The Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit

Conference Presentations

2008

Benson, S. & Porter, M.A. (October 2008). Social enhancement training in paediatric brain injury. NSW Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program Rural Forum, Sydney, Australia.

Malouf, T., Joy, P. & Antony, J.
Recovery of Language Skills in Landau Kleffner Syndrome: A Case Study. Paper presented at the British Neuropsychological Society (BNS) Spring Meeting, London, April 2008.

Porter, M.A., & Dodd, H. (July 2008). A longitudinal study of cognitive functioning in Williams syndrome. Williams Syndrome Professional Conference, California, USA.

2007

Ambler, G., Knight, S.,Northam, E., Donath, S., Gardner, A., Harkin, N., Joy, P., & Cameron, F.
Assessment of changes in cognition, mood and behaviour in children with
Type 1 Diabetes starting Insulin pump therapy, 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), Berlin, September 2007.

Brunsdon, R.
Workshop: Strategies and tips for management of cognitive difficulties in the classroom: Case studies in ABI, Rehabilitation Department Education Day, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, March 2007.

Grogan, M., Minton, P., Brunsdon, R., Joy, P., Kellie, S., Somerville, H., & Shores, E.A.
Long-term neuropsychological effects of low-grade brain tumours in children: A specific focus on attention, executive functioning and quality of life. Paper presented at the International Neuropsychological Society, Federation of Spanish societies of Neuropsychology, Spanish Neuropsychological Society, Spanish Psychiatry Society Joint Mid-Year Meeting, Spain, July 2007.

Pickles, P.
Neuropsychological Assessment of Children. Invited presentation at the NSW Institute of Psychiatry, July, 2007.

Porter, M.A.
Social Functioning in Children Following Traumatic Brain Injury
11th Brain Injury Research Forum: Friendships and Brain Injury, Sydney, Australia, July 2007

Porter, M.A.
Australasian Human Development Conference
Symposium: Where do we go from here? The future of social cognition research with young children and atypical populations July 2007, Sydney, Australia

Porter, M.A.
Williams syndrome research: Where are we now and where are we headed
International Williams Syndrome Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 2007

2006

Bakker, K., Jaques, S. Lewis, J. & Ault J.
Olfactory Functioning in Children with a Traumatic Brain Injury
Evaluating the Past and Planning for the Future, 10th Annual Research Forum of the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program, Liverpool, December 2005.

Brunsdon, R., Nickels, L., Coltheart, M. and Joy, P.
Assessment and treatment of childhood topographical disorientation: a case study
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Brunsdon, R. & Coltheart, M.
Assessment and Treatment of Reading Disorders: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Perspective
Conference Title: "Learning about learning difficulties" (September, 1st and 2nd, 2005)
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Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M & Nickels, L.
Severe developmental letter-processing impairment: A treatment case study. Paper presented at the Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum, Sydney, July 2006.

Croot, K., Palethorpe, S., Tree, J., Rastle, K., Deacon, B, Brunsdon, R. and Bakker, K.
Pediatric foreign accent syndrome: A single case study
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Joy, P., Rocca, A. and Wegener, S. in collaboration with the Genetics, Nutrition and Newborn Screening Departments at The Children's Hospital at Westmead and the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Sydney
Evaluation of dietetic management of phenylketonuria (PKU) due to phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Kohnen, S., Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M. and Nickels, L.
Treating sublexical spelling deficits in a child with mixed dysgraphia
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Kohnen, S., Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M. & Nickels, L.
Treating Sublexical Spelling Deficits in a Child with Mixed Dysgraphia. Paper presented at the Fourth European Graduate School on Literacy, Egmond aan Zee, The Netherlands,
August, 2005.

Kohnen, S., Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M., & Nickels, L.
Generalisation Effects after Treating Sublexical Spelling Deficits in a Child with Mixed Dysgraphia. Paper presented at the 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Brisbane, Australia, April, 2006.

Kohnen, S., Nickels, L., Coltheart, M. & Brunsdon, R.
Predicting generalisation in the training of irregular word spelling: Treating lexical spelling deficits in a child with mixed dysgraphia. Paper presented at the Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum, Sydney, July 2006.

Nickels, L.A., McGlynn, H., Smith-Lock, K., Kohnen, S., & Whedall, K.
What affects the success of an intervention programme for older low progress readers? Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Porter, M. and Coltheart, M. in collaboration with The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney
Cognitive and genetic heterogeneity in Williams syndrome
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Porter, M., Brunsdon, R., Coltheart, M., Joy, P., and Bakker, K.
A cognitive neuropsychological model of social processing
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Porter, M.
Evidence for two distinct subgroups of Williams Syndrome based on differences in cognitive and socio-emotion abilities
British Psychological Society Conference (September 2005)
Edinburgh University, Scotland

Robison, M., Joy, P., Bakker, K., Shores, A. and West, C.
Visual processing, attention and executive skills in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Robison, M.A., Joy, P., Bakker, K., Shores, E.A. & West, C. (2005, July)
Visual processing in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus: A cognitive neuropsychological perspective. Poster session presented at the meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, Dublin, Ireland.

