Dr. Nicole Law

Clinical Neuropsychologist & School Psychologist (Children, Teens) - All Locations & Online

Primary Areas:

ADD/ADHD;
Autism spectrum disorder;
Learning disabilities;
Giftedness;
Developmental delay/intellectual disability;
Language disorder;
Brain injury;
Other neurological disorders (epilepsy/seizures, brain tumours, stroke, spina bifida)

Locations:

Licensing Body:

College of Psychologists of Ontario – Clinical Neuropsychologist (Autonomous Practice), School Psychologist (Autonomous Practice)

Authorized Areas of Practice:

Clinical Neuropsychology
School Psychology

Populations:

About:

Dr. Nicole Law is a clinical neuropsychologist and school psychologist working with children and teens. She provides neuropsychological assessment, psychoeducational assessment, giftedness assessment, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnostic assessment, and autism diagnostic assessment. Assessments address a variety of needs, including intellectual disability, learning disabilities, language and other communication difficulties, behaviour and emotion regulation difficulties, and social/interpersonal challenges. Assessments can also investigate cognitive, academic, behaivoural, and socio-emotional functioning in individuals with traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke, brain tumour, or epilepsy.

Dr. Law provides consultation with parents/caregivers regarding the implementation of behavioural and emotion-focused strategies to support their child or adolescent within the home setting, as well as advocating for their child’s or adolescent’s learning needs and obtaining supports/accommodations within the school setting. Dr. Law also uses cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) approaches to support children and teens with behaviour and emotion regulation needs, and social/interpersonal skills training to children and adolescents with ADHD and/or autism spectrum disorder.

Dr. Law completed her Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Toronto. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology, receiving the majority of her training within the Epilepsy Surgery Program and the Division of Haematology/Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).Dr. Law has completed numerous research projects investigating pediatric brain and behaviour relations, particularly in neurological disease models (e.g., epilepsy, brain tumors). The majority of her research has focused on brain connectivity mapping using brain imaging techniques (e.g., diffusion tensor imaging) and investigating brain pathways that may contribute to specific cognitive and behavioural functions in children and adolescents. She continues to provide services at SickKids through the Department of Translational Medicine, and is involved in research studies investigating health, cognitive, behavioural, and socio-emotional outcomes in children who were born preterm. She has also been employed as a Psychologist/Psycho-Educational Consultant at the Halton Catholic District School Board, where she provided psycho-educational assessments and brief therapy/mental health interventions.

College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario (CPBAO); Ontario Psychological Association (OPA); Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM); International Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ISMRM); Society for Neuroscience (SFN).

Selected Publications:

Walton K, Hopperton KE, Lambis A, Law N, Vaz S, Kiss AJ, Unger S, O’Connor DL. (2025). Caregiver feeding practices, dietary intake and weight status of very low birthweight infants compared to term-born peers at school-entry. Under review.

Bando N, Sato J, Vandewouw MM, Taylor MJ, Tomlinson C, Unger S, Asbury M, Law N, Branson HM, O’Connor DL. (2024). Early nutritional influences on brain regions related to processing speed in children born preterm: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 48(2), 778-786.

Bando N, Sato J, Taylor MJ, Tomlinson C, Unger S, Asbury M, Law N, O’Connor DL. (2024). Early-life nutrition is associated with processing speed at age 5 in children born preterm with very low birth weight. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 79(1), 140-147.

Sato J, McGee M, Bando N, Law N, Unger S, O’Connor DL. (2022). Diet quality and cognitive performance in children born very low birth weight. Frontiers in Nutrition, 9, 874118.

Walton K, McGee M, Sato J, Law N, Hopperton KE, Bando N, Kiss AJ, Unger S, O’Connor DL. (2022). Social-emotional functioning and dietary intake among children born with a very low birth weight. Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism, 47(7), 737-748.

Walton K, Daniel AI, Mahood Q, Vaz S, Law N, Unger S, O’Connor DL. (2022). Eating behaviors, caregiver feeding interactions, and dietary patterns of children born preterm: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Advances in Nutrition, 13(3), 875-912.

de Medeiros CB, Moxon-Emre I, Malkin D, Ramaswamy V, Decker A, Law N, Kumabe T, Leonard J, Rubin J, Jung S, Kim SK, Gupta N, Weiss W, Faria CC, Vibhakar R, Lafay-Cousin L, Chan JA, Kros JM, Janzen LA, Taylor MD, Bouffet E, Mabbott DJ. (2020). Medulloblastoma has a global impact on health-related quality of life: Findings from an international cohort. Cancer Medicine, 9(2), 447-459.

