Amy Connery, PsyD, ABPP-CN

Professional Titles

• Clinical Neuropsychologist

Publications

• Connery, A. K., Lee, A. H., Peterson, R. L., Dichiaro, M., & Chiesa, A. (2024). Caregiver report of social-emotional functioning in infants and young children after inflicted traumatic brain injury. Child neuropsychology, 1–13.
• Lee, A. H., Anastasiadis, W. A., Hitti, S. A., & Connery, A. K. (2024). Socioeconomic factors in inflicted traumatic brain injury: Examining the area deprivation index. Rehabilitation Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/rep0000581
• Asturias E.J., Connery A.K., Olson, D., Lamb, M.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Anderson, E., Focht, C., Colbert, A.M., Natrajan, M., Waggoner, J., Scherer, E., Calvimontes, D., Bolaños, G., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Hernández, S., Martinez, M., Ralda, A., Rojop, N., Barrios, J., Chacon, A., Dempsey, W., Tomashek, K., Keitel, W., El Sahly, H., Muñoz, F. (2024). Postnatal Zika and Dengue Infection and their Effects on Neurodevelopment among Children Living in Rural Guatemala. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 10-1097. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4781295
• Petranovich, C.L., Person-Jones, K., Koerber, S., Lantagne, A., Graber, S., Sarmiento, C.A., Peterson, R.L., Simpson, T., Wilson, P., Miele, A., Apkon, S., Dichiaro, M., Connery, A.K., & Kirkwood, M.W. (2024). Healthcare, educational, and vocational transitions in young adults with pediatric-onset disabilities: Associations with social determinants of health. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
• Bradley, C.W., Barrientos, D.M., Olson, D., Connery, A.K., Shankar, K., Krebs, N., Asturias, E.J. (2024, March). Association of Heat Stress with High Burden of Microcephaly in Young Infants in Rural Guatemala. Poster presented at the Colorado Consortium on Climate Change and Health, Aurora, CO.
• Madison, C., Connery, A.K., Graber, S., Messer, R. (2024, April) Understanding post-traumatic epilepsy in pediatric patients with abusive head trauma. Poster presented at the American Academy of Neurology, Denver, Colorado.
• Klements, E., Dichiaro, M., Petranovich, C., Anastasiadis, W., Connery A.K. (2024, November). Assessing the Clinical Utility of the Head Abbreviated Injury Scale in Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma. Poster presentation at the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Annual Assembly, San Diego, CA.
• Connery A.K., Colbert AM, Lamb MM. (2023). Head circumference may be the best proxy for neurodevelopmental risk in children in low-resource settings Archives of Disease in Childhood;108:287-288.
• Connery, A.K, Raghunathan, R.S, Colbert, A.M, Erdodi, L., Warschausky, S., Huth-Bocks, A., Taylor, H.G., Raghunathan, T., Berglund, P., Staples, A.D., Lukomski, A., Kirkland, J., Cano, J., Lajiness-O’Neill, R., and the PediaTrac Project Consortium (2023). The Influence of Sociodemographic Factors and Response Style on Caregiver Report of Infant Developmental Status. Frontiers in pediatrics, 10, 1080163. https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.1080163
• Connery A.K. (2023). Let’s Stop Complaining That Early Childhood Assessments Do Not Predict IQ. JAMA Pediatrics, 177 (5), 447-448.
• Olson, D., Lamb, M. M., Connery, A. K., Colbert, A. M., Calvimontes, M., Bauer Herbruger, D., ... & Asturias, E. J. (2023). Cumulative Febrile, Respiratory, and Diarrheal Illness among Infants in Rural Guatemala and their Association with Neurodevelopmental and Growth Outcomes. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 10-1097.
• Hitti, S., Connery, A.K., & Chiesa, A. (2023, February). Predictors of Out-of-Home Placement after Non-Accidental Traumatic Brain Injury Among Young Children. Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
• Pluss, O., Fong, K., Funk, A., Rosenberger, K., Colbert, A.M., Connery, A.K. Lamb, M., Jaenisch, T. (2023, October). Microcephaly in Low Resource Settings: A Call to Action. Poster presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Madison, C., Connery, A.K., Graber, S., Messer, R. (2023, October) Streamlining pediatric neurology care for children with abusive head trauma through a clinical pathway and multidisciplinary clinic. Poster presented at the Child Neurology Society, Vancouver, BC.
