Rawson, Twila W., Ph.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Child Development

Education

Post Graduate:

University of Southern Mississippi

Current Positions

Associate Professor , School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics	07/2004 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

Mississippi College, MA, Education/Dyslexia	2016
University of Southern Mississippi, PhD, Developmental Psychology	1985
Mississippi College, BA, Psychology	1979

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Senior Disabiltiy Analyst and Diplomate, American Board of Disability Analysts	12/1999 - Present
Certification, Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners Institute	04/2013 - Present
Certification, Class AAAA 203 Dyslexia Therapist, MS. State Dept of Education	10/2016 - 06/2049
Certification, Certified Academic Language Therapist, Academic Language Therapy Association	09/2016 - Present
Certification, Class AAAA 451 School Psychologist, MS State Dept of Education	07/1987 - 06/2049
Licensure, Psychologist, Ms Board of Psychological Examiners	06/1997 - Present
Certification, Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties, American College of Forensic Examiners Institute	04/1999 - Present

Professional Membership and Service

Academic Language Therapy Association, Member	2016 - Present
Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Member	2014 - Present
MS Dyslexia Therapy Association, Member	2013 - Present
International Dyslexia Association, Member, Attended IDA meeting in New Orleans, LA 10/13	2013 - Present
American Board of Disability Analysts, Senior Disability Analyst and Diplomate	1999 - Present
MS Psychological Association, Member	1999 - Present
The American College of Forensic Examiners, Fellow	1999 - Present
American Psychological Association, Member, Attended APA meeting 07/2013	1997 - Present

Committee Service

Faculty Development Advisory Group, Member	2017 - Present
Society of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics Membership Committee, Member	2017 - Present
Steering Committee for MS College Music Legacy Committee, Member	2016 - Present
Dyslexia Advisory Panel First Presbyterian Day School, Member	2016 - Present
Clinical oversight committee for CAY, Member	2016 - Present
Faculty Development Advisory Group, Member	2016 - Present
Mississippi College Music Legacy Committee, Member	2015 - Present
CDC Education & Training committee, Member	2013 - Present
Faculty Development Advisory Group, Member	2012 - Present
CDC Disaster Preparedness Committee, Member	2006 - Present

Community Service

Sanderson Farms Golf Tournament, Volunteer	10/2017 - 10/2017
Doctor's Day MS Children's Museum, Facilitator	03/2017 - 03/2017
Lions Club, Assist members in fund raising projects	03/2015 - Present
Brookdale Assisted LIving Center, Piainst for chuch service by First Baptist Church Clinton	05/2014 - Present
Salvation Army, Bell ringer	12/2012 - 12/2013
First Baptist Church Clinton, Children's Sunday School Director	09/1999 - 08/2008
First Baptist Church Clinton, Children's Sunday School Teacher	09/1995 - 08/1999
Clinton High School Career Day, Speaker	02/1993 - 02/1993
Daughters of the American Revolution, Various committees as chair and member	06/1989 - Present
First Baptist Church Clinton, Pianist and teacher Children's Choir	08/1988 - Present
First Baptist Chuch Clinton, Member of Adult Choir	05/1987 - Present
First Baptist Church Clinton, Various committees as chair and member	07/1986 - Present

Other Service

Volunteer childcare with special needs children, Childcare with special needs children for CAY Food for Thought presentation on autism	04/2018 - 04/2018
Pediatric Academic Societies, Reviewed multiple abstracts for selection for presentation at PAS	12/2016 - 01/2017
Dyslexia Therapy	10/2016 - Present
Newborn Medicine Fellowship Program, Faculty member	09/2015 - Present
Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation Chart Audit, Team leader for group of 7 psychologists	06/2015 - 07/2015
Pediatric Academic Societies, Reviewed multiple abstracts for seletion for presentation at PAS	12/2014 - 01/2015
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Journal article reviewer	01/2014 - Present
22q deletion syndrome clinic, Psychological consultant as part of multi disciplinary clinic	10/2012 - Present
Cochlear Implant Team, Assessed children being considered for cochlear implant	12/2002 - 12/2006
PsyCorp, Site coordinator for workshop held at UMC for training in the use of Bayley Scales of Infant Development 2nd ed.	03/1993 - 03/1993
PsyCorp, Examiner for development of the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screen	1993 - 12/1994
Eligibility/Assessment committee MS State Dept of Education Planning Grant, Member	1993 - 12/1995
PsyCorp, Examiner for restandardization of Bayley Scales of Infant Development 2nd ed.	06/1991 - 08/1992
Child Development Clinic, Quality Assurance Coordinator	03/1990 - 12/2000
Hinds County Head Start, Mental Health Consultant	1986 - 1997

