The FrostigSchool is lead by a team of experienced administrators

Chris Schnieders, Ph.D. is the Head of School.  She had been the Director of Teacher Training at the Frostig School from 2001 through 2009.   Prior to moving to California, Chris worked in teacher training programs at universities in Nebraska, New Mexico, and Missouri.  Her K-12 experience includes administrative work at psychiatric hospitals in New Orleans and as a teacher and diagnostician for the New Orleans Public Schools.  While completing her doctorate, she worked as a project coordinator for a grant that studied highly successful adults with learning disabilities.  She is a Certified Professional Developer in learning strategies created by the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. She also teaches part-time at local universities in teacher preparation programs in special education.

Bruce Hirsch, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience in the field of learning disabilities.  Bruce has an ongoing interest in the interactions between learning disabilities and emotional issues.  He was a participant in the Frostig international symposium on Psychotherapy and the Learning Disabled Client in France in 1990.  For Schwab Learning, he co-authored on-line articles on anxiety and LD and was a guest expert on emotional issues and LD on their message board in July 2006.   As Clinical Director, Bruce currently supervises our related services (counseling, speech & language, educational therapy), serves as a problem-solving resource to students and parents, maintains contact with our alumni, provides a psychological perspective to our administrative team, and continues to sustain our interdisciplinary team approach.

Jacqueline Knight grew up in the Los Angeles area. She received her BA at the University of California at Santa Cruz. After living abroad, she returned to the US to work on her MA and Education Specialist Teaching Credential at Pacific Oaks College in Pasadena, CA. Jacqueline has been working at the Frostig Center since 2005. Jacqueline began her career at Frostig teaching in the secondary program. In addition to teaching she has presented and co-presented at various special education conferences, including CAPSES 36th Annual Conference, SDE’s National Conference on Differentiated Instruction, and CEC’s International Conference on Inclusive Education. Currently, Jacqueline works as the Admission and IEP Administrator at the Frostig School.