#17 - Interview: Dr. Alaina Kroes, Psychologist; Competency restoration & assessments with children

Unconventional Dyad Podcast

Today on the podcast, Carli interviews Dr. Alaina Kroes, Psy.D., Licensed Psychologist. Topics of discussion include COVID’s impact on her ability to conduct psychological evaluations, differential diagnosis between autism spectrum disorder and a trauma disorder, competency restoration with children, and her internship process and experiences. Dr. Kroes works with children of all ages and enjoys conducting psychological evaluations. She has an interest in completing evaluations for autism spectrum disorder (and is trained on the administration of the ADOS) and bonding assessments. Her experience includes providing therapy and psychological evaluations to adults, adolescents, and children in forensic and community-based settings. Her research interests include the parent-child relationship, and she completed her dissertation on this subject. She has experience conducting psychological evaluations for diagnostic clarification, parenting capacities, learning difficulties, competency, behavioral disturbances, and emotional disturbances. She completed her internship at the Department of Corrections.

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