Cheryl Klaiman, PhD
Psychologist
Education and Degrees
- MA, McGill University
- PhD, McGill University
Licenses - Board Certifications
- California Board of Psychology (Psychologist)
Professional Experience
Cheryl is a staff psychologist at CHC specializing in assessment and treatment of young children.
She has worked as a clinician in private practice as well as in the Child Study Center at Yale University’s School of Medicine. Additionally, she served as Lead Clinician in Applied Behavioral Analysis, Psycho-educational Consultant, Social Skills Group Leader, Case Coordinator, Research Coordinator and Faculty Lecturer in Montreal, Quebec.
Professional Affiliations
- International Society for Autism Research
Languages
- English
- French
Recent Presentations
- Thioux, M., Klaiman, C., & Schultz, (May, 2008). “What Can We Learn From a Proto-Savant: Memory, Rules and Arithmetic in Calendar Calculation.” Poster presented at the annual International Meeting for Autism Research, London, UK.
- Wolf, J.M., Tanaka, J.W., Klaiman, C., Koenig, K, Cockburn, J., Herlihy, L., Brown, C., Stahl, S.S., South, M., McPartland, J., & Schultz, R.T. (May, 2008). “Let’s Face It! A Computer-Based Intervention for Strengthening Face Processing Skills in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders.” Poster presented at the annual International Meeting for Autism Research, London, UK.
- Dimitropoulos, A., Klaiman, C., Piatt, C., Hunyadi, E., & Schultz, R.T. (March, 2006). “Decreased Activation in Social Perceptual Neural Circuitry in Prader-Willi Syndrome.” Paper presented at the annual Gatlinburg conference, San Diego, CA.
- Schultz, R. T., Win, L., Jackowski, A., Klin, A., Staib, L., Papademetris, X., Babitz, T., Carter, E., Klaiman, C., Fieler, A. and Volkmar, F (May, 2005). “Brain Morphology in Autism Spectrum Disorders: An MRI Study.” Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Boston, MA.
- Klaiman, C., Rossion, B., Horovitz, S., & Schultz, B. (April, 2004). “ERPs: Can They Help Us Further Understand Face Deficits in Autism?” Poster presented at Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, CA.
Recent Publications
- Thioux, M., Stark, D.E., Klaiman, C., & Schultz, R.T. (2006). The day of the week when you were born in 700ms: Calendar computation in an autistic savant. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 32(5), 1155-1168.
- Klaiman, C., & Schultz, R. T. (2002). Williams syndrome and brain-behavior relationships. Division of Clinical Neuropsychology Newsletter, 20, American Psychological Association.
- Zhang, H., Smoot, L., Klaiman, C., Schultz, R. T., & Pober, B. P. (2006). Genetics of Williams Beuren Syndrome. Progress in Pediatric Cardiology.
- Zhang, H., Klaiman, C., Schultz, R. T., & Pober, B. (2006). An overview of Williams Beuren Syndrome. In Butler, M. (Ed.), Genetics of Developmental Disabilities.
- Mongillo, A., Irwin, J. R., Whalen, D. H., Klaiman, C., Carter, A. S., & Schultz, R. T. (2008). Audiovisual processing in children with and without autism spectrum disorders. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities.
