Fielding Graduate University PhD in Clinical Psychology Fielding Graduate University

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Students in the concentration are required to pass a Neuropsychology Case Presentation

The clinical neuropsychology concentration introduces students to the theory and applications involved in working with people who have neuropsychological disabilities. The concentration is intended to expose students to the nature of neuropsychological evaluation, but also approaches to neurorehabilitation and psychotherapy for people with neuropsychological conditions. Every clinical psychologist will have some form of relationship with clinical neuropsychology. That relationship with neuropsychology may involve knowing how to identify a patient who stands to benefit from a neuropsychological evaluation and therefore should be referred, or that relationship with neuropsychology may involve a choice to specialize in this area of clinical care. The clinical neuropsychology concentration is designed to serve students anywhere along this continuum of interest. Completion of the concentration does not constitute specialization in clinical neuropsychology. Students are in the Ph.D. program to become well-prepared clinical psychologists, which is an essential foundation for involvement with clinical neuropsychology at any level of engagement. Pursuit of specialization in clinical neuropsychology, if that is what a student wants, should occur at the internship level and, particularly, postdoctoral residency level of training, as specified by the Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology (Hannay et al, 1998). This pre-doctoral concentration will expose students to: 1) the content and focus of clinical neuropsychology as an area of practice; 2) neuropsychological tools used for the evaluation of neurocognitive functioning; and 3) neuropsychological disability as a focus of clinical, social, and political concern. An understanding of brain function and neuroanatomy is crucial, of course, but so is an understanding of the psychological experiences of people with disabilities, and the social and political forces that impact the lives of people with injured or atypical brains. The concentration, therefore, has an ecological focus that recognizes neuropsychologists must understand brain-behavior relationships, the administration and interpretation of neuropsychological tests, as well as the psychotherapeutic implications and socio-political aspects of neuropsychological disability.

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