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Psychologist, Neuropsychologist
Education BS, Providence College, 2000 MA, The Ohio State University, 2004 PhD, The Ohio State University, 2007
Residency The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 2006-2007
Fellowship Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Neuropsychology, 2007-2009
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Ullrich, N., Ayr, L.K., Leaffer, E, Irons, M.B., Rey-Casserly, C. (2009) Assessment of spatial learning in children and adolescents with neurofibromatosis type 1. Journal of Child Neurology.
Ayr, L.K., Yeates, K.O., Taylor, H.G., & Browne, M. (2009). Dimensions of postconcussive symptoms in children with mild traumatic brain injuries. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 15, 19-30.
Ayr, L. K., Yeates, K.O. & Enrile, B. G. (2005). Arithmetic skills and their cognitive correlates in children with acquired and congenital brain disorder. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11, 249-262.
Life with kids is rarely predictable, but COVID-19 school closures, quarantines, and shifting work schedules have taken things to an extreme. Connecticut Children’s pediatric psychologist Lauren Ayr-Volta, PhD, has tips for creating consistency in all that chaos. Want more articles like this from pediatric experts you trust? Sign up for our weekly newsletter. […]
Posted In: Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Winter Kit
I am a Connecticut native and am very happy to be doing what I love in my home state. I love the small community feel of Connecticut Children’s while working with national experts in hematology/oncology.
