GABRIEL KAPLAN, M.D. completed his training at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and is a Board Certified Adult and Child psychiatrist, a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a former researcher with published work in the fields of suicide, aggression, affective disorders, and ADHD. A Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UMDNJ, Dr. Kaplan is well known in the medical education field, having chaired multiple courses and symposia at national and international meetings. He has been a member of many New Jersey State committees dealing with child psychiatry treatment issues and is the 2005 recipient of the Golden Bell Award for Child Advocacy granted by the New Jersey Mental Health Association. Dr. Kaplan is featured in the Castle Connolly NY Metro Region Top Doctors Guide. As a frequent guest on Cablevision Hudson Channel 18, he broadcasts on current issues of impact to the community. Please click here to view Dr. Kaplan's academic work.

JOHN REILLY, LCSW, is the Executive Director of Sage Day schools. He is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified child and adolescent psychotherapist and a certified psychoanalyst. Mr. Reilly 's leadership has been instrumental in developing the clinical programs at Sage Day schools, New Alliance Academy and several in-district programs. He maintains a psychotherapy practice in Ridgewood and is the married father of two boys.

CHRISTOPHER J. LEONARD, LCSW, M.Ed., Educational Director of New Alliance Academy, has been the Educational Director of the Sage Day Schools and Principal of Sage Day's first campus, Sage Day at Rochelle Park, since 1998. A 1983 cum laude graduate of Boston University, Mr. Leonard taught in Central Harlem and two Bergen County school districts before earning his MSW from New York University in 1993. As a social worker, Mr. Leonard gained experience working with children, adolescents and families at the Division of Family Guidance, at Alternatives to Domestic Violence, as a member of the Ho Ho Kus Child Study Team and in private practice which he has maintained since 1995. In 1998, Mr. Leonard earned his certification in Group Psychotherapy from the New Jersey Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis. He followed this in 2002 with his M.Ed. from William Paterson University. Mr. Leonard is married with two children and serves his community as a youth soccer coach.

BENNETT SILVER, M.D. a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, is one of New Jersey's noted child and adolescent psychiatrists with thirty years of experience. He completed a psychiatric residency and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Dr. Silver is currently the Medical Director of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Service at Hoboken University Medical Center. He is the co-founder and co-director of one of the largest multidisciplinary psychiatric practices in New Jersey. Over the years he has served as the Medical Director of numerous child and adolescent intensive outpatient programs, chemical dependency programs, residential services, and numerous psychiatric agencies throughout New Jersey. A frequent speaker to community and professional organizations, Dr. Silver has been a consultant to numerous school districts and child study teams throughout New Jersey. He is the editor of three national publications for physicians dealing with psychiatric diagnosis, psychotherapy and the use of psychotropic medication in children, adolescents and adults. As a thought leader for the pharmaceutical industry, he has provided educational seminars to other psychiatrists throughout the country. The Castle Connolly Guide has named him as one of the top doctors in the NY metro region. Please click here to view Dr. Silver's presentation: Psychopharmacology in the School Setting.

ROBERT S. WOLK, Director of Barnstable Academy and Sage Educational Enterprises, has been in the field of education for over twenty-five years, both as a classroom teacher and school administrator. Mr. Wolk did his undergraduate work at Boston University and the American University in Washington, D.C. His Masters Degree is from New York University with studies in Paris, France and Kyoto Japan.

Mr. Wolk sits on the Boards of Directors of Jewish Family Services of North Jersey, New Jersey Y camps and The YM-YWHA of North Jersey. He is also the founder of GOALS Soccer camps. His publications include "Myths about ADD/ADHD" for the American Education Group and "Computer Assisted Humanities Inquiry Program", which appeared in the New Jersey Mathematics Teacher Journal.