James L. Suit, Ph.D.
Developmental Clinical Neuropsychologist
17821 Sandcastle Court
Olney, Maryland 20832-2841
(301) 774-5345
Email: Jlsuitphd@aol.com
Biography:
2007 Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Post Doctoral Master’s Program, Clinical Psychopharmacology
1984 The Catholic University of America
- Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
1979 Antioch University
- M.A. Developmental Clinical Psychology
Advanced Professional Credentials
- 2005 American Board of Pediatric Neuropsychology
- 2000 American Board of Professional Neuropsychology
- 2000 American College of Professional Neuropsychology
- 1988 Nationally Certified School Psychologist
- 1985 Licensed Psychologist, Maryland
Specialty Qualifications:
Comprehensive neuropsychological evaluation of preschool, school-aged children and adolescents with complex medical, developmental, learning and behavioral needs;
Process-oriented approach with additional predicates of (i) developmental cognitive psychology, (ii) cognitive/behavioral therapeutic orientations and (ii) response-to-intervention emphasis on outcome
Interests
- Neuropsychological consequences of attention deficit hyperactivity and/or executive disorders on instructional performance, coping skills and social/emotional adjustment;
- Recovery curves associated with traumatic brain injury in children & adolescents;
- Comprehensive assessment and multidisciplinary intervention planning with Asperger’s Syndrome, High Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders and Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (NVLD);
- Developmental course & “response to intervention” with specific learning disabilities, multiple handicapping conditions and other health impairments;
- Developmental course with chronic illness (sickle cell disease), medically successful treatment of systemic cancer (acute leukocytic leukemia) and brain tumor resections;
- Relationship of compensatory effort, neuropsychological efficiency and resilience of cognitive fatigue.
- Relationship between Piagetian developmental stages, curricular standards & instructional performance and cognitive/behavioral interventions
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