Research Institute

Neuropsychologist

lspohr@madonna.org

Brain Injury Program Manager

Phone: 402.483.9809

Office: Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Room 5016

Mailing Address:
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
5401 South Street
Lincoln, NE 68506

Professional Interests
Lori S. Terryberry-Spohr, Ph.D., ABPP, holds her diplomate in Clinical Neuropsychology and is the Brain Injury Program Manager at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. Dr. Terryberry-Spohr completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Neuropsychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her predoctoral internship was completed at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and her post doctoral training in Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Psychology was completed at Alegent-Health, Immanuel Rehabilitation Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Terryberry-Spohr holds an adjunct faculty appointment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she teaches the graduate level course in Neuropsychology as well as provides research and practicum supervision. Dr. Terryberry-Spohr's research and clinical interests include 1) Promoting identification and appropriate management of mild brain injuries and sports related concussions; 2) Interdisciplinary models of treatment for mild brain injury and 3) Utilization of the continuum of care to promote maximum recovery and life participation in individuals with brain injury.

Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Neuropsychology/Rehabilitation Psychology (1997). Alegent Health-Immanuel Medical Center, Omaha, NE
• Ph.D. Clinical Psychology (1995). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
• Clinical Psychology Internship (1995). University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK.
• M.A. Clinical Psychology (1992). University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
• B.S. Psychology (1989). Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE.

Articles

• Sim A., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Wilson, K. (in press). Prolonged recovery of memory functioning following mTBI in adolescent athletes. Journal of Neurosurgery.
• Moore, E. L., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Hope, D. A. (2006). Mild Traumatic brain injury and anxiety sequelae: A review of the literature. Brain Injury, 20 (2), 117-132.
• Hayes, S. A., Hope, D. A., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Spaulding, W. D., VanDyke, M., Elting, D. T., Poland, J., Mohamed, S., Garbin, C. P., Reed, D., & Sullivan, M. (2006). Discriminating between Cognitive and Supportive Group Therapies for Chronic Mental Illness. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

