Sally Liberman Smith graduated from Bennington College in 1950, where she studied with Martha Graham and Erich Fromm. Her senior thesis entitled A Child's Guide to the Parent's Mind was published as a book in 1951. Smith earned a master's degree in education from New York University in 1955. She worked for the World Health Organization in Paris in the 1950s. In 1967, Smith founded The Lab School of Washington. She developed the school's innovative curriculum, the "academic club" method, in which students explore history, geography, civics and other subjects by relying on visual and hands-on activities. In 1976, Smith joined the faculty of American University with an appointment in the School of Education. She directed the master's in special education program which focused on learning disabilities. Smith was the author of ten books about learning disabilities and lectured nationally and internationally on the role of the arts in teaching children with learning disabilities.
From the description of Sally L. Smith Papers 1947-2007. (American University). WorldCat record id: 678571268
