About the Author

Kate Thomsen, MS, is an educational consultant and rehabilitation counselor who worked for many years at the Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services in Syracuse, New York, where she was involved in providing staff development for schools on topics related to emotional literacy, positive youth development, and high-risk issues. She has taught graduate-level courses at Syracuse University and is the author of Building Resilient Students and Service Learning in Grades K-8. She lives in Jamesville, New York.