About the Speaker:

Dr. Rosch is a clinical investigator studying the neurologic basis of behavioral control and motivation essential to normal human development and implicated in the pathophysiology of ADHD. At Kennedy Krieger Institute, she conducts research as a faculty member in the Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research and provides psychological assessments in the Center for Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment. Dr. Rosch also holds an appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine.

Her research over the past decade has incorporated behavioral, psychophysiological, and neuroimaging measures of cognitive control and motivation and associated neural circuitry among children, adolescents, and young adults with ADHD. Her work has been informed by the broader cognitive and affective neuroscience literature with a particular focus on the interaction of cognitive and motivational processes implicated in ADHD. In recent years, she has incorporated longitudinal research methods to study the developmental trajectory of ADHD and childhood predictors of adolescent outcomes and has focused on understanding comorbidities in ADHD and the role of health behaviors in ADHD symptom expression.

Dr. Rosch also serves on the Board of Directors for the American Professional Society for ADHD and Related Disorders and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Attention Disorders.

About the talk:

ADHD is a heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder defined by behavioral symptoms driven in part by underlying cognitive and motivational neurobehavioral phenotypes. Atypical cognitive control and response to reward are often observed when comparing groups of children with ADHD to typically developing children, although there is significant heterogeneity in the extent to which cognitive control and reward response are altered at the individual level. Several behavioral and neuroimaging studies will be presented demonstrating the role of cognitive control and delay discounting (e.g., preference for immediate reward) in relation to response to stimulant medication, sex differences, comorbid physical and mental health conditions, and development. Recent work aiming to understand the contribution of health behaviors, including sleep and physical activity, on ADHD symptom expression and neurobehavioral heterogeneity will also be discussed.

This presentation is relevant to clinicians, psychologists, and cognitive neuroscience researchers at an intermediate level. The speaker has reported no conflicts of interest or commercial support for this talk.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the cognitive and motivational deficits implicated in ADHD.
• Discuss neuroimaging methods used to study cognitive and motivational functioning in children.
• Explain how neurobehavioral phenotypes are important for understanding clinical heterogeneity in ADHD.

Continuing Education:

One hour of CE credit is available for attendees who are present for the entire program. We ask that all participants complete the given evaluation form at the conclusion of the program.

The Center for Children and Families at FIU is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Center for Children and Families at FIU maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) accepts CE credit provided by APA providers towards ANCC re-certification.

This free in-person talk has also been approved for up to 1 CEU credit by Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling; and 1 CE credit by Florida Board of Psychology and Florida Office of School Psychology.

Provider # BAP 50-12872.

This event is proudly co-sponsored by the Psychology Department Colloquium Committee.