Publications
Knowledge gaps for functional outcomes after multilobar resective and disconnective pediatric epilepsy surgery: Conference Proceedings of the Patient-Centered Stakeholder Meeting 2019
Jones, M., Harris, W. B., Perry, M. S., Behrmann, M., Christodoulou, J., Fallah, A., Kolb, B., Musiek, F., Paul, L. K., Puka, K., Salorio, C., Sankar, R., Smith, M. L., Naduvil Valappil, A. M., Walshaw, P., Weiner, H. L., Woo, R., Zeitler, P., & Abel, T. J. (2022). Knowledge gaps for functional outcomes after multilobar resective and disconnective pediatric epilepsy surgery: Conference Proceedings of the Patient-Centered Stakeholder Meeting 2019. Epileptic Disorders, 24(1), 50–66. https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2021.1373
Summary: A joint initiative among multidisciplinary community members identified areas in need of attention for children post-surgery for epilepsy as (1) hydrocephalus; (2) mental health issues; and (3) literacy and other educational outcomes.
Jones, M., Harris, W. B., Perry, M. S., Behrmann, M., Christodoulou, J., Fallah, A., Kolb, B., Musiek, F., Paul, L. K., Puka, K., Salorio, C., Sankar, R., Smith, M. L., Naduvil Valappil, A. M., Walshaw, P., Weiner, H. L., Woo, R., Zeitler, P., & Abel, T. J. (2022). Knowledge gaps for functional outcomes after multilobar resective and disconnective pediatric epilepsy surgery: Conference Proceedings of the Patient-Centered Stakeholder Meeting 2019. Epileptic Disorders, 24(1), 50–66. https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2021.1373
Summary: A joint initiative among multidisciplinary community members identified areas in need of attention for children post-surgery for epilepsy as (1) hydrocephalus; (2) mental health issues; and (3) literacy and other educational outcomes.
Literacy-related skills among children after left or right hemispherectomy
Christodoulou, J. A., Halverson, K., Meegoda, O., Beckius, H., Moser, S., Imhof, A., & Maguire, A. (2021). Literacy-related skills among children after left or right hemispherectomy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 121(Pt A), 107995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107995
Summary: Isolated left and right hemispheres can support foundational reading skills. Word-level reading is stronger with an isolated left, versus right, hemisphere. Shorter duration from seizure onset to surgery is associated with stronger reading. Younger post-surgery reading acquisition is associated with higher reading scores.
Christodoulou, J. A., Halverson, K., Meegoda, O., Beckius, H., Moser, S., Imhof, A., & Maguire, A. (2021). Literacy-related skills among children after left or right hemispherectomy. Epilepsy & Behavior, 121(Pt A), 107995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107995
Summary: Isolated left and right hemispheres can support foundational reading skills. Word-level reading is stronger with an isolated left, versus right, hemisphere. Shorter duration from seizure onset to surgery is associated with stronger reading. Younger post-surgery reading acquisition is associated with higher reading scores.
Reading: Insights on a common skill from uncommon cases
Christodoulou, J.A. (2017). Reading: Insights on a common skill from uncommon cases. In M.S. Schwartz & E.J. Pare-Blagoev (Eds.), Research in Mind, Brain and Education, 1st edition. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315670621a
Summary: This chapter explores the importance of understanding vulnerable learners in the context of their learning settings.
Christodoulou, J.A. (2017). Reading: Insights on a common skill from uncommon cases. In M.S. Schwartz & E.J. Pare-Blagoev (Eds.), Research in Mind, Brain and Education, 1st edition. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315670621a
Summary: This chapter explores the importance of understanding vulnerable learners in the context of their learning settings.
When left-hemisphere reading is compromised: Comparing reading ability in participants after left cerebral hemispherectomy and participants with developmental dyslexia
Katzir, T., Christodoulou, J. A., & de Bode, S. (2016). When left-hemisphere reading is compromised: Comparing reading ability in participants after left cerebral hemispherectomy and participants with developmental dyslexia. Epilepsia, 57(10), 1602–1609. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.13507
Summary: Patients with prenatal lesions leading to an isolated right hemisphere (RH) have the potential to develop reading to a degree comparable to that in persons with dyslexia for single word reading. This potential sharply diminishes in individuals who undergo hemispherectomy due to postnatal (vs prenatal) insult. The higher scores of the prenatal hemispherectomy group on timed reading suggest that under these conditions, individuals with an isolated RH can compensate to a significant degree.
Katzir, T., Christodoulou, J. A., & de Bode, S. (2016). When left-hemisphere reading is compromised: Comparing reading ability in participants after left cerebral hemispherectomy and participants with developmental dyslexia. Epilepsia, 57(10), 1602–1609. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.13507
Summary: Patients with prenatal lesions leading to an isolated right hemisphere (RH) have the potential to develop reading to a degree comparable to that in persons with dyslexia for single word reading. This potential sharply diminishes in individuals who undergo hemispherectomy due to postnatal (vs prenatal) insult. The higher scores of the prenatal hemispherectomy group on timed reading suggest that under these conditions, individuals with an isolated RH can compensate to a significant degree.