Selected Abstracts

• Wynne, A.R., Terryberry-Spohr, L.S, Wilson, K., & Bleiberg, J. (2007). Recovery in High School Athletes: Preliminary Results Utilizing the ANAM-SMB. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21(4), 706.
• Sim, A.H., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Wilson, K. (2007). Adolescent Athletes demonstrate prolonged recovery of memory functioning following mTBI. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 13(S1), 72.
• Wilson, K.R., Sim, A.H., Wynne, A., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Bleiberg, J. (2006). Incidence rates of LD, ADHD, and previous head injury in high school athletes and between groups comparison of ANAM subtest baseline performance. Archives of Neuropsychology, 21(6), 573.
• Sim, A.H., Wilson, K., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Bleiberg, J. (2006). Do adolescents need new baseline data each year in order to assess for concussion recovery? The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 20(2), 218-219.
• Sim, A.H., Wilson, K. R., & Terryberry-Spohr, L. (2006). Normative study of post-concussive symptoms in high school athletes and the effects of previous head injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(S1), 221.
• Sim, A.H., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Bleiberg, J., & McCrea, M. (2005, August). The Nebraska Concussion Study: Implementing a concussion management program. In L. Terryberry-Spohr & A. Moore (Co-chairs), Assessment and Management of Concussion in High School Athletes. Symposium conducted at the 2005 American Psychological Association annual convention, Washington, D.C. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, (19)3-4.
• Sim, A.H., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & McCrea, M. (2005). The relationship between self-reported learning disability/ADHD/previous concussion to baseline scores on the Standardized Assessment of Concussion (SAC). Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 11(S1), 152.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Gordon, K., & Kalnins, T. L. (2000). Prediction of functional outcome in the acute rehabilitation setting using the repeatable battery for the assessment of neuropsychological status (RBANS). Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15(8).
• Rivera-Mindt, M., Griffin, S., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Rankin, E. (2000). Use of SPECT, MRI, and verbal learning to distinguish dementia from depression. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6(2), 155.
• Rivera-Mindt, M., Spaulding, W., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Bradley, L., Elbogen, E., Monroe-DeVita, M., Moss, M., Sedlar, G., VanDyke, M, & Holguin, G. (2000). Neuropsychological and neuroendocrine substrates of coping in schizophrenia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6(2), 218.
• Griffin, S., Rivera-Mindt, M., Rankin, E., & Terryberry-Spohr, L. (2000). Case studies of neuropsychological functioning in electric shock injury. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6(2), 229.
• Griffin, S., Rivera-Mindt, M., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Rankin, E. (2000). Use of CT results to predict Booklet Categories Test Errors. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 6(2), 154.
• Griffin, S., Mindt, M. R., Rankin, E. J., & Terryberry-Spohr, L. (1999). Non-neurologic factors influencing self report and corrected MMPI-2 symptom complaints in persons with acquired brain injury. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15(1).
• Mindt, M. R., Griffin, S., Rankin, E., & Terryberry-Spohr, L. (1999). The neuropsychological substrates of Booklet Category Test performance in an acquired brain injury population. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15(1).
• Mindt, M. R., Griffin, S., Rankin, E., & Terryberry-Spohr, L. (1999). A comparison of premorbid intelligence estimates across low, middle, and high IQ ranges. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 15(1).
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Leber, W., & Cole, J. (1998). Persian Gulf War Veterans: The relationship between complaints of memory difficulties, performance on neuropsychological measure of memory, and depression. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4(1), 21.
• Rankin, E. J., Ritchie, J., A., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Arias, R. (1998). Shortened version of the Luria Memory Words Test: Psychometric information for use with patients with suspected neurological compromise. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 13, 95.
• Ritchie, J., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Lam, M., Rankin, E.J., Granger, S., Downs, D., & Bendorf, R. (1997). Concordance of Neuropsychological Diagnosis and Psychiatric Diagnosis with SPECT in a Geropsychiatric Population. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3(1), 69.
• Malesker, M. A., Meyer, R. T., Sunderman, V., Gabb, J., Cingle, C., Basham, C., & Terryberry-Spohr., L. (1997). Development of a Multidisciplinary System-Wide Pain Management Task Force. International Pharmaceutical Abstracts, November 15, 1997.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Wands, K., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Mohamed, S., Montoya, H., & Cole, J. (1994). Nursing staff's ratings of burden of care for older adults in relation to measures of activities of daily living, intelligence and functional competency. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 9(2).
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Wands, K., Rohling, M., & Cole, J. (1994). The distinction between verbal and nonverbal memory in older adults. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 9(2).
• Wands, K., Mohamed, S., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Rohling, M., & Cole, J. (1994). Comparison of Competence and Intelligence Measures in Older Adults. Archives of Neuropsychology, 9(2).
  Selected Other Papers/Poster Presentations
• Dunaway, L., Leber, W., & Terryberry-Spohr, L. (1996). Neurocognitive Aspects of Gulf War Syndrome. Paper presented at the meeting of the Oklahoma Psychological Association.
• Mohamed, S., Wands, K., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Vela, D., & Cole, J. (1993). Cognitive Competence in the elderly: Utility of mental status examinations and functional status assessments. Poster session presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1993.
• Mohamed, S., Wands, K., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Vela, D., & Cole, J. (1993). Legal Competence: Prediction value of cognitive competency test. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 1993.
• Vela, D., Mohamed, S., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Wands, K., Terryberry-Spohr, L., & Cole, J. (1993). Validation of Mayo's older American normative studies (MOANS) for the WAIS-R. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 1993.
• Wands, K., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Mohamed, S., Vela, D., & Cole, J. (1993). Comparing training techniques for the management of aggression in older adults. Poster session presented at the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1993.
• Wands, K., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Daberkow-Stalp, L., Vela, D., Mohamed, S., & Cole, J. (1993). Effectiveness of training staff to manage aggressiveness in older adults. Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1993.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Elting, D. T., Hope, D. A., & Spaulding, W. (1992). Using a psychotherapy process Q-Sort to distinguish group therapy types for chronic inpatients. Poster session presented at the Symposium on Cognitive Rehabilitation, Lincoln, NE, May 1992.
• Elting, D. T., Terryberry-Spohr, L., Quarterolo, D., Mohamed, S., & Hope, D. (1992). Examining treatment fidelity in outcome studies: An example involving cognitive rehabilitation therapy for chronic inpatients. Poster session presented at the 26th Annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Boston, MA, November 1992.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Elting, D. T., Mohamed, S., Quarterolo, D., & Hope, D. (1992). Differentiating group therapies for chronic inpatients using a psychotherapy process Q-Sort. Poster session presented at the 26th Annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, Boston, MA, Nov. 1992.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L., Elting, D. T., Hope, D. A., & Spaulding W. (1991). Treatment of chronic inpatients: Differentiating group therapies using a psychotherapy process Q-Sort. Poster presented at the 25th Annual Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy Convention, New York, NY, November 1991.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L. (1989). The history of clinical psychology using the Journal of Counseling and Clinical Psychology. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Kansas-Great Plains Students' Contributions to Psychology Convention and Paper Competition, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 1989.
• Terryberry-Spohr, L. (1989). Measures of hand strength and dominance in a schizophrenic population and their relationship to a left-hemisphere dysfunction. Paper presented at the 9th Annual Kansas-Great Plains Students' Contributions to Psychology Convention and Paper Competition, Lincoln, Nebraska, April 1989.

