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Division of Clinical Neuropsychology
Newsletter 40
American Psychological Association
Volume 14, Number 2 Summer/Fall 1996
DIVISION 40 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE CHAIRS
AUGUST 1995-AUGUST 1996
PRESIDENT-KENNETH M. ADAMS, PHD
PRESIDENT-ELECT-EILEEN B. FENNELL, PHD
PAST-PRESIDENT-CARL B. DODRILL, PHD
SECRETARY-ANN C. MARCOTTE, PHD
TREASURER-WILFRED G VANGORP, PHD
MEMBERS-AT-LARGE:
THOMAS A. HANNEKE, PHD
JILL SL. FISCHER, PHD
KERRY HAMSHER, PHD
COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES
GERALD GOLDSTEIN, PHD
ANTONIO PUENTE, PHD
THOMAS J. BOLL, PHD
COMMITTEE CHAIRS (STANDING COMMITEES)
FELLOWS-STAN BERENT, PHD
MEMBERSHIP-WILLIAM B. MENEESE, PHD
ELECTIONS-CARL B. DODRILL, PHD
PROGRAM-MAX R. TRENERRY, PHD
KEITH YEATES, PHD
COMMITEE HEADS (AD HOC COMMITTEES/TASK FORCES
SCIENCE ADVISORY-ANN C. MARCOTTE, PHD
EDUCATION ADVISORY-BRUCE CROSSON, PHD
PRACTICE ADVISORY-JOSEPH D. EUBANKS, PHD
PUBLIC INTEREST ADVISORY-ROBERTA WHITE,PHD
PLANNING-MANFRED MEIER, PHD
TASK FORCE-BRUCE CROSSON, PHD
ETHICS-BRUCE BECKER, PHD
MINORITY AFFIARS-TONY L. STRICKLAND, PHD
NEWSLETTER-JOHN DE LUCA, PHD
PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS-JOSEPH D. EUBANKS, PHD
TRAINING PROGRAMS DATA BANK-LLOYD CRIPE, PHD
HECAEN AWARD-KERRY HAMSHER, PHD
BENTON, LEVITT AWARDS-IDA SUE BARON, PHD
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-ROBERT
HEILBRONNER, PHD
CPT CODE-ANTONIO PUENTE, PHD
On the History of Neuropsychology
Reflections on Ward Halstead, Ph.D.:
An Interview with Ralph Reitan, Ph.D.
(Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of interviews with eminent Neuropsychologists who have been instrumental in the development of our profession. Their views concerning the history of our field, personal anecdotes about their early years', origins of their positions, major figures who influenced their work and lives were solicited, among other topics. We hope our division membership will enjoy this section, which we will try to keep fresh, interesting, and personal. In so doing we also hope to chronicle the emergence of our discipline. Dr. Reitan was interviewed at the 1995 NAN Meeting in San Francisco, California, November 1995.)
In response to the general question, How did all
of this get started for you?, Dr. Reitan replied:
"I actually started-out thinking that I might study
with Carl Rogers at Ohio State University, who at that time, was becoming
a very popular figure in psychotherapy circles. (At this point Dr. Deborah
Wolfson whispered to me ,Could you picture Ralph as a therapist?” Even
Dr. Reitan laughed!). But then I was fortunate enough to have met Ward
Halstead, who was a Professor of Experimental Psychology in the medical
school of the University of Chicago, whose work greatly intrigued me. I
was pleased when he asked me to become his first graduate student. Halstead
was attempting to understand brain-behavior relationships and had been
in the process of trying to develop tests of brain function that would
separate brain-damaged from non-brain- damaged patients. Incidentally,
he had all of these instruments in a basement storeroom that he had discarded
because they did not work. I once made a deal with him that I would clean-up
this dark, very dusty, dirty basement room if he would explain to me what
he was trying to do and why these tests didn't work, which he did.
Halstead was a very interesting guy. Not too many
people know this, but when he was a student he had his own band, a dance
band, and he played the violin. He worked on cruise ships crossing the
Atlantic. He liked popular music, Dinah Shore was his favorite and he and
his wife had stacks of Dinah Shore records. He seemed to have a reputation
among his colleagues as being distant, aloof, cold or incisively critical
at times. But for those of us who knew him in the lab, we didn't have that
feeling in the least. He was friendly with us and seemed to enjoy our company.
He was also a very athletic guy, very strong, and I remember one day we
had a softball game - everybody from the lab. I was pitching and he hit
the ball so hard and fast, if I hadn't ducked, the ball would have taken
my head off!
But his reputation of being sternly critical probably
had something to do with the medical meetings he would attend. In those
days, a paper
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From the Editor
We are pleased and excited to introduce several new columns in this
issue of the Newsletter. This is in keeping with our goal to increase communication
from and between Division 40 members. We are especially excited about the
column entitled "On the History of Neuropsychology”. Dr. Ralph Reitan provides
some personal memories of Dr. Ward Halstead which are rich reminders of
how our discipline started. We want to strongly encourage the members to
submit articles to the From the Membership” column. It is a great opportunity
to foster communication both among members and to the Division 40 leadership.
Please submit your column in 300 words or less. Our first column on the
"Clinical Comer” provides a very innovative and informative example of
how neuropsychology can become involved in activities other than working
within the traditional health care arena. Finally, the Science Scene” is
designed to be a forum by which members share information regarding research
and scholarship. We encourage contributions on any aspects of research
such as preliminary data, discussion of funding sources, ideas for collaboration,
etc. Please submit your work to the editor for inclusion in any of these
columns.
On the History of Neuropsychology 1
From the Editor
2
Clinical Corner
3
Clinical Neuropsychology in
Professional Sports
Science Scene
4
CPT Changes for 1996
5
From the Membership
6
Summary: Program for Division 40, 7
APA Conference, August 9-13
Announcements
11
Division 40 Executive Committee
14
Meeting Minutes
would be presented at a meeting and people would get up afterwards and
offer comments, a good deal of give and take. Halstead would press people
fairly sharply about their findings, which certainly did not endear him
to many of his colleagues. On the other hand, one of the important things
that Ward Halstead did for our profession that many neuropsychologists
don't realize is what he gained by attending these medical meetings:he
established a base for neuropsychology with neurology and neurosurgery.
He went to many such medical meetings and, while his approach may have
been thought to be somewhat harsh at times, at the same time it earned
him a great deal of respect within the medical community. What we needed
at that time was to gain any respectability we could get within the medical
profession. Ward Halstead did this for us and our profession more than
anybody. He just naturally elicited support from neurosurgical colleagues.
