23rd Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropschology Conference 2016

The 23rd Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropschology Conference 2016 is dedicated to recovery and resilience in children with developmental and acquired brain disorders.

Topics

• Current interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders and describe evidence for their efficacy
• Neural plasticity, cognitive reserve, and resilience and the utility of these concepts in explaining positive outcomes of neurodevelopmental and acquired brain disorders
• Technical advances in neuroimaging and how these can be applied to further understanding of the basis of neural plasticity and cognitive reserve
• How knowledge of recovery of function and environmental influences on outcomes may lead to more effective interventions
• Ways to enhance the ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment and factors that may explain functional recovery in children with residual cognitive impairments

Who should Attend

• Clinical psychologists
• Neuropsychologists
• Speech therapists
• School psychologists
• Educators
• Learning specialists
• Neurologists
• Psychiatrists