Publications

Journal Article
Michalowicz BS,Hodges JS, Lussky RC,Bada H, Rawson TR, Buttross LS, Chiriboga C, DiAngelis AJ, Novak MJ, Buchanan W, Mitchell DA, Papapanou PN Maternal Periodontitis Treatment and Child Neurodevelopment at 24 to 28 Months of Age Pediatrics. 2011; 127: e1212-e1220	2011
Raggio DJ, Massingale TW Comparison of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale-Survey Form with infants evaluated for developmental delay Perceptual and Motor Skills. 1990; 71: 415-418
Raggio DJ, Massingale TW Comparison of the Vineland Social Maturity Scales and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development with infants evaluated for developmental delay Perceptual Motor Skills. 1993; 177: 931-937
Raggio DJ, Massingale TW, Bass JD Comparison of Vineland Adaptive Behavaior Scales-Survey Form age equivalents and standard scores with the Bayley Mental development index Perceptual Motor Skills. 1994; 79: 203-206
Gibson JY, Graves GR, Rawson TR Effect of birth order on incidence of periventricular -intraventricular hemorrhage in very low birth weight twins Southern Medical Journal. 1996; 89: 1156-1158
Massingale TW, Buttross LS Encuesta de las practicas terapeuticas par las convulsiones neonatales Pediatric Digest. 1994; 5: 26-27
Leblanc MH, Graves GR, Rawson TR, Moffitt J Long-term outcome of infants at the margin of viability Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. 1999, 40: 111-114
Buttross LS, Massingale TW, Feingold M Picture of the month Trisomy 8 American Journal of Diseases of Children. 1990; 144: 507-508
Gibson JY, Massingale TW, Graves GR Post-hemorrhagic dilation of the neonatal fourth ventricle Journal of Neuroimaging. 1992; 2: 12-15
Gibson JY, Graves GR, Massingale TR, Meydrech EF Relationship of cranial midline shift to outcome of very low birthweight infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction Journal of Neuroimaging. 1994; 4: 212-217
Massingale TW, Buttross LS Survey of treatment practices for neonatal seizures Journal of Perinatology. 1993; 2: 107-110
Abstracts
Raggio DJ, Kastner J, Sheffer C, Buttross S, Rawson T, Naef L, Ray K Assessing nonverbal-verbal differences in language impaired children using the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology. 1999; 14 (8): 687.
Buttross, LS, Massingale TW Chromosome 8 abnormalities in association with Hypomelanosis of Ito Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 1991
Graves GR, Pajares KF, Massingale TW, Rhodes PG Cost of hospitalization of less than 1000 gram infants Clinical Research. 1984; 32(5): 888A
Buttross S, Massingale T, Bock H-GO, Jackson J Familial Hirschsprung Aganglionosis in association with Waardenburg Syndrome Proceedings of the Southern Genetic Group 1989; 14: 76
LeBlanc MH, Graves GR, Rawson TR, Mofitt J Long-term outcome of infants at the margin of viability Pediatric Research. 1999; 45: 247A
Graves GR, Gibson JY, Massingale TW, Bell KF Mortality and morbidity following grade IV intracranial hemorrhage in preterm infants Clinical Research. 1989; 37(1); 67A
Rawson TW, Raggio DJ Neurodevelopmental outcome for low birth weight infants using corrected and uncorrected scores on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and Bayley Scales of Infant Development-Second Edition. Archives of clinical Neuropsychology. 2000; 15: 798
Gibson JY, Graves GR, Massingale TW, Meydrech EF Relationship of cranial midline shift to outcome of very low birth weight infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction Clinical Research. 1993; 41(4) 804A
Graves GR, Massingale TW, Pajares KF, Rhodes PG Subject loss in regionalized follow-up program for high risk infants Clinical Research. 1984; 32(5): 888A
Buttross LS, Massingale TW, Hanson RR Survey of treatment practices for neonatal seizures Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. 1990; Supplement No. 62, 32 (9): 8
Massingale TW, Wesley AC, Harwell GA The effects of prenatal acetaminophen treatment of learning in rats Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Science. 1983; 28 (Supplement 58)
Buttross S, Massingale T, Bock H-GO, Jackson J Trisomy 8 revisited Proceedings of the Southern Genetic Group. 1989; 14: 77

