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Division of Clinical Neuropsychology
Newsletter 40
American Psychological Association
Volume III, Number II  July, 1985

Election Results
President Elect: Edith Kaplan
Secretary: Kenneth Adams

Division 40 Program Highlights in LA

This year's Division 40 program features three symposia, six paper sessions, two poster sessions, and presidential and invited addresses on Friday, 8/23, Saturday, 8/24, Sunday, 8/25, and Monday, 8/26/85. The Division will concentrate its activities on Sunday, August 25 with invited addresses, the presidential address, business meeting, social hour, and a large number of presentations. Every effort has been made to prevent conflict with programs of interest to Division 40 members which are presented by other divisions.
All papers this year are organized into topical categories, including the poster sessions. Symposia topics include employability after head injury (chaired by George Prigitano), neuropsychology of systemic disease (chaired by Gerald Goldstein), and language disorders in pre-schoolers (chaired by Barbara Wilson). Paper and poster sessions will focus on sequelae of head injury, lateralization of cognitive functions, neuropsychological patterns and interventions, cognitive changes in psychiatric disorders, neuropsychological changes in diseases and syndromes, popular issues, and child neuropsychology.
There will be invited speakers this year: Paul Satz (Recovery from Early Brain Damage: Some Facts and Reflections) and Jeffrey Cummings (Cortical versus Subcortical Contributions to the Syndrome of Dementia). Larry Hartlage will talk on Emerging Trends in Clinical Neuropsychology in his presiden-tial address.
The Division Program Committee included Linus Bieliauskas (chairman), Kathy Haaland, Polly Henninger, Harvey Levin, and Robert Wilson.

Division 40 to Co-Sponsor CE Workshop in Los Angeles

At the 1985 Annual Meeting, August 23-28, Div-ision 40 and the APA Continuing Education Committee will co-sponsor a continuing education workshop titled "Common Children's Problems: Neuropsychological Approaches to Diagnosis and Intervention,” which will be of particular interest to members of Division 40. The workshop will be presented by Lawrence C. Hartlage, Ph.D. and is designed for practicing clinicians working with children; must possess minimum M.S. and familiar-ity with use of common psychological tests. It emphasizes use of common psychological tests and behavioral observation to develop diagnostic and intervention approaches for children exhibiting learning and behavior problems.

APA Workshops

Building a Successful Consulting Practice
The American Psychological Association's Continuing Education Committee will offer a workshop titled BUILDING a Successful Consulting Practice” at its 1985 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. The workshop will be presented by Brian T. Yates, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Ameri-can University, Washington, D.C.; Nancy Marwick DeMuth, Ph.D., M.B.A., Private Practice, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Thomas Backer, Ph.D., Human Interaction Research Institute, Los Angeles, California; Leonard D. Goodstein, Ph.D., University Associates, San Diego, California; and Murray Naditch, Ph.D., Healthcare Industry, Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
This workshop presents participants with types of consultation which can be performed by psychologists with different kinds of backgrounds and discusses consultations with social and health services, research institutes, small businesses, and large corporations. Includes group and individual counseling by instructors with participants on starting their own consulting practice.

How to Write and Get Published

The American Psychological Association's Continuing Education Committee will offer a workshop titled HOW to Write AND Get Published” at its 1965 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. The workshop will be presented by Brian T. Yates, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, American University, Washington, D.C.

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This workshop will provide specific techniques for writing professionally, telling how to turn just one or two hours a day into several published articles a year and a published book every few years. Detailed strategies are taught for how to get manuscripts accepted by publishers.

Neuropsychological Assessment of Elderly Patients

The American Psychological Association's Continuing Education Committee will offer a workshop titled NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL Assessment of Elderly Patients” at its 1985 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, California. The workshop will be presented by Robert J. Sbordone, Ph.D., Orange County Neuropsychology Group, Fountain Valley, California.
This workshop provides training in assessing elderly patients, especially those suspected of having dementia or impaired cognitive function. Also covers treatment and rehabilitation strategies.

