PF 758 - Applied Forensic Neuropsychology

This course focuses on the commonly used forensic instruments used to detect response bias in forensic neuropsychology cases. Students will learn the administration, scoring, and interpretation of common neuropsychological tests and specialized forensic assessments (e.g., Validity Indicator Profile, etc) as well as how to integrate the results into clinical forensic interviews,observations and reports for the purpose of evaluating causality as it relates to allegations and findings of neurocognitive impairment and making recommendations to psycholegal parties. With the goal of understanding a patient's brain dysfunction, the course emphasizes the integration of test results with data from clinical interviews, history, and imaging. The students will learn how to use neuroimaging and objective, behavioral, test data based on normative databases. Students will learn how to write integrated reports and offer therapeutic recommendations. (2 credits)

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