CE Program
Continuing education credit for psychologists can be earned for attending  our monthly programs and completing post-workshop forms. The Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society (PNS) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PNS  maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

CE Program GRIEVANCE POLICY
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 UPCOMING EVENTS
Drexel University Speaker Series: 
Executive function & its treatments in neurodevelopmental disorders
Date: November 26th 2018
Guest Speakers: Ben Yerys, Ph.D., Greg Wallace, Ph.D., Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., & Nancy Raitano Lee, Ph.D.

•Event co-sponsored by Philadelphia Neuropsychological Society
•Earn 3 CE credits by attending the whole event, from 2-5:30pm
•Can’t make it all afternoon?
Earn 2 CE credits by attending from 2:00 to 4pm
Earn 1 CE credit by attending from 4:30 to 5:30 pm
​Click here for event registration 

October Meeting:
"Psychological Assessment in Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease: Emerging Issues"
Shana D. Stites, PsyD, MS, MA
Philadelphia Neuropsychology Society, Philadelphia, USA
Date: October 24, 2018
Abstract: Advances in Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and treatment are now identifying persons with the
disease before the onset of clinical impairments. I will describe this new disease stage, called
“Preclinical Alzheimer’s Disease”. In the near future, Preclinical Alzheimer’s disease will
become routine in clinical practice as cognitively unimpaired older adults are diagnosed and
prescribed therapies that slow or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease dementia. I will describe
the role of psychological assessment in Preclinical Alzheimer’s disease and other early stages of
disease. I will then present study data that show how psychological wellbeing may be impacted
in early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and discuss the implications for psychological
assessment.

Learning Objectives:
1) Describe the continuum of cognitive decline depicted in the AT(N) framework
2) Differentiate Preclinical Alzheimer’s disease from Alzheimer’s disease dementia
3) List 3 roles for psychological assessment in early Alzheimer’s disease
4) List 3 considerations for psychological assessment in Preclinical Alzheimer’s disease


COMPLETED EVENTS
​Future of Neuropsychology Panel Event: Technology, ecological validity, and staying relevant
Date: Monday, June 4th at 6pm
Location: Drexel University 
Pearlstein Business Learning Center room 308
3230 Market St., Philadelphia PA 19104
(Building #53 on the attached campus map)
Who: Neuropsychology Graduate students, Undergrad students, Techs, Post-Docs, Faculty and Clinicians 
Please RSVP at the following link:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6KJxUROwsm4XkJwb4ZYuzndp8zsW4w9Qm9jx_2UHiAazSaA/viewform?usp=sf_link

May MEETING – 5/30/2018 – Student Award Presentations 
Time: 6:00-7:00pm 
Rachel Mis 
Title: Heterogeneity of Informant-Reported Functional Performance in Mild Cognitive Impairment"
​Katherine Hackett
Title: "Validity and utility of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery for computerized neuropsychological assessment in a memory disorders clinic"


Spring Symposium - 4/14/18  , Speaker: George McCloskey, PhD
Topic: The link between assessment and intervention: effective approaches to intervention for executive functioning deficits
Description: This presentation will discuss a comprehensive model of executive capacities (functions and skills) and how the model can be applied to assessment for identifying executive control strengths and weaknesses and how it can be used to plan and implement interventions that target executive control difficulties.

​MARCH MEETING – 3/28/2018 – Speaker: Danielle Bassett, Ph.D.
Eduardo D. Glandt Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor, Department of Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania
Topic: Networks that learn, and the networks they learn
Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE*).
Learning Objectives:  
1. Participants will be able to describe how human brain network architecture supports learning.   
2. Participants will recognize how cognitive control supports or hinders learning.  
3. Participants will be able to summarize the potential utility of reframing notions of cognitive control as network control.  
4. Participants will be able to demonstrate how humans learn complex patterns in relational data.

FEBRUARY MEETING – 2/28/2018 – Speaker: Farzin Irani, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, West Chester University 
Topic: Neuropsychology of asthma
Time: 6:00-7:00pm (1 CE)
Learning Objectives:  
1. Participants will be able to describe the health burden and disparities associated with asthma.   
2. Participants will recognize the impact of asthma on cognitive and brain function.  
3. Participants will be able to summarize the role of some sociodemographic and clinical variables that can impact asthma related cognitive burden.  

January 31st 6:00-7:00pm - Speaker Nancy Raitano Lee, Ph.D. 
Title:  Neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental disorders: Identifying sources of individual differences in outcomes and training the next generation of psychologists to continue this work
Learning Objectives:
1. Using Down syndrome as an example, participant will be able to describe sources of variability in developmental outcomes that may be important to consider when evaluating and treating youth with neurodevelopmental disorders.
2. Participant will articulate methods used to evaluate autism spectrum disorder in youth with neurodevelopmental disorders associated with intellectual disability.                                                                                                                 
3. Participant will discuss themes in educational goals identified by a group of psychologists tasked with describing training priorities for students whose studies focus on neuropsychology and neurodevelopmental disorders.
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December 13th 6:00-7:00pm - Speaker Angela Jefferson, Ph.D. 
Professor of Neurology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Director of the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer's Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Learning Objects: 
Participants will be able to:
1. Identify several vascular risk factors for clinical dementia
2.Summarize clinical and epidemiological research linking heart health to abnormal brain aging and dementia
3.Describe theoretical mechanisms linking cardiovascular function to abnormal cognitive aging

Wednesday, November 29th, 2017  6:00-7:00pm – Speaker: J. Cobb Scott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Director, Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
Topic: Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning in Youth: Findings from Large Datasets and Meta-Analysis
 Learning Objectives:  
 Participants will be able to:
 (1) Summarize the current state of knowledge regarding cannabis use and cognitive functioning in adolescents and young adults.
 (2) Describe the limitations of research examining cannabis effects on brain and cognitive functioning.
 (3) Recognize the clinical implications of research findings regarding cannabis use and cognitive functioning in adolescents and young adults.

Wednesday, October 25th, 2017  6:00-7:00pm: Speaker: Stephanie Cosentino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neuropsychology
Cognitive Neuroscience Division
Department of Neurology, Taub Institute and Sergievsky Center
Columbia University Medical Center
Topic: Toward a Model of Subjective Cognitive Decline
Learning Objectives:
(1) Attendees will be familiar with the potential utility of using subjective cognitive decline (SCD) as a marker for preclinical Alzheimer's disease, as well as its potential drawbacks.
(2) Attendees will be able to discuss the various factors that contribute to an individual's subjective perception of their cognition, and the accuracy of that perception.

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*PNS is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PNS maintains responsibility for this program and its content.


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