Kathleen M. Berry-Hebert

Kathleen Berry-Hebert is currently a school psychologist in Tampa, Florida. She works with children who are intellectually gifted as well as those who are intellectually challenged. Berry-Hebert works with students grades K-12 and conducts assesments such as psycho-educational and behavioral. She administers, interprets and coordinations these evaluations to those who need formal testing to maximize their academic success.

Kathleen coordinates and consults with the special education director as well as the teachers, and parents to determine the needs of the children. Berry-Hebert consults with school staff on behavior and learning problems to help them deal with the special needs or concerns of specialized academic populations. She also collaborates with community agencies, department social workers and other mental health professionals to coordinate services and provides direct services to assigned schools, students and staff.

In her work with children Berry-Hebert has determined a key component that can affect the mental health of everyone: nutrition. She has taken an interest in how nutrition and the foods one puts in their bodies can affect ther mental states. In particular, iodine and magnesium are two nutrients that are no longer ingredients easily found in our diets. Our breads that used to have iodine and magnesium are now fortified with flouride, which can be toxic to us.

Kathleen Berry-Hebert has published papers in journals such as, Nature, the leading journal for people to be published.