Oyefiade A, Erdman L, Goldenberg A, Malkin D, Bouffet E, Taylor MD, Ramaswamy V, Scantlebury N, Law N, Mabbott DJ. PPAR and GST polymorphisms may predict changes in intellectual functioning in medulloblastoma survivors. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 142(1), 39-48.

Law N, Widjaja E, Smith ML. (2018). Thalamocortical connections and executive function in pediatric temporal and frontal lobe epilepsy. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 39(8), 1523-1529.

Law N, Widjaja E, Smith ML. (2018). Unique and shared areas of cognitive function in children with intractable frontal or temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 80, 157-162.

Law N, Benifla M, Rutka J, Smith ML. (2016). Verbal memory after temporal lobe epilepsy surgery in children: Do only mesial structures matter? Epilepsia, 58(2), 291-299.

Moxon-Emre I, Taylor MD, Bouffet E, Hardy K, Campen C, Malkin D, Hawkins C, Laperriere N, Ramaswamy V, Scantlebury N, Spiegler B, Janzen L, Law N, Walsh KS, Mabbott DJ. (2016). Intellectual Outcome in Molecular Subgroups of Medulloblastoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 34(34), 4161-4170.

Moxon-Emre I, Bouffet E, Taylor MD, Laperriere N, Sharpe MB, Laughlin S, Bartels U, Scantlebury N, Law N, Malkin D, Skocic J, Richard L, Mabbott DJ. (2016). Vulnerability of white matter to insult during childhood: evidence from patients treated for medulloblastoma. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, 18(1), 29-40.

Scantlebury N, Bouffet E, Laughlin S, Strother D, Laperriere N, McConnell D, Hukin J, Fryer C, Montour-Proulx I, Keene D, Fleming A, Jabado N, Liu F, Riggs L, Law N, Mabbott DJ. (2016). White matter and information processing speed following treatment with cranial-spinal radiation for pediatric brain tumor. Neuropsychology, 30(4), 425-438.

Law N, Kerr E, Smith ML. (2015). Evaluation of behavioural outcomes in children 1 year after epilepsy surgery. Epilepsia, 56(10), 1605-1614.

Law N, Smith ML, Greenberg M, Bouffet E, Taylor MD, Laughlin S, Malkin D, Liu F, Scantlebury N, Moxon-Emre I, Mabbott DJ. (2015). Executive function in pediatric medulloblastoma: The role of cerebrocerebellar connections. Journal of Neuropsychology, 11(2), 174-200.

Law N, Greenberg M, Bouffet E, Laughlin S, Taylor MD, Malkin D, Liu F, Moxon-Emre I, Scantlebury N, Skocic J, Mabbott DJ. (2015). Visualization and segmentation of reciprocal cerebrocerebellar pathways in the healthy and injured brain. Human Brain Mapping, 36(7), 2615-2628.

Moxon-Emre I, Bouffet E, Taylor MD, Laperriere N, Scantlebury N, Law N, Spiegler B, Malkin D, Janzen L, Mabbott DJ. (2014). The impact of craniospinal dose, boost volume and neurological complications on intellectual outcome in patients with medulloblastoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32(17), 1760-1768.

Law N. White matter pathways: Understanding the impact of radiation on brain functioning. Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) 2012/2013 Donor Report, pp 8-9.

Law N, Greenberg ML, Bouffet E, Taylor MD, Laughlin S, Strother D, Fryer CJH, McConnell D, Hukin J, Kaise C, Wang F, Mabbott DJ. (2012). Clinical and neuroanatomical predictors of Cerebellar Mutism Syndrome. Neuro-Oncology, 14(10), 1294-1303.

Ameis SH, Liu F, Law N, Schachar R, Mabbott DJ. (2012). Investigating superficial white matter connections using diffusion tensor tractography. Conference paper: 2012 International Meeting for Autism Research.

Law N, Bouffet E, Laughlin S, Laperriere N, Briere ME, Strother D, McConnell D, Hukin J, Fryer CJH, Rockel C, Dickson J, Mabbott DJ. (2011). Cerebello-thalamo-cerebral connections in pediatric brain tumor patients: Impact on working memory. NeuroImage, 56(4), 2238-2248.