the Melmed Center conducting evaluations, providing treatment for children and adolescents, writing curricula, and facilitating social skills groups for children with developmental disabilities.

Dr. Shacknai has a particular interest in the relationship between ADHD symptoms and temperament traits and is completing her doctoral dissertation on the topic, while collaborating with a psychologist in the community to develop a temperament questionnaire for use with an adolescent population.