Michelle R. Grayden, Ph.D.
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27068 La Paz Road Suite 731
Aliso Viejo, Ca 92656
949-207-3457 Office
949-680-4147 Fax
www.fancoc.com
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EDUCATION
Alliant International University
San Diego, California (Irvine program)
Doctor of Philosophy Degree
Individual, Family, and Child Clinical Psychology
Nominated for Outstanding Dissertation Award
Master of Arts Degree
Clinical Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California (Irvine program)
Masters of Social Work Program
Social Work
June 2001
June 1996
September 1990 to August 1991
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts & Sciences Degree
Social Work
June 1989
Saddleback Junior College
Mission Viejo, California
Associates in Arts Degree
General Education
June 1984
RELATED EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Forensic & Neuropsychiatric Consultants of Orange County
FANCOC
27068 La Paz Road Suite 731
Aliso Viejo, Ca 92656
949-207-3457 Office
949-680-4147 Fax
www.fancoc.com
March 2007 to Current
Assessment services include psychological assessment, personality assessment, IQ and
LD testing, forensic and neuropsychological assessment and evaluations. Forensic
evaluations include plaintiff or defense requested psychological or neuropsychologial
Independent Medical Examinations (IME) Disability Evaluations and psychological
evaluations in criminal homicide cases. Forensic Neuropsychological Evaluation
involves the application of neuropsychological assessment methods to the evaluation of
criminal or civil litigants. Assessment of collateral sources of information, response bias,
malingering, and norm-based psychological testing are essential components of the
forensic clinical neuropsychological evaluation.
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
September 1st 2003 to March 2007
Orange, California
Department of Pediatric Neurology
Neuropsychologist for grant titled: Alzheimer’s disease in Down Syndrome:
Antioxidant Trail. I am responsible for the neuropsychological testing for the patients
in the study.
University of California, Irvine Medical Center
September 1st 2001 to March 2007
Orange, California
Faculty Department of Pediatric Neurology
Neurodevelopmental & Behavioral Clinic: Clinic Coordinator
I coordinate an interdisciplinary outpatient clinic for individuals with developmental
disabilities, including autism. This weekly clinic is a joint effort between the Orange
County Regional Center and UCI. My clinic responsibilities include: preparation of case
reports, performing psychometric testing, and the management of the clinical,
pharmacological and psychological data for each client. The focus of the clinic is
psychotropic drug utilization for individuals with developmental disabilities residing in
community settings. In addition, to my clinical responsibilities, I am involved in
research in the areas of drug utilization, individual differences in response to
medication and follow-up studies.
Dr. Ira Lott, M.D.: Professor & Chair Department of Pediatric Neurology
Dr. Gail Fernandez, M.D.: Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Curt Sandman, Ph.D.: Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Paul Touchette, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Alliant International University
January 7th 2002 to August 2002
Irvine, California
Adjunct Faculty: Doctoral Clinical Psychology Program
Courses Taught:
 Social Psychology
 History & Systems of School Psychology
 Social Psychology in Educational Settings
 Psycho-educational Testing in the School Environment
 Biological Psychology
Dr. James Madero, Ph.D.: Clinical Psychology Department Chair.
Concordia University
January 8th 2001 to May 5th 2001
Irvine, California
Adjunct Faculty
 Developmental Psychology: Childhood
 Introduction to Sociology
Dr. Buddy Mendez, Ph.D.: Psychology Department Chair.
University of California at Irvine
January 6th 1999 to March 23rd 1999
Irvine, California
College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility
Clinical Research Associate-SRA II
I was responsible for interviewing and screening psychiatric patients and their families
to participate in a nationwide research project for Bipolar sibling genetic research.
I provided detailed and accurate information prospective subjects regarding criteria and
the study. I attended a weeklong training seminar on the use of the DIGS diagnostic
interview manual to insure inter-rater reliability. I collected, reviewed, and
documented detailed case histories. I traveled to local support groups and agencies to
promote awareness of the research study and recruitment of research subjects, e.g.,
UCI-MC, Neuropsychiatric Inpatient/Outpatient Units, UCI counseling center.
I consulted with team associates on all IRB submissions and all documents related to
clinical trails. I was let go due to lack of research participants.
Dr. William Byerley, M.D.; Director of Genetics & Molecular Biology
Principal Investigator
Health Care Agency
November 1997 to September 1998
Children & Youth Services
Laguna Beach, California.
