EDUCATION

 

2018                Board Certification

                                    American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology

 

2001                Ph.D. in Clinical Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine

                                    University of North Texas

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

                                               

2023 to            Private Practice

Present            Portland, Oregon

 

2021 to            Adjunct Graduate Professor, Assessment, Trauma, Neurobiology

Present            MA Counseling Program, Multnomah University

 

2016 to            Adjunct Graduate Professor, Human Growth & Development

Present            MDiv. Counseling and Family Program, Phoenix Seminary

 

2017 to            Pediatric Neuropsychologist

2019                Providence Medical Group – West

 

2011 to            Pediatric Neuropsychologist/Division Director 

2017                Pediatric Neuropsychology Services, Neuroscience Division

                                    Banner Children’s Specialists/Cardon Children’s Medical Center, Mesa, AZ

 

2016 to            Adjunct Professor, Pediatric Neuropsychology

2019                Argosy School of Professional Psychology, Phoenix

                                   

2004 to            Private Practice

2011                Pediatric Neuropsychology/Psychology, Gilbert, AZ

                                   

2003 to            Adjunct Graduate Professor, Assessment

2004                Pepperdine University Graduate School of Psychology, Culver City, CA

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COMMUNITY SERVICE/LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES

 

President, Arizona Neuropsychological Society

Mesa, Arizona

 

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Child Health

University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Phoenix

Co-Chair, Developmental Clinical Consensus Group

Sub-Committee lead, Neuroscience Charter

Banner Cardon Children’s Medical Center

 

Facilitator, Transitional Group for Parents

Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona

 

Writer/Contributor

Go Kids! Magazine, Phoenix, Arizona

 

Live Interview, Channel 12 on topic: Kids and healthy body image, Phoenix, Arizona

 

Interviewed live by Channel 5 on topic: Helping kids Cope with the Boston Tragedy and Media Coverage

 

Guest Lecturer: Early Brain Development and Developmental Disabilities

Phoenix Seminary, Phoenix, Arizona

 

Author of My Brave Book, therapeutic tool for traumatized children

 In partnership with Cardon Children’s Medical Center,  Mesa, Arizona

 

Community Speaker:  Difficult Behaviors in Special Needs Children

Sponsored by Circle of Support Pediatric Therapy Services, Gilbert, Arizona

 

Community Director of Behavioral Health Research/Services

The Open Table, Inc., a 501(c)(3) that mentors families who are homeless toward greater independence.  www.theopentable.org

                 

 

PAST & ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS

 

American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology

American Psychological Association

Division 40 Clinical Neuropsychology

Division 54 Pediatric Psychology

National Academy of Neuropsychology

Oregon Psychological Association