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This blog post focuses on the topic of health anxiety – a sneaky form of anxiety that can show up at any point in life because, after all, our physical bodies can be noisy, ill, confusing to us and/or doctors, and subject to aging,
When people are told that something may be affecting their brain, there is often an immediate assumption that a scan will show visible damage. In clinical practice, however, many of the cognitive, academic, emotional, and behavioral difficulties observed in both children and adults often occur without any clear abnormalities on MRI or CT imaging.
Parents are often told their child is “so smart, but…” So smart, but struggles in school. So smart, but disorganized. So smart, but emotionally dysregulated. For many families, this puzzling combination reflects twice exceptionality, commonly referred to as 2e. Twice-exceptional children have both high intellectual ability and a learning,
Standardized tests play a major role throughout education. While these assessments are designed to measure cognitive abilities and academic skills in a consistent way, performance on standardized tests is influenced by factors excluding ability alone. Anxiety, motivation, cultural background, and prior experiences with testing can all shape outcomes.
Recovery from a brain injury is often viewed as a physical process. Yet for many, the most life altering changes are the ones no one can see. Even after being medically “cleared,” many notice their thinking feels different. They describe feeling foggy,
Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome (AMPS), also known as Juvenile Fibromyalgia (whole-body pain) or Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (regional pain), is a complex and immensely painful condition that causes widespread pain in children and adolescents that cannot be explained by injury or illness alone.
At times we may see our children struggling in school whether behaviorally, social-emotionally, or academically and as parents, want to be proactive. However, we find that rather than schools providing special education services they are discussing things like providing services within the general education classroom and through Response to Intervention (RTI) before they consider testing for special education services.
Absence seizures, sometimes referred to as petit mal seizures, are brief but frequent interruptions in awareness that can have significant ripple effects on a person’s daily functioning. While they are most often seen in children between the ages of four and fourteen,
To all new up and coming neuropsychological residents/fellows, consider the following points in your application process to whatever national program you are seeking. You will need them in view of the competitive market besides being a valuable prospective for life success.
In a prior blog post on the process of habit change, the idea of “top down control” was introduced as a fancy term for willpower. Top down control explains the neuroscience behind long-term habit change. By default, our subconscious, reflexive brain is in the driver’s seat steering our daily behaviors.