Robison, M.A., Joy, P., Bakker, K., Shores, E.A. & West, C. (2005, July).
Visual processing in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus: a cognitive neuropsychological perspective. Poster session presented at the Nursing and Allied Health Research Seminar, The Children's Hospital at Westmead.

Smith-Lock, K., Kohnen, S., Nickels, L.A., & McGlynn, H.
Developmental literacy impairments in adulthood. Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006.

Schmalzl, L., Coltheart, M., Palermo, R., Harris, I. and Brunsdon, R.
Developmental and congenital prosopagnosia
Paper presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Developmental Cognitive Neuropsychology Research Unit, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2006

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Coltheart, M.
Congenital prosopagnosia: Cognitive heterogeneity in genetically-impaired face processing. Seminar held at the University of Milan Bicocca, Italy, September,2006.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Coltheart, M.
Fractionating face perception: Cognitive heterogeneity in genetically-based prosopagnosia. Seminar held at the University of Padua, Italy, September,2006.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Coltheart, M.
Cognitive heterogeneity in genetically-based prosopagnosia: A family study. Poster session presented at the Italian Psychological Association (AIP) Annual Meeting, Rovereto, Italy, September,2006.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Coltheart, M.
Congenital prosopagnosia: A family study. Poster session presented at the 29th European Conference on Visual Perception, St. Petersburg, Russia, August, 2006.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Coltheart, M.
Fractionating face processing in congenital prosopagnosia: A family study. Paper presented at the Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuropsychiatry Research Forum, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, July, 2006.

Schmalzl, L., Palermo, R. & Coltheart, M.
Congenital prosopagnosia: A family study. Paper presented at the 33rd Australasian Experimental Psychology Conference (EPC), Brisbane, Australia, April, 2006.

2005

Ruth Brunsdon. Assessment and Treatment of Reading Disorders: A Cognitive Neuropsychological Perspective. Learning about learning difficulties conference, CHERI, The Children's Hospital at Westmead 2005.

Coombes, S. Neuropsychological and general functional sequelae following posterior fossa haemorrhage:a paediatric case series. The 6th World Congress on Brain Injury, Melbourne May 2005

Coombes, S., Rice, J. & Waugh, M.C.
Neuropsychological and general functional sequelae following paediatric posterior fossa haemorrhage: a case series. Presented at 6th World Congress on Brain Injury, Melbourne, May 2005.

Porter, M. A. Evidence for two distinct subgroups of Williams syndrome based on differences in cognitive and socio-emotion abilities. The British Psychological Society Developmental Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland, September 2005.

Porter, M.A. Cognitive implications of an acquired brain injury, Teacher Education Day, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia, March 2005.

Robison, M., Joy, P., Bakker, K., Shores, A. & West, C. Visual processing in children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus: A cognitive neuropsychological perspective. Poster Presentation: International Neuropsychological Society Conference, Ireland, July 2005.

Rocca, A. An adaptation of the Westmead PTA Scale for 4-5 year old children. Poster Presentation: Paediatric Research Seminar: All About Children. The Children's Hospital at Westmead, July 2005.

2000 - 2004

Brunsdon, R. & Coltheart, M. Assessment and treatment of reading disorders: A cognitive neuropsychological perspective. Conference Title: Literacy: What Works and Why. NSW Institute for Educational Research, in association with School of Education, the University of New South Wales, November 2004.

3rd Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology & Neuropsychiatry, Sydney, 2004 - 1 paper

9th Annual Conference, APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Perth, 2003 - 1 paper

The 5th World Congress on Brain Injury, Brisbane, 2004 - 1 paper

Case study presentation at the Brain Injury Forum, 2003. Held at The Children's Hospital at Westmead

8th Annual Conference, APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Queensland, 2002 - 1 paper

2nd Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology & Neuropsychiatry, Sydney, 2002 - 4 papers

7th Annual Conference, APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Melbourne, 2001 - 3 papers

1st Australian Conference for Cognitive Neuropsychology & Neuropsychiatry, Geelong, 2001 - 1 symposium, 1 paper

6th Annual Conference, APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists, Hunter Valley, 2000 - 7 papers

Paediatric Brain Tumour Symposium, Singapore, November, 2000 - 1 paper