In fact, at one meeting Halstead was attacked by Walter Freeman, the eminent
neurologist who was a major proponent of prefrontal lobotomies for the
treatment of mental disorder. The famous neurosurgeon Paul Bucy, a friend
of Halstead's who had worked with him at the University of Chicago, immediately
jumped to his defense. It was this kind of support from renowned physicians
that really gave our profession the kind of professional respectability
that it needed at a time in its formative development. At that time if
we had not gotten the respect of the neurologists and neurosurgeons then
we would not have gotten any subjects with whom to work. Ward Halstead
understood this and really worked hard at it. He got to know neurologists
and neurosurgeons personally. But I remember being at a cocktail party
once where I was standing and talking to some people and I could hear the
conversation behind me. It was a neurosurgeon saying, Well, I can tell
you one thing...this is nothing but a flash in the pan (neuropsychology).”
This was the kind of attitude that we were up against in the beginning.
And if it was not for Ward Halstead's strong convictions and persistence,
the field may have taken a very different direction.
Ward Halstead got his Ph.D. at Northwestern University
and did a dissertation on post-rotational nystagmus in pigeons, and its
relationship to the cerebellum -a very typical physiological psychology
dissertation topic. But he was always much more interested in human brains
than animal brains. He could not study human brain function at Northwestern
after finishing his doctoral work, so he
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Clinical Corner
Clinical Neuropsychology In Professional Sports
Kenneth C. Kutner, PhD
Clinical neuropsychology has recently developed a formal role in amateur and professional sports. The ability of neuropsychologists to accurately discern cognitive effects of mild head injury coupled with the number of concussions sustained in sports has made for a new and exciting role for our field. It is well-known that post-concussive patients rarely show clinical effects on MRI, CT scan, EEG, or basic neurological examination. Clearly, neuropsychological examination provides the best method for assessing concussive disorders, as noted by such renowned specialists as Dr. Thomas Boll of the University of Alabama. Neurocognitive assessment of boxers has appeared in the literature for some time. However, the University of Virginia's study of mild head injuries in amateur football players provided the first systematic large-sample study of concussions in sports. In October 1995, the ESPN Sports Channel aired a special feature on Post-Concussion Syndrome in the NFL. This story was featured in their GAME DAY” program and was shown several times a day for one week. This program focused on both neurological and neuropsychological effects of concussions on present and past NFL players. Following the show, Sports Illmed and Time magazines featured articles on post-concussion syndrome in professional football players, where neuropsychologists were interviewed. This series of media presentations may have been the most widespread exposure of neuropsychology to the public in the last decade.
We have been evaluating players on the New York Giants football team since 1992. During the 1996 season, Dr. Kutner became the consulting neuropsychologist to the team. Players have been examined during training camp in order to obtain baseline data. Neuropsychological examination became a part of the standard medical work-up. Professional football players have a very demanding schedule, including weightlifting, practice, learning the playbook, and numerous strategy meetings. It became quite clear that players would not be available for a full five-to eight-hour neuropsychological examination. Therefore, 30- minute computerized testing was utilized in order to obtain data on pre-season neurocognitive functioning. Players who sustained concussions during the season were re-examined within days of their injuries. Their post-concussion data was compared to the pre-season protocols, allowing for direct comparison. Information provided by the neuropsychologist was used by the Giants team physicians and trainers in relation to the player's status for tetum to play.
Last year, the NFL developed a task force to study mild head injury in sports and included Dr. Mark Love11 as their committee neuropsychologist. It is anticipated that neuropsychologists will become part of the consulting medical staff of more football teams in the future. It is likely that they will also begin to work with other high-risk sports such as NHL hockey and major league soccer. Dr. Bernie Mermis of Methodist Hospital and Dr. Jeffrey Barth of the University of Virginia Medical School have been collecting neuropsychological data in Indy 500 racers for the past several years. It will be quite interesting to follow professional athletes who may be experiencing mild head injuries to those found in typical motor vehicle accidents.
It is quite clear that the developing role of neuropsychologists in professional sports will provide help to the athletes and team physicians as well as recognition of the contributions on neuropsychology to post-concussive evaluation.
Nelson Butters Special Issues
We are planning a special issue of the Division 40 Newsletter as a dedication to Dr. Nelson Butters. If you would like to write a personal note to include as part of this dedication, please submit this note in 25 words or less to the Editor by September 3, 1996. Not all submittals will be included due to space.
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Science Scene
This is the first in what is hoped to be an ongoing contribution to the Division 40 Newsletter. The idea for a "Science Column” began as one of the means to facilitate the scientific mission of Division 40 as put forth in the August 1994 report of the Planning Committee. This report identified 4 broad areas of goals and strategies to further the interests of neuropsychology: science, practice, education, and public interest. In response to the first area, the Science Advisory Committee was formed. Dr. Ann Marcotte was appointed the Chair with the ambitious task of implementing the strategies outlined in the Planning Committee report Specific strategies for pursuing each of these goals were also developed, with an important recurring theme being communication among other professions as well as among other psychologists. The committee consists of 10 volunteers with a variety of interests and backgrounds. The first meeting was held at the 1995 APA convention in New York, with a subsequent meeting at INS in Chicago. To review briefly, the Science goals are summarized below.
Goal 1: Promote the scientific study of brain- behavior relationships,
and the application of such knowledge.
Goal 2: Promote the recognition of clinical neuropsychology as a science
division within APA.
Goal 3: Work to improve collegiality within the neuropsychological
scientific community.
Why is there a need to delineate goals which are so fundamental to a Division which is, on the surface, flourishing? Such goals are necessary in order to continue the position of neuropsychology and Division 40 as one of the fastest growing specialty areas within psychology. As a growing discipline, it is equally important to look to our roots as it is to embrace technology and advancement. The science of neuropsychology is built upon clinical observation; the practice of neuropsychology cannot, and should not be separated from advances in science and technology. Continuing to support the scientist practitioner model is to recognize that one of the fundamental contributions of psychology is to develop a science of human behavior, including brain-behavior relationships. Neuropsychology is also in the unique position of being on the cut$i;i edge of many technological advances respect to understanding the way the human brain works. Neuropsychologists routinely collaborate with colleagues inthe areas of neuropathology, microbiology, physics, and nuclear imaging. Neuropsychologists continue to embody the scientist practitioner model, innovating and applying technology to advance the field. Continued growth as a profession may depend on increasing funding agencies'awareness of neuropsychology as a science, and assuring appropriate inclusion of neuropsychology in multidisciplinary research. As such, recognition as a science division within APA is more than just a matter of pride. APA has recently shown an increased willingness to provide financial support for psychological science, and neuropsychology needs to be recognized and included in decision making as well as in allocation.
