[1] Pope was the founding director of the earliest Learning Center as part of the Mental Health Service at a public hospital.
Dr. Pope, Diplomate in School Psychology, has served as a consultant to educational and mental health agencies, and as adjunct professor at Brooklyn College and New York University.
She also was the Keynote Speaker several times at the Atlantic Conference on Learning Disabilities in Halifax, Canada, and conducted training workshops there as well.
Her published material (books, tests, and papers), as well as the instructional films that she produced, reside in the archives of the Tamiment Library at New York University.
Honoree, The Clara Lemlich Award for Social Activism, 2011, which honors women who have been working for the larger good all their lives.
Honoree, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, 2007, for innovative and effective support of children’s literature.