Our Studio Director
Leonard M. Brassard, Ph.D.
Our
Studio Director, Dr. Len Brassard, is a
licensed Psychologist with over 40 years of clinical experience. He has
trained staff, social workers, nurses and physicians in the development
of behavior treatment plans in medical facilities in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Mississippi, and Arkansas. In his private practice Dr.
Brassard has treated children and adults with diagnoses such as:
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism & Asperger's Syndrome
(Spectrum),
Down's syndrome, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Pervasive Developmental
Disorder and individuals with intellectual disabilities. He has also
provided psychological assessments and recommendations as the
Psychologist on a multidisciplinary team assisting children and families
involved with the Department of Social Services (D.S.S.). In addition to administering clinical training and treatment, Dr. Brassard has trained professional and line staff in medical facilities throughout Massachusetts, including Psychiatry residents at UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA., in non-violent methods of redirecting an aggressive patient’s strikes or kicks and immediately placing the patient in physical constraint or restraint, eliminating or minimizing injury to staff or patients. He named these training techniques: “Preventative Aggressive Techniques for Hospitals” (PATH), and filmed a series of videos outlining these techniques for staff of the UMass Psych. Unit. As interest in his methods grew, he taught PATH to staff members at Worcester State Hospital, where these techniques have been part of new staff training since the late 1980’s.
Dr. Brassard's academic teaching career began formally in 1978 at Mississippi State University as the Head Teaching Assistant in the Psychology Department. He has held faculty or adjunct faculty positions at Mississippi State University, the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He has also been on the faculty of the Psychiatry Department at the UMass Medical School in Worcester, MA. Dr. Brassard has recently taught wellness "gym" classes for middle and high school students at the North Central Charter Essential School in Fitchburg, MA, and was also a member of the School Board at Crocker Elementary School in Fitchburg, MA. in the mid-90's.
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