Pediatric Neuropsychology

Keith Owen Yeates, PhD, ABPP-CN, is the Ronald and Irene Ward Chair in Pediatric Brain Injury, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. His influential research focuses on the outcomes of childhood brain disorders, especially traumatic brain injury (TBI). A recently published bibliometric analysis indicates that Dr. Yeates has authored more of the top 100 most-cited papers in pediatric TBI than any other researcher. Dr. Yeates is the inaugural Chair of the Canadian Concussion Network and is Editor-in-Chief of Neuropsychology. He has served as President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40 of the American Psychological Association) and the International Neuropsychological Society. M. Douglas Ris, PhD, ABPP-CN, is Professor and Head of the Psychology Section in the Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine. He is also Chief of the Psychology Service at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Previously, he founded and directed the Neuropsychology Program and the Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Program at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. His research interests include the neurodevelopmental effects of exposure to environmental lead and late effects in pediatric brain tumors. H. Gerry Taylor, PhD, ABPP-CN, is Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University and Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals of Cleveland. Dr. Taylor is a pediatric neuropsychologist with a background in clinical assessment of children. His research aims to better understand the effects of early neurological risks on the child and family, the neurological basis of developmental problems, and the influences of social and environmental factors on outcome. Bruce F. Pennington, PhD, is a John Evans Professor of Psychology at the University of Denver, where he heads the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Program. He has conducted research for over 30 years on the genetics and neuropsychology of developmental disorders, including dyslexia, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, autism, and intellectual disability syndromes. He is also a child neuropsychologist and has been active in clinical training and practice throughout his career.

I. Medical Disorders

1. Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Jack M. Fletcher and Maureen Dennis

2. Children with Very Low Birthweight or Very Preterm Birth, H. Gerry Taylor

3. Childhood Epilepsy, Michael Westerveld

4. Pediatric Brain Tumors, M. Douglas Ris and Richard Abbey

5. Traumatic Brain Injury, Keith Owen Yeates

6. Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis and Childhood Multiple Sclerosis, Vicki Anderson, Ben Deery, Rani Jacobs, and Andrew J. Kornberg

7. Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, Anna Byars

8. Perinatal Stroke, Joan Stiles, Ruth D. Nass, Susan C. Levine, Pamela Moses, and Judy S. Reilly

9. Environmental Toxicants, Kim N. Dietrich

10. Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Sarah N. Mattson and Linnea Vaurio

II. Neurodevelopmental Disorders

11. Math Disabilities, Marcia A. Barnes, Lynn S. Fuchs, and Linda Ewing-Cobbs

12. Reading Disability, Robin L. Peterson and Bruce F. Pennington

13. Specific Language Impairment, Margaret, J. Snowling and Marianna E. Hayiou-Thomas

14. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Erik G. Willcutt

15. Autism Spectrum Disorders, Sally Ozonoff

16. Intellectual Disability Syndromes, Carolyn B. Mervis and Angela E. John

III. Clinical Assessment and Intervention

17. Maxims and a Model for the Practice of Pediatric Neuropsychology, Ida Sue Baron

18. Interventions for Children with Neuropsychological Disorders, Stephen M. Kanne, Maureen O’Kane Grissom, and Janet E. Farmer