Arizona Developmental Psychology, LLC, is a team of highly-trained Licensed Psychologists and Certified School Psychologists in the greater Phoenix area who are passionate about helping others and serving the community.

Dr. Hackwell is a licensed psychologist in the state of Arizona who obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Oregon, dual master's degrees from the University of Phoenix, and her doctoral degree from Northern Arizona University. She completed her pre- and post-doctoral residencies within local Arizona school districts, focusing on psycho-educational assessment of children and young adults, consulting, functional behavior therapies, counseling, and evidence-based practices. Her areas of specialty included autism spectrum disorder (ASD), intellectual disabilities (ID), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), specific learning disabilities (SLD), emotional disabilities (ED), Developmental Delay (DD), and dyslexia.

Dr. Hackwell's true passion is with dyslexia assessments and interventions. She completed extensive research as part of her dissertation in the area of dyslexia identification, prevention, and intervention. As part of Dr. Hackwell's research, she developed normative data tables for an Australian dyslexia screener using a local U.S. sample from Central Arizona and then compared the patterns of reading development between the U.S. and Australian sample populations. The word-screening tool used was developed based on the Dual Route Theory of Reading for dyslexia and aids in early screening for subtypes of developmental dyslexia (phonological and lexical). Additional areas of interest include autism, ADHD, developmental disorders, giftedness, and learning disabilities.

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