Cheryl Silver, PhD

Clinical Professor
Rehabilitation Counseling
Graduate Program: Clinical Psychology

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-1580
Office Fax: 214-645-8258

cheryl.silver@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Dr. Cheryl Silver, a child neuropsychologist, is the coordinator of a testing and evaluation center focused on children with developmental learning difficulties such as dyslexia and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. She also sees adolescents and adults with these difficulties. The center additionally provides developmental assessment of infants and young children, as well as assessment of children who have learning difficulties produced by conditions and events such as traumatic brain injury.

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Texas at Austin (1986)
Graduate SchoolUniversity of Richmond (1977)

Research Interests

attention-deficit/hyperactvity disorder
executive functioning
learning disabilities

Publications

Verbal and visual memory in children with arithmetic disabilities

C. Silver, J. Ring, D. Pennett, J. Black , Developmental Neuropsychology , Fall 2007; (32):847-860

Concordance of the Children’s Executive Functions Scale with established tests and parent rating scales

Golden, L. G., & Silver, C. H. , Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment , 2009; (27):439-451

Relationship between parenting stress and ratings of executive functioning in children with ADHD

Joyner, K. B., Silver, C. H., & Stavinoha, P. L. , Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment , 2009; (27):452-464

Learning disabilities: The need for neuropsychological evaluation

Silver, C. H., Ruff, R. M., Iverson, G. L., Barth, J. T., Broshek, D. K., Bush, S. S., Koffler, S. P., & Reynolds, C. R. , Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology , 2008; (23):217-219

The importance of neuropsychological assessment for the evaluation of childhood learning disorders.

Silver, C. H., Blackburn, L. B., Arffa, S., Barth, J. T., Bush, S. S., Koffler, S. P., Pliskin, N. H., Reynolds, C. R., Ruff, R. M., Troster, A. I., Moser, R. S., & Elliott, R. W. , Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology , 2006; (21):741-744

Honors/Awards

Fellow

American Psychological Association (2008)

Fellow

National Academy of Neuropsychology (1995)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Psychological Association

International Dyslexia Association

International Neuropsychological Society

National Academy of Neuropsychology