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A comprehensive examination of the memory profile of youth with Down syndrome in comparison to typically developing peers

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the relative strengths and weaknesses of retrospective memory abilities associated with Down syndrome.
  2. Define prospective memory and describe prospective memory abilities of youth with Down syndrome in comparison to their typically-developing peers.

Mary Godfrey & Nancy Raitano Lee (2020) A comprehensive examination of the memory profile of youth with Down syndrome in comparison to typically developing peers, Child Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2020.1721454

Auditory Attention Late Effects in Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe how sustained auditory attention in pediatric leukemia survivors compares to what is known regarding sustained visual attention in this population.
  2. Explain various sociodemographic and treatment-related factors risk factors for difficulties with sustained auditory attention among pediatric leukemia survivors.

Alice Ann Holland, Matthew A. Clem, Erin Lampson & Peter L. Stavinoha (2020) Auditory attention late effects in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Child Neuropsychology, 26:7, 865-880, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2020.1772738

Cognitive and social/emotional influences on adaptive functioning in children with FASD: Clinical and cultural considerations

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe how social and emotional cognition is a key predictor of adaptive functioning for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
  2. Illustrate the importance of the cultural context in neuropsychological assessment and research.

Andi Crawford, Laurie Te Hāpuku Te Nahu (Rongomaiwahine rāua ko Kahungunu), Elizabeth R. Peterson, Valerie McGinn, Kate Robertshaw & Lynette Tippett (2020) Cognitive and social/emotional influences on adaptive functioning in children with FASD: Clinical and cultural considerations, Child Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2020.1771296

The Role of Family Burden on Informant Discrepancies Between Parents and Youths with Protracted Recovery from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

Learning Objectives:

  1. 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.
  2. Explain how changes in family stress further complicate recovery from pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.

Samantha A. Murphy & Jonathan N. Dodd (2021) The role of family burden on informant discrepancies between parents and youths with protracted recovery from mild traumatic brain injury, Child Neuropsychology,27:2, 151-164, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2020.1817354

Deception is Different: Negative Validity Test Findings Do Not Provide “Evidence” for “Good Effort”

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain how positive and negative test results are used together to determine the probability of the condition of interest in medicine and psychology.
  2. Discuss that with malingering as the condition of interest, negative PVT results do not automatically lead to a conclusion of “good effort.”

Michael D. Chafetz (2020) Deception is different: Negative validity test findings do not provide “evidence” for “good effort”, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2020.1840633

Neuropsychological functioning and its relationship with brain anatomical measures of children and adolescents with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the characteristics of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate.
  2. Identify the relationship between the anatomy of the brain and cognitive function of people with cleft lip and palate.

Patrícia Soares Baltazar Bodoni, Renata Ferranti Leoni, Arthur Bernardi do Vale, Pedro Henrique Rodrigues da Silva, Silvio Garcia Meira Junior, Antonio Richieri Costa (in memorian) & Maria De Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim (2021). Neuropsychological functioning and its relationship with brain anatomical measures of children and adolescents with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate, Child Neuropsychology, 27:1, 2-16, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2020.1776240

 

Social Cognition, Adaptive Functioning and Behavior Problems in Preschoolers Born Extremely Preterm

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain how extreme prematurity may affect cognitive development generally and social cognitive functioning more specifically.
  2. Describe the clinical and cognitive characteristics that need to be considered as potential contributors to social cognitive functioning after premature birth.

Isabelle Marleau, Mélissa Vona, Charlotte Gagner, Thuy Mai Luu & Miriam H. Beauchamp (2021) Social cognition, adaptive functioning, and behavior problems in preschoolers born extremely preterm, Child Neuropsychology, 27:1, 96-108, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2020.1797656

Family Environment as a Predictor and Moderator of Cognitive and Psychosocial Outcomes in Children Treated for Posterior Fossa Tumors

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the various treatment types for children with posterior fossa tumours, as well as their associated outcomes.
  2. Explain the importance of considering non-clinical factors, such as the family environment, when evaluating and predicting cognitive and psychosocial outcomes.

Christianne Laliberté Durish, Iska Moxon-Emre, Eric Bouffet, Ute Bartels & Donald J. Mabbott (2021). Family environment as a predictor and moderator of cognitive and psychosocial outcomes in children treated for posterior fossa tumors, Child Neuropsychology, 27:5, 641-660, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2021.1885639

Socioeconomic aspects are crucial to better intellectual outcome in early-treated adolescents with congenital hypothyroidism

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe long-term sequelae of congenital hypothyroidism (CH).
  2. 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 Andrade, Vera Maria Alves Dias, Jonas Jardim de Paula & Ivani Novato Silva (2021). Socioeconomic aspects are crucial to better intellectual outcome in early-treated adolescents with congenital hypothyroidism, Child Neuropsychology, 27:5, 587-600, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2021.1876010