Grace C. Ashton, PhD
AIM Academy
215-958-9377
Affiliation:
- Assistant Head of School, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, PA
- Academic Dean, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, PA
- Director of Psychological and Integrated Services, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, PA
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
- Assistant Head of School, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, PA
- Academic Dean, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, PA
- Director of Psychological and Integrated Services, AIM Academy, Conshohocken, PA
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Education:
| 1990 | B.F.A., Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design |
| 1997 | M.A., Psychology, University of Rhode Island |
| 2000 | Ph.D., Psychology, University of Rhode Island |
Research Interests:
- Identifying behavioral and neurobiological predictors of treatment response in students with language-based learning disabilities.
- Researching the impact of co-morbid mood disorders and executive function deficits on treatment response in students with language-based learning disabilities.
- Examining individual differences in children’s ability to add academic vocabulary into their existing network of word meaning.
- Investigating how existing knowledge structure affect the comprehension of new information in text, and the cognitive processes that facilitate the linking of background knowledge with novel information while reading.