Hi' I am Madalina Simion (EN)
I am clinical psychologist since 2013 and a neuropsychologist in training with primary focus on pediatric medical disorders and clinical assessment for diagnosis.
Madalina Simion (EN)
Academic training
- 2021 – present, MA in Clinical Neuropsychology (Instituto Superior de Estudios Psicológicos, Spain): comprehensive training in neuropsychology under Houston conference guidelines
- Functional neuroanatomy and psychopharmacology
- clinical neurology
- neuroimaging techniques
- attention and executive functioning disorders
- perception and movement disorders
- speech and language disorders
- neuropsychological assessment
- pediatric neuropsychology
- psychological interventions in dementia
- neuropsychology of systemic, multisystemic and autoimmune diseases
- mental disorders
- investigation methods
- neuropsychologcal rehabilitation of attentional and executive functions, perception and voluntary motor control, memory, language disorders (aphasia)
- intervetion in autism spectrum disorders
- neuropsychological intervention in minimal brain dysfunction: dyslexia, dysphasia
- neurorehabilitation of the patient in coma, vegetative state and minimal responses
- neurorehabilitation of mental disordes (bipolar and schizophrenia)
- neuropsychological intervention in aquired behavior disorders
- psychological intervantion in dementias
- 2020 – present, in training in pediatric clinical neuropsychology (Neuropsicologia Infantil, ISPEDUC, Spain)
- Social-Emotional Learning training – University of Colorado Boulder
- MA in Clinical psychology, Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
- BA in Psychology, University of Bucharest
Professional Experience
| Clinical Psychologist SANADOR May 2021 – present | Performed clinical, neuropsychological, developmental assessments |
| Clinical Psychologist NeuroPedi Private Practice April 2016 – Present | Managed own private practice Performed clinical, neuropsychological, developmental assessments Supervised clinical practicum for psychology undergraduate students Communicated with schools and other facilities regarding patient needs and progress Conducted disability assessments and determined child’s eligibility for special needs programs based on test results. Determined children’s eligibility for special needs programs |
| Clinical Psychologist Romanian Gifted School September 2020 – april 2021 | WISC-IV assesements and report writing https://giftedschool.ro/ |
| Clinical Psychologist Medicum Clinic July 2020 – april 2021 | Performed clinical, neuropsychological, developmental assessments https://www.clinicamedicum.ro/ |
| Research Assistant West University of Timisoara Psychology Department May 2019 – present | Conducted cross-cultural adaptations of instruments for executive functioning in adults and children Reviewed literature, scored, constructed posters, prepared presentations for professional conference submission, and edited articles for journal submission |
| Clinical Psychologist KinetoBebe Rehabilitation Center January – August 2018 | Conducted clinical, neuropsychological, developmental and disability assessments Developed treatment plan to achieve child’s therapy goals Collaborated with a team of specialized speech and language therapists, physical therapists and psychologists in order to provide outpatient neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic evaluations |