About
Biography
I love how science helps us learn things and solve problems. As a clinical psychologist, my goal is to understand the concerns of my patients and families and apply what we know from science to improve their lives.
As a clinical psychologist, I treat children and adolescents who have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). I find working with children and their families very rewarding.
My care philosophy is patient- and family-oriented and based in science and empirically supported assessment and treatment. Parents are the experts on their child and family, and I view my role as an outside resource who helps them identify and resolve issues. I provide evidence-based resources to improve functioning and support the execution of those resources.
I value listening to patients and families, helping them develop goals, and sharing information and ideas to address their concerns. I support positive change and love to see families succeed and flourish. My ultimate goal is to make the lives of children and their families better.
My primary research goal is to understand the short- and long-term effects of TBI on the lives of children and their families. I want to use the results of my research to develop and disseminate effective treatments that improve the lives of children and adolescents with TBI.
When I’m not helping patients and families, I like to spend time with my family and dogs. We enjoy being outside and traveling. I also love baking.
PhD: Clinical Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2014.
Predoctoral Internship: Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
Interests
Diagnostic interviewing, intellectual and academic assessment, and evidence based treatment for children and families; inpatient and outpatient settings; children and adolescents with brain injury and their families; diagnosing and behavioral management of ADHD as well as delivery of a problem solving intervention for children with brain injury and their families
Services and Specialties
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD, Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology
Interests
Etiology of attention and behavioral disorders, particularly after pediatric brain injury, and improving the lives and functioning of children and their families; short and long term outcomes after pediatric brain injury, and interventions aimed to maximize child and family functioning after injury; development of significant attention problems following brain injury, and how these factors related to outcomes and treatment response
Research Areas
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD
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Publications
The feasibility and acceptability of integrating dogs into inpatient rehabilitation therapy with children with acquired brain injury. PM&R. 2024; 16:1212-1220.
Predicting Help-Seeking Behaviors in Caregivers of Children Newly Diagnosed with ADHD. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 2024; 9:512-527.
Recovery trajectories of IQ after pediatric TBI: A latent class growth modeling analysis. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 2024; 30:273-284.
More to the story than executive function: Effortful control soon after injury predicts long-term functional and social outcomes following pediatric traumatic brain injury in young children. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 2023; 29:325-335.
Trajectories of Executive Functions After Early Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury: Teacher Ratings in the Initial 81 Months Postinjury. The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 2023; 38:E203-E211.
The Effects of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms on the Association between Head Impacts and Post-Season Neurocognitive and Behavioral Outcomes. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 2023; 29:24-34.
The Impact of Preinjury and Secondary Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder on Outcomes After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. 2022; 43:e361-e369.
Parent- and Adolescent-reported Executive Functioning in the Context of Randomized Controlled Trials of Online Family Problem-Solving Therapy. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 2022; 28:123-129.
Effect of Subconcussive Head Impact Exposure and Jugular Vein Compression on Behavioral and Cognitive Outcomes after a Single Season of High-School Football: A Prospective Longitudinal Trial. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2022; 39:49-57.
High School Sports-Related Concussion and the Effect of a Jugular Vein Compression Collar: A Prospective Longitudinal Investigation of Neuroimaging and Neurofunctional Outcomes. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2021; 38:2811-2821.
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