Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies

Jennifer A. N. Apps, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor, pediatric neuropsychologist, and Assistant Director for Research in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Apps specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with comorbid emotional and neurological disorders. She received her PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas and completed post-doctoral training at Children's Hospital of Dallas. Her primary research interests are in the area of pediatric Bipolar Disorder. She has published several articles in professional journals and frequently gives both professional and educational lectures on pediatric mental health issues. Robert F. Newby, Ph.D. is Associate Professor, pediatric Neuropsychologist, and Co-Director of the Neuropsychology Division of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with neurological and learning disorders. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and completed an internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Center in Madison. He has a Diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology, awarded by the American Board of Professional Psychology and the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology. Dr. Newby's primary research interests have been in dyslexia, reading disabilities and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. He has published articles in professional journals, book chapters, and a book for parents; he has received research grants from several foundations. Dr. Newby is on the Professional Advisory Board of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Learning Disabilities Association. Laura Weiss Roberts, M.D., M.A. is Chairman and Charles E. Kubly Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Roberts is a career scientist funded by the National Institutes of Health, and a nationally recognized scholar and leader in ethics, psychiatry, medicine, and medical education. Before coming to Milwaukee, Dr. Roberts served as a Professor of Psychiatry, Vice Chair for the Department of Psychiatry and the Director of the Institute for Ethics at the University of New Mexico, where she completed her psychiatry training and then remained on faculty for 8 years. She is the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Academic Psychiatry and serves as an editorial board member and peer reviewer for many scientific journals. Dr. Roberts has received numerous awards for her scholarship, leadership, and teaching, and has been an invited speaker for over 100 presentations, workshops and seminars. A dedicated writer, she has written extensively on topics including clinical and research ethics, informed consent, clinical medicine, educational scholarship, end-of-life care, physician and medical student health care.

• Dangers of Childhood: Neurological Disorders.- Beating the Odds: Prematurity and Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus.- Never, Ever Shake a Baby: Pass It On.- Grand Larceny in the First Grade: Traumatic Brain Injury in the School-Aged Years.- A Slippery Descent: Adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury.- Steamrolled: Sports-Related Concussions.- Bad Signs: Sickle-Cell Disease and Stroke.- Life Interrupted: Medulloblastoma.- The Mystery of the Falling Grades: Seizure Disorder.- When Half a Brain is Better than One: Recurrent Seizures.- Pathological Left-Handedness: Stroke and Seizures.- Moving Forward: Psychotherapy with a Youth After Brain Injury.- Family Matters: Psychosocial Factors on Neuropsychological Outcome.- Dog Attack: Physical Trauma with Associated Brain Injury.- Back to Life: Anoxic Brain Damage in a Near Drowning.- How It Can All Go Wrong: Developmental Disorders.- The Energizer Bunny Meets Shirley Temple: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Combined Type.- “He is not Working up to Potential”: Atypical Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with Executive Weaknesses.- Sorting Sounds: Reading Disability with Phonological Awareness Deficit.- Well Compensated But Never Quite Solved: Lingering Dyslexia.- Emily Confronts Her Fiercest Bear: Word Reading Disorder with Naming Speed and Phonological Deficits.- A Tale of Two Assessments: Reading Fluency.- Lost in Space: Nonverbal Learning Disability.- Beyond Diagnosis: Applied Behavior Analysis Treatment of Moderate Autism Spectrum Disorder.- When Quirks and Quick Learning Create a Quandary: Mild Autism.- On Eggshells: Pediatric Bipolar Disorder.- It Helps to Know Genetic Basis: Williams Syndrome as an Example of Cognitive Disability.- Mixed Bag: Tics, Compulsions, and More.- Things that Go Bump in the Night:Interesting Questions and Controversies for Our Field.- A “Sensational” Way to Understand and Serve Children: Illustration of a Sensory Processing Model.- Sense and Sensibility: Relating Behavior Control Issues with Self-Regulation of Sensory Input.- Elusive, Inclusive, or Conclusive? (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder.- A Little of This, A Little of That: (Central) Auditory Processing Disorder.- A Hunt for the Elusive Neuropsychological Impairment: Conversion Disorder.- A Mystery of Perplexing Symptoms: Neuropsychological Assessment in a Case of Dysautonomia.- Erratum.

From The Clinical Neuropsychologist: "What sets this book apart from the rest is that it provides a series of unique learning tools that both the student and professional will find beneficial. ... a must for any pediatric neuropsychologist providing clinical training to students ... an excellent resource for practitioners and trainees alike." Amy V. Davis, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, Volume 23, Issue 7 October 2009 From Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society: "It was a bold and important decision by the editors to provide space for the discussion of topics such as sensory integration and central auditory processing disorder, which raise the passions of advocates on both sides of the issues... Case studies are presented in a narrative style that is engaging and easily accessible ... ideal for those in training or practicing early in their careers, as it will provide them with exposure to a wide variety of disorders, and the basic assessment tools and intervention strategies associated with these diagnoses." - Nancy L. Nussbauma, Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 16:397-398