Laura Phillips, PsyD, ABPdN

Laura Phillips, PsyD, ABPdN, is a member of the Clinical Advisory Council at the Child Mind Institute. Dr. Phillips is a licensed clinical psychologist with specialty training and board certification in pediatric neuropsychology through the American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology (ABPdN). She is a former senior neuropsychologist and the former Senior Director of the Learning and Development Center at the Child Mind Institute. She specializes in providing comprehensive neuropsychological and educational evaluations for children, adolescents, and young adults with neurodevelopmental disorders and their psychiatric co-morbidities. Her expertise spans a wide range of conditions that affect learning, behavior, and social-emotional functioning, including ADHD, learning disorders, language disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. Dr. Phillips is also adept in the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with anxiety and mood disorders. Dr. Phillips approaches her psychological evaluations with clinical intuition, sensitivity, compassion, and careful attention to detail, considering the complex relationship between a child’s learning style, emotional well-being, and their educational setting.

Dr. Phillips has a specialty interest in the neuroscience of reading and the identification and treatment of reading disorders. Her interest and expertise within this field led her to oversee the development and piloting of the Reading Service, a small group reading intervention through our School and Community Services program for underserved and at-risk readers within the New York City Public School system that is still running. Dr. Phillips also served on the New York State Dyslexia Task Force and consulted with a major curriculum developer and several school districts, both within and beyond the New York Tristate area, to help close the gap between the science of reading and its practical application in instructional settings.

Dr. Phillips is a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), and the New York State Association of Neuropsychology (NYSAN), and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology (AAPdN). She serves on the Board of Directors of NYSAN and AAPdN and is involved in the Pediatric Interest and Professional Affairs Committee (PIPAC) of NYSAN, as well.