Category: Child Neuropsychology
Executive function following pediatric stroke: A systematic review
Learning Objectives: Discuss why assessment of executive functioning (EF) could be useful in the clinical management of children with stroke. Explain the impact of pediatric stroke on EF. Carlotta Rivella & Paola Viterbori (2021) Executive…
The Role of Family Burden on Informant Discrepancies Between Parents and Youths with Protracted Recovery from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Learning Objectives: Discuss how understanding informant discrepancies of internalizing symptoms can contribute to better identifying pathways to recovery and appropriate treatment following pediatric mild traumatic brain injury. Explain how changes in family stress further complicate…
Social Cognition, Adaptive Functioning and Behavior Problems in Preschoolers Born Extremely Preterm
Learning Objectives: Explain how extreme prematurity may affect cognitive development generally and social cognitive functioning more specifically. Describe the clinical and cognitive characteristics that need to be considered as potential contributors to social cognitive functioning…
Neuropsychological functioning and its relationship with brain anatomical measures of children and adolescents with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate
Learning Objectives: Describe the characteristics of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate. Identify the relationship between the anatomy of the brain and cognitive function of people with cleft lip and palate. Patrícia Soares Baltazar Bodoni, Renata…
Investigation of Children and Adolescents’ Mood and Self-Concept after Acquired Brain Injury
Learning Objectives: Explain the double hazard model and factors influencing children’s mental health and self-concept following pediatric brain injury. Discuss the association between child self-reported mood and self-concept and parents’ ratings of internalizing and externalizing…
The Contribution of Neurocognitive Functions to Academic and Psychological Outcomes in Pediatric Cancer: A Latent Profile Analysis
Learning Objectives: Describe how neurocognitive functioning impacts overall academic and psychological domains in survivors of childhood cancer. Describe the contribution of identified risk factors (e.g., age at diagnosis, treatment) that predict neurocognitive subgroups of survivors…
Auditory Attention Late Effects in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Learning Objectives: Describe how sustained auditory attention in pediatric leukemia survivors compares to what is known regarding sustained visual attention in this population. Explain various sociodemographic and treatment-related factors risk factors for difficulties with sustained…
Cognitive and social/emotional influences on adaptive functioning in children with FASD: Clinical and cultural considerations
Learning Objectives: Describe how social and emotional cognition is a key predictor of adaptive functioning for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Illustrate the importance of the cultural context in neuropsychological assessment and research.…
Executive functions and drawing in young children with cerebral palsy: Comparisons with typical development
Learning Objectives: Explain the importance of comparing executive functioning of preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP) and typically developing (TD) children. Describe how inhibitory control may assist the development of drawing abilities in TD preschoolers.…
A comprehensive examination of the memory profile of youth with Down syndrome in comparison to typically developing peers
Learning Objectives: Describe the relative strengths and weaknesses of retrospective memory abilities associated with Down syndrome. Define prospective memory and describe prospective memory abilities of youth with Down syndrome in comparison to their typically-developing peers.…