Continuing Education Offering for Psychologists:

The Neuropsychology of Dementia 

Presented by:

Jason Brandt, PhD, ABPP(CN), Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Director, Division of Medical Psychology, Professor of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Cynthia Munro, PhD, ABPP(CN), Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

This full-day workshop is designed exclusively for licensed psychologists and advanced graduate students. Led by experts in the field, this program will consist of lectures, case examples, demonstrations, and hands-on experience in the assessment methods used by neuropsychologists to evaluate elderly patients and others suspected of dementia. Upon successful completion of the program, psychologists will be awarded 7 hours of continuing education.

Registration Fee: $250

Early Registration Fee: $225 (Must register by April 5, 2013)

Student Registration Fee: $200 (Must show proof of student status)

Continental breakfast and lunch provided. All registrants will be entered for a chance to win one of ten kits of psychological test materials, worth up to $330 each.

The Copper Ridge Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Copper Ridge Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

About the presenters:

Jason Brandt, PhD, ABPP(CN) obtained his Ph.D. in experimental and physiological psychology from Boston University in 1982.  Since that time, he has been on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins University, where he is currently Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Professor of Neurology, and Director of the Division of Medical Psychology in the School of Medicine.  He is also Director of the Cortical Function Laboratory at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Professor of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.  Finally, Dr. Brandt serves as Director at the Copper Ridge Institute, a not-for-profit dementia research and education organization. Dr. Brandt’s research focuses on memory and other cognitive disorders as they appear in Alzheimer’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and other degenerative brain disorders.  He has developed several widely-used neuropsychological tests, including the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – Revised and The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status.  Dr. Brandt has also investigated the cognitive changes associated with epilepsy and its treatments, the psychological consequences of genetic testing for neuropsychiatric disorders, and improved methods for neuropsychological assessment.  He has published over 300 articles and book chapters on these and related topics. Dr. Brandt is a Fellow of both the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association of Psychological Science (APS), and is board-certified by the American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology.  He has served on the governing boards of the International Neuropsychological Society, the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, and numerous editorial and professional advisory boards.  Dr. Brandt served as President of both the APA’s Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (2000-2001) and the International Neuropsychological Society (2004-2005). In 1996, Dr. Brandt received the Arthur Benton Award for mid-career achievement from the International Neuropsychological Society.  He was named a “Hero of Medicine” by TIME magazine in 1997.

Cynthia Munro, PhD, ABPP(CN) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Her research interests relate to the broad area of sex differences in brain and behavior, and how these differences apply in cognitive disorders. Such issues as how sex hormones affect our behavior, determining why men and women with the same disease have different symptoms or different responses to treatment, and how brain functioning differs in men compared to women are particular areas of focus. Methods of inquiry typically involve the integration of functional imaging and behavioral—particularly neuropsychological—test data. Dr. Munro’s clinical interests include patients with dementia, Klinefelter syndrome, head injury, and toxic exposure. 

Learning Objectives: The psychologist will be able to:

1)      Describe three ways that cortical and subcortical dementias differ.

2)      Describe three cardinal cognitive features of Alzheimer’s disease.

3)      List five tests frequently used in the neuropsychological evaluation of memory and language.

4)      Define the executive functions and describe three tests used to assess them.

We accomodate persons with disabilities. Please let us know if you require special assistance.

Refund Policy: Full refund available if registration is cancelled up to two weeks before the program date. If cancellation is received up to one week before the program date, a full refund will be given, minus a $75 administrative fee. No refunds available if cancellation is received less than one week before the program date, but the registrant may send someone else in their place. If the program is cancelled for any reason, the liability of The Copper Ridge Institute shall be limited to a full refund of registration fees.