Sandra Shaheen, PhD, ABPdN

  • 30 years of Experience
  • United States
  • Boston, Massachusetts

Specialties: Academic Issues, Asperger's, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Neurological, Neuropsychological Testing, Traumatic Brain Injury

Specialties

Academic Issues, Asperger's, ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Neurological, Neuropsychological Testing, Traumatic Brain Injury

Languages

English

Age Group Focus

Adolescents, Children, Adults

Treatment Approaches

Body Centered Psychotherapy, Case Management, Cognitive Testing, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Education Consultation, Neuropsychological Testing or Consultation, Parent Guidance, Psychological Testing and Evaluation

Issues

Adoption, Anxiety, Autism, Behavior Issues, Child Abuse and Neglect, Depression, Developmental Disability, Infant Mental Health, Memory Problems, Parenting, Selective Mutism, Sleep or Insomnia, Tourette's Disorder

State License

Massachusetts

About Sandra Shaheen

Effective treatment always benefits from diagnostic insight.  A neuropsychologist uses assessment tools to complement other methods of information gathering.  In this way, I help prioritize, or rule in or out diagnoses which benerfit from treatment.  A child may have anxiety, and learning disability.  Which should be addressed first?  A head injury may exacerbate pre-existing difficulties:  how does the intervention approach change?  My training is hospital and mental health clinic based.  Therapists, and other care-givers may invite assessment when treatment is at a standstill, or when symptoms impact the use and generalizing of therapies. I enjoy working with other caregivers for good "wrap-around" services for children, famillies, teens and young adults.  Each referral is carefully screened for the potential value of assessment services, and each testing battery is individually designed.

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