Award Year -- 2002
Rochester School District

Barbara Cascadden

Biographical Data
Barbara Cascadden holds a BA in Elementary Education, a MA in Child Study and a CAGS in School Psychology. Cascadden taught kindergarten through grade 4 for 12 years before becoming a school psychologist. She has been employed by the Rochester School District for the past 18 years.

Characteristics Leading to the Award
Barbara Cascadden provides a range of psychological services to Rochester schools, working with parents and teachers as well as children. While psychological evaluations and consultations take up most of her time, she also finds time to serve on several committees and also to present workshops. She states that each day presents new challenges. She may be consulting on an autistic preschooler in the morning and work with a college-bound dyslexic high school student in the afternoon. Her particular interests are reading disabilities and autism spectrum disorders.