Neeraja Ravindran, PhD

Biography

Dr. Neeraja "Neej" Ravindran comes to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center with extensive training and clinical and research experience in child clinical psychology and developmental disabilities. She has served in a variety of inter-disciplinary clinical settings, as well as inpatient and outpatient therapeutic settings, specializing in areas such as childhood anxiety disorders, parent education and training, developmental assessments for toddlers and children below age six, and working with children, adolescents, and adults with developmental disabilities. In particular, Dr. Ravindran has a long-standing commitment to and passion for working with children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families. While her approach to therapy and case conceptualization is primarily guided by developmental, ecological, and cognitive-behavioral frameworks, her work with individuals with ASD and their families, including parent training, is largely shaped by cognitive behavioral and TEACCH approaches and strategies. Dr. Ravindran is one of three TEACCH-certified Professional Practitioners in the state of Ohio. She also completed specialized fellowships in Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) during her doctoral training and post-doctoral fellowship, and is passionate about collaborative and interdisciplinary team approaches in her work. In her current role as a staff psychologist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Ravindran’s work is mostly focused on interdisciplinary diagnostic and developmental assessments of children with ASD and other developmental disabilities.