JOHN JOSEPH BEAROFF, PHD

John Bearoff, Ph.D., has over 40 years of experience in a wide variety of settings including as a classroom teacher, substitute teacher, school psychologist, and private practitioner.  This diverse background allows John to speak from a unique perspective of understanding – on all levels.  John is a certified school psychologist and clinical psychologist.

Dr. Bearoff has conducted more than 300 in-service programs to school districts around the country.  Topics for educators include grief/loss intervention, stress management with students and staff, crisis intervention, depression and suicide intervention and creating safe schools.  John has been responsible for initiating and developing district wide programs on grief/loss intervention/postvention, student assistance programs for drug and alcohol intervention.  He also created suicide prevention and anti-bullying programs for several large school districts.  In addition, John has been the chairperson for school district committees created to establish district-wide safe schools plans.  He has also been the chairperson for multicultural awareness committees, which established school district policies relating to diversity and tolerance.