About Dr. L Carol Scott

Dr. L. Carol Scott is dedicated to the evolution of human potential using the wisdom of childhood. She is an educational, inspirational, and motivational speaker, “a breath of fresh air” for conference and workshop audiences.

Dr. Scott is a nationally-known consultant, author and motivational speaker, and former teacher and administrator in early education, pre-k through 3rd grade. She has devoted almost 30 years to teaching and learning about the experiences of young children and their impact on later life. She acquired her knowledge of child development as a process, its adult effects, and the resolution of the resulting adult challenges, not just through academia and professional application, but from personal experience as well.

The services Dr. Scott provides are grounded in her education in human development and child psychology, and in her decades of work with young children, families, pre-k through 3rd grade teachers, university faculty, administrators in education, and leaders in business and government.
Since 1977, she has been as an observer, student and teacher of human development. After an undergraduate degree that encompassed a double major in Human Development and Anthropology, as well as a minor in Psychology, she earned her MA in Human Development in 1979 and her PhD in Developmental and Child Psychology in 1995. All these degrees were awarded by the University of Kansas, where Dr. Scott learned from and was mentored by internationally-respected leaders in the study of human behavior, child development and psychology.

She has directly observed and experienced the developmental processes of hundreds of children and adults

Dr. Scott has worked for or with the following institutions:
• Families and Work Institute, New York, NY
• United Way of America, Washington, DC
• Local United Ways in Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina
• Hallmark, Inc., Kansas City, MO
• Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, MO
• The Finance Project, Washington, DC
• University of Kansas, Lawrence and Overland Park, KS
• University of Maine, Orono, ME
• Independence, Missouri School District
• Diana’s Grove, Salem, MO
• U.S. Department of Labor, Women’s Bureau, Region VII, Kansas City, MO
• Missouri Head Start Association, Columbia, MO
• Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka, KS
• Westchester County, NY Department of Social Services, White Plains, NY
• Oklahoma Department of Health and Human Services
• South Carolina Department of Education – the South Carolina Readiness Assessment
• Mid-America Regional Council, Kansas City, MO
• Kansas Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies
• Missouri Association of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies