Category: Child Neuropsychology
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.…
A hierarchical model of cognitive flexibility in children: Extending the relationship between flexibility, creativity and academic achievement
Learning Objectives: Explain the dimensional nature of cognitive flexibility and the importance of considering its different components during neuropsychological assessment and interventions. Describe how each flexibility component imposes different demands on executive functions and may…
Neurotropic mechanisms in COVID-19 and their potential influence on neuropsychological outcomes in children
Learning Objectives: Describe the neurotropic mechanisms in COVID-19 and their potential influence on the integrity of brain functioning in children. Describe how psychosocial factors related to medical coping may affect young children who historically have…
Addressing the neurodevelopmental needs of children and adolescents with congenital heart disease: A review of the existing intervention literature
Learning Objectives: Discuss evidence-based interventions that have been successful in other medical populations and may be appropriate for patients with CHD. Describe the incidence rates of ADHD in patients with CHD and available treatment approaches.…
Long-term verbal memory deficit and associated hippocampal alterations in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Learning Objectives: Explain the necessity to develop tailored tools to evaluate cognition outside of the limits of standardized test available for this population. Describe how the cognitive phenotype of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) can inform…