The stresses teachers have experienced this year are different from anything we have seen before, both in type and intensity. And due to the emotional upheaval related to the coronavirus and the social unrest associated with murders of Black people, since last spring we have provided them with additional tools so they can both cope with their own difficult feelings and help students manage uncertainty and stress.
At the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence we have spent two decades supporting educators through our evidence-based approach to social and emotional learning, RULER, that has been adopted by over 2,500 schools across the U.S. Yet that is only the opening paragraph of a longer story that includes the personal resilience of teachers, the adaptability of school leaders, the compassionate response of many organizations. They are stretched beyond their limits, many feeling ineffectual in the virtual world and stressed having to put on their “happy face” when so much feels out of control. Surveys of their well-being and emotions tell the anxiety and emotional pain they have endured since the spring. Working with all kinds of children is her joy.Įrica lives with her husband and two children. She loves being physically active with running, spin classes.Four months into the school year, many teachers are emotionally drained, depleted from weeks of extra work and worry. Erica has worked with individuals with many different conditions, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder, and is particularly interested in children and adults on the autism spectrum and with developmental disabilities, women in all stages of childbearing, and adolescents. She is passionate about creating art and regularly finds the time to stay active and loves to row, run, hike and do yoga.Įrica Savino Moffat, Psychiatric NP, LMHCĮrica graduated from Saint Anselm College with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, completed a Master's Degree at Boston University School of Medicine's Mental Health and Behavioral Medicine program in advance of becoming a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and earned a Master's degree in (Psychiatric/Mental Health) Nursing at Boston College. In addition to her work at our office, Erica maintains an adult psychopharmacology practice.Įrica believes that mental health treatment is an important way to balance the competing stressors of life when they become overwhelming, and takes an eclectic, creative, family-based approach to her work. Rebecka lives in Lexington with her husband and 3 young children. Rebecka practices an integrative approach to psychiatric treatment, using both conventional and complementary therapies to develop individualized plans based on child/adolescent and family needs. She has experience working with children, adolescents and families with a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, affective disorders, ADHD, trauma, eating disorders, and post-partum depression. Rebecka has practiced as Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner since 2010 and has worked at Children’s Hospital Boston, the Cambridge Eating Disorder Center and a private practice in Belmont. Rebecka graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with degrees in Nursing and Sociology, received her Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree from Yale University and earned her Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse degree at Boston College. Wasserman's dog, Diesel, who worked as a therapy dog for ten years. As a puppy, he appeared in the Umbrella Theater production of "The Curious Incident of the Dog at Midnight." He regularly visits the students of Clarke Middle School in Lexington. Breaker was certified by "Therapy Dogs International" in 2021. His brother and grandmother worked at the Long Island Ronald McDonald House helping children with chronic illness. She has been on staff at the Cleveland Clinic and most recently at Massachusetts General Hospital and their Lurie Center for Autism.īreaker is a third generation therapy dog. Wasserman spent time in Rochester, NY, where she worked in a multidisciplinary developmental and learning center, serving as a Consultant to schools in the diverse Finger Lakes Region of upstate New York.
After being employed in private practice in both Connecticut and Ohio, Dr. Wasserman served as a Pediatric Consultant and trained in psychoanalytically-oriented child therapy. At the Hanna Perkins Center for Child Development in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Dr. She completed training in Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine and the Yale Child Study Center. Diana Wasserman graduated from Yale University School of Medicine and trained in general pediatrics at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and The Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Diana Wasserman, MD and Breaker, the Therapy Dogĭr.
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