Specialties and Interests

• Cognitive development in children
• Neuropsychological assessment, especially of children
• Asian values

Courses Taught

• Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior
• Advanced Child Assessment
• Life Span Development
• Learning and Cognition

Professional Activities

• Private Practice, Sherman Oaks and Glendale, CA
• Agency Liaison Faculty, CSPP-L.A., Alliant International University
  

Degrees, Professional Licenses, Certifications and Honors

• Ph.D. (Developmental Psychology) from University of Southern California, 1982
• Licensed Psychologist (California PSY 9443), 1986
  

Professional and Honorary Memberships

• American Psychological Association
• Society of Pediatric Psychology (APA Division 54)
• Consultant in General Pediatrics, Professional Staff, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
  

Selected Publications

• Soogoor, M., Lynn, H.S., Donfield, S.M., Gomperts, E., Bell, T.S., Daar, E.S., and the Hemophilia Growth and Development Study (2006).  Hepatitis C virus infection and neurocognitive function.  Neurology, 67, 1482-1485.
• Bordeaux, J.D., Loveland, K.A., Lachar, D., Stehbens, J., Bell, T.S., Nichols, S., Amodei, N., & Adkins, K.B. (2003). Hemophilia growth and development study: Caregiver report of youth and family adjustment to HIV disease and immunologic compromise.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 8, 175-183.
• Sirois, P.A., Posner, M., Stehbens, J.A., Loveland, K.A., Nichols, S., Donfield, S.M., Bell, T.S., Hill, S.D., Amodei, N., and the Hemophilia Growth and Development Study. (2002).  Quantifying practice effects in longitudinal research with the WISC-R and WAIS-R:  A study of children and adolescents with hemophilia and male siblings without hemophilia. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 121-131.
• Lockwood, K.A., Bell, T.S., & Colegrove, Jr., R.W.  (1999).  Long-term effects of cranial radiation on attention functioning in survivors of childhood leukemia. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 24, 55-66.
  
  

Selected Presentations

• Ayrapetyan, V. & Bell, T.S. (2006, March). Parenting styles and self-efficacy beliefs in Armenian-American families and their relationship to their children's school performance.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the California Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. 
• Chalovich, P. & Bell, T.S. (2004, July).   The effects of chronic stress on cognitive abilities and educational achievement of homeless children.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI.
• Sankaran, K., Noviello, N., & Bell, T.S. (2004, July ).   MMPI-2 performance of Singaporean young adults.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HI