Melinda Warner, Ed.D, ABPdN
Neurodevelopmental Center
North Shore Medical Center
North Shore Children's Hospital
978-921-1226
978-473-2877 (private practice)

Biography:
Dr. Melinda Warner specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children who are at high risk due to developmental issues or the medical circumstances of their birth -- prematurity, neonatal complications, failure to thrive, genetic syndromes and the like. She treats a broad age range, beginning at six months and continuing through high school. She sees patients who are medically fragile, have difficulties in the pervasive developmental disorders family (such as autism) or suffer from significant psychiatric illnesses.

Dr. Warner believes deeply in a multidisciplinary approach to evaluation and treatment and works in hospital, school and home-based settings, depending upon the needs of the child and family. Dr. Warner works closely with Early Intervention, Head Start, private childcare programs, schools, medical teams, other care providers and, of course, parents.

A member of the medical staff at North Shore Medical Center/North Shore Children’s Hospital, Dr. Warner is the founding neuropsychologist in the High-Risk Infant Follow-Up Clinic. Her duties at the hospital include leading multidisciplinary evaluations of children with complex medical, psychosocial and neuropsychological issues as well as conducting independent neuropsychological evaluations and supervising post-doctoral fellows.

Dr. Warner also has a private practice that includes consulting and conducting neuropsychological evaluations for urban and suburban preschools and public school systems in addition to seeing individual private patients.

Dr. Warner is a knowledgeable, captivating speaker who has presented nationally and internationally on such topics as the effects of trauma and neglect on children and adolescents; cross-cultural testing; the assessment of social-emotional growth in infants and toddlers; and ethical issues in the wake of natural disasters. Dr. Warner has taught interviewing techniques to journalists and post-doctoral fellows.

Dr. Warner received her BA in Psychology from Bates College and her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Massachusetts at Boston. She trained at Tufts-New England Medical Center and Atlanticare Medical Center (Lynn, MA) before earning her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Boston University in 1991.

She has been licensed to practice in Massachusetts since 1992 and in New Hampshire since 1996.

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