SJSU Professor Lewis Aptekar

Dr. Lewis Aptekar is a clinical psychologist and a retired Professor in Counselor Education with more than three decades of experience. Dr. Aptekar visited the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, as a Fulbright Scholar from 1983-1984. From 1985-1986, Dr. Lewis Aptekar worked part-time for the United States Army at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, as a General Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Lewis Aptekar also served as a child psychologist with San Benito County Mental Health Services in California.

Dr. Lewis Aptekar is a clinical psychologist who, between 1987 and 2016, served as a Professor in Counselor Education at San José State University’s Connie L. Lurie College of Education. He’s worked in approximately thirty-five countries, and he’s spent many years observing the plights and lives of street children in his travels. In Dr. Lewis Aptekar’s “Street Children in the Developing World: A Review of Their Condition,” he demonstrates his in-depth understanding of the subject, shedding light on the compassion that led him to numerous humanitarian efforts. Early on, Lewis Aptekar explores the lack of a clear definition of “street children.” All street children are not homeless, for example. In fact, he states that up to ninety-percent of street children in some nations live at home and work on the street to make a living for their families. Meanwhile, others are forced to live on the streets exclusively. The term “street children” refers to both groups and makes und...