PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
By: Alyson Aviv, Ph.D, ABPdN
Date:
April 18th, 2021
Time:
19:30-21:30 IST
12:30-14:30 EST
Location: Online
Are you ever stuck with a client, wondering whether your therapeutic focus is appropriate? Do you sometimes feel you are “only” treating symptoms, but there are deeper underlying concerns that are elusive and that you can’t really identify easily? This workshop will help you learn about various assessment tools that can provide an invaluable window into your client’s functioning, saving precious time and helping you do your most effective work. You will learn enough to be able to understand psychological and neuropsychological assessment reports and use the results effectively with your clients.
This presentation will provide an overview of the different domains typically assessed with a brief review of major assessment measures and a review of how to understand assessment results. Therapists will learn about the effective use of targeted and comprehensive assessment batteries as a tool for enhancing their effectiveness with their clients, as well as when a referral for assessment is appropriate. Case examples will be used of typical referrals for child, adolescent and adult populations.
Participants will learn:
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1. What is assessed when you refer someone for either psychological or neuropsychological assessment
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2. The role of assessment in therapeutic work
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3. How to understand psychological assessment reports
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4. When to refer a client for assessment
Dr. Aviv a bilingual licensed clinical psychologist and the only American board certified pediatric neuropsychologist in Israel and the Middle East. After relocating back to Israel from Saint Louis, MO in 2014,Dr. Aviv sees local and international patients and their families at her diagnostic and treatment clinic in Raanana. Dr. Aviv has extensive experience and expertise in accurate diagnosis of ADHD, learning difficulties, dyslexia, autism spectrum, developmental issues, emotional disorders, behavioral disorders, adjustment difficulties, and marital and family issues. Using a thorough holistic assessment approach, and the latest up-to-date international assessment measures, Dr. Aviv will explain the sources of strengths and weaknesses, and then provide a plan of appropriate interventions. Dr. Aviv is currently the only Israeli provider of COGMED, evidence based cognitive therapy program for individuals with poor working memory, a common weakness in children and adults who have been diagnosed with ADHD. She has published papers and given a variety of workshops, lectures, and presentations internationally and locally, and consults regularly with educational institutions and organizations. Dr. Aviv was recently elected to serve on the board of the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology - the first non-US resident elected to this esteemed board. In addition to individual assessment and therapy services, she often runs various short term psychotherapy groups.
12:30-14:30 EST
Are you ever stuck with a client, wondering whether your therapeutic focus is appropriate? Do you sometimes feel you are “only” treating symptoms, but there are deeper underlying concerns that are elusive and that you can’t really identify easily? This workshop will help you learn about various assessment tools that can provide an invaluable window into your client’s functioning, saving precious time and helping you do your most effective work. You will learn enough to be able to understand psychological and neuropsychological assessment reports and use the results effectively with your clients.
This presentation will provide an overview of the different domains typically assessed with a brief review of major assessment measures and a review of how to understand assessment results. Therapists will learn about the effective use of targeted and comprehensive assessment batteries as a tool for enhancing their effectiveness with their clients, as well as when a referral for assessment is appropriate. Case examples will be used of typical referrals for child, adolescent and adult populations.
Participants will learn:
- 1. What is assessed when you refer someone for either psychological or neuropsychological assessment
- 2. The role of assessment in therapeutic work
- 3. How to understand psychological assessment reports
- 4. When to refer a client for assessment
Dr. Aviv a bilingual licensed clinical psychologist and the only American board certified pediatric neuropsychologist in Israel and the Middle East. After relocating back to Israel from Saint Louis, MO in 2014,Dr. Aviv sees local and international patients and their families at her diagnostic and treatment clinic in Raanana. Dr. Aviv has extensive experience and expertise in accurate diagnosis of ADHD, learning difficulties, dyslexia, autism spectrum, developmental issues, emotional disorders, behavioral disorders, adjustment difficulties, and marital and family issues. Using a thorough holistic assessment approach, and the latest up-to-date international assessment measures, Dr. Aviv will explain the sources of strengths and weaknesses, and then provide a plan of appropriate interventions. Dr. Aviv is currently the only Israeli provider of COGMED, evidence based cognitive therapy program for individuals with poor working memory, a common weakness in children and adults who have been diagnosed with ADHD. She has published papers and given a variety of workshops, lectures, and presentations internationally and locally, and consults regularly with educational institutions and organizations. Dr. Aviv was recently elected to serve on the board of the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology - the first non-US resident elected to this esteemed board. In addition to individual assessment and therapy services, she often runs various short term psychotherapy groups.