There may also be a significant portion of the membership who have lost their ability to identify with the megalithic parent organization. Can the APA as a parent organization adequately represent the interests of a field such as neuropsychology? Perhaps not. However, increasing not just the size of the membership but also the level of activity of Division 40 can only enhance our ability to influence the direction of the organization as a whole, including recognition of Division 40 for its scientific as well as clinical contribution.
What can members of Division 40 do to help? The membership of Division 40 is comprised of distinguished contributors to the science of neuropsychology who also belong to other societies, yet these members do not typically present their best work at the APA meeting. The significant scientific contributions of many Division 40 members are accomplished and presented outside of APA. Many Neuropsychologists work in medical settings and have day to day contact with a wide variety of professionals. There may be a tendency for psychologists to submit their work to medical societies because that is where the prestige” is. It is our goal to reverse this trend. Encouraging neuropsychologist and other professional colleagues to submit research to the Division 40 program will enhance the scientific reputation of the Division. Attending the APA conference to participate in Division 40 events will increase the visibility of the Division within APA. However, we can also start by submitting our own work to APA, and encourage our colleagues who may not be actively involved in research to consider submitting projects to APA as well. In recent years, the number and quality of submissions to the scientific program has improved dramatically. Division 40 has sponsored numerous high quality science oriented events, including last year's science weekend events on functional MRI with presentations by Dr. Rosen, Dr. McCarthy, and Dr. Goldman-Rakic. Some of this years highlights include a symposium onCognitive Neuroscience
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Applications to the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury”, Monday from 3:00 to 4:50; (Chair: Dr. Donald T. Stuss). On Friday from 11:00 to 11:50 Dr. Adele Diamond will deliver her invited address on Prefrontal Cortex Function in Young Children” (Chair Dr. Maureen Dennis). Also on Monday (2:00 to 2:50 P.M.) Dr. Stephen Kosslyn. will deliver an invited address on Visual Mental Images in the Brain” (Chair Dr. Endel Tulving).
There are other areas in need of development as well.One of the purposes of this column is to solicit suggestions and ideas, as well as to determine support for these ideas. We hope to keep the members apprised of the Science Advisory Committee activity, and to provide an open forum for discussion of science related topics.
Finally, it is hoped that in the future this column can provide a forum for turning attention to some of the scientific accomplishments of Division 40 members. Recognition of achievement in such a manner is also likely to facilitate interest in scientific neuropsyc hology. Sharing the Division 40 newsletter with non-neuropsychologist colleagues who might not otherwise have an opportunity or reason to read it may also enhance the science image of the division.
We look forward to comments and feedback about the science advisory committee. If you are interested in more information about the committee, or would like a list of members, please contact me at the address below. Also, please send your ideas, comments, and feedback to either Dr. John Deluca (editor of the newsletter) or myself.
Michael Westerveld, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
333 Cedar St. PO Box 208039
New Haven, CT 06520-8039
E-Mail westerm @msn.com
CPT Changes for 1996.
Antonio E. Puente, PhD, University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
(Dr. Puente represents the American Psychological Association on the
American Medical Association's Current Procedural Terminology's Health
Care Professional Advisory Panel)
Reimbursement for neuropsychological services hinges on three requirements. First, a provider must be approved by the carrier that is reimbursing for the service provided. Next, a diagnosis must be used (preferably an International Classification of Diseases diagnosis vs. a DSM one). Finally, a code which describes the service provided must be used. The most commonly accepted coding system and one approved by contract by the federal goverment's Health Care Financing Administration is the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) of the American Medical Association.
Traditionally, neuropsychological services were coded similarly for psychological and psychiatric services on the psychiatric section of the CPT system. Recently, neuropsychological assessment codes were created and inserted in the Neurology section of the CPT system.
Due to the ongoing discussions with the AMA and the
evolution of our field, it appeared appropriate to create a separate section
for these codes. That section has been created with the numerical values
of the 96100 series and is found between the sections on Neurology and
Physical Medicine. A cognitive rehabilitation code (97770) is found in
the Physical Medicine section. The following summarizes these changes,
as described in the AMA's publication The CPT Assistant, Winter 1995, pages
25-26.
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
ASSESSMENTS/TESTS (eg. NEUROCOGNITIVE, MENTAL STATUS, SPEECH TESTING)
The following codes are used to report the services provided during testing of the cognitive function of the central nervous system. The testing of cognitive processes, visual motor reponses, and abstractive abilities is accomplished by the combination of several types of testing procedures. It is expected that the administration of these tests will generate material that will be formulated into a report.
(For development of cognitive skills, see 97770) *96100 Psychological testing (includes psychodiagnostic assessment of personality, psychopathology, emotionality, intellectual abilities, eg, WAIS-R, Rorschach, MMPI) with interpretion and report, per hour.)
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From the Membership
I was very interested in the Boll report from the Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Psychology. Professor Boll stated that The field of Neuropsychology has doctoral training programs. . .etc.. This report was especially interesting because as recently as the latter part of last year, in a telephone conversation in which I inquired about the programs listed in his compilation of graduate training opportunities for students interested in neuropsychology, in answer to my query about the universities in the U.S. offering four-year graduate training programs leading to a PhD or DPsy, Lloyd Cripe informed me that the only such program on the North American continent that he believed actually offered such training was at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
If, since that time, there have been American universities that have developed and introduced such programs as Professor Boll 's report suggested, I believe that many of our membership would be interested in learning where such programs have been developed. In 1981, Manny Meier, who chaired a Task Force on developing specific models for such programs, presented* the various models and also announced the establishment of our Division 40 as evidence of the growing recognition of Clinical Neuropsychology by the APA. In a telephone conversation with Many Meier last week, he informed me that despite his prolonged efforts, he was unable to arrange for the development of any four-year graduate training program at the University of Minnesota, which was similar to my experience at the University of Michigan, which at the time had one of the largest faculties in psychology in the world. If such programs have indeed been introduced as indicated by Professor Boll, we have come a long way on the path of achieving the recognition he described. We also have at last -since the naissance of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology shortly after World War II -recognized that the limited graduate or postgraduate courses or practic a which have been the only recourse available to students interested in obtaining comprehensive graduate training, as outlined by Meier and his Task Force in 198 1, have attenuated the development of our specialty. If, on the other hand, as Lloyd Cripe indicated, there are no such four-year graduate training programs leading to a PhD in Clinical and/or Experimenta l Neuropsychology, the establishment of such programs might be a worthy goal for our Education Committee.
