Pediatric Neuropsychology

Ida Sue Baron, PhDDirector of Neuropsychology and Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children, Falls Church, VA & University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VACeliane Rey-Casserly, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolAllied Staff in Pediatric Specialities, Pediatric Psychosocial Unit, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• Table of Contents ; Section I. Medical Disorders ; 1) Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Lifespan Perspective ; Kevin R. Krull & Tara Brinkman ; 2) Autism Spectrum Disorders ; Lisa Joseph, David Black, & Audrey Thurm ; 3) Childhood Brain Tumors ; Celiane Rey-Casserly ; 4) Cerebral Palsy ; Seth Warschausky, Jacqueline N. Kaufman, & Lindsey Felix ; 5) Late Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Children with Congenital Heart Disease ; David C. Bellinger & Jane W. Newburger ; 6) Neuropsychological Outcomes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Childhood and ; Adolescence ; Nichols, Kammerer, & Patton ; 7) Neonatal Encephalopathy ; Alex Kline, Katherine Ann Leonberger, & Ida Sue Baron ; 8) Neuropsychological Functioning in Chronic Kidney Disease Across the Lifespan ; Stephen Hooper & Arlene C. Gerson ; 9) Neuropsychological Outcomes in Pediatric Liver Disease and Transplantation ; Lisa Sorensen ; 10)Multiple Sclerosis ; William MacAllister & Lana Harder ; 11) Phenylketonuria ; Susan E. Waisbren & Kevin M. Antshel ; 12) Preterm Birth Outcomes in Adolescence and Young Adulthood ; Ida Sue Baron, Katherine Ann Leonberger, & Margot D. Ahronovich ; 13) Sickle Cell Disease ; Karen Wills ; 14) Spina Bifida/Hydrocephalus ; T. Andrew Zabel, Lisa Jacobson, & E. Mark Mahone ; 15) Traumatic Brain Injury ; Michael W. Kirkwood, Robin L. Peterson, & Keith Owen Yeates ; Section II. Impact on Educational Systems ; 16) The Changing Face of Public Education: Meeting the Needs of ; Medically Challenged Children ; Ellen Goldberger, Irene Meier, & Mary Ann Panarelli ; 17) Transition to Higher Education for Youth with Disabilities ; Lorraine E. Wolf & Sarah Kroesser ; Section III. Methodological and Lifespan Developmental Considerations ; 18) Insignificant Statistical Significance and Other Methodological Oversights ; Brandi A. Weiss ; 19) Bridging the Gap: Transitioning from Developmental to Adult Healthcare ; Jane Holmes Bernstein & Celiane Rey-Casserly ; 20) Modeling Cognitive Aging Following Early CNS Injury: Reserve and the Flynn Effect ; M. Douglas Ris and Merrill Hiscock

An accessible and informative work that not only provides substantive reviews of current research on various medical disorders, but also advances a timely and underemphasized theme ... the focus on this theme distinguishes this volume from other recent pediatric neuropsychology books, and makes it a unique and valuable resource for practitioners