• Connery, A.K., Colbert, A.M., & Lamb, M.M. (2022). Viewpoint: Head circumference may be the best proxy for neurodevelopmental risk in children in low resource settings. Archives of Disease in Childhood. doi: archdischild-2021-323216.
• Connery, A.K.*, Lamb, M.M*, Colbert, A.M., Bauer, Desirée, Olson, Daniel, Paniagua-Avila, Alejandra, Calvimontes, Mirella, Bolaños, Guillermo Antonio, El Sahly, Hana, Muñoz, F.M.**, Asturias, E.J.** (2022). A Prospective Cohort Study of Head Circumference and its Association with Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Infants and Young Children in Rural Guatemala. Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1-8 (* co-first author)
• Lamb MM*, Connery AK*, Colbert AM, Bauer D, Olson D, Paniagua-Avila A, Calvimontes DM, Bolaños GA, Sahly HME, Muñoz FM, Asturias EJ. (2022). Anthropometric proxies for child neurodevelopment in low-resource settings: length- or height-for-age, head circumference or both? Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, 1-9. (* co-first author)
• Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Connery, A., Calvimontes, D. M., Bolanos, G. A., Lamb, M. M., … Asturias, E. J. (2022). Challenges and lessons learned from the rapid operationalization of a prospective cohort to study the natural history and neurodevelopmental outcomes of postnatal Zika virus infection among infants and children in rural Guatemala. (in press). PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, 2022.05.12.22274987. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.12.22274987.
• Colbert, A.M., Connery, A.K., Lamb, M.M., Hernández, S., Martínez, M.A., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., El Sahly, H.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., Olson, D., Asturias, E.J., & Muñoz, F.M. (2021). Caregiver rating of early childhood development: Reliability and validity of the ASQ-3 in rural Guatemala. Early Human Development.
• Connery, A.K., Lamb, M.M., Colbert, A.M., Bauer, D., Hernández, S, Arroyave, P., Martínez, M.A., Barrios, E.E., El Sahly, H.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., Olson, D., Asturias, E.J., Muñoz, F.M. (2021). Parent Report of Health Related Quality of Life in Young Children in Rural Guatemala: Implementation, Reliability, and Validity of the PedsQL in Stunting and Wasting. Global Pediatric Health: https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X21991028
• Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Asturias, E.J., Muñoz, F.M., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Hernández, S., Martínez, A.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Calvimontes, D. M., El Sahly, H.M. & Connery, A.K. (2020). Reliability and validity of an adapted and translated version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (AT-MSEL) in rural Guatemala. Child: Care, Health and Development, 1-9.
• Connery, A.K. & Gidley Larson, J.C. (2020). Prematurity. In K. Stucky, M. Kirkwood, & J. Donders (Eds.), Clinical neuropsychology study guide and board review-second edition. New York: Oxford University Press, Publishers.
• Connery, A.K., Colbert, A.M., & Lamb, M.M. (in press). Viewpoint: Head circumference may be the best proxy for neurodevelopmental risk in children in low resource settings. Archives of Disease in Childhood. doi: archdischild-2021-323216.
• Connery, A.K., Berrios-Siervo, G., Arroyave, P., Bauer, D., Hernandez, S… Muñoz, F.M. (2019). Responding to the Zika Epidemic: Preparation of a Neurodevelopmental Testing Protocol to Evaluate Young Children in Rural Guatemala. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 100, 438-444.
• Villagomez, A.N., Muñoz, F.M., Peterson, R.L., Colbert, A.M., Gladstone, M....Connery, A.K. (2019). Neurodevelopmental delay: case definition and guidelines for data collection, analysis, and presentation of immunization safety data. Vaccine, 37(52), 7623-7641.
• Connery, A.K., Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Hernández, S, Martínez, M.A., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P, El Sahly, H.M., Paniagua-Avila, A., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., Olson, D., Asturias, E.J., Muñoz, F.M. (2019). Receptive Language Skills Among Young Children in Rural Guatemala: The Relationship Between the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody and a Translated and Adapted Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. Child: Care, Health, and Development, 45, 702-708.