Selected Workshops

• An Interdisciplinary Approach to Behavior Management of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. St. Luke’s Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, June 2007.
• Undiagnosed and Unidentified Brain Injuries: Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Nebraska Statewide Brain Injury Conference, Grand Island, NE, March 2007.
• Assessment and Management of Concussion/Mild TBI, Nebraska School Nurses Association Annual Conference, Kearney, NE, June 2006.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Telehealth presentation to the Injury Prevention Committee of Regional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff, NE, May 2006.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Creighton University Medical Center Trauma Conference, Omaha, NE, October 2005.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Heartland Medical Center Trauma Conference, St. Joseph, MO, October 2005.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Good Samaritan Hospital ER Grand Rounds, Kearney, NE, October 2005.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Nebraska Association for Hearing, Speech and Language, Kearney, NE, September 2005.
• Utilizing Concussion Management Tools, Nebraska State Coaches Association Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE, August 2005.
• Utilizing Concussion Management Tools, ESU 11 Continuing Education Workshop for Coaches and School Professionals, Holdrege, NE, June 2005, (4 Hour Workshop).
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Kansas State Wide Trauma Conference, Wichita, KS, May 2005.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Wesley Medical Center ER Grand Rounds, Wichita, KS, April 2005.
• Mild TBI and Sports Related Concussions, Lincoln Public Schools training for Health Services Professionals, Lincoln, NE, January 2005.
• Collaborating on keeping our players safe: Concussion prevention and monitoring, Nebraska Football Coaches Association Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE, November 2004.
• The Nebraska Concussion Study: A Summary of Research in Progress, Nebraska State Trauma Board and Medical Advisory Council, Lincoln, NE, October 2004.
• The Nebraska Concussion Study, Lincoln Public School Athletic Directors, Lincoln, NE, March 2004.
• Sports Related Concussions and Mild Brain Injury: What Every Coach Needs to Know!, Nebraska Football Coaches Association Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE, November 2003.
• Sports Related Concussions and Brain Injury, Cornhusker State Games Educational and Training Conference for Medical Professionals, Lincoln, NE, March 2003.
• Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Assessment, Treatment, and Coping, Nebraska Brain Injury Association Annual Conference, Lincoln, NE, September 2002.
• Neuropsychological Assessment and Treatment of the patient with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Neuropsychology Grand Rounds, Lincoln, NE, May 2002.
• Psychological and Cognitive Effects of Sports Related Injuries, Nebraska Wesleyan University, March 2002.
• Depression: An Illness That’s Treatable. Lincoln Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, October 1999.
• Traumatic Brain Injury: The Facts and the Science & The Individual and the Family: Emotional and Psychological Challenges. Presented as part of the multidisciplinary Traumatic Brain Injury Education Series in multiple sites throughout Nebraska, September 1999.
• Myths and Barriers in Pain Management. Alegent Health System, May 1999.
• Neuropsychological Screening of Children. Kansas Association of Master’s Level Providers in Psychology Annual Conference, Salina, KS, April 1999 (Half-day workshop).
• Neuropsychological Screening of Adults. Kansas Association of Master’s Level Providers in Psychology Annual Conference, Salina, KS, April 1999 (Half-day workshop).
• Pain Management and Use of the Pain Scale. Alegent Health System, Omaha, NE, June 1998.
• Communication Strategies for Challenging Patients, Alegent Health System, Omaha, NE, May 1998.
• Black and White Vs. Shades of Gray: The Challenge of Distinguishing Dementia From Depression. Two, half-day workshops presented at the Kansas Association of Community Mental Health Centers Annual Conference, Overland Park, KS, September 1997.
• Suicide Prevention, State Department of Health, Alegent Health, and Mutual of Omaha joint grant presentation to five sights around the state on prevention of injuries in the community, April 1997.
• Behavioral Issues with Traumatic Brain Injury Patients. Immanuel Rehabilitation Center, Omaha, NE, February 1997.
• Prader Willi Syndrome. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, May 1995.
• Closed Head Injury: Evaluation of Deficits and Evidence of Malingering. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, February 1995.
• Hepatic Encephalopathy. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, October 1994.
• Basics in Neuropsychological Screening. Lincoln Medical Educational Foundation, Lincoln, NE, May 1993.
• Environmental Restructuring and Management Strategies for Aggression in Head Injured Patients. Lancaster Manor Nursing Home, Lincoln, NE, October 1992.
• Introduction to Neuropsychological Assessment. Lincoln Family Practice Program, Lincoln, NE, September 1992.
• Management of Aggression in TBI Patients. Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, NE, April 1991.

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