Category: Child Neuropsychology
Long-term neurodevelopmental outcome after prenatal exposure to maternal hematological malignancies with or without cytotoxic treatment
Learning Objectives: Describe how hematological malignancies during pregnancy may affect the neurocognitive development of the offspring. Describe comorbidities of hematological malignancies and explain how these factors can affect the development of the offspring. Mathilde van…
Systematic Review of Pediatric Memory Questionnaires
Learning Objectives: Demonstrate working knowledge of the pediatric memory questionnaires’ evidence base. Explain the role of memory questionnaires in pediatric memory evaluations. Cecilia Law, Ilona Juraskova & Suncica Lah (2021) Systematic review of pediatric memory…
Family Environment as a Predictor and Moderator of Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Tumors
Learning Objectives: Describe the various treatment types for children with posterior fossa tumours, as well as their associated outcomes. Explain the importance of considering non-clinical factors, such as the family environment, when evaluating and predicting…
Socioeconomic aspects are crucial to better intellectual outcome in early-treated adolescents with congenital hypothyroidism
Learning Objectives: Describe long-term sequelae of congenital hypothyroidism (CH). Comment on the main differences between the findings by Andrade, Dias, de Paula & Silva (2021) and those reported by others in literature. Jéssica Evelyn de…
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…