Dr. Irwin is a pediatric clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. She provides psychoeducational assessments for children and adolescents with a variety of learning challenges. As a neuropsychologist, she specializes in assessments of children with complex developmental, medical, and neurological conditions. Dr. Irwin completed her graduate training in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Victoria. She has worked at McMaster Children’s Hospital, CHEO, Queen Alexandra Centre for Children’s Health, and in community mental health.
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Select Publications and Presentations:
Pugliese, M., Tingley, K., Chow, A., Pallone, N., Smith, M., Chakraborty, P., Geraghty, M. T., Irwin, J. K….Potter, B. Core outcome sets for medium chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase deficiency & phenylketonuria. Pediatrics, 148(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-037747
Pugliese, M., Tingley, K., Chow, A., Pallone., N., Smith, M., Rahman, A., Chakraborty, P., Geraghty, M., Irwin, J….Potter, B. (2020). Outcomes in pediatric studies of medium-chain acyl-coA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency and phenylketonuria (PKU): A review. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 15:12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13023-019-1276-1
Irwin, J. K., Joschko, M., & Kerns, K. A. (2014). Confirmatory factor analysis of the Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales (RIAS) in Canadian children. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 28(8), 1258-1277. DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2014.975843
Irwin, J. K., MacSween, J., & Kerns, K.A. (2011). History and evolution of the autism spectrum disorders. In J.L. Matson & P. Sturmey (Eds.), International handbook of autism and pervasive developmental disorders. New York: Springer.
