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Gender differences in the associations of psychosocial trauma and acute medical stressors with immune system activation and dementia risk

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the complex relationships among gender, