CEO and President

Amparo D. Rinaldi is a New York and Connecticut certified Bilingual School Psychologist who has worked in education for 20 years.  A former English Language Learner herself, Amparo understands first-hand the immigrant experience, the acculturation process, and the various obstacles many CLD students need to overcome to meet academic success.  

She has worked independently since 2009. In 2013 Amparo was promoted to Head Evaluator at Citypro Group, where she was responsible for the performance of clinical teams in the Bronx and Manhattan.  She maintained a high-quality assurance standard for all evaluations, including Psychological, Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy evaluations.  During this time, Amparo also supervised graduate interns on comprehensive multicultural assessments.    

Amparo has also enjoyed a long career with BOCES NWP, where she practiced as a School Psychologist in several school districts in the counties of Rockland, Putnam, Dutchess, Sullivan, Orange, and Ulster as well as in the state of Connecticut.  With her many years of work in multiple school districts, she is an expert School Psychologist who has compiled thousands of bilingual assessments for diverse students with a plethora of presenting issues. 

Amparo continues to provide exceptional specialized school services to districts with culturally and linguistically diverse students as the President and Founder of Bilingual Special Education Services of CT (BSES/CT).  With her team of specialized clinicians, BSES/CT has a successful track record of partnering with school districts to help schools meet their goals of providing timely interventions for children with specialized learning needs. 

Amparo’s long history of leadership in clinical work confirms her passion for children’s education and the life-changing impact she has seen it make on their lives and the lives of their loved ones.  Through her bilingual fluency, clinical experience, and clinical leadership, Amparo brings a rare and unique skill set to every school district she partners with.    

She holds an M.Ed. from Queens College in School Psychology with a Bilingual Specialization.  Her professional interests are early literacy and dyslexia. Amparo studied Spanish writing at Universität de Barcelona, Spain.  Passionate about the arts, culture, and travel, she has supported students with disabilities in impoverished communities in Nicaragua, Peru, Jamaica, Honduras, and her native Dominican Republic.