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Professional Services

The Center offers a full spectrum of family services to complement the school’s work with its students. Listening to the insights and needs of family members and coordinating timely support and direction are all crucial to success. Among the available options are family and one-to-one counseling, psychiatric consultation and coordination of school and home expectations and interventions. We are also able to help with important transitions by wrapping around the student’s day, offering targeted assistance that can begin prior to the start of school and extend to day’s end issues. Not limited to scheduled arrangements, The Center staff is able to make quick adaptations in concert with the family to maximize the benefits of any program plan.

Dr. Pam Ajang, PhD Neuropsychologist	Pam Ajang’s clinical training initially began in Northern California where she received specialized training in pediatric neuropsychology at Children's Hospital Oakland.  She has been in private practice in the South Bay since 1999, providing primarily neuropsychological and educational assessments for children and adults.  Dr. Ajang also works with students and adults therapeutically, incorporating a variety of approaches including imagery/visualization, cognitive-behavioral interventions, and mindfulness practice.  In addition to evaluations, she often consults with families and schools regarding appropriate educational interventions.
Sherry Anderson, Psy.D. Clinical Psychologist	Coming Soon
Alan Green, M.D. Psychiatrist	Alan C. Green is a well-known leader in the field of child and adolescent psychiatry. He has provided consultation to CLU for over 10 years and has been involved in the direct care of a number of CLU children and families. He is currently in full-time private practice, with an office located on the CLU site. The promotion of healthy families is the cornerstone of Dr. Green’s treatment approach. He guides children, adolescents, and their families along this path by emphasizing the development of not just emotional or mental well being, but also physical and spiritual vitality. Dr. Green is experienced in providing care at all levels, from outpatient to residential treatment. He also serves as an expert witness for the Courts in legal matters pertaining to children and adolescents. Dr. Green received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed his general psychiatry residency training at Harbor-UCLA and then went on to complete fellowships in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Forensic Psychiatry at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. He is a triple diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, and forensic psychiatry. Prior to pursuing private practice on a full-time basis, Dr. Green was the Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency Training Program at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. He continues to be an Associate Clinical Professor at UCLA and involved in the teaching and supervision of residents and fellows. In addition, he is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
Steve Lawrence, M.D. Psychiatrist	Dr. Lawrence is board certified with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Diplomat in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He received his Medical Doctor Degree from Baylor College of Medicine and performed his psychiatric internship and resident at the University of California at Irvine. Currently Dr. Lawrence provides psychiatric consultation to CLU staff, is the attending psychiatrist for Harborview Adolescent Center, and works in his private practice. He has admitting privileges at Del Amo Hospital in Torrance, CA.
Marianne O’Brien-Gordon, MA, SLP Licensed Speech/Language Pathologist	Marianne is a licensed Speech/Language Pathologist who is the owner and Clinical Director of Lifespan Therapeutic Services in Torrance, California. Marianne is a member of the CLU consultation staff and brings 30 years experience with evaluation and treatment of pediatric speech/language disabilities. She has an extensive background working with individuals diagnosed with Learning Differences, Attention Deficit Disorder, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, and Pervasive Development Disorders. Her expertise also includes understanding and providing quality intervention for the social cognitive disabilities associated with a wide range of communication disorders. Marianne values implementing a "team approach" to improve social and communicative competence. She is skilled at recognizing the sensory, behavioral and neurological factors relevant to a variety of communication disorders and applies an interdisciplinary approach for effective service delivery. Marianne's treatment plan stresses joint collaboration with parents, physicians, educators, psychologist, occupational, physical, music and behavioral therapists. She has skills in using play-based approaches for improving general speech/language abilities. Marianne expresses a professional interest in the development of more effective and efficient remediation procedures for children with language learning disabilities and social communication impairments.
David Sponder Licensed Educational Psychologist	David Sponder is a Licensed Educational Psychologist who has worked with children, adolescents and adults in the Greater Los Angeles area for 29 years.  He is a former Special Education Teacher, a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and an RDI Program Certified Consultant.  David's private practice is devoted to children and adolescents with developmental, emotional, attachment or psychiatric disorders.  He also is the Executive Director of Sponderworks Children's Services, which provides therapeutic services to children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Genetic Syndromes and consultative services to parents, schools and agencies.   David's specialty is helping parents, schools and other professionals help children with severe behavioral issues.  His approach features a prescription-based and individualized, integrated framework of developmental, attachment, neurological and behavioral strategies. David is one of only three individuals in the country with accreditation in both Behavioral (BCBA) and Relationship-Based (RDI) methodology, as well as a deep grounding in developmental and attachment psychology and years of experience in almost every type of setting in which children can be found.