*Meier MJ (1981). Education for competency assurance in human neuropsychology. IN SB Filskov & Bolls (eds), Handbook of Clinical Neuropsvchology pp 754-781. (P.S. Just spoke ' to Tom Boll, who said that in addition to program in U. of V in Brit. Columbia, U. of Houston has just introduced what Seems to be the first such grad. program in the U.S. - a first that is notable.)
Aaron Smith, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Aaron Smith Neuropsychological Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI .
After returning home and dealing with the large pile of waiting material and getting submerged into clinical work and teaching again, the issue remained dormant until a recent session of searches through PsychLit. In the 1990-95 span, there were 3 references to the test, none of them from the field of neuropsychology.
I know that the Wechsler tests dominate the field, but is that domination so complete that there are no practitioners who use this test and could comment on its utility in the field? The new WISC.II reportedly has four factors and probably the WAIS-III will as well. This would appear to be rivalle d by the Woodcock-Johnson with a broader array of subtests. On the face of it, there would appear to be sound reasons for at least evaluating the Woodcock-Johnson in neuropsychology. My question is to determine if anyone has done so, and what comments they might have as a result.
Edward Helmes, PhD, C.Psych, London, Ontario, Canada
I am writing with regards to credentialling in neuropsychology. The current system doesn't work.
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Summary, Program For Division 40, APA Conference August 9-13, Toronto,
Ontario
(Revised 4/26/95).
(Items in BOLD indicate APA changes from submitted program.)
Friday, August 9
9:00-10:00
Poster Session: Lifespan Clinical Neuropsychology
Chair: Cheryl Silver.
Exhibit Hall: Metro Toronto Convention Centre
1 l:OO- 12:50
Symposium: Clinical Neuropsychology: An Anachronism?
Chair: Dr. Robert L. Kane
Room 107, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
l:00-2:50
Symposium: Memory Function in Children with Brain Disorders.
Chair: Dr. Keith 0. Yeates.
Concert Hall, Royal York Hotel
2:00-2:50
Paper Session: Aging and Dementia.
Chair: Dr. Pamela Keenan.
Ontario Room, Royal York Hotel
3:00-3:50
Paper Session: Pediatric Neuropsychology.
Chair: Dr. Michael Westerveld.
Room 107, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
3:00-5:50
Division Executive Committee Meeting
Boardroom, Crown Plaza Toronto Center Hotel
Saturday, August 10
8:00-8:50
Pediatric Neuropsychology Interest Group
Territories Room, Royal York Hotel
9:00-l0:50
Concurrent Poster Session: Neuropsychological
Assessment. Chair: Dr. Eileen Fennell.
Exhibit Hall, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
9:00- l0:50
Concurrent Poster Session: Neuropsychological Assessment in Diverse
Medical Populations.
Chair: Dr. Michael Franzen
Exhibit Hall, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
11:00-l 1:50
Invited Address: Dr. Adele Diamond. Prefrontal Cortex Function in
Young Children.
Chair: Dr. Maureen Dennis.
Room 107, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
l:00-1:50
Discussion: International Perspectives.
Chair: Dr. Robert L. Heilbronner.
Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel
2:00-3:50
Symposium: Practice Parameters in Clinical Neuropsychology.
Chair: Dr. Kenneth Adams
Concert Hall, Royal York Hotel
4:00-4:50
Discussion: Ethics in Clinical Neuropsychological Practice.
Chair: Dr. A. John McSweeny
Concert Hall, Royal York Hotel
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Sunday, August 11
9:00-10:50
Symposium: Concussive Injuries in Sports: The Role of Clinical Neuropsychology.
Chair: Dr. Ruben J. Echemendia
Ballroom B, Crowne Plaza Toronto Centre Hotel
ll:00-1l:50
Paper Session: Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt and Student Awards.
Chair: Dr. Ida Sue Baron
Ballroom B, Crowne Plaza Toronto Center Hotal
l:00-1:50
Paper Session: Neuropsychological Assessment: Memory and Emotional
Function.
Chair: Dr. Joseph Ricker
Rooms 206 C/D, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
2:00-2:50
Arthur Benton Award Address.
Chair: Dr. Joseph Matarazzo
Rooms 206 C/D, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
3:00-3:50
President's Address.
Chair: Dr. Carl B. Dodrill.
Participant: Dr. Kenneth M. Adams
Ontario Room, Royal York Hotel
4:00-4:50
Division 40 Business Meeting
Ontario Room, Royal York Hotel
5:00-6:50
Social Hour with Division 22 (Rehabilitation Psychology).
Co-sponsors, The Psychological Corp. and Psychological Assessment Resources,
Inc.
Concert Hall, Royal York Hotal
Monday, August 13
Symposium: Approaches to Assessment of Premorbid Intellectual and Personality
Functioning.
Chairs: Drs. Doug Johnson-Greene and Kenneth Adams
Concert Hall, Royal York Hotel
11:00- 11:50
Invited Address: Dr. Donald Stuss Consciousness and Self-Awareness
Following Frontal Brain Lesions.
Chair: Dr. Robert A. Bornstein
Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel
12:00-1:50
Symposium: Cognitive Neuroscience Applications to the Study of Traumatic
Brain Injury.
Chair, Dr. Donald T. Stuss.
Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel
2:00-2:50
Invited Address: Dr. Stephen Kosslyn.
Visual Mental Images in the Brain.
Chair: Dr. Endel Tulving Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel
3:00-4:50
Symposium: Demographic Corrections of Clinical Assessment.
Chair: Dr. Bradley N. Axelrod
Imperial Room, Royal York Hotel
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Summary Program For Division 22, APA Conference, August 9-13,
Toronto, Canada
(Y indicates session to be taped)
Friday, August 9
9:00-10:50
Symposium: Spirituality in Coping with Physical Illness and Disability.
