OPA's full conference listing is out and there is two school psych sessions for us this time around.
Jack Naglieri, PhD. (The nonverbal testing great) and Marie-Josee Gendron, PhD (Director of Research for PsychCorp Canada) will be presenting the session: "The Last Word in Non-Verbal Assessment of Ability: Introducing the Wechsler Nonverbal Scales of Ability"
I highly recommend this session. Not only is it a rare chance to hear from Jack Naglieri himself but the Wechsler Nonverbal is a great advancement in nonverbal measure of general ability (unlike many measures that tap nonverbal ability alone) and is really worth your time if you work with ESL, language disordered, or hearing impaired/deaf populations.
Peter Szatmari, MD of McMaster University is presenting on "Asperger's and Autism Spectrum Disorders: From Diagnosis to Intervention with School Age Children and Young Adults." I have not had an opportunity to meet or see a session by Dr. Szatmari in the past but I have heard very positive things about his workshops from several others in the field. I will certainly be checking out this session as well.
On the weekend following the OPA conference there is also a session I mentioned before on childhood bipolar disorder that you all may be interested in as well.
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Clinical Presentation Assessment Strategies and Treatment Planning with Dr. Eric Youngstrom on the week of February 19th.
Further information can be found in the previous entries.
More information on the February OPA workshops can be found by CLICKING HERE.
I will likely be on hand at the first two sessions (and possibly the third). If you attend please stop by the PsychCorp exhibit and say hello to me!
