The Parkside School
Cara Levinson is an experienced Clinical Social Worker currently employed at The Parkside School since September 2021. Prior to this role, Cara served as a Youth Care Coordinator at Women In Need, Inc. from August 2017 to August 2021 and worked as a Teacher Assistant at Rebecca School for a brief period in 2016. Cara's early experiences include internships at the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services and NYC Health + Hospitals, as well as a position as a Program Associate at Footsteps, Inc. and an Assistant Teacher role at UW-Madison Preschool Lab. Cara's educational background includes two Master's Degrees from Bank Street College of Education and Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Parkside School
The Parkside School welcomes elementary school children from diverse ethnic, social and economic backgrounds who have a range of language-based learning difficulties. We serve the whole child by offering a thoughtfully designed, comprehensive array of academic and support services. Our goal is to enable our students to pursue learning in their areas of strength, to acquire tools and strategies to progress in their areas of challenge and to develop respect and understanding for themselves and others.