Dr. Tamara Powell

Primary Areas:

• ADD/ADHD;
• Autism Spectrum Disorder;
• Learning Disabilities;
• Giftedness;
• Developmental/Intellectual Delay.

Populations:

• Kids
• Teens

Locations:

• Burlington
• Online

Licensing Body:

• College of Psychologists and Behaviour Analysts of Ontario – Psychologist

Areas of Competence:

• School Psychology

About:

Dr. Tamara Powell is a School Psychologist working with children and teens at Brookside Psychologists’ Burlington office and online. She provides psychoeducational assessments to investigate ADD/ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, developmental delays and giftedness. Dr. Powell also offers consultations to parents wanting to promote their child’s social, emotional and/or behavioural skills and advocates for students in schools to facilitate support/accommodations that caters to each pupil’s unique profile of strengths and needs.

Dr. Powell has worked and studied in both Canada and the UK over the course of her career. She completed her M.Ed degree in Developmental Psychology and Education at University of Toronto and her doctorate degree in Educational and Child Psychology at University College London (London, UK). While in London, Dr. Powell practiced as an Educational and Child Psychologist for an inner-city school board working in a range of preschool, elementary and secondary mainstream and specialist settings providing staff training, psychoeducational assessments, school-based interventions and parent support for children and teens with exceptionalities.

Dr. Powell has extensive experience working with children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in research and clinical settings and is passionate about supporting students with varied mental health needs. Her doctorate research focused on the effectiveness of a school-based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) program for teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder and anxiety and she is skilled in delivering CBT to different child and adolescent populations. Dr. Powell has additionally been involved in several research projects at the Hospital for Sick Children examining neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born very preterm as well as executive dysfunction in children and adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Professional Associations:

Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Publications:

Bowker, A., Boekhoven, B., Nolan, A., Bauhaus, S., Glover, P., Powell, T., & Taylor, S. (2009). Naturalistic observations of spectator behavior at youth hockey games. Sports Psychologist, 23, 301-316.

Leung, R. C., Vogan, V., Powell, T., Anagnostou, E., & Taylor, M. J. (2015). The role of executive functions in social impairment in autism spectrum disorder. Child Neuropsychology, 3, 1-9.

Powell, T., Arsalidou, M., Vogan, V., & Taylor, M. J.  (2014). Letter and colour matching tasks: Parametric measures of developmental working memory capacity. Child Development Research, 2014, 1-10.

Vogan, V., Morgan, B., Lee, W., Powell, T., Smith, M. L., & Taylor, M. J. (2014). The neural correlates of working memory in children with autism spectrum disorder and the effects of cognitive load. Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 6, 1-15.

Vogan, V., Morgan, B., Lee, W., Powell, T., Smith, M. L., & Taylor, M. J. (2016). The neurodevelopmental differences of increasing verbal working memory demand in children and adults. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 19-27.

Young, J., Morgan, B., Powell, T., Moore, A. M., Whyte, H. E., Smith, M. L., & Taylor, M. J. (2016). Associations of perinatal clinical and MRI measures with developmental outcomes in children born very preterm. The Journal of Pediatrics, 18, 90-96.

Young, J., Powell, T., Morgan, B., Card, D., Sled, J., Smith, M. L., & Taylor, M. J. (2015). Deep grey matter growth predicts neurodevelopmental outcomes in very preterm children. NeuroImage, 111, 360-368.