9th Annual Postgraduate Seminar: June 23-25, 2005
Westward Look Resort, Tucson, Arizona

The Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery
and clinical issues relating to
Emotion, Autism, & Symptom Validity

Learning Objectives

Participants in this seminar can expect to learn:

• The value of standardized neuropsychological testing using the Halstead-Reitan methodology.
• The interaction of emotional and neuropsychological problems in persons with acquired brain damage.
• The effects of changes in emotional functioning upon performance on the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery.
• About the Halstead-Russell Neuropsychological Evaluation System - Revised in clinical practice and its relationship to the scientific method utilized in the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery.
• About educating the courts that the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery represents "hard science."
• The results of research using the Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery to study autism.
• A conceptual approach to evaluating neuropsychological test results and symptom validity test results.

Thursday, June 23, 2005

8:30AMExecutive Council / Business Meeting
(Open to all active members)

12:00PMLunch (provided)

1:00PMEarly Registration
Committee Meetings

3:30PMReconvene Business Meeting
Committee Reports
(Adjournment)

4:00PMPoster Session
Chairperson Jose Vega, Ph.D.

6:00PMReception

Friday, June 24, 2005

8:00AMRegistration and Coffee

8:45AMPresident's Welcome
- James E. Sweeney, Ph.D.

9:00AMThe interaction of emotional and neuropsychological problems
in persons with acquired brain damage.
- Ralph M. Reitan, Ph.D.
- Deborah Wolfson, Ph.D.

12:00PMLunch (provided)

1:15PMEmotional factors and performance on the HRB.
- Carl Dodrill, Ph.D.

3:00PMThe HRNES-R and Scientific Practice
- Ebert W. Russell, Ph.D.

4:30PMAdjourn

6:00PMDinner (provided)

8:00PMKeynote Address: Educating the Courts: HRB Results Represent
Hard Science.
- Joe Reed, J.D., Ph.D.

The cost of the banquet is included in your registration fees. Your guests are welcome to attend for an additional $65 fee.

Saturday, June 25, 2005

8:30AMCoffee and Check-in

9:00AMThe Neuropsychology of Autism
- Gerald Goldstein, Ph.D.

12:00PMLunch (provided)

1:15PMClarifying the Meaning of Symptom Validity Data
- David Ranks, Ph.D.

4:30PMPresident's Closing Remarks
- James E. Sweeney, Ph.D.

Continuing Education

The Reitan Society is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education to psychologists. The Reitan Society maintains full responsibility for the program. Twelve hours of continuing education will be given. No partial credit will be awarded.

Conference Accommodations

The Westward Look Resort
245 East Inn Road, Tucson, Arizona

The Westward Look Resort has extended a group rate of $79 per night, single or double occupancy plus 7.5% tax and $12 daily resort fee.

Reservations: (800) 722-2500    Email: reservations@westwardlook.com
Please identify yourself as a member of the Reitan Society.

Special Accommodations: If you need special accommodations in order to fully participate in this program, please return a written description of your needs with your workshop registration.

Cancellation Policy: For written cancellation two weeks prior to the event, you will receive a full refund, minus a $25 processing fee. For cancellations less than two weeks prior, no refund, but your fee may be applied to a future workshop.

Registration

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For more information call (800) 830-7715, or write: The Reitan Society, 112 Abbey Road, Danville, PA 17821

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