Y Chair, Barry P. Nierenberg
Room 203B, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
1:00-2:50
Symposium: Viable Training Models for Prescription Authority. Y
Chair, Kristofer Hagglund
Room 104A, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
3:00-4:50
Symposium: A Systems Approach to Health Services Delivery in Pediatric
Psychology. Y
Chair, Janet E. Farmer
Room 203B. Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Saturday, August 10
8:00-10:50
Business Meeting, Executive Committee Meeting. N
Chair, Robert G. Frank
Caledon Room, Crowne Plaza Convention Centre Hotel
ll:00-12:50
Symposium: Innovations in Health Delivery Systems for Chronic Care
Episodes: Y
Chair, Robert G. Frank
Room 101, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
2:00-2:50
Poster Session: Contempory Perspectives in the Rehabilitation of Chronic
Disease and Disability.
Exhibit Hall, Metro Convention Centre
3:00-4:50
Division Presidential Address. Y
Presidential Address and Fellows' Addresses
Room 104A, Metro Toronto Convention Centre
5:00-6:50
Social Hour: Awards Ceremony. N
Timothy R. Elliott
Ontario Room, Crowne Plaza Centre Hotel
Sunday, August 11
Poster Session: Neurorehabilitation: Issues and Innovations. N
Exhibit Hall, Metro Convention Centre
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ll:00-12:50
Symposium: Update on Cognitive and Behavioral Measurement in Brain
Injury Rehabilitation. Y
Thomas A. Novack.
Room 206F, Metro Convention Centre
l:00-1:50
Invited Address: Health Policy Reforms: Impact on Spinal Injury Care.
Y Timothy R. Elliott
Room 104B, Metro Convention Centre
2:00-3:50
Symposium: Innovations in Geriatric Rehabilitation.
Peter Lichtenberg, Bruce Rybarczyk. Y
Room 104A, Metro Convention Centre.
5:00-5:50
Social Hour: Joint Social Hour, Divisions 22 & 40
Concert Hall, Royal York Hotel
Monday, August 12
Symposium: Advancing Psychosocial Theory in Disability: The Rehabilitation
and Social-Personality Interface. Y
Dana S. Dunn, Timothy R. Elliott
Room 104A, Metro Convention Centre
ll:00-12:50
Symposium: Contemporary Perspectives on Family Caregiving of Persons
with Chronic Conditions. Y
Alexandra L. Quittner
Room 201D, Metro Convention Centre.
l:00-2:50
Symposium: Models of Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Training in Rehabilitation
Psychology. Y
Mitchell Rosenthal
Room 205B, Metro Convention Centre
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Neuropsychologists who received most if not all of their graduate and
postdoctoral training in neuropsychology are treated no differently than
other psychologists who may have taken a few workshops or completeted one
rotation in neuropsychology. I am particularly concerned that the field
of clinical neuropsychology has become more clinical” and less about neuropsychology”.
For example. many neuropsychologists are now expected to be fully trained
in projectives techniques and psychotherapy. I consider this unnecessary
training for a neuropsychologist. Clinical neuropsychology is a specialty
unto itself and has been traditionally associated with the fields of neurology
and neurosciences and well as with experimental, clinical, and cognitive
psychology. Clinical neuropsychology has always had a very strong research
base. If these traditions are no longer held to be important, then clinical
neuropsychology will become synonymous with clinical psychology and our
subspecialty will cease to exist.
The APA and Division 40 have attempted (poorly)
to address these concerns by pushing the Diplomate on us, yet one more
hurdle for legitimate neuropsychologists to overcome. I use the term hurdle”
because getting through the application procedures is a formidable task,
and the money and time involved are prohibitive for most practicing neuropsychologists.
Why not a doctoral program, postdoctoral program, or other agency, documenting
that they have received the requisite training and experience in neuropsychology?
Supervisors' letters similar to what are filled out for the state licensing
boards are more than adequate for most purposes. This format would save
valuable time, money, resources, and aggravation.
I would also like for your newsletter to address clinical questions regarding the appropriate scope for neuropschological evaluations of the current vogue” (and vague) disorders like Adult ADD” and PTSD”, among others. I feel I'm working in the dark and there seems to be no agreed-upon assessment methods for evaluating these syndromes, and no research literature to guide us.
I am pleased that you are planning a column documenting
the history of the field of neuropsychology. I think everyone needs to
be reminded of where neuropsychology came from so we have a good idea of
where it should be going.
Jane M. Healey, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (Psychology),
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
CPT Changes for 1996
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*96105 Assessment of aphasia (includes assessment of expressive and receptive speech and language function, language comprehension, speech production ability, reading, spelling, writing, eg, by Boston Aphasic Examination) with interpretation and report, per hour.
*96110 Developmental testing, limited (eg, Developmental Screening Test II, Early Language Milestone Screen) with interpretation and report.
*96111 Extended (includes assessment of motor, language, social, adaptive, and/or cognitive functioning by standardized developmental instruments, eg, Bayley Scales of Infant Development) with interpretation and report, per hour.
*96 115 Neurobehavioral status exam (clinical assessment of thinking, reasoning and judgment; eg, acquired knowledge, attention, memory, visual spatial abilities, language functions, planning) with interpretation and report, per hour.
*96117 Neuropsychological testing battery (eg, Halstead-Reitan, Luria, WAIS-R) with interpretation and report, per hour.
A new section has been added to CPT for Central Nervous System Assessments/Tests (eg, neurocognitive, mental status, speech testing), resulting in the relocation and renumbering of the developmental testing and measurement codes 90830, 95880, 95881, 95882, 95883, and 99178 into this section. This new section/area has been revised to differentiate its services apart from 96111 (formerly 95881). Code 96117 (formerly code 95883) has been revised for consistency with other codes to include interpretation” as well as report, and to better define the test listed as URIA” to LURIA'.
Announcements
Reviewers Sought: Neuropsychology Review, a quarterly reveiw journal published by Plenum, is seeking neuropsychologists to review manuscripts for the journal. If interested, please send a letter indicating two or three areas of expertise plus a CV to Antonio E. Puente, Editor, Neuropsychology Review, Dept. of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403-3297.
Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt Early Career Award: Division 40,
Neuropsychology, and the American Psychological Foundation announce the
third annual Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt Early Career Award in Neuropsychology
for an APA member psychologist who is not more than 10 years post-doctoral
degree and who has made a distinguished contribution
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Newsletter 40
On the History of Neuropsychology
From page two
managed to get himself a National Research Council Fellowship and went to the University of Chicago. There he met Paul Bucy and Percival Bailey, very eminent neurosurgeons at that time. He basically told them that he thought it was time that somebody started investigating people with brain lesions, that they find out about their thought processes and behavior, that they find out what happens to their intelligence and other general capabilities. If you went to most neurosurgeons these days, they would say they are too busy, operating every day. But Bucy and Bailey were very interested, and made their patients available to Halstead. They offered to tell him everything they could about their patients' brains, so that Halstead could try to correlate lesions with performances. This was about 1937.
But at this point, Halstead was in a jam; he was stuck because he was in the situation of having to do something with these patients, and he didn't know what to do. So these two eminent neurosurgeons were going to make their patients available to him and go to the trouble of giving him all the information about their operations and their brain lesions, and now what was he going to do? He didn't actually have any established procedures or tests yet. So he decided to actually go and live with these brain-damaged people and observe them. He tried to understand what was different about them as compared to normal people without brain damage. When he observed something in these patients that he thought was of critical significance he thought to himself, What can I do to test this?' Some tasks came easily, like finger tapping. For example, he saw that some patients had a degree of unilateral paralysis which he wanted to represent in a form of quantitative measurement. So he made up this tapping apparatus -the same one we now use. The tapping apparatus measures speed of alternating finger movements. But, curiously, it never occurred to him to do it for both hands; he used only the preferred hand. So if someone had a right cerebral lesion, and was right-handed, it was likely he would miss the finger tapping effects altogether; it never occurred to him to do both sides. This is funny, because on the Tactual Performance Test, the formboard, he set it up from the beginning using successive trials with the preferred hand, nonpreferred hand, and both hands. He did have the idea of comparing the two hands in order to compare the relative competency of the two hemispheres. But it never occurred to him to do it with tapping. Many years later when I got my lab in Indiana, I decided to test both hands to see what the comparison was. He never used grip strength or for that matter, in terms of IQ measurement he never used the Wechsler Scales.
Halstead was an unusual person in some respects. While he was a good observer, he created a real problem for himself with respect to data collection because the tests were not necessarily given in the same way to all subjects and all subjects didn't necessarily get the same tests. Although he sat down and wrote a set of instructions, they were really very inadequate. He was experimenting with the development of the tests and he did not accumulate an extensive body of systematic data on brain-damaged patients. He was very faithful in reporting his results in his 1947 book (Bruin and Intelligence: A quantitative study of the frontal lobes). However, if you look at the actual scores on individual subjects, you find all sorts of gaps in test scores because he had not given certain tests to that particular person. There was a tremendous need for a whole lot of systematization, something that Halstead was not that good at. He was more of a creative person, but he was not that carefully systematic in terms of his procedures.
Halstead experimented with a large number of potential tests and had many discarded tests in the basement that I mentioned. One of them was an apparatus he made working with a vision physiologist named Howard Bartley. The subject puts his arm in a holder and it is stimulated by a dropping pin. The machine is set for intervals of space and time between the stimuli. Halstead and Bartley were interested in investigating the interaction between space and time as two very important dimensions influencing behavior. For instance, they wondered ifa wider space between stimuli, delivered closer together in time, would be processed by the subject as equivalent to a lesser space between stimuli to the skin, delivered at a longer interval between the stimuli? Incidentally, this procedure produces interesting results and was published by Harry Helson as the Tau Effect. In fact, I wanted to do a study along these lines as my doctoral dissertation using left-and right-lesioned patients to see if there were differential effects, until Halstead told me of all the problems with the device. He said the reason it was sitting in the basement collecting dust was because they were never able to get it to work properly on normals with respect to the reliability of measurements.
Another test to eventually be discarded was the critical flicker fusion test (CFF). Halstead was impressed with the cyclic variations in CFF and he felt that it represented something about the brain's energy, in some way related to brain metabolism. He
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had all of us in the laboratory take our CFF every day over an extended period of months, and there are cyclic variations among individuals. He felt it was waxing and waning of mental energy and the like. He was really very hot on this and he studied patients with myxedema because of their high levels of fatigue and possible metabolic restrictions due to deficient thyroid functioning. He had hoped to find depressed CFF in these patients. But he found only one group of patients with sharply depressed CFF, namely frontal patients. I always wondered about that, because later on in the 50's my frontal patients didn't have lowered CFF. In fact, in our validation studies, CFF showed no difference at all between controls and brain-damaged subjects -- it didn't work at all. This influenced me tos tart checking group of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients, who sometimes had very low CFF, much like Halstead cases. I started going through their medical records and discovered that nearly every patient with MS who had low CFF had optic neuritis, which is fairly common among MS patients. I began to think about this and it dawned on men what had most likely happened with Halstead's frontal patients. Surgeons were operating on the frontal lobes directly above the optic nerves. Halstead would see them shortly after the surgery, when the effects of surgical trauma to the eyeballs, retinas, and optic nerves were still prominent, and they would get low CFFs. But I knew I couldn't tell him that because it was like religion to him. You did not tell Ward Halstead things about CFF that would upset his beliefs!! I did not discuss religion with my aged mother; her religion was important to her and that was fine with me. The last things I would have thought about was to upset either her religious beliefs or Halstead's beliefs about CFF, which were both supported by strong faith. I should mention, however, that Halstead's findings regarding CFF should not be generalized to the research of other investigators because of differences in procedures and apparatus.
After about 1950, Halstead didn't do much original work. He did some with a few students but these studies were directed toward rather specific topics. I believe this was due to his illness coming on(Ward Halstead died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, as did Nelson Butters). He probably had the disease a long time before his death, though the textbooks say ALS usually has a shorter course. In his case it was more like 15 or 18 years. I remember that I would call him on the phone and he was dysarthric, but he just made up some excuse like, "Well I've had a few too many drinks." He did not want to admit that he had a progressive disease from which he was going to die. Or he would san, "I think I had a little stroke of the cerebellum." He knew that cerebella lesions were not particularly significant with respect to higher level functions. Of course ALS is thought not to be too, but I remember that in the late 50's I showed him an alternate category test that I was working on and I was so embarrassed for him because he couldn't figure out the simplest concepts. Whether or not that was ALS is unclear, but I was very sorry I had shown it to him.