Presentations

State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Dyslexia and Comorbid diagnoses, MS College, MS College Clinton, MS	10/2018
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Social and Emotional Aspects of Dyslexia and Comorbid Diagnoses, MS College, Clinton, MS	09/2017
Platform Presentations, Dyslexia and other Learning disabilities, Junior League of Jackson/CAY, Jackson, MS	09/2017
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Social and Emotional Aspects of Dyslexia in Children and Families, MS Child Welfare Institute Conference, Jackson, MS	01/2016
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neurodevelopmental outcome for low birth weight infants using corrected and uncorrected scores on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development Second Edition, National Academy of Neuropsychology, Orlando Florida	11/2000
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Assessment of preterm children using the Vineland and Bayley Scales, National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA	03/2000
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Neurodevelopmental assessment of premature infants using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development-Second Edition and Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, World Conference on Pediatric Neuropsychology, Santa Barbara, CA	01/2000
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The interface between psychology and the primary care physician, Mississippi Psychology Association, Biloxi, MS	10/1999
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Assessing nonverbal-verbal differences in language impaired children using the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, World Conference on Pediatric Neuropsychology, Palm Beach, Florida	02/1999
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developmental outcome at four years of children with neonatal seizures, Southern Medical Association, New Orleans, LA	11/1998
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developmental outcome for very low birth weight infants, Mississippi Perinatal Postgraduate Course, Jackson, MS	11/1996
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Cost of rehospitalization of less than 1000 gram infants, Southern Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, LA	01/1995
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developmental assessment and intervention, Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Review, Jackson, MS	08/1994
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Relationship of cranial midline shift to outcome of very low birth weight infants with periventricular hemorrhagic infarction, Southern Society for Pediatric Research, New Orleans, LA	1994
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developmental assessment of high risk infants, Perinatal Postgraduate Course, Jackson, MS	12/1993
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developmental outcome at two years of age of infants with neonatal seizures, Beyond the Borders Regional Developmental Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas	08/1993
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Developmental assessment and intervention, Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing Review, Jackson, MS	02/1993
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Chromosome 8 abnormalities in association with Hypomelanosis of Ito, Southern Genetics Group, Destin Florida	07/1991
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Survey of treatment practices of neonatal seizures, American Academy of Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine, Orlando, Florida	10/1990
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Familial Hirschsprung ananglionosis in association with Waardenburg Syndrome, Southern Genetics Group, Navarre Beach, Florida	08/1989
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Trisomy 8 revisited, Southern Genetics Group, Navarre Beach, Florida	08/1989
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparison of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, American Association of Mental Retardation, Chicago, Illinois	05/1989
Invited Symposia, Attention Deficit Disorder, Child Development Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS	03/1989
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Concurrent validity of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development with developmentally delayed infants, Mississippi Asssociation of Psychologists in the Schools, Jackson, MS, Jackson, MS	03/1989
Invited Symposia, Attention Deficit Disorder, Child Development Clinic, Hattiesburg, MS	02/1989
National and International Invited Seminars/Lectures, Outcome following grade IV IVH in preterm infants, American Federation of Clinical Research, New Orleans, LA	02/1989
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Behavioral intervention strategies for preschool children, Hinds County Head Start, Jackson, MS	01/1989
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Comparison of the Vineland Social Maturity Scale and the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Mid-South Regional Conference on Psychology in the Schools, Huntsville, Alabama	10/1988
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Behavioral management in the day care center, Ms Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Jackson, MS	05/1988
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Behavior modification in the classroom, Rankin County Staff Development Meeting, Brandon, MS	11/1987
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Services offered by the Child Development Clinic, University Medical Center, Head Start Training and Technical Assistance Conference, Jackson, MS	10/1987
Regional Invited Seminars/Lectures, Physiological and behavioral responses to prenatal acetaminophen exposure, Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA, New Orlenas, LA	03/1984
State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, The effect of maternal acetaminophen on the learning ability in rats, Mississippi Academy of Sciences, Jackson, MS	02/1983

Teaching Experience

Newborn Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Bayley Scales of Infant Development 3rd ed.	Fall 2015 - 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Dyslexia	Fall 2014
Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Principles of Psychological Assessment	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Grand Rounds	Summer 2014
Medicine, Journal Club	Annual
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Resident lecture	Annual
Medicine, Facilitator	Annual

Directed Student Learning

Fellows supervised

Developmental/behavioral pediatric fellowship, Training Faculty, 3 fellows supervised

Extramural, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Project, MS Dept of Mental Health subcontract from Northrup Grummon	08/2008 - 12/2011
Extramural, Effect of maternal periodontal inflammation on infant development, NIH/NIDCR	12/2005 - 01/2008
Intramural, Relationship of neuropsychological assessment during the first two years of life and at six years for very low birth weight infants, Dept of Pediatrics, University of MS Medical Center	06/1990 - 05/1992
Intramural, The effects of anticonvulsant drugs on the early cognitive development of infants, Dept of Pediatrics, University of MS Medical Center	05/1989 - 12/1999

Rawson, Twila W., Ph.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Community Service

Other Service

Sponsored Program Funding

Publications

Journal Article

Abstracts

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Fellows supervised

Biography

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