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“Kids tell us what they’re capable of doing through what they don’t want to do.”

Dr. Ellen Braaten is back to talk through some of her recent work on processing speed and psychopathology. Along with her colleagues, Ellen recently published an article looking at the role of processing speed in a variety of common psychiatric concerns, and the results were fascinating! Though we spent a lot of our time talking about the article, this was a very wide-ranging conversation that actually touched on a number of different topics. Here are just a few:

• Sluggish cognitive tempo vs. inattention
• The impact of COVID-19 on learning
• ADHD and the perception of time, and recommendations to help gauge time more effectively

Cool Things Mentioned

• Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up
• The Child Clinician’s Report Writing Handbook, Second Edition
• Characteristics of child psychiatric outpatients with slow processing speed and potential mechanisms of academic impact
• BASC-3
• Overcoming Dyslexia, Second Edition
• Diathesis Stress model

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About Dr. Ellen Braaten

Dr. Ellen Braaten is associate director of The Clay Center for Young Healthy Minds at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), director of the Learning and Emotional Assessment Program (LEAP) at MGH, and an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School (HMS).  She is a psychologist, teacher and researcher whose career has focused on the better understanding and treatment of children with learning and attention issues, particularly