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Ilene Rothschild

Associate Professor, Special Education
School of Education
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Ilene Rothschild

Associate Professor, Special Education
School of Education

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Dr. Rothschild has been at ĢAV for the past 21 years teaching psychology and education courses and has been the faculty in residence representing the school of education. She has earned 2 Masters degrees, one from Hunter College in rehabilitation counseling and one from The University of Connecticut in learning disabilities. Dr. Rothschild has a doctoral degree from Columbia University in special education and administrative degrees from Iona College.

 

Dr. Rothschild has held many roles as high school teacher, learning specialist, guidance counselor, educational evaluator and SAT tutor. During her high school career, she administered a peer tutor program, peer leader program, parent support group, and the psychology club. Dr. Rothschild’s areas of specialization throughout her career including parent advocacy, special education, psychology, anti-bullying, anti-discrimination and counseling.

Teaching psychology and special education courses

Dr. Rothschild's presentations and workshops often involve the topics of: digital storytelling, service learning, brain based learning, women's empowerment, advocacy, bullying prevention, and diversity.

Textbook Chapters 

  • Rothschild,I., & Gedrich,A. (2018)”Bullying and its Impact on School Violence”, Textbook chapter When Students Grieve: A Guide to Bereavement in the Schools. .Florida: LRP Publishers. 
  • Rothschild,I. & Miller, H. (2016) “Bullying: Does it end with high school?” Managing Conflict: An Introspective Journey to Negotiating Skills. NY: Cognella Academic Publishers. 

 

Articles 

 

  • Rothschild, I. (2020) “Write:On: 10 Parental Suggestions to be the “At Home” Writing Coach.” BoysReadandWrite:Publishing Experience for Everyone. Retrieved date of your retrieval, 2020, from  

 

  • Rothschild,I. (2021) “Living in Zoomland”. Publication pending.  

 

  • Rothschild, I, & Munson, L., (2021) “Being your Best: Survival Tips to make it through the School year during the age of COVID” 

     

     

Rothschild, I,. Lewis,M., Timperman,S., & Sakarya, M. (2015). “Lights, Camera, Action: A Digital Success Story at College”.  

 

  • Rothschild, I., & Miraglia, M, (2015). “Finding Balance in an Unbalanced World: Advice to teens”.  

 

  • Rothschild,I,. & Miller,H.  (2015). “What Makes a Good Middle School?”. Journal News. 

 

  • Rothschild, I. & Miller, H. (2015). “Keeping your Middle School Child Safe from Bullying”. Journal News, November 9th, 2014. 

 

  • Rothschild, I., & Staub, S., (2015) “When Opting Out is not an option: Helping teens cope with test anxiety”. 

     
  • Rothschild,I., & Staub, S., (2015) “What Walt Disney taught us about Teaching”, Educational  

     

    Leadership. 

Presentations 

  • Rothschild, I. & Venezian, S. (2021) “Pathways to Advocacy” Women’s Empowerment Conference.  
  • Rothschild,I., Timperman,S., Steadman Charkes,J., Fried,M. (2020)”Brain Based learning” Community, monthly meetings, ĢAV. 
  • “Rothschild,I., Timperman,S., & Fried,M. (2020) “Digital Stories: Everyone Has a Story”, Learning Community, monthly meetings, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I, Timperman, Sobecki,P, & Varughese, R. (2020) Service Learning Community,monthly meetings. 
  • Rothschild,I. & Varughese,R., (2020) “Inclusivity and Empathy” Building Stronger Communication in the college community.” Day of Tolerance, ĢAV. 
  • (Rothschild,I. (2020) “Mentoring for the Adjunct Faculty” New Faculty Orientation. ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I. (2020)“Civil Rights Era:1950’s and 1960’s: An Educator’s Perspective”. Black Lives Matter Forum, panelist, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., Timperman,S.,Varughese,R., Sobecki, P., & Fried,M.  “Service Learning: Making a Difference-One Online Class at a Time” (2020). June Intensives, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., Timperman,S., & Fried,M. (2020) “Digital Stories Online: Who Says it Cannot be Done!”. June Intensives, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I. (2020)Faculty Mentoring Workshop, Panel Facilitator, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I. (2020) Workshop on Related Services. Panel Facilitator, Education Club, ĢAV.  
  • Rothschild,I., & Timperman,S. (2020) “Everyone has a story: Utilizing Digital Stories Across the  Curriculum”, Faculty Seminar Day. ĢAV, 
  • Rothschild,I., & Drumm, D. (2020) “Step Up: Your Path to Advocacy”, “Why Not Me? Why Not Us? The Journey of Women to Empowerment” Women’s Empowerment Conference, ĢAV 
  • Rothschild,I., & Nunez, V.(2020) Workshop- “It’s Not too early to Talk: Financing College” Rivertowns Parent Group, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I & Timperman,S. (2020) “Lend me a Paw: Animal Assisted Intervention” Workshop, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Timperman,S. (2020). Digital Story workshops -class presentations in Critical Inquiry, English, Nursing classes, 
  • Rothschild,I., & Gedrich: A. (2019) “Empowering Children in our World” International Day of the Child, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., Fried,M., & Timperman,S.(2019) “The Quest for Questioning: Techniques and Tools to Enhance your Teaching”, Faculty Seminar Day, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & McCabe,M. (2019) “Accessibility and UDL”, Northeast Connect On Line Conference, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Timperman,S,(2019) “Digital Stories: Everyone has A Story”, Guest speakers in Social policy class, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I ,(2019) Panelist “Three C’s for Community Building” Advice for Adjuncts” “Being a Faculty mentor”, New Faculty Orientation, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Quackenbush,T. (2019) Co Facilitator, “Voices from the Field”  Leading for Change Summer Institute, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Timperman,S.(2019) “Digital Storytelling” Leading for Change Summer Institute, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., Timperman,S, Lewis, M., & Sakarya., M (2019), “Lights, Camera, Action: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom”. June Intensives, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Ramaswamy,S. (2019) "Let's Crack the Case: Using the Case Study Across the Curriculum", June Intensives,ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Vallice,R. (2019) “APPS for Living: Top 10 APPS for Individuals and Students with Cognitive Disabilities” Co Presenter at Tech Supports for Cognition and Learning, ĢAV,ARC,. 
  • Rothschild,I. (2019) “Women’s Empowerment Conference-From Passion to Purpose” planning committee, facilitator, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & McCabe,M. (2019) “Designing for Disability: A Fashion Revolution” co sponsor, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Gunning,A. (2019)Preparing for Teaching and Counseling in STEM Careers.Education Club, ĢAV. 
  • Rothschild,I., & Gunning,A (2019) “Future of Teaching: Perspectives from Administrators.” ĢAV.