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Report of APA Division 40 Planning Committee Meeting (1994).
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Division 40 Planning Committee Report
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DIVISION 49 PUBLIC INTEREST
GOALS AND STRATEGIES
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Goal 4
Strive to improve the application of clinical neuropsychological
procedures to culturally and socio-economically diverse populations
Goal 4 Specific Strategies
* Encourage the development and validation
of procedures and norms for use with culturally and socio-
economically diverse populations
* Promote validity and reliability research
examining the application of neuropsychological procedures
to culturally and socio-economically diverse
populations
Goal 5
Increase cost-effectiveness of clinical neuropsychological procedures
without compromising the quality
of services
Goal 5 Specific Strategies
* Establish guidelines for program evaluation
of clinical neuropsychological services
* Provide guidelines for increasing
the efficiency of our services
* Promote program evaluation research
relevant to clinical neuropsychology, including research
examining the validity and reliability of
neuropsychological procedures
* Encourage relevant program evaluation
research by inclusion and emphasis on this area of research in
the APA Convention program
* Encourage the development of innovations
in test construction utilizing techniques derived from
cognitive neuroscience and cognitive neuropsychology
Goal 6
Increase the relevance of neuropsychological findings to everyday problems
Goal 6 Specific Strategies
* Promote research examining the ecological
validity and application of neuropsychological findings to
problems of every day living, utilizing vocational,
educational, legal and daily living skills
performance criteria
* Establish a public information and
education committee to serve as a resource for the press and public
regarding the relevance of neuropsychological
knowledge and practice to the general public
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