title: Selma Sapir (1916-2014).
abstract: This article memorializes Selma Sapir (1916-2014), a child psychologist and innovator in treating children with learning disabilities. Sapir authored or coauthored five books on treating and educating children with learning disabilities. She developed four tests: the Sapir Dimension of Learning, the Sapir Learning Lab Language Scale, the Sapir Self-Concept Scale, and the Sapir Developmental Scale. In 1997-1998, she served as president of the International Council of Psychologists (ICP). For many years, she was the ICP representative to the United Nations.
authors.affiliation: St. John's University.
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Frishberg
authors.affiliation: St. John's University.
authors.forename: John D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Hogan
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D002666:Psychology, Child / Q000266:history*