Alba Parra Checa

My training as a neuropsychologist enables me to support families and patients diagnosed with rare genetic diseases that predisposes them to cancer (neurofibromatosis type 1) when a disease is diagnosed early, and to advise them on the resources to which they can access depending on the stage of progression a patient has reached. I liaise between the medical team and families by arranging the follow-up of a disease by the school and other external healthcare professionals. 

At the Unit, we endeavour to pursue research and to select resources that bring all of the teams involved with a patient and the medical procedures that affect them together.

Training

• Training in Clinical Neuropsychology. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016.
• Internship at the Neuropsychology Unit of the Neuropsychology Department at SJD Barcelona Children's Hospital.

Research work

• Researcher into neuropsychological profiles and psychological, and cognitive procedures in patients diagnosed with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) at the SJD Unit of Neurocutaneous Disorders-Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, 2017–2021.

Links

• Ill children who are the victims of bullying undergo emotional training to overcome these situations using sign language
• Summer camps for children with a rare disease to stimulate their emotions: self-esteem is the basis of success