Autism

Megan Lawson is a 28-year-old, doctoral candidate at Pepperdine University. She is currently doing an advanced neuropsychology externship at Children’s

Hospital Los Angeles. She is experienced in psychodiagnostic and neuropsychological testing of children, in addition to child therapy. Her dissertation, under Louis

Cozolino, PhD, is an online manual that bridges the gap between ASD testing and treatment recommendation and will be used as a pilot at STAR of CA behavioural

services. Emily Edwards is a 25-year-old clinical psychology doctoral student at Pepperdine University. She is currently a pre-doctoral trainee at the Center for

Autism and Related Disorders conducting psychodyagnostic evaluations. In the future she will be working as an pre-doctoral extern at Children’s Hospital Los

Angeles in the Clinical Trials unit conducting neuropsychological assessments. She is experienced in psychodiagnostic and neuropsychological testing of children.

Leanne Mendoza is a 26-year-old clinical psychology doctoral student at Pepperdine University. She is currently a school-based therapist for elementary school

children and a neuropsychology extern at Kaiser Permanente and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She is involved in program evaluation research on mental health

psychoeducation for teachers with disruptive behaviors in the classroom.