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Dr. Fred Norris | Psychologist
Dr. Fred Norris has an extensive educational background in family, educational, child, and forensic psychology. With a B.A. and M.A. in Psychology and Psychological Services from California State University, Northridge, an M.B.A. from California Lutheran University, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern California, Dr. Fred Norris laid an educational foundation that serves as the basis of his current practice.
Early in his career, Dr. Fred Norris founded Norris and Associates, a company that provided evaluation, consultation, and counseling services to school districts in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Dr. Fred Norris was the President of Norris and Associates for 15 years while concurrently running clinical and forensics practices, both of which continue today.
In his clinical practice, Dr. Fred Norris focuses on child and family therapy, organizational consulting, and independent educational evaluations. In his forensics practice, Dr. Fred Norris works with the courts to provide evaluations in civil, criminal, custody, and dependency cases. He also provides mediation, court ordered therapy, and expert witness testimony. In some mediation and custody cases, Dr. Fred Norris offers pro bono services for the Ventura County Superior Courts.
Dr. Fred Norris shares his clinical and psychological expertise with his peers, students, and families in need of resources. To that end, Dr. Fred Norris has worked on a pro bono basis with social skills training groups focusing on children with attention deficit disorders. He also published research in the Journal of Child Custody regarding decision-making criteria in infant and toddler custody disputes. Dr. Fred Norris is a regular lecturer, providing parenting skills training and speaking on family therapy and child psychology topics. Dr. Fred Norris has also instructed psychology students in both undergraduate and postgraduate settings.
Dr. Fred Norris is the past President and current Ethics Chair of the Ventura County Psychological Association. He is also a member of the California Psychological Association, American Psychological Association, and the Ventura County Family Law Bar Association.
Fred Norris's Companies
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Fred Norris Ph.D.
1978
- Thousand Oaks CA
Psychologist, Marriage and Family Therapist, Educational Psychologist
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Fred Norris's Publications
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California Lutheran University, The Blog of Dr. Fred Norris on Bigsight
February, 2011
Founded in 1959, California Lutheran University offers a broad variety of undergraduate and graduate degrees, among them a widely recognized Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. The versatile academic path offers students a choice of seven tracks to choose from: Finance, Entrepreneurship, Information Technology Management, International Business, Management and Organizational Behavior, Econometrics and Macroeconomics, and Nonprofit and Social Enterprise. Whichever their area of study, MBA students of California Lutheran University receive a highly valuable education that endows them with the skills to succeed as professionals.
Pupils of the MBA academic route pursue demanding academics that assist them in building integrity and expertise. Committed to shaping the careers of its student body, California Lutheran University’s MBA program ensures that participants graduate with dynamic administrative abilities, leadership and strategy capabilities, and sustainable modes of business thinking.
Additionally, alumni leave the institution with diverse knowledge of the methodology and logistics of accounting, distribution and marketing, and relevant legal and political components that may affect their business.
While students of the MBA program choose their area or areas of focus, California Lutheran University strives to create solid foundations, through a number of core classes. MBA seekers must complete a variety of rigorous required classes, among them Behavioral Science for Management, Financial Principles and Policies, Organizational Theory and Development, and Statistical Analysis for Managers; those within the MBA program are obligated to fulfill 45 semester credits. Currently, Director and Associate Professor of Business Veronica Guerrero, who holds nearly 20 years of experience in marketing development, supervise the program.
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About Attention Deficit Disorders in Children, by Dr. Fred Norris
June, 2011
A licensed child, marriage, and family counselor, Dr. Fred Norris has applied his extensive experience in working with adults and children at his psychology practice since 1978. In the same year that Dr. Fred Norris decided to start his private practice, he acted as a Consulting Psychologist for a county-funded child development program that served children with development, behavioral, and learning disabilities. Dr. Fred Norris also presented a lecture on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adolescents and young adults. He has since worked with several children and young adults with ADHD and attention deficit disorder (ADD). Individuals who have issues applying themselves to a certain subject for a long period of time, act on impulsive whims, exhibit a high level of hyperactivity, and are unable to focus their attention may have ADD, which serves as a subjective description of these conditions.
While a child with ADD may demonstrate a lack of concentration when completing schoolwork or some other activity, there is usually another factor that signifies ADD. Sometimes, attention deficit children are gifted, but they find it hard to apply themselves during school and receive bad grades. Individuals with ADD can exhibit the condition and presence with or without hyperactivity. Diagnostic procedures for ADD have changed over the years with due to new research and other factors. Traditionally, inattentive children must meet six criteria in order to possess ADD. They forget about daily routines, have trouble listening, lack organizational skills, lose important information or objects, and have problems with homework and school assignments. They lack the ability to finish projects or schoolwork, focus on details, struggle to focus on the task at hand, and have a difficult time in finishing work and/or following instructions. It is unknown why some children experience these issues.
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