Category: Child Neuropsychology
Characterizing neurocognitive late effects in childhood leukemia survivors using a combination of neuropsychological and cognitive neuroscience measures
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe why the addition of cognitive neuroscience paradigms to neuropsychological assessments can benefit our understanding of poor quality of life in childhood cancer survivors. 2. Explain the relationship between performance on a…
Assessment of executive function in ADHD adolescents: Contribution of performance tests and rating scales
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain the relationships between ADHD symptoms and performance on neuropsychological and behavioral tests of Executive Functions (EF). 2. Describe the clinical utility of the combined use of neuropsychological tests and behavioral rating…
Neurocognitive outcomes in children with unilateral basal ganglia arterial ischemic stroke and secondary hemidystonia
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the neurocognitive outcomes associated with pediatric basal ganglia stroke and the additional cognitive burden of hemidystonia in this population. 2. Explain the concept of plasticity in the context of neurodevelopment, and…
Congenital heart disease: A primer for the pediatric neuropsychologist
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain how critical congenital heart disease (CHD) affects brain development. 2. Describe the various neuropsychological risks experienced by children and adolescents with critical CHD. Cassidy, A. R., Ilardi, D., Bowen, S. R.,…
Socialization of prosocial behavior: gender differences in the mediating role of child brain volume
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the current knowledge base of research on parenting and child brain development. 2. Describe the methods and interpret the results and implications of results of this study. Kok, R., Prinzie, P.,…
An investigation of intra-individual variability in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD)
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain the concept of intra-individual variability, and its relevance in FASD. 2. Discuss the relationship between intra-individual variability, attention, and adaptive behaviour. Ali, S., Kerns, K. A., Mulligan, B. P., Olson, H.…
Clinical and functional correlates of processing speed in pediatric Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain how processing speed difficulties might manifest in terms of functional outcomes in daily life for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD). 2. Describe the potential clinical implications of slow processing…
Neuropsychological outcomes of pediatric demyelinating diseases: A review
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the neuropsychological outcomes associated with pediatric demyelinating diseases, including multiple sclerosis (MS), acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM), neuromyelitis optica (NMO), and transverse myelitis (TM). 2. Explain the influences of clinical and psychosocial…
Sensitivity of the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (64-Card Version) versus the Tower of London (Drexel Version) for detecting executive dysfunction in children with epilepsy
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain the role of epilepsy specific variables as they contribute to executive dysfunction in children and adolescents with epilepsy. 2. Describe the limitations of the WCST-64 in the assessment of executive dysfunction…
Cognitive outcomes of pediatric stroke
Learning Objectives: 1. Explain how stroke characteristics may differentially affect long-term cognitive outcomes following pediatric stroke. 2. Describe the cognitive domains that may be particularly vulnerable to long-term impairment following pediatric stroke. Jacomb, I., Porter,…