Program Description: 

While providing feedback to parents and caregivers after an evaluation is an expected part of the process, additional feedback directly with the children and adolescents themselves is not always completed. However, empowering children and adolescents by sharing the findings can be possibly an even more critical component of the evaluation process. This talk will review the importance of providing feedback to children and adolescents, give ideas for how to share this information in an effective way, and provide some developmentally appropriate resources. 

Speaker's Bio: Dr. Rothman is a pediatric neuropsychologist who specializes in comprehensive evaluations for children and adolescents with a wide range of conditions that impact learning, behavior, and/or social/emotional functioning. Upon completing her postdoctoral fellowship at Children's National Medical Center in Washington. D.C., she stayed on as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She then moved to private practice in Silver Spring, Maryland at the Stixrud Group. More recently Dr. Rothman moved to Westchester County and opened up Rothman Pediatric Neuropsychology in Scarsdale. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Rothman has presented at several national and international conferences, published over a dozen articles in peer-reviewed journals, and given many lectures to parents and schools. She also uses social media to share evidence-based information with the public through her shared Instagram account @neuropsychmoms. In addition, she is writing a series of children's books to teach elementary-aged children about their diagnoses. Her first book, Different Thinkers: ADHD was published in January 2024 and her second book, Different Thinkers: Autism will be published in March 2025. 

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