amyschropp@verizon.net

I was born and raised in Davidsonville, Maryland, a rural community just outside of Annapolis. I attended Brown University for my undergraduate studies, where I concentrated in Psychology. Upon graduating from Brown, I obtained a position as a research assistant at Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington, D.C.

My interest in neuropsychology began after reading Oliver Sacks’ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, during a neuroscience course at Brown. I was intrigued by Dr. Sacks’ ability to use behavioral symptoms to identify neurobiological abnormalities. My fascination with brain behavior relationships, and the opportunity to train under three board certified clinical neuropsychologists, is what brought me to Suffolk.  

My research to date has focused on the relationship between executive functions and social behavior in children. My thesis, “An Examination of the Relationship Between Executive Functions and Narrative Discourse in Children Between the Ages of 8 and 11 Years,” was divided into two posters that were presented at the Annual APA Convention in Honolulu, HI in 2004. I was the recipient of the APA Division 40/Harcourt Award for Excellence in Scientific Research for her poster entitled, “Parent Ratings versus Performance-Based Measures of Executive Function.”

Currently I live just outside of Annapolis with my husband and daughter, where I am conducting research for my dissertation, “Social Perception, Reasoning, and Problem-Solving Among Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders: Associations with Weak Central Coherence and Executive Functioning,” in conjunction with the Center for Autistic Spectrum Disorders at CNMC.

My hope is to obtain a pre-doctoral internship in a hospital setting next year that will afford me an opportunity to expand my clinical experience with children and broaden the focus of my research to include a wider range of clinical disorders. I aim to continue to focus on executive functioning and emotional/behavioral regulation in children. 

Presentations

2006 Amy B. Schropp, M.A., Joette D. James, Ph.D., Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D., Anne Della  Rosa,  B.A., Philip Lee, Ph.D., and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D. (2006). An examination  of the  relationship between attentional load and social functioning in children and adolescents with autism. Presented at the Fifth International Meeting for Autism  Research, Montreal,  Canada.

2006 Sara McCracken, Ph.D., Gregory L. Wallace, Ph.D., Anne Della Rosa, B.A., Amy B.  Schropp, M.A., Ilana Levy, B.S., Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D., and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D.  (2006). Neuropsychological differentiation between children diagnosed pervasive developmental disorder – not otherwise specified and high functioning autism.  Presented at the Fifth International Meeting for Autism Research, Montreal, Canada.

2006 Philip Lee, Ph.D., Jennifer Foss-Feig, B.S., Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D., Anne Della Rosa, B.A.,  Amy B. Schropp, M.A., and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D. (2006). Examining the  relationship between social symptomology and social functioning in children with  autistic spectrum disorders. Presented at the Fifth International Meeting for Autism  Research, Montreal, Canada

2005 Amy B. Schropp, M.A., M. Cullen Gibbs, Ph.D., Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D., Philip Lee, B.S.,  and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D. (2005). Developmental milestones in high functioning  autism and asperger’s disorder. Presented at the Fourth International Meeting for  Autism  Research, Boston, Massachusetts.

2005 M. Cullen Gibbs, Ph.D.,  Amy B. Schropp, M.A., Lisa Gilotty, Ph.D., Philip Lee, B.A.,  Greg Wallace, Ph.D., and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D. (2005). Parent reported difficulty  with shifting predicts emotional difficulty in school for children with Asperger’s disorder. Presented at the Fourth International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston,  Massachusetts.

2004 Amy B. Nye, B.A., and Elisabeth Moes, Ph.D. (2004) The relationship between  executive functions and narrative ability in children. Presented at the APA Annual  Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2004 Amy B. Nye, B.A., and Elisabeth Moes, Ph.D. (2004) Comparison of parent ratings  and performance based measures of executive function. To be presented at the  APA Annual  Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii

2001 Julie A. Lewis, Ph.D., Christopher S. Sarampote, Ph.D., Sandra Barrueco, M.A., Lisa  A. Efron, Ph.D., Amy B. Nye, B.A., Beth L. Bromberg, B.A., Chuck J. Conlon, M.D.,  and Mark Stein, Ph.D. (2001). Preschool and School-Age Children Presenting to a Tertiary Care ADHD Clinic: Presenting Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment  Recommendations.  Presented at NCDEU 41st Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.

2001 Sandra Barrueco, M.A., Julie Lewis, Ph.D., Chris Sarampote, Ph.D., Lisa Efron, Ph.D.,  Amy  Nye, B.A., Beth Bromberg, B.A., Chuck Conlon, M.D., Mark Stein, Ph.D. ( 2001). The role of  family history in ADHD diagnosis, stimulant history, and  recommended use  of stimulant  medication among two age cohorts of clinic- referred children. Presented at NCDEU 41st Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.