Category: Child Neuropsychology
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…
Sustained attention and vigilance of children treated for sagittal and metopic craniosynostosis
Learning Objectives: Explain how to evaluate results from a continuous performance test. Describe important aspects to consider when assessing neuropsychological functions. Marizela Kljajić, Giovanni Maltese, Peter Tarnow, Peter Sand & Lars Kölby (2020). Sustained attention and…
Measuring visual matching and short-term recognition memory with the CANTAB® Delayed Matching to Sample task in schoolchildren
Learning Objectives: Describe advantages of regression-based norm data compared to traditional norm calculations for neuropsychological tests. Explain the effect of varying demographic variables on the norm calculations for one computerized test, i.e., visual recognition- and…
Executive Dysfunction in Children and Adolescents with Behavior Disorders and Traumatic Brain Injury
Learning Objectives: Describe how executive functions may be disturbed after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Describe the process of recovery that may be experienced in adolescents at 24 months after TBI. Kelsey A. Maloney, Adam T.…
Reliable Change in Pediatric Brain Tumor: A Preliminary Investigation
Learning Objectives: Describe the strengths and weaknesses of using Reliable Change Index (RCI) methodology in survivors of PBT. Discuss the challenges to application of the RCI methodology in survivors of PBT. Thomas A. Duda, M.…
Cognitive development in absence epilepsy during long-term follow-up
Learning Objectives: Describe the course of cognitive development in children with absence epilepsy (AE). Explain reliable change methodology. Eric L. A. Fonseca Wald, Sylvia Klinkenberg, Twan P. C. Voncken, Saskia C. M. Ebus, Albert P.…
Parenting and the dysregulation profile predict executive functioning in children with acquired brain injury
Learning Objectives: Identify benefits of using the dimensional approach in children with acquired brain injury. Distinguish environmental stressors that may disrupt the development of executive functions following acquired brain injury. García, Roberto Gómez-Raygoza, Stephen J.…
Socio-economic status and the developing brain in adolescence: A systematic review
Learning Objectives: Describe the role SES may play in the relationship between neurological processing and social/emotional behaviors of adolescents. Explain the challenges in conceptualising and measuring SES in the context of adolescent neurological architecture and…
Comparisons of the BRIEF parental report and neuropsychological clinical tests of executive function in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Data from the UK national specialist clinic
Learning Objectives: Summarize correlations between neuropsychological data and parent ratings of executive functioning among children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Describe how neuropsychological test data and parent ratings may complement one another in the assessment…