headshot of Dr. Terese Pawletko

Dr. Pawletko is currently working in private practice on an “itinerant basis.” She travels to where children, adolescents, and their families and schools and her adult clients are located.

She is a former teacher of the visually impaired. She is also a former pediatric psychologist (working for 9 years with children with life threatening and chronic illness; worked with individuals with Austism Spectrum Disorder) at UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Following her work at UNC, Dr. Pawletko worked as a psychologist at the Maryland School for the Blind and, along with Dr. Lorraine Rocissano, began to develop approaches to educating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Visual Impairment (ASD/VI).

Dr. Pawletko has authored numerous journal articles and publications and presented at many conferences. She conducts workshops and consults an “as requested” basis. You can reach her by email: teresepawl@gmail.com.

Education

Clinical Research Fellow, 1988-1989, in Pediatric Psychology, Departments of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill

Ph.D. 1988, Pennsylvania State University School Psychology

M.S. 1985, Pennsylvania State University School Psychology

B.S.Ed. 1976, Illinois State University, Education of Visually Impaired, Elementary Education

Selected Workshops

Strategies for Working with Children with Autism and Visual Impairments. November 14, 2013. Presenter. New England Association of Educators and Rehabilitation Specialists for the Visually Impaired. Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

Pawletko, T.M. Working with children with autism spectrum disorders. Presentation to staff of SAU 53, Pembroke, New Hampshire, January, 2011.

Pawletko, T.M. Autism and visual impairment. Keynote address to the Tennessee Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Nashville, Tennessee, September, 2010.

Pawletko, T.M. Septo-optic dysplasia and autism spectrum disorders: An opportunity to explore their features, associations, considerations, and implications for educators. Workshop presented at 2010 Texas Focus: Learning From Near to Far, Plano, Texas, June, 2010.

Selected Presentations

Pawletko, T.M. Could My Student be on the Autism Spectrum? If So, How Can I Help? Northeast Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired, Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, November, 2013.

Pawletko, T.M. They’re Already Adults – Why Consider An Autistic Disorder Now – Does it Make a Difference, Does it Really Help? Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired International Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas, July, 2010.

Pawletko, T.M. & Rocissano, L. Step up to the Plate — Help the Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Visual Impairment Be All They Can Be. Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired International Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, July, 2006.

Pawletko, T.M. & Wayne, D. “I don’t get it!” – Helping children with autism spectrum disorders ‘get it!’ Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired International Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, July, 2006.