He was a pretty opinionated guy with respect to some
issues. For instance, I remember I had been working with him in the lab
for a number of years and we were deeply into neuropsychology even before
the term was generally used. I once said to him, "I really ought to learn
some clinical psychology too." He looked at me almost cross-eyed and said,
"Oh you can pick that up on your own later on." On another occasion I remember
talking to him about the work of Austin Riesen, the eminent psychologist
who reared neonate rats in the dark and discovered that they never developed
normal vision. This finding had great implications for the relationship
between normal environmental stimulation, in this case sensory stimulation,
and its effect on behavior and abilities. So I told Halstead that I wanted
to visit Risen's lab and maybe spend some time studying with him, and perhaps
getting some clues about the possible importance of early stimulation on
development of intelligence and adaptive behavior. His reaction was, "If
you want to learn something about rat intelligence, you might consider
spending some time with a rat exterminator and learning how really smart
rats can be. Halstead had a high regard for the role of a normal brain
in producing intelligent (adaptive) behavior, whether it be the behavior
of a rat, cat, dog, ape, or human being.
I also have tremendous respect for Halstead's concept
of biological intelligence, even though the concept has never been properly
defined in an operational sense. If you have a normal brain, you have a
degree of intelligence and appropriate adaptive ability in dealing with
your environment that you can never have if you have a damaged brain.
These are some of my reflections with regard to my
early experienced with Ward Halstead. His contributions to our field are
many, especially in establishing the necessary early relationship with
neurology and neurosurgery, and he was certainly the most influential figure
in my professional life."
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Division 40 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes February 14,
1996
Private Dining Room #l, Chicago Hilton Hotel and Towers Chicago, Illinois
Present: Adams, Baron, Becker, Boll, Cripe, Crosson, DeLuca, Dodrill, Eubanks, Fennell, Fischer, Goldstein, Hammeke, Hamsher, Heilbronner, Marcotte, Meneese, Puente, Rourke (for White), Trenerry, Van Gorp, Yeates.
Absent: Berent, Meier, Strickland, White
1. The winter meeting of the Division 40 Executive Committee (EC) was called to order by Dr. Adams at 3:09 pm.
2. The Minutes of last meeting of the EC, held on August 11, 1995 in New York City, were reviewed and approved. The minutes of the Business Meeting of Division 40 held on August 13.1995 were also reviewed and approved.
3. Treasurer's Report: Dr. Van Gorp prepared a written report on the finances of the Division. In his report, Dr. Van Gorp listed expenses incurred from 8/94 to 12/95, in order to bring our new budget starting date of l/96 in line with the new starting date for the APA fiscal year. Thus, the expenses incurred were reported for a 16 month period. Total expenses during that period were $48,626.10, some $13,716.10 over the 1994-1995 twelve month budget. Budget overruns were reviewed at the last EC meeting, which led to the reanalysis of Divisional expenses, and the approved dues increase effective with the 1996 budget. The 1996 budget total is $56,245.00.
4. Council Representatives' Report: Drs. Goldstein and Puente reported that the APA Council will be meeting later this week in Washington, D.C. The proposed change in APA Bylaws was defeated, and Council representation and voting will remain unchanged. Unfortunately, Division 40 lost its recently won third seat in Council on the recent ballot It will be worked out among our three current representatives (Goldstein, Puente, Boll) and Dr. Adams which representative will rotate off Council. Dr. Goldstein also reported on items to be addressed in the upcoming Council meeting, including a move by Division 12 to develop standards for treatment, which could have implications for neuropsychologists. Dr. Puente reported that Division 40 representatives are actively working with several of the Council caucuses and ad hoc committees to increase the presence of neuropsychology. APA is also redefining itself as a health service” organization vs. a mental health” organization. The organization has also begun construction on another new building in downtown Washington DC.
5. Newsletter: Dr. DeLuca made his first report as the new Editor of the Division 40 Newsletter. The Winter Newsletter was mailed out on time, and came in under budget by about $1000.00. Savings were made by sending the Newsletter third vs. first class mail. Dr. DeLuca reviewed several ideas he has for expanding the content of the Newsletter.He encouraged members to communicate their ideas with him. The Newsletter will continue to be published twice a year for now, with the next edition dues out in the Summer. Deadline for submission of materials for the next Newsletter is 5/l/96.
6. Membership: Dr. Meneese presented the FX with a list of 330 new applicants for membership in Division 40: 95 Full members, 6 Associate members, 229 Student Affiliate members. The EC unanimously approved membership to all applicants. As of August 11, 1995, Division 40 membership totalled 4,036 (not including students); with new members approved, total Division membership is now at 4,137.
7. Elections: Dr. Dodrill reported that a Call for Nominations for President and a Member-At-Large to the EC was placed in the Division 40 Newsletter, with a February 10, 1996 Deadline. Many members evidently did not receive their copies of the Newsletter in enough time to submit nominees. The Elections Committee (Dodrill, Fennell, Adams) has therefore extended the deadline for submitting nominees to March 1, 19%. Ballots for these positions will be mailed from the APA Central Office in mid-May, with results available in August.
8. Fellows: Dr. Adams made the Fellows report in Dr. Berent's absence. The committee actively recruited members to consider applying for Fellow status, and the Newsletter also featured an article about the requirements for APA Fellows written by Dr. Berent. Seven completed applications were reviewed, and sent on to APA for consideration.
9. Program: Drs. Trenerry and Yeates reported on the Division 40 Program to be held during the 104th Annual APA Convention in Toronto. A total of 163 submissions were received, of which the 16 member Program Committee accepted 121(74% acceptance rate). There will be 42 hours of programming, from Friday to Monday of the convention. The Student Award this year will go to Nancy Loss, for her paper, Attention in Children with Myelomeningocele”. Invited speakers will be : Dr. Adele Diamond, Dr. Donald Stuss, and Dr. Stephen Kosslyn. Honoraria for Invited Speakers has been increased to $500.00, and they will each also receive a per diem to offset expenses. Division 40 was not selected to participate in Science Weekend.
Ad- Hoc Committees
10. Ethics: Dr. Becker invites Division 40 members to bring issues to this committee for review. The committee continues to review the ethics of including raw data with reports, 3rd party observers during neuropsychological evaluations, and the questionable practice of some members offering services highly critical of neuropsychological procedures to lawyers and insurance companies. Dr. Becker further reminds members of the new Ethics Comer column in The Clinical Neuropsychologist.
