Dr. Louise Fennell
(formerly Dr. Louise Penkman)
Registered Psychologist
Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology (ABPP-CN)
Dr. (Penkman) Fennell's Publications
i. Book Chapters
Penkman, L. & Butler, R. (2008). Neuropsychological Assessment of Children with Cancer. In C. Meyers and J. Perry (Eds.), Cognition and Cancer (pp. 56-79). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Nicholson, S., Penkman, L, & Butler, R. (2008). Childhood Brain Tumors. In C. Meyers and J. Perry (Eds.). Cognition and Cancer (pp. 198-210). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
ii. Peer reviewed manuscripts
Fennell, L.C.P. & Johnson, S.A. (2021). Examination of professional biases in autism: How can we do better? The Clinical Neuropsychologist,
https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2021.1958922
Fennell, L. (2018) Beyond diagnostic assessment in children and youth with autism. BC Psychologist 7(1): 9-12.
Mabbot, D., Snyder, J.J., Penkman, L., & Witol, A. (2009). The effects of treatment for posterior fossa brain tumors on selective attention. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society 15 (2): 205-216.
Mabbot, D., Penkman, L., Witol, A., Strother, D., & Bouffet, E. (2008). Core neurocognitive deficits in children treated for posterior fossa tumors. Neuropsychology 22(2): 159-168.
Spagrud, L.J, von Baeyer, C.L., Ali, K., Mpofu, C., Mitchell, J., Penkman Fennell, L., Friesen, K., & Mitchell, J. (2008). Pain, distress, and adult-child interaction during venipuncture in pediatric oncology: an examination of three types of venous access. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 36(2): 187-134.
Penkman, L.C. & Scott-Lane, L. (2007). Case study: Prophylactic academic intervention for children treated with cranial radiation therapy. Developmental Neurorehabilitation 10(1), 19-26.
Penkman, L.C., Scott-Lane, L. & Pelletier, W. (2006). A Psychosocial program for pediatric oncology patients: The Beaded Journey. The Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 24(2), 103-115.
Penkman, L.C. (2004). Remediation of attention deficits in children: A focus on childhood cancer, traumatic brain injury and attention deficit disorder. Pediatric Rehabilitation, 7(2), 111-123.
Penkman, L.C. & Mateer, C.A. (2004). The specificity of attention retraining in traumatic brain injury. Journal of Cognitive Rehabilitation, 22(1), 13-26.
Sohlbeg, M.M., Mateer, C.A., Penkman, L., Glang, A., & Todis, B. (1998). Awareness Intervention: Who Needs It? Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, 13, (5), 62-78.
iii. Abstracts
Penkman, L. & Mateer, C. (2003). The rehabilitation of attention deficits in traumatic brain injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 9(2), 319.
Penkman, L., Scott-Lane, L,. & Pelletier, W. (2003). An evaluation of the Beaded Journey: The Calgary experience. Psycho-Oncology, 12(4), S175.
Penkman, L. & Mabbott, D. (2003). Pediatric psycho-oncology research in Canada. Psycho-Oncology, 12(4), S215.
Whitsett, S., Penkman, L., Tan, A., Anderson, R. (2003). Enhancing communication with families of pediatric oncology patients at the time of diagnosis. Psycho-Oncology, 12(4), S176.
Penkman, L. (2004). Challenges for the psychologist clinician researcher in Canada: Building national networks in child and adolescent research. Canadian Psychology, 45(2a), 64.
Penkman, L., Witol, A. & Mabbott, D. (2004). Clinical research within a hospital setting: Building from the ground up in pediatric psycho-oncology. Canadian Psychology, 45(2a), 65.
Witol, A., Penkman, L. & Mabbott, D. (2004). Pediatric brain tumours: Executive functioning and quality of life. The Clinical Neuropsychologist.