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FREE online introductory workshop (1 CPD point) and OPTIONAL full-day online workshop (4 CPD points)

Do you do assessments for:

-Medico-legal purposes?

-Insurance claims?

-Criminal matters?

-Assessment accommodations?

Do you wonder if your examinees are trying their best or not, or even deliberately trying to do worse than their true ability?

Can you defend your findings if someone suggests that your examinee was deliberately trying to do badly on the tests for secondary gain purposes? 

If your answer was "yes" to any of these questions, then these workshops are for you

Learning outcomes of FREE ONE-HOUR online workshop:

• Learn about the differences/similarities between Malingering, Factitious Disorder, Conversion Disorder/Functional neurological Disorder (FND) and performance invalidity
• Find out how common malingering is
• Find out how likely psychologists are to detect malingering or insufficient effort without performance validity tests
• Learn what performance validity tests are and how they work
• Discover in what contexts performance validity should be tested
• Find out how demographic factors such as age, language and education (level and quality) affect scores of performance validity tests
• Learn about the basic statistics involved in performance validity tests: cut-off scores, sensitivity and specificity

Learning outcomes of OPTIONAL FULL-DAY online workshop 

Learn how to detect invalid performance and symptoms in patients referred for: 

• Brain injury assessments for personal injury and/or medical negligence claims;
• Disability assessments;
• ADHD assessments (with the aim of receiving stimulant medication);
• Criminal liability assessments;
• Competence to stand trial;
• Pain and fatigue-related medical disorders and
• Psychiatric assessments.

Find out:

• How common misperceptions of brain functioning can alert psychologists to feigned cognitive impairment;

• What behavioural signs should raise suspicion of invalid performance;
• If/how/from what age children can successfully feign cognitive impairment (and why);
• How language, level and quality of education affects performance validity tests; and
• Acceptable and unacceptable criteria for the conclusion of invalid performance and/or symptom exaggeration.

Receive tips on:

• Addressing suspected performance and symptom invalidity in reports;

• Giving feedback about suspected malingering/insufficient effort to patients and
• The importance of treating patients with respect despite suspected invalid performance.

Presenter:
Dr Sharon Truter (Neuropsychologist and Counselling Psychologist; co-author of the new book, "Cross-Cultural Cognitive Test Norms: An Advanced  Collation from Africa")

DATES, TIMES AND COSTS:
Free online workshop:
Date: Wednesday 18 October 2023
Time: 15:00 - 16:00 (South African Standard Time)
Cost: Free

Full-day online workshop:
Date: Wednesday 1 November 2023
Time: 09:00 - 17:00 (South African Standard Time)
Cost:
- Member of Neuropsychology SA: R1265-00 (incl. VAT)
- Non-Member: R1380-00-00 (incl. VAT)

REGISTRATION:

Click HERE to become a member of Neuropsychology SA (at R134-55 per month)

Click HERE to register for free and/or full-day workshop(s)

More Information:
Contact Tanya: info@neuropsychologysa.co.za

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