CHILDREN’S CLINICAL NEUROLOGY: NEW LINES OF EVALUATION AND INTERVENTION BASED ON THIRD-GENERATION PSYCHOLOGICAL THERAPIES

Abstract

In this symposium we present works with therapeutic novelties that have arisen in the children and young field due to the influence that «third-generation therapies» (TGT) for the evaluation and intervention to apply in the neurodevelopment area. Currently, the TGT can provide a better understanding of how the brain works. On For the clinical psychologist, the strategies of these new therapies can be useful as therapeutic resources complementary to traditional psychological techniques. In this line we highlight two interesting features in which the TGT affect: one is the early intervention in behavior problems in children to prevent the aggravation of them in the future, and another, is to create in the clinical context a very active participation of the child, adolescent or family receiving the therapy. From this perspective, the studies we will present incorporate the contributions of neuropsychology as a comprehensive model that complements the method of evaluation and traditional clinical psychological intervention. From the field of research and clinical practice, these studies analyze aspects such as: biomedical indicators for the detection during neurodevelopment of children with ASD, parental stress and its relationship with neuropsychological measures for detection in preschool children with ADHD, evaluation and neuroeducational intervention in children with neurodevelopmental disorders and the application of a Parent-Child Interaction Therapy program (PCIT) in behavior problem.

She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Malaga (UMA) (in 2005) and a Master in Clinical Neuropsychology (Pediatric Itineraries, II UPO Edition, 2012). She studied Psychology (in 1991), clinical itinerary, and Pedagogy (1995), both in (UMA). She has participated in more than 50 training courses and national and international conferences related to the area of ​​child-youth clinical psychology, and has presented numerous communications and papers. She is a Professor at the University of Málaga, Faculty of Psychology, Department of Evolutionary Psychology and Education, since 2004. She combines the teaching tasks with clinical activity for more than 25 years. She is a specialist in psychotherapy and neuropsychologist in area of infant-juvenile clinic. In the AVANZA Psychology Center, it develops evaluation and diagnostic functions, psychoeducational treatment, training for parents and professionals, with a multi-professional team qualified in the health field of the children’s clinic. Likewise, Dr. Hidalgo’s center is a reference entity for ADHD and postgraduate training with different Spanish universities (UMA, UPO, UNIR, UNED), with which the center has collaboration agreements. In addition, Dr. Hidalgo has been part of R + D + I + D projects, such as “The Validation Process of the Intelligence Test for Preschool and Primary IV (WIPSSI-IV) (PEARSON, 2013), ATENTO Project (TEA) Edic. 2017). In the field of neuropsychology, she is a member of SANP (in English, Andalusian Society of Neuropsychology) and she has been academic deputy director and speaker in the I Specialization Course in Child and Adolescent Clinical Neuropsychology (UMA, 2014), Andalusian Congress of Neuropsychology (SANP, May, 2015) with the Workshop “Update on evaluation and intervention in TDA / H: case studies” and more recently, Academic Assistant Director of the I and II Course of University Expert in Child Clinical Neuropsychology (UMA, courses 2016-17 and 2017-18), teaching topics: “ADHD Neuropsychology”, and the applied workshops: 1. Children’s neuropsychological batteries 2. Tests of evaluation of executive functions by specific fields, y 3. Neuropsychological Intervention Programs.