Officers: Division 40

President: Lawrence J. Hartlage
President-Elect: Manfred Meier
Past President: Thomas J. Boll
Secretary: Gerald Goldstein
Treasurer: Raymond Dean
Members-at-Large: Linas Bieliauskas
                               Byron Rourke
                               Kenneth Adams
Council Representative: Thomas J. Boll

Newsletter 40 is the official newsletter of the Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40) of the American Psychological Association. It is published biannually.

Staff:
Roberta Firnhaber White, Editor
Mark B. Moss, Associate Editor
Boston University Medical Center
Department of Neurology
720 Harrison Ave., Suite 707
Boston, MA 02118

Minutes

Division of Clinical Neuropsychology (40)
Executive Committee
Mid-Year Meeting
March 6, 1965
APA Central Office - Washington, D.C.

Attending:
Kenneth Adams, Linas Bieliauskas, Thomas Boll, Larry Hartlage, Raymond Dean, Manfred Meier, Byron Rourke, Roberta White

Guest: Arthur M. Horton

Treasurer's Report:
Dr. Dean provided a brief report which is appended. The Division maintains a balance of $21,026.73 as of l/l/85. The Committee approved an appropriation of $250 honorarium for Dr. Jeffrey Cummings who will be giving an invited address at the APA Los Angeles meeting.
The minutes of the Toronto meeting were approved. Dr. Goldstein asked the Committee to continue forwarding information to him regarding new training programs.

Nominations:
Dr. Boll reported that as of the date of the meeting, there were ten nominees for president, six for secretary and five for member-at-large, based on 140 ballots. It was agreed that, in the future, the Division secretary would be the point of contact for processing nominations.

Membership:
Dr. Barth submitted the appended report. The Division now has 1815 members and fellows. Dr. Barth was authorized to send a third class mailing to new APA members containing an invitation to them to join the Division. The Membership Committee will also consider placement of advertisements in the newsletters of various state psychological associations.

Fellows:
Processing for the following applicants are complete or near complete: Francois Boller, Charles Golden, The following "new” Fellows are in the early stages of the application process: Bruce Becker, George Prigatano and Milton Brutten. The following old” fellows have also begun processing: Russell Adams, Brenda Milner.

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American Psychological Association
Clinical Neuropsychology
Division 40

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Convention Activities Division 40

Thursday, August 22
l:00-8:00 p.m.
Wilshire A, Hilton
Task Force on Education, Accreditation, and Credentialing in Clinical Neuropsychology.
Manfred Meier

Friday, August 23
9:00-9:50 a.m. Palos Verdes, Westin
Paper Session: Sequelae of Head Injury: Assessment and Prediction.
Thomas J. Boll

l0:00-11:50 a.m.
Santa Anita C, Westin
Paper Session: Issues in Lateralization of Cognitive Functions.
Stanley Berent

2:00-3:50 p.m.
Movie Theatre 2, Sheraton
Symposium: Problems and Predictors of Employability after Traumatic Head Injury.
George P. Prigatano

5:00-7:50 p.m.
San Fernando, Westin
Executive Committee Meeting.
Lawrence C. Hartlage.

Saturday, August 24

9:00-10:50 a.m.
Santa Anita C, Westin
Symposium: Neuropsychology of Systemic Disease.
Gerald Goldstein

2:00-2:50
Petree Convention Center
Poster Session: Specific Neurospychological Patterns and Interventions.
Robert P. Hart

11:00-l 2:50 p.m.
San Gabriel B, Westin
Paper Session: Cognitive Changes with Psychiatric Disorders.
Allan Yozawitz

3:00-3:50 p.m.
Petree Convention Center Poster Session: Developments in Measurement in Neuropsychology.
James R. Youngjohn

Sunday, August 25

9:00-l 0:50 a.m.
Santa Barbara B, Westin
Paper Session: Neuropsychological Changes in Diseases and Syndromes.
Lloyd I. Cripe

11:00-l 1:50 a.m.
San Jose, Westin
Invited Address: Paul Satz-Recovery from Early Brain Damage; Some Facts and Reflections.
Linas A. Bieliauskas.

