A Special Education expert for five decades, Dr. Imber served as a professor in his field from 1973 until 2021. He serves as a special education advocate, consultant to attorneys, parents and schools. He is a special education independent educational evaluator and a special education expert witness.

His testimony has been given in federal court, special education hearings, and in superior court for matters of criminal defense. He has also testified in matters pertaining to Family Court on behalf of children or adolescents with special needs. Additionally, Dr. Imber has been consulted as an expert in matters of Immigration on behalf of children and youth with disabilities who are U.S. citizens.

As a special education expert, Dr. Imber has worked on cases with children, adolescents and adults with a broad array of disabilities. He provides professional advocacy and consultation for children with autism disorder, attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, serious emotional disorder, independent educational evaluation, inclusion of students in general education, special educational progress and Endrew US 2017. Dr. Imber has also testified as a special education expert on matters concerning custody and parental termination of rights. More recently, he has served as an expert on matters of wrongful death of students with disabilities and matters of criminal defense where the issue is competence to stand trial. Recently, he was retained on a matter of special education under Covid-19.

He has been involved in cases from the following states: Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Washington and West Virginia.

Dr. Imber has been a presenter at many regional and national conferences. He has published numerous articles various issues pertaining to learning and emotional treatment of students with disabilities. He has special expertise with regard to federal and state regulations on special education including independent educational evaluations, Office of Special Education Program policy opinions and case law on independent educational evaluations.

Dr. Imber earned an undergraduate degree in Psychology with honors from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He was involved in doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology at the University of Connecticut. He earned a master’s degree from the Department of Educational Psychology with a focus on Learning Disabilities at The University of Connecticut. He completed his doctoral degree from the Department of Educational Psychology with a focus on Emotional and Behavior Disorders at the University of Connecticut.

He currently holds several professional certifications as a teacher of children and adolescents with disabilities. He is also certified as a school psychologist and as an administrator of special education.

His CV is available upon request.

Education: 

• B.A. Psychology (SUNY at Buffalo) graduated with High Honors in Psychology
•  M.Ed. UCONN Department of Educational Psychology (special education – learning disabilities), Inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 1971
• UCONN Department of Educational Psychology, Ph. D. (special education – emotional disorders) 1973

Certifications: 

• Please note that professional certificates are current through July 31, 2029
• Administrator of Special Education
• School Psychologist
• All Grades, Students with Intellectual Disabilities
•  Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Special Education, Elementary to Middle Level, mild/moderate disabilities Grades K-8
• Mild/Moderate Disabilities, Middle to Secondary Level