Sarah Turner, PHD

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About

Sarah Turner, PhD is a clinical child and adolescent psychologist in Carlsbad who completed post-doctoral training at Children's Hospital San Diego's Autism Intervention Center. Her Palomar Airport Road practice addresses autism spectrum disorders through a bio-psychosocial framework that integrates neuropsychological assessment with psycho-sensory and cognitive-behavioral interventions, an approach that overlaps with the pediatric neurologic rehabilitation programs at NeuroFit Institute. Turner earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from California Graduate Institute in Los Angeles after completing her undergraduate degree in Psychology at UC Santa Barbara. Her clinical scope extends beyond autism to include attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, attachment disorders, learning disabilities, regulatory disorders, and childhood mood and anxiety conditions. Families coordinating multi-disciplinary developmental care often work simultaneously with Cortica Carlsbad, which delivers integrated pediatric neurology and behavioral health services on the same Palomar Airport Road corridor. Turner's highest-complexity cases involve full neuropsychological test batteries combining the ADOS-2 autism diagnostic instrument, Wechsler intelligence scales, and Conners rating systems to produce differential diagnoses across overlapping neurodevelopmental profiles.