l:00-1:50 p.m.
Emerald Bay, Westin
Invited Address: Jeffrey L Cummings-Cortical versus Subcortical contributions to the Syndrome of Dementia.
Alfred W. Kaszniak

3:00-3:50 San Francisco, Westin
Presidential Address: Lawrence Hartlage-Past, Present, and Emerging Trends in Clinical Neuropsychology.
Thomas J. Boll

4:00-4:50 p.m. San Francisco, Westin
Business Meeting.
Lawrence C. Hartlage

5:00 p.m.
San Francisco, Westin
Social Hour.
Linas A. Bieliauskas

Monday, August 26
9:00-9:50 a.m.
Concours 3, Sheraton
Paper Session: Popular Issues in Neuropsychology.
Peter G. Como

l0:00-11:50 a.m.
Avalon, Westin Symposium: Clinical-Quantitative Classifica-tions of Language Disordered Preschoolers: Refinement, Validation, Prediction.
Barbara C. Wilson

l:00-2:50 p.m.
Concours 3, Sheraton
Paper Session: Child Neuropsychology.
Russell Barkley

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Newsletter 40

Program Committee:

Dr. Bieliauskas reported that 91 papers and 4 symposia were submitted. There will be two invited speakers. Dr. Jeffrey Cummings will be giving an address in the areas of dementia, and Dr. Paul Satz will deliver a lecture in the learning disability area. The Executive Committee was reminded that the Division only receives 18 hours of program time.

Council of Representatives:

There will be a conference on education in psychology to be held at the University of West Virginia this spring. The APA Task Force on the accreditation process has been focusing recently on programs other than those in clinical, counseling and school psychology. The effort at designation of what is a psychology department has made some progress. A trial program has received partial approval. There has been some discussion of the regulation of boxing. Efforts will be made to develop some form of research and training program for developing a neuro-cognitive examination and teaching referees and others involved with boxers to improve their mental status examination skills.

INS/Division 40 Task Force

Dr. Meier submitted a report on Education, Accreditation and Credentialing of Post-Doctoral Training in Clinical Neuropsychology. The report was approved of by the Executive Committee. Dr. Meier also distributed copies of the mock application for identification and continued recognition of a new specialty in psychology now under review by the APA.

 Task Force on Computers:

A statement prepared by this group on the basis of an open meeting held at the Toronto APA will appear (has appeared) in the Division Newsletter. The Task Force will continue its work directed toward the development of standards of practice in this area.

Newsletter:
Dr. White asked that the Executive Committee work on estabishment of policies involving dates of issuance of the Division Newsletter and provision of the Newsletter to non-members of the Division.

Other Business:

(1) Appointment of Division members toAPA Committees and Boards: Dr. Boll will coordinate nominations of individuals suggested at previous meetings to various APA Committees and Boards.
(2) Business Meeting in Los Angeles: The Division business meeting is tentatively scheduled for August 25 at 5 p.m. Dr. Bieliauskas will be making arrangements for the Executive Committee meeting.
(3) Division Committees and Task Forces: Following extended discussion and in the interest of implementing Division By-Laws the following resolutions were proposed and approved by a majority of the Executive Committee.
1. Resolved that all APA or external appointments proposed on the Division's behalf require consideration and majority approval of the Executive Committee.
2. Resolved that no task force be appointed, designated or otherwise constituted without the express approval of the Executive Committee of the Division.

Adjournment:
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.
Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D. Secretary, Division 40

APA Division 40
Mid Year Financial Report Recap
August 1,1984 - December 31,1984

Balance Forward                         $8.629.19
Income
    APA Dues Allotment $3,094.00
    Special Assessments  10.668.00
    Income Total             $13,762.00

Expenses
    Printing & Mailing 922.60
    Fellows Committee 150.00
    Travel (Task Force)  234.48
    Other  57.38
Expenses Total $1,364.46
Subtotal (Income - Expenses) $12.397.54
Balance (Jan. 1, 1965) $21,026.73

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