Mental Health Specialist II
I worked 32-40 hours a week for the County of Orange. I spent this year
of my internship focusing strictly on neuropsychological & psychological assessments
primarily of ADHD children. I conducted interviews with the parents and children to
review the diagnostic findings. I wrote extensive and complete reports of the findings
which were presented to the parents, primary clinicians and case psychiatrist. I dealt
with a culturally diverse population of children, adolescents, and families in a clinic
oriented setting. My responsibilities included: time-limited and long term
psychotherapy with children adolescents and adults; families, couples, and sibling
psychotherapy; weekly group therapy-social skills development for latency-aged girls.
I also conducted psychodiagnostic assessments, communication of assessment results
and recommendations to children, families, and teachers. Intake evaluation, crisis
intervention; case management; participation with multidisiciplinary team (including
parents, teachers(IEP’s), social workers, MFCC’s, medical physicians and psychiatrists).
Linda Rappaport, L.S.C.W.: Region Service Chief.
Capistrano by the Sea Psychiatric Hospital
January 1990 to June 1991
Dana Point, California
Mental Health Worker
I worked on the acute adolescent unit and the adult unit when needed. My
responsibilities included patient care, co-facilitating groups, and monitoring mealtime
for the eating disorder patients, escorting patients to AA, CA, NA meetings. I also
worked on the transitional adolescent unit for about six months and my duties were
similar to the other units I worked on, except that I took the adolescents on outings as
well.
Newport Harbor Psychiatric Hospital
September 1989 to December 1989
Newport Beach, California.
Mental Health Worker
I worked with adolescents that were transitioning from the hospital to home. I
co-facilitated the various therapeutic groups and provided a supportive one-on-one
therapeutic relationship.
Community Psychiatric Center
September 1987 to December 1987
Santa Ana, California
Mental Health Worker
I worked briefly on the adolescent unit. My responsibilities included patient care and
monitoring of patient activities.
PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIENCE
Health Care Agency,
September 1997 to September 1998
Children & Youth Services
Laguna Beach, California
Psychology Intern
As part of my PhD program completed my Internship requirements of 2,000 hours.
I worked 32-40 hours a week for the county of Orange. I spent this year of my
internship focusing strictly on neuropsychological & psychological assessments
primarily of ADHD children. I conducted interviews with the parents and children to
review the diagnostic findings. I wrote extensive and complete reports of the findings,
which were presented, to the parent’s, primary clinician and case psychiatrist. I dealt
with a culturally diverse population of children, adolescents, and families in a clinic
oriented setting. My responsibilities included: time-limited and long-term
psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults; families, couples, and sibling
psychotherapy; weekly group therapy-social skills development for latency-aged girls.
I also conducted psychodiagnostic assessments, communication of assessment results
and recommendations to children, families, and teachers. Intake evaluation, crisis
intervention; case management; participation with multidisciplinary team (including
parents, teachers (IEP’s), social workers, MFCC’s, medical physicians and psychiatrists).
Dr. Joan Sandberg, Ph.D.: Clinical Supervisor.
Western Youth Services
September 1996 to September 1997
Laguna Beach, California
Psychology Intern
As part of my PhD program I completed my Practicum requirements of 1,000 hours. I
worked 20 hours a week for Western Youth Services, which is a contract agency for the
County of Orange. I dealt with a culturally diverse population of children,
adolescents, and families in a clinic oriented setting. My responsibilities included: timelimited and long-term psychotherapy with children, adolescents and adults; families,
couples, and sibling psychotherapy; weekly group therapy-social skills development for
latency-aged girls. I also conducted extensive psychodiagnostic assessments,
communication of assessment results and recommendations to children, families, and
teachers. Intake evaluation, crisis intervention; case management; participation with
multidisciplinary team (including parents, teachers (IEP’s), social workers, MFCC’s,
medical physicians and psychiatrists).
Dr. Joan Sandberg, Ph.D.: Clinical Supervisor.
County of Orange Health Care Agency
September 1988 to May 1989
Costa Mesa, California.
Bachelor of Social Work Intern
I worked 20 hours per week to meet the requirements for my BSW degree. My
responsibilities included a caseload of six adult patients that I saw on a weekly basis
both at the clinic and at their home. I advocated for these clients in several different
areas. I provided individual therapy sessions, medication monitoring, and
co-facilitated the various therapeutic groups that were held at the clinic. I attended all
staff meetings and was responsible for case management, treatment planning,
implementation, and termination.
