Marla Baum, Psy.D.
Child Neuropsychologist in New York and New Jersey
Dr. Baum is a licensed clinical psychologist in both New York and New Jersey. She has 20 years of experience working with toddlers, children, adolescents, and young adults in a variety of clinical settings including schools, hospitals, community clinics, and private practice providing neuropsychological evaluations, therapy, and executive function/organizational coaching.
Dr. Baum believes that working with a child includes working with their families as well as any other clinical professionals involved in the child’s life, thereby collaborating in order to provide the most comprehensive treatment possible for the child and its family. Dr. Baum has extensive experience collaborating with pediatricians, psychiatrists, neurologists, speech/language pathologists, learning specialists, teachers, and educational lawyers.
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Neuropsychological Testing
The evaluation comprises the child’s functioning in the following domains:
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Cognitive Functioning
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Academic Functioning
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Neuropsychological Functioning
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Social/Emotional Functioning
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Therapy
Dr. Baum works with preschool and school-age children as well as adolescents in individual therapy, and she also conducts sessions with the child’s parents to address issues related to parenting.
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Executive Function/
Organizational Coaching
Dr. Baum has worked for many years with middle school and high school students to address executive function and organizational deficits. She also specializes in remediating a student’s writing skills.