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Schedule:
Morning Session: 9:00AM - 12:00PM PST (3 CEs)
Grand Rounds: 1:00-4:00PM PST (3 CEs)
6 CEs Available
Morning Session:
9:00AM - 12:00PM PST (3 CEs)
Beyond the Clipboard: Digital D-KEFS Advanced in Pediatric Neuropsychological Assessment
Speaker: Dr. Dean Delis, Ph.D, ABPP-CN
3 CEs Available
Level of Activity: Intermediate
Abstract:
Most revisions of established tests--such as the Wechsler scales--offer both a print version and a digital-assist format (e.g., via Q-interactive). For the D-KEFS, we chose a different path: the D-KEFS Advanced is entirely digital, administered and scored exclusively on iPads. Without the need to produce equivalent print versions, we had the freedom to fully leverage the processing power of digital devices to create more complex, dynamic measures of multitasking and other executive functions and to automatically capture and score a wealth of new process scores for each test. This undertaking, however, proved far more complex than anticipated, with significant mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. In this workshop, I will describe these obstacles, our attempts to overcome them, and the solutions we ultimately developed. I will also demonstrate the new tests, explain the rationale for the numerous new process scores that could only be captured on digital devices, and present evidence of their clinical severity (effect sizes) in three child clinical groups, including ADHD, ASD, and Specific Learning Disorder-Math Impairment. I will also explain how the new D-KEFS Advanced does not replace the original D-KEFS but compliments it, with both batteries available for use and serving different purposes. By sharing out setbacks and mistakes made in developing the D-KEFS Advanced, I hope to provide insights that will assist future test developers and help the field of neuropsychology keep pace with other disciplines, such as neuroradiology, in embracing the digital revolution.
Objectives:
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Identify mistakes made and lessons learned when developing fully digital tests to ensure test integrity.
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Analyze the process of designing digital tests while measuring and applying past principles of brain-behavior relationships.
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Compile process scores to better understand executive function deficits.
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Explain the clinical sensitivity of the new D-KEFS Advanced tests in various child clinical groups and apply them to real-life situations.
About Dr. Delis:
Dean C. Delis, PhD, ABPP-CN, is a Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he has been a professor since 1985. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and board certified in clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. For over 25 years, he served as co-director of training in neuropsychology in the joint doctoral program in clinical psychology at UCSD and San Diego State University, and director of the Psychological Assessment Unit at the San Diego Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He has published over 200 research articles, book chapters, and books on cognitive sequelae of various neurological and psychiatric disorders in children and adults, and he has served on the editorial boards of several journals in neuropsychology. Dr. Delis is also the lead author of several neuropsychological tests that are used nationally, including the California Verbal Learning Test - 3 (CVLT-3); CVLT - Children's Version; Delis Rating of Executive Functions – Children and Adult versions (D-REF); Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS); and the new D-KEFS – Advanced.
Afternoon Session:
1:00PM - 4:00PM PST (3 CEs)
Grand Rounds Case Presentations:
We are spotlighting cases that demonstrate the impact of chronic illness and disease on cognitive, social, and emotional functioning on children and adolescents. We seek to deepen our understanding of the complex relationships between chronic health conditions affecting the central nervous system, such as leukemia, brain tumors, epilepsy, spina bifida, hydrocephalus, neurofibromatosis, meningitis and encephalitis, genetic and metabolic disorders, and their impact on neurodevelopment, cognitive performance, and social-emotional functioning.
You must attend the live, interactive workshop in order to receive CE credits. If you cannot attend during the scheduled time but would like to receive CE credits, you would need to wait until the workshop is uploaded through the Home Study program. This is a separate product from your registration fee.
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