Don Rader, M.S.W.: Clinical Supervisor.
Human Options
September 1986 to December 1986
Battered Women Shelter
Laguna Beach, California.
Volunteer
I was required for a class I was taking for my BSW degree to volunteered 40 hours to
this shelter. I answered the crisis hot line, co-facilitated various therapeutic groups,
assisted the children with their schoolwork, and provided a supportive therapeutic
relationship with the shelter clientele.
PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
Vol. 48 Issue 6 Page 563 September 2004
Longitudinal prescribing patterns for psychoactive medications in community-based
individuals with developmental disabilities: utilization of pharmacy records
D. Walsh, M. McGregor (October, 2004). Rapid Assessment for Developmental Disabilities:
A new Neuropsychological Approach. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the
Child Neurology Society, Ottawa, Canada.
Lott, I., McGregor, M., Engelman, L.,Touchette, P., Tournay, A.,Sandman, C.,Fernandez,
G., Plon, L., Walsh,D. (2004) Longitudinal prescribing patterns for psychoactive
medications in community-based individuals with developmental disabilities:
utilization of pharmacy records. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research Vol. 48 Issue
6 Page 563 September 2004.
D. Walsh, M. McGregor, I. Lott, C. Sandman, et al. (2007). Rapid Assessment of Severe
Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Intellectual
Disability Research Vol. 51 Page 91-100 February 2007.
David M. Walsh, Jenna Finwall, Paul E. Touchette, Michelle McGregor, Gail Fernandez,
Curt A. Sandman ; and Ira T. Lott ; Orange, Ca. (2004) Rapid Assessment for
Developmental Disabilities : New Neuropsychiatric Approach. Annals of Neurology.
Tirella, M., Dorman, C. (2000) Assessment of attentional bias in ADHD and normal children.
Poster presented at the California Psychological Association Annual Convention.
Costa Mesa, Ca March 2001.
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
April 2008
Nelson Butter’s West Coast Neuropsychology Conference: Innovations in the Assessment
of Neurocognitive and Neurobiological Disorders
Course: 3-Day Conference.
May 1999
The Fifth IHF Distinguished Lecture Series on Brain, Learning & Memory:
Dr. Steven Pinker, Ph.D., How the Mind Works.
April 1999
Nelson Butter’s West Coast Neuropsychology Conference: Advances in the
Neuropsycholocial Assessment & Treatment of School Age Children with Cognitive Deficits.
Course: 3-Day Conference.
September 1996 to April 1998
Weekly one and a half hour course on the Neurological Assessment of Children.
This seminar was offered by the County of Orange and focused on the
phases of brain development; genetic disorders; neurological assessment batteries; and
hands experience with testing measures and case presentations. This course
emphasized the knowledge of the relationship between brain disorder and
psychopathology; the ability to administer, score, and interpret a set of screening
instruments, which then proved to be useful in identifying motor, visual, language,
planning and executive function deficits.
Presented by: Dr. Casey Dorman, Ph.D.
April 1998
Nelson Butter’s West Coast Neuropsychology Conference: Severely Impaired Children &
Adults Advances in Assessment & Treatment.
Course: 3-Day Conference.
April 1997
Nelson Butter’s West Coast Neuropsychology Conference: New Neurological Tests for
School-Aged Children.
Course: 3-Day Conference.
April 1996
Nelson Butter’s West Coast Neuropsychology Conference: A Process Approach to
Neurocognitive Rehabilitation in Children & Adults.
Course: 3-Day Conference.
September 1996
Dr. Irwin Yalom
Discussing his new book Lying On The Couch.
Course: Symposium
March 1993
Thinking March, Resilience
Clinical Strategies for Assessing & Enhancing Resiliencies.
Course: 1-Day Seminar
June, 1989
A Guide for Health Care Professionals.
Memory & Cerebral Dominance
Course: 1-Day Seminar
SPECIALIZED TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
February 16th 1999
Med-source-Blood Drawing State Certification Course.
June 23rd 1998
Nonviolent Crisis Intervention TrainingAn eight-hour course required for my employment with the County of Orange.
REFERENCES-furnished upon request.