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About Our Director

Karen finished all course work but a dissertation for a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of South Carolina.  She completed her clinical internship at Austin State Hospital and Brackenridge Hospital Emergency Room. During the fall of 1998, she spent six weeks at Linda Silverman's Gifted Development Center in Denver , studying assessment and counseling of gifted children and their families.  In 1999, Karen cofounded Summer Wonders and has served as Executive Director since its inception.  In 2005, she cofounded ACE Academy, Austin’s only private independent school for gifted students, where she serves as Director of Admissions.

As an independent consultant, Karen is also available for private counseling, therapy, advocacy, educational evaluation and assessment (aptitude and achievement testing).

Contact Karen by writing to klangdon@austingifted.org.

Karen Sims Langdon, Director, graduated from Emory University, majoring in Biology and Psychology. While attending the University of Arizona, she received an M.Ed. degree and specialized in parent education and therapy. Her work experience includes employment at several hospitals helping patients cope with chronic diseases and doing family therapy. While working at the Diabetic Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, she helped start a camp for children with diabetes.