Pediatric Neuropsychology Case Studies

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

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.

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

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