11. Science Advisory: Dr. Marcotte reported that the Science Advisory Committee held its first meeting on August 11, 1995, and will meet again on 2/15/96 during INS. The committee outlined four broad areas to be addressed: improve the image of Division 40 as a science division within APA, increase knowledge about science efforts within Division 40 to other APA Divisions and outside organizations; facilitate communication among neuropsychologists and other scientists about research in neuropsychology; and, promote student research in the neurosciences and neuropsychology. Specific plans were developed for each targeted goal. In November, 1995, Dr. Marcotte wrote a letter to Dr. Howell, head of the
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APA Science Directorate informing him of the formation of the Science Advisory Committee, and its goals and plans; she has received no response. The EC discussed the next course of action the Science Advisory Committee should take with APA.
12. Education Advisory : Dr. Crosson reported that this new committee will hold its first meeting on 2/14/96. Dr. Crosson has been in touch with Training Directors, and raised the question of what relationship thi s committee should have with other neuropsychology groups interested in training issues.
13. Practice Advisory/Professional Affairs : Dr. Eubanks attended the state leadership meetings, and reports he has developed a good working relationship with the APA Practice Directorate. Thecommittee will hold its first formal meeting on 2/15/96 to review its mission as outlined in the Planning Committee report He further reported that a brochure developed by the former Professional Affairs Committee pertaining to the practice of clinical neuropsychology has, after two years of review, received approval from the Legal Affairs Office of APA.
14. Public Interest Advisory: Dr. Rourke reported for Dr. White. The Public Affairs Committee has also been developing a brochure about the practice of clinical neuropsychology, evidently unaware of past efforts. It was suggested that the committee meet with Dr. Eubanks and review the similarity of the materials.
15. Task Force on Training, Education, and Credentialing: Dr. Crosson reported that he had been approached about publishing the Report of Task Force. A discussion ensued as a final document was not accepted by the EC, rather, the report prepared by the Task Force and reviewed at the EC meeting in August, 1995 was accepted as a working document, and as such does not represent policy. The Task Force was disbanded after the August, 1995 EC meeting. Continuing meetings directed at resolving differences between Division 40 and other neuropsychological organizations about the wording of this document (specifically, the definition of a clinical neuropsychologist) have taken place, most recently in November, 1995 at the NAN meetings. The Division 40 subcommittee continuing these efforts include: Dr. Adams, Matthews, and Dodrill.
16. Program Listings: Dr. Cripe reported that the most recent update of the training list was published in 1995 (The Neuropsychologist,9, pp. 327-398). Dr. Marcotte 's name and address are listed in the APPIC book for students wishing to obtain a copy of the listing. Dr. Cripe plans to update the list every two years, and the listing is also available for review on the Internet. He encouraged members to send him ideas for improving the listings.
17. CPT Codes: Dr. Puente distributed a handout of a brief article that will appear in the Division 40 Newsletter and the NAN Newsletter outlining CPT code changes effective January, 1996. He has also prepared a listing of ICD-9 codes that correspond to neuropsychological procedures. Dr. Puente also reported that the data generated from the survey undertaken last year by APA regarding test utilization is being analyzed. Newsletter 40
18. Minority Affairs: No report
19. International Liason: Dr. Heilbronner reported that he has continued to correspond and communicate with foreign international colleagues interested in the practice of clinical neuropsychology. He also attended the Autumn CIRP meeting in Washington DC. The CIRP will be working in conjunction with TOPS S (Teaching of Psychology in secondar y Schools) to develop a unit on international psychology. Dr. Heilbronner also worked with the Division 40 Program Chairs, Dr. Trenerry and Yeates. and developed a one hour symposium devoted to international issues in neuropsychology which will be presented in Toronto.
20. Specialty Recognition: Dr. Adams reported for Dr. Meier. We await word from APA on the petitions made to recognize Clinical Neuropsychology as a Specialty.
21. Awards Committee: Dr. Baron reported that this year 's recipient of the Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt Early Career Award is Dr. John Gabrielli of Stanford University. Ihe Benton Award Committee will be meeting on 2/15/96 to select this year 's recipient.
22. Hecaen Award: Dr. Hamsher reported that the applicants for the Hecaen Award will be reviewed this spring.
New Business
23. Chapter on the History of Division 40: Drs. Puente And Marcott e are currently working on a chapter outlining the history of Division 40 .It will be included in an APA-published book on the history of APA Divisions. Past and current Division 40 officers have received a questionnaire asking them to highlight what each perceives to have been past critical events in th e Division, as well as what significant issues face neuropsychology at present and in the future.
24. Dr. Adams also announced that the advertisement in a recent APA publication stating that as members of Division 40, members receive Neuropsychology Abstracts is incorrect. He has written a letter to Ms. Suzanne Knapp of the Publications and Communications Dept. of APA to inform her of this mistake.
25. The Division 40 By Laws have not been reviewed nor updated since 1981, and require attention particularly in light of th e changes in Division Committee structure stemming from the Planning Committee report Dr. Adams will work towards developing a subcommittee to address this concern.
26. Finally, Dr. Adams discussed the need for neuropsychologists to be more active in marketing ” neuropsychology at the local and national level, and to increase public awareness about the vital contributions of neuropsychology. He will be exploring different avenues the Division may take in this domain.
27. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:00
pm. Respectfully Submitted,
Ann C. Marcotte, Ph.D.
Secretary, Division 40
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Announcements
Continued from page 11
to neuropsychology in research, scholarship, and/or clinical work. A
letter of nomination and three additional supporting letters (atleast two
from nationally known neuropsychologists familiar with the candidate's
work and its impact on the field) should be included along with 5 copies
of each of the following:
1) A CV; 2) Three supporting documents, e.g. major publications, research
grants, assessment, clinical or teaching techniques, treatment protocols)
providing evidence of national/international recognition; and 3) the candidate's
500-word statement describing professional accomplishments, personal long-term
goals, and future challenges and directions in the field of neuropsychology
that they wish to address. The wardee receives a certificate and $1000,
and is invited to give an address at the 1997 APA meeting. The deadline
is January 3, 1997. Send nominations to Ida Sue Baron, PhD, ABPP, Chair,
Division 40 Levitt Award Committeee, 10116 Weatherwood Court, Potomac MD
20854.
Newsletter 40 is the official publication of Division 40. The Editor is John DeLuca; the Associate Editor is Joel E. Morgan. Submissions and correspondence regarding the newsletter should be addressed to the editor, Dr. John DeLuca, Neuropsychology and Neuroscience Laboratory, Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, 1199 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange, NJ 07052
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