Glen P. Aylward, PhD, ABPP

Dr. Glen P. Aylward, PhD, ABPP is a Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. He is also chief, Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics/Psychology. 

Dr. Aylward is boarded in Clinical Psychology and also Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Board of Professional Psychology; a Fellow of the Academy of Clinical Psychology (FAClinP); a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (5 divisions) and is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.

Dr. Aylward has authored more than 100 papers, chapters, abstracts and reviews, and is the author of the Bayley Infant Neurodevelopmental Screener, and the books, Practitioner’s Guide to Developmental and Psychological Testing, Infant and Early Childhood Neuropsychology, and Practitioner’s Guide to Behavioral Problems in Children. He also is one of the editors of The Bayley-III; Clinical Use and Interpretation. Dr. Aylward is an associate editor for the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, is on the editorial board of 4 additional journals, and is an ad hoc reviewer for 18.

Dr. Aylward has served on numerous committees and executive boards in the American Psychological Association, the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, and the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. He was president of the Society of Pediatric Psychology (Div. 54, APA) and president of the Society of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. His research and clinical interests include neurodevelopmental assessment, developmental screening, prediction of outcome in high-risk infants, and the diagnosis and differentiation of attention deficit disorders, executive dysfunction and learning/memory disabilities.