1. Offering Independent
Psycho-educational Evaluations
20 Years of Experience
• CHLA Behavioral Pediatrics Clinic
• CHLA Developmental Disabilities Clinic
• Fellow: Reiss Davis Child Study Center
• National Science Foundation Research
Fellow: Social development of children
• University of Southern California
Research Assistant Professor
• Consulting Psychologist, Disability Rights
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Valerie Benveniste, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist PSY15215
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Culver City, CA 90230
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Early Intervention is Key!
With learning disabilities (and other developmental
disorders) early diagnosis is important because it
allows treatments to begin while the brain is still
actively strengthening and pruning neural
networks. While it was previously believed that
functional deficits in certain brain regions – or a
difference in brain structure – cause learning
problems, most researchers now believe that it is
communication problems between neural networks
that over time create symptoms.
Educational interventions facilitate adaptive neural
“rewiring” of brain development, reinforcing more
typical brain structure and ameliorating learning
and attention challenges.
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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 28, 2006, 26(26), p. 6897-6906
Psycho-educational Assessments
for
Children and Teens
Valerie Benveniste, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist PSY15215
email: valbenveniste@gmail.com
310-597-9322
