Specialists in
Neuropsychological Evaluations
Supporting neurodevelopment and neurodiversity in children, adolescents, and young adults
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Why Newport Neuro
For more than 11 years, Dr. Barron has worked with children, adolescents, and young adults who have struggled with academic, attentional, behavioral, cognitive, and/or socioemotional difficulties.
Newport Neuro consists of leading clinical psychologists who provide the gold standard
in diagnostic assessment and intervention planning.
Experience + Expertise
Dr. Barron is an experienced clinical psychologist with a demonstrated history in neuropsychological assessment. She is highly skilled in the area of neurodevelopmental and psychoeducational evaluations and has proficiency in clinical intervention and early childhood education services.
Unique Approach
To evaluate your child's needs, Newport Neuro utilizes the most empirically-supported diagnostic techniques. Following the comprehensive assessment, together we will work out an appropriate educational plan that will put your child on the path to success.
Cognitive Remediation
Cognitive development is not always a sequential process. A students ability to manage traditional classroom requirements can be improved by integrating and optimizing each system to work more efficiently.
Evidence-based Strategies
Recommendations, including individualized educational accommodations, allow a student to complete the same tasks as their peers but with some variation in time, format, setting, and/or presentation. Evidence-based practices are informed by objective evidence from educational metrics and student performance.
Who We Are
Dr. Talia Barron is a Clinical Psychologist licensed both in the state of Rhode Island and in the state of Florida. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida, and her Master's and Doctoral degrees from Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Barron utilizes a methodological approach to formulate her integrated evaluations. Referrals commonly include concerns pertaining to academic readiness, attention and concentration difficulties, behavioral concerns, developmental delays, giftedness/IQ testing, intellectual developmental disorders, mood disorders, and specific learning disorders. Dr. Barron’s specific feedback aids in diagnostic clarification, and includes remedial and prescriptive recommendations that are provided to best meet the needs of individuals in the home and in educational and occupational environments.
Dr. Barron has diverse experience delivering many of the evidence-based interventions she recommends. She has training in early intervention, parent-child, parent-teen, and group interventions for individuals presenting with emotional and behavioral concerns. She has also conducted numerous social skills groups in community-based and educational treatment settings. In addition to her practical experience, Dr. Barron has taught graduate courses in intervention, integrated report writing, and social and cultural foundations of counseling, and has supervised others conducting evaluations, individual and group therapy, and in case management.
In her free time, Dr. Barron enjoys coaching softball with Newport Little League, playing club volleyball, traveling, and spending time with her husband, Austin, and her loyal canine companion, Ragnar.
Ragnar is also Dr. Barron's AKC-CGC certified therapy dog. He is a 3-year-old Goldendoodle who loves children and people of all ages, and aids in comfort during all intake and assessment-related appointments.
Neuropsychological Assessment
Services
Newport Neuro operates utilizing an empirically-based construct for examining and analyzing consistencies between cognitive and learning abilities.
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Comprehension
ButtonAccumulating basic information about the world and culture a child grows up in, assuming a child has had educational opportunities and adequate exposure to a culture’s traditional norms, is seen as a sound indicator of long-term memory.
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Fluid Reasoning
ButtonFluid reasoning refers to the capacity to solve complex problems and reason rationally. In other words, it is the ability to analyze novel problems, identify patterns and relationships underpinning them, and extrapolate them based on logic.
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Auditory Processing
ButtonAuditory processing skills are related to phonological awareness. That is, one's ability to discriminate, analyze, and synthesize auditory stimuli.
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Short-Term Memory
ButtonThe ability to hold information in immediate awareness and then use it within a few seconds, also related to working memory.
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Processing Speed
ButtonThe speed and efficiency in performing automatic or very simple cognitive tasks.
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Visual Spatial Reasoning
ButtonVisual spatial reasoning incorporates the the ability to analyze and synthesize visual stimuli. Measures of nonverbal reasoning require an awareness of one's orientation in space, and the ability to hold and manipulate mental images to create meaning.
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Testimonials
Dr. Barron took care of my daughter after a significant emotional and physical trauma. She was very attentive and compassionate to both my daughter and to our family. She was extremely thorough in my daughter's evaluation, leaving no stone unturned. She went above and beyond time and time again. Our family is eternally grateful to Dr. Barron for her exceptional care during a very difficult time in our life.
Dr. Barron was extremely professional and thorough in our experience. She conducted an evaluation with our son who had been struggling with academic difficulties and anxiety, and her evaluation brought the clarity and answers we needed. Her expertise has truly put our family at ease and helped set our son up for future success. We would highly recommend her to anyone seeking a neuropsychological evaluation.
I highly recommend Dr. Barron for any Clinical Psychological services. I feel both blessed and grateful to have utilized her in helping me. She is highly skilled, educated, knowledgeable, communicative, caring, passionate about what she does, professional and extremely thorough in Psychological Assessments, Testing and Evaluations. Dr. Barron’s professionalism has helped to make a difference and impact in my life in helping to understand what I have and I strongly feel she has a special gift who is going to help countless numbers of people in need with her clinical services she has to offer. The office is beautiful and a peaceful as well as private place where you feel comfortable. I encourage you to contact Dr. Barron for your child, adolescent or young adult as you will be glad that you did.