Certified Pediatric Neuropsychologists In Maryland Return To State AAPdN Directory
Provider:
James
L. Suit, Ph.D., ABPdN
Developmental
Clinical
Neuropsychologist
17821
Sandcastle Court
Olney,
Maryland 20832-2841
(301)
774-5345
Biography:
2007 Fairleigh Dickinson
University
- Post Doctoral Master’s Program, Clinical Psychopharmacology
1984 The Catholic University of
America
- Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
1979 Antioch University
- M.A. Developmental Clinical Psychology
Advanced Professional Credentials
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2005 American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology
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2000 American Board of Professional Neuropsychology
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2000 American College of Professional Neuropsychology
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1988 Nationally Certified School Psychologist
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1985 Licensed Psychologist, Maryland
Specialty Qualifications:
Comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation of preschool, school-aged
children and adolescents with complex medical, developmental, learning and
behavioral needs;
Process-oriented approach with additional predicates of (i) developmental cognitive psychology, (ii)
cognitive/behavioral therapeutic orientations and (ii) response-tointervention emphasis on outcome
Interests
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Neuropsychological consequences of attention deficit hyperactivity
and/or executive disorders on instructional performance, coping skills and
social/emotional adjustment;
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Recovery curves associated with traumatic brain injury in children
& adolescents;
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Comprehensive assessment and multidisciplinary intervention
planning with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders
and NonVerbal Learning Disabilities (NVLD);
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Developmental course & “response to intervention” with
specific learning disabilities, multiple handicapping conditions and other
health impairments;
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Developmental course with chronic illness (sickle cell disease),
medically successful treatment of systemic cancer (acute leukocytic leukemia)
and brain tumor resections;
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Relationship of compensatory effort, neuropsychological efficiency
and resilience of cognitive fatigue.
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Relationship between Piagetian developmental stages, curricular
standards & instructional performance and cognitive/behavioral
interventions