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Nov
17
2025

CSD Connects Grand Rounds - Dr. Meg Roberts and Dr. Maranda Jones Diagnostic Uncertainty: How Biases and Information Shape Decisions

When: Monday, November 17, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT

Where: Frances Searle Building, 3-417, 2240 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students

Contact: Vidya Krull  
vkrull@northwestern.edu

Group: SOC - Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Category: Academic

Description:

All clinical diagnoses involve some uncertainty. This session explores how biases and information sources influence autism diagnostic decisions. Using a toddler case example, we will review Early Intervention records, parent interviews, child observation videos, and clinician impressions, concluding with how collaboration and critical thinking shaped the final diagnosis.

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