Houston Neuropsychology

Saturday, November 12, 2011
6 CE Hours/Credits for psychologists
$170 Non-HNS Member
$150 HNS Current Member
 $50  Trainees (students, post-docs, residents, interns) 
 $35  Trainees (students, post-docs, residents, interns) with poster presentation
$140 Attorneys (Kaufmann lectures only)
$170 All on-site regiterants


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Program

Registration and Introduction
8:00am Registration & Continental Breakfast*
8:20am Welcome and Introduction of Speakers by President Jane Booth, Ph.D., ABPP

Presentation by Dr. Espy
8:30am Structure and Development of Executive Control in Preschool Children
10:15am Questions and Break

Presentations by Dr. Kaufmann
10:25am Introduction of Speaker
10:30am Legal Authority and Jurisdiction in Ethical Decision Making & APA Ethical Standards Relevant to Common Dilemmas in Legal Cases
12:00pm Questions and Lunch*
12:45pm Public Policy on 1) Test Security and Release of Raw Data and 2) Whether Expert Opinions on the Physical Cause of Brain Damage Are Within the Scope of Neuropsychological Practice
2:00pm Questions and Break
2:10pm Responses to 1) Demands for Third Party Observer / Recording Devices During and Independent Medical Evaluation and 2) Challenges to Malingering Opinions and Test Battery Selection
3:10pm Questions
3:30pm Adjournment

Topics / program schedule are subject to change
*Continental breakfast, box lunch, and coffee breaks are included in the registration fee

Objectives

Structure and Development of Executive Control in Preschool Children

The participant should gain a better understanding of:

1. Define Executive Control and describe the associated measurement challenges of tertiary cognitive processes.
2. Describe developmental challenges particular to the preschool period and the resultant approaches to measure executive control in this age range.
3. Explain models of executive control and what they portend for outcome and later development/deviations.

The Growth of Forensic Consulting in Neuropsychology: Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Requirements

The participant should gain a better understanding of:

1. Describe and explain the proper role of legal authority and jurisdiction in ethical decision making.
2. Describe and apply APA Ethical Standards 1.02, 1.04, 1.05, 1.07, & 2.01(f), 9.04, 9.07, 9.09, and 9.11 to common dilemmas for psychologists in legal cases.
3. Analyze and critique public policy on test security, then list simple solutions to discovery demands for the release of raw data and psychological test materials to nonpsychologists.
4. Analyze and critique public policy on whether expert opinions on the physical cause of brain damage are within the scope of neuropsychological practice.
5. Predict, analyze, plan, and demonstrate proper responses to demands for third party observer/recording devices during an independent evaluation (IME).
6. Predict, analyze, plan, and demonstrate proper responses to challenges to malingering opinions and test battery selection (fixed v. flexible v. functional neuroimaging).

Poster Competition

The Jeffrey B. Lindeman Memorial Research Award is a poster competition open to graduate students, trainees, interns, and post-doctoral fellows. A cash prize of $300 will be awarded, and entrants are also eligible for reduced cost for the symposium ($25.00). Click here ("save as") for the abstract submission form and click here for further information and instructions about the poster competition and the abstract submission process. Specific questions can be addressed to Paul Cirino, Ph.D., at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 832-842-2002.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Neuropsychologists, Psychologists, School Psychologists, Educational Diagnosticians, Psychiatrists, Neurologists, and Attorneys

CEUs

HNS designates this continuing Education Activity for a maximum of 6 CE Hours/Credits.

LOCATION

Hilton Hotel, University of Houston
On the University of Houston Main Campus
4800 Calhoun Road, Houston, TX  77024
832-531-6300 or www.hilton.com

Directions

Driving from I-45 (from Galveston) –
Exit Elgin/Cullen (Exit #44A)

Driving South on I-45 (from downtown Houston) – Exit Spur 5 (exit #44B)

Free Parking: Lot 1-A (located at the northwest corner of Calhoun Rd and Wheeler St) and Lot 1-E (located at the northwest corner of Calhoun Rd and University Dr)
Pay Parking: Welcome Center Garage (southwest corner of Calhoun Rd and University Dr) and Hilton Hotel Garage

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS

Kim Andrews Espy, PhD. is the Vice President for Research and Innovation, Dean of the Graduate School, and Chief Research Officer at the University of Oregon.  In addition to overseeing over 70 graduate programs, Espy is responsible for over 30 interdisciplinary research centers and institutes.  She is a trained clinical neuroscientist and professor of Psychology, and the Director of the Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory. In her federally-funded research, she pioneered the integration of cognitive neuroscience tools and advanced multilevel growth modeling methods to 1) characterize the normative development of emergent self-regulation skills in young children and infants, and 2) identify the antecedents of learning and behavioral disorders in medically at-risk populations.  She is the co-author of the BRIEF-P®, a standardized rating scale to measure the behavioral manifestations of preschool regulatory skills.  She is the author of numerous publications in neuroscience, developmental, pediatric, and child psychiatry journals.  In 2001, Espy received the Rita G. Rudel Award for Pediatric Neuropsychology/Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, and in 2005, she received the Early Career Award from Division 40 of the American Psychological Association.  She has served as a chartered or invited member of review panels for the National Institutes of Health, Institute of Educational Sciences, and several private foundations, and chaired the Child Psychopathology and Developmental Disabilities study section from 2007-2009.  Espy earned her Bachelor's degree from Rice University and her Master's and Doctoral degrees from the University of Houston. She completed a clinical/pediatric psychology internship at University of Louisville School of Medicine/Bingham Child Guidance Center and a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Paul M. Kaufmann, J.D., Ph.D., ABPP-CN is a licensed clinical psychologist, attorney, and board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, who operates a multi-state private practice in forensic consultation emphasizing pediatric neuropsychology.  He completed his Doctoral Degree at the University of Houston in 1988 with Dr. Jack Fletcher as his chair.  In 1990, he completed a two year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Child Study Center - Yale University School of Medicine.  Throughout his training and professional career as a neuropsychologist, Dr. Kaufmann has consulted on over one hundred legal cases.  He is an active consultant in administrative, criminal, and civil litigation.  During his career, he has held chief executive positions in both the public and private sector. He has sixteen years of faculty experience at major medical schools in KY, IL and AZ.  He is also engaged in the full time practice of law, representing the Nebraska Department of Health Human Services in administrative hearings, trials, and appeals, and serving as a Special Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska.  Legal clients include DHHS Divisions of Behavioral Health, Public Health, Veterans Homes, Developmental Disabilities, and Medicaid.  He has argued cases before appellate courts, including a case of first impression on the scope of HIPAA before the Nebraska Supreme Court.  This year, he was named the DHHS HIPAA Privacy Officer and was asked to serve in a quasi-judicial role as a DHHS Hearing Officer.  He has litigated or heard hundreds of DHHS cases.   Dr. Kaufmann maintains active scholarship in research, publication, and consultation on legal problems confronting neuropsychologists.  He has published numerous book chapters, peer-reviewed scientific research articles, and legal commentaries, most recently addressing the use of neuropsychological evidence in court and the scope of neuropsychologist expertise.  Currently, Dr. Kaufmann is a Member-At-Large of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology Board of Directors. Dr. Kaufmann will conclude his Nebraska DHHS duties later this year, and will begin as an attorney with the University of Oregon Office of General Counsel and member of the Law School Faculty.

OTHER INFORMATION

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In Memoriam

HNS lost a good friend and vital contributor to our organization December 17, 2009 with the passing of Jeff Lindeman, PsyD. Jeff was our perennial Symposium Director dating back to 1997, and past president of HNS (1996). We have renamed our symposium and other activities in his honor.