• Connery, A.K., Colbert, A.M., Hernandez, S., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., El Sahly, H., Paniaqua-Avila, A., Lamb, M., Olson, D., Asturias, E., & Muñoz, F. (2019, February). Receptive Language Skills Among Young Children in Rural Guatemala: The Relationship Between Performance on the Test de Vocabulario en Imagenes Peabody (TVIP) and a Translated and Adapted Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL). Poster presented at the International Neuropsychological Society 47th Annual Meeting, New York City.
• Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Hernández, S., Martínez,M.A., Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., El Sahly, H.M, Muñoz, F.M., Asturias, E.J. & Connery, A.K.(2019, February). Performance of Young Children in Rural Guatemala on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. Poster presented at the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New York City.
• Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Hernández, S., Martínez,M.A., Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., El Sahly, H.M, Muñoz, F.M., Asturias, E.J. & Connery, A.K.(2019, February). Performance of Young Children in Rural Guatemala on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. Poster presented at the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New York City.
• Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Bauer, D., Arroyave, P., Hernández, S., Martínez,M.A., Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., El Sahly, H.M, Muñoz, F.M., Asturias, E.J. & Connery, A.K.(2019, February). Performance of Young Children in Rural Guatemala on the Mullen Scales of Early Learning. Poster presented at the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society Annual Meeting, New York City.
• Muñoz, F.M., Connery, A.K., Natrajan, M.S., Waggoner, J., Lamb, M.M., Olson, D., Paniagua-Avila, A., Bauer, D., Anderson, E.J., Mulligan, M., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., EMMES, Keitel, W.A., El Sahly, H.M., Tomashek, K., Asturias, E.J. (2019, October). Postnatally Acquired Zika Virus (ZIKV) Infection in Infants and Young Children in Guatemala: Serologic and Neurodevelopmental (ND) Evaluation. Paper presented at IDWeek, Washington DC.
• Olson, D., Lamb, M.M., Connery, A.K., Colborn, K.L., Natrajan, M.S., Waggoner, J., Paniagua-Avila, A., Bauer, D., Anderson, E.J., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., EMMES, El Sahly, H.M., Muñoz, F.M., Asturias, E.J. (2019, October). Post-natal Zika Virus Infection and Impact on Neurodevelopment among a Cohort of Children in Rural Guatemala. Poster presented at IDWeek, Washington DC.
• Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Bauer, D., Hernández, S., Martínez, M.A., Arroyave, P., Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., El Sahly, H.M., Muñoz, F.M., Asturias, E.J. & Connery, A.K.(2019, November). Interrater Reliability of an Adapted and Translated Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) in Rural Guatemala. Poster presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, National Harbor, MD.
• Colbert, A.M., Lamb, M.M., Bauer, D., Hernández, S., Martínez, M.A., Arroyave, P., Paniagua-Avila, A., Olson, D., Calvimontes, M., Bolaños, G.A., El Sahly, H.M., Muñoz, F.M., Asturias, E.J. & Connery, A.K.(2019, November). Interrater Reliability of an Adapted and Translated Version of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL) in Rural Guatemala. Poster presented at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, National Harbor, MD.

Professional Memberships

• American Board of Professional Psychology, Board Certified Clinical Neuropsychology
• American Board of Professional Psychology, Subspecialist in Pediatric Neuropsychology
• American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Children's Hospital Colorado North Campus - Broomfield
469 State Highway 7
Broomfield, CO 80023
720-478-5000

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• American Board of Professional Psychology, Board Certification (2010)

Conditions & Treatments

• Brain and Nervous System - Traumatic and Acquired Brain Injuries
• Brain and Nervous System
• Brain and Nervous System - Intellectual Disability
• Brain and Nervous System - Language Disorders
• Brain and Nervous System - Concussion
• Brain and Nervous System - Cerebral Palsy