Theodore A. Zabel, MEd, PhD
Highlights
Languages
- English
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Theodore A. Zabel
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Independent Clinician
Background
Dr. Zabel received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Drexel University of Philadelphia, PA in 2000, and completed his internship training at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Zabel also completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Zabel is a licensed psychologist in Maryland. He joined the Hopkins/KKI faculty in 2002. He is active in the mentoring programs at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, and participates in the neuropsychological training of externs, pre-doctoral interns and post-doctoral residents. Dr. Zabel is the clinical director of the Department of Neuropsychology, and is active in the development of clinical services and provision of neuropsychological assessments at KKI.
Contact for Research Inquiries
1750 East Fairmount Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21231
Phone: (443) 923-4477
zabela@kennedykrieger.org
Research Interests
Adaptive cueing devices to help children accommodate memory deficits, Adolescents' developmental disabilities, Autism, Fragile X syndrome, Shunted hydrocephalus, Transition into adulthood of children with developmental disorders
Research Summary
Dr. Zabel’s research focuses upon the adaptive and neuropsychological functioning of individuals with congenital and acquired disorders of the brain’s white matter, with particular emphasis on persons with hydrocephalus, spina bifida, Sturge-Weber syndrome, and cerebral palsy. Recent publications have focused on the executive components of medical self-care, self-management, and transition into adulthood.
Within Kennedy Krieger, Dr. Zabel and his collaborators have instituted a system of internet-based clinical data collection to facilitate efficient parent- and teacher-report of behavior. Outside of Kennedy Krieger, Dr. Zabel and his collaborators have created the Kennedy Krieger Independence Scales–Spina Bifida Version (KKIS-SB) to measure the executive components of spina bifida–related health care. The KKIS-SB and other instruments have been accrued into a nationally available online dashboard of parent, teacher, and self-report questionnaires to help facilitate the systematic provision of evidence-based spina bifida–related care.
Selected Publications
- Papazoglou, A., Jacobson, L.A., McCabe, M., Kaufmann, W., and Zabel, T.A. (2014). To ID or not to ID? Changes in Classification Rates of Intellectual Disability Using DSM-5. Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 52(3), 165-174.
- Papazoglou,A., Jacobson, L.A., Zabel, T.A. (2013). Sensitivity of the BASC-2 adaptive skills composite in screening for adaptive impairment. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. Online First doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2012.760651
- Jacobson, L.A., Tarazi, R.A., McCurdy, M.D., Schultz, S., Levey, E., Mahone, E.M., & Zabel, T.A. (2013). The Kennedy Krieger Independence Scales-Spina Bifida Version: A Measure of Executive Components of Self-management. Rehabilitation Psychology, 58(1), 98-105. doi: 10.1037/a0031555.
Memberships
- American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
Additional Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2000, Clinical Neuropsychology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, 2002, Clinical Neuropsychology
Expertise
Education
- Drexel University, Ph.D., 2000
- Temple University, M.Ed., 1993
- Eastern University, B.A., 1990