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Nina Newman has a PhD in Clinical Psychology and an extensive background in neuropsychology. She did a postgraduate fellowship in Clinical Psychology and has had training in eating and body image disorders and, separately, in Neuropsychology. She has been involved with a pediatric traumatic brain injury research program at a major research university for over a decade, focusing on the impact of injury on the development of psychiatric disorders as well as on long-term outcome and family. She has run parent education programs and consulted parents and in schools. She has also done consulting with individuals and organizations, focusing on executive functions and psych-education.

Industry Expertise (4)

Education/Learning

Research

Mental Health Care

Writing and Editing

Areas of Expertise (6)

How Human Behavior is Formed and Impacted By the Interactional Influences of Biology Cognition and Social/Emotional Factors

Psychiatric and Cognitive Problems After Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury

Executive Functions

Learning and Attention Disorders

Education and Educational Leadership

Training and Educating Professionals Who Work With Children and Adolescents

Education (3)

Fielding Graduate University: PhD, Clinical Psychology 2008

University of California, Los Angeles: BA, English Literature 1979

University College, London (UCL): Certificate, 20th Century Literature and Drama 1978

Articles (7)

Current Assessment and Diagnostic Practices in the U.S.: What They’re Missing

Autism 360

Newman, N. & Glovinsky, I. (2019). Current Assessment and Diagnostic Practices in the U.S.: What They’re Missing. In Das, Papaneophytou & El-Kour (Eds) in Autism 360. Manuscript submitted for publication. New York: Elsevier

A Multi-disciplinary and Parent-Useful Approach to Assessment and Diagnosis: Creating a Road Map for Professionals, Parents, and Better Outcomes for Children.

Autism 360

Glovinsky, I. & Newman, N. (2019). A Multi-disciplinary and Parent-Useful Approach to Assessment and Diagnosis: Creating a Road Map for Professionals, Parents, and Better Outcomes for Children. In Das, Papaneophytou & El-Kour (Eds) in Autism 360. Manuscript submitted for publication. New York: Elsevier

Early childhood, media use, and development: Human touch, first and foremost

Perspectives¸ Zero to Three Journal

Newman, N. (2018) Early childhood, media use, and development: Human touch, first and foremost. Perspectives¸ Zero to Three Journal, 39(2), 36-38.

Managing Change: Understanding, Clarity and Transparency

ICAEW Finance & Management Faculty

Managing Change: Understanding, Clarity and Transparency, (2015) copyright: ICAEW and originally published by the ICAEW Finance & Management Faculty, http://www.icaew.com/en/join-us/join-a-faculty/finance-and-management-faculty

Diffusion tensor imaging and recovery after pediatric traumatic brain injury: Fractional anisotrophy in the corpus callosum and correlations with neuropsychological measures

Conference paper, Journal of Neurotrauma

Copeland, S., Cazalis, F., Babikian, T., Kernan, C., Giza, C., Hilleary, S., Vu, J.A., Mink, R., Marion, S.D., Newman, N., & Asarnow, R.F. (2009). Diffusion tensor imaging and recovery after pediatric traumatic brain injury: Fractional anisotrophy in the corpus callosum and correlations with neuropsychological measures. Conference paper, Journal of Neurotrauma, 26.

The UCLA study of children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Event-related potential measure of interhemispheric transfer time.

Journal of Neurotrauma

Ellis, M.U., Marion, S.D., McArthur, D.L., Babikian, T., Giza, C.C., Kernan, C.L., et al. (2015) The UCLA study of children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury: Event-related potential measure of interhemispheric transfer time. Journal of Neurotrauma. Advanced online publication, doi:10.1089/neu.2015.4023.

Metabolic levels in the corpus callosum and their structural and behavioral correlates after moderate to severe pediatric TBI.

Journal of Neurotrauma

Babikian, T., Marion, S. D., Copeland, S., Alger, J. R., O'Neill, J., Cazalis, F., et al. (2010). Metabolic levels in the corpus callosum and their structural and behavioral correlates after moderate to severe pediatric TBI. Journal of Neurotrauma, 27(3), 473-481.