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What Is Nonverbal Learning Disorder? Evidence of a Discrete Clinical Entity
Dr. Amy Margolis is assistant professor of medical psychology with an appointment in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center, and an affiliation with the Cognitive Development and Neuroimaging Laboratory. The scientific question she seeks to answer concerns how learning problems are related to underlying deficiencies in the structure and function of neural systems that support learning processes.
In the first decade of her career, she established a pediatric neuropsychology training program in comprehensive assessment and treatment of children with learning disabilities and attention disorders. She developed novel treatment methods for children with learning disabilities and attention disorders by combining tutoring, cognitive remediation and psychotherapy techniques. In 2010 Dr. Margolis transitioned to a research career, in which she seeks to use neuroimaging to inform the development of novel therapeutics and early prevention programs for people with learning disabilities.
She is principal investigator of a project sponsored by the NVLD Project that examines the neural correlates of non-verbal learning disability. She is also principal investigator of the Promise Project Reading Study that examines how neural circuits that support cognitive control and learning processes produce reading disorders.
She also studies how exposure to neurotoxic chemicals may affect neurodevelopment and manifest as subsequent learning and social problems. She is principal investigator on a study entitled, “Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollutants on Neurodevelopment & the Manifestation of Learning Disorders” funded by the NIEHS Center for Environmental Health In Northern Manhattan.
In this series, we invite leaders in the field of child and adolescent mental health and learning disorders to talk about the latest research and treatment protocols. These experts share their findings and expertise on a broad range of topics from anxiety and depression to temper outbursts and the effectiveness of parent-based treatment. Lectures are also available via live webinar online. We offer continuing medical education credits for medical professionals. For more events like this please go to our Visiting Professor Lecture Series page.
Planner and Speaker Disclosures:
Harold Koplewicz, MD, Ron Steingard, MD, and John Q. Young, MD, have nothing to disclose. Amy Margolis, PhD, has nothing to disclose.
Recognition of Program Support:
An announcement of program support will be made to all attendees at the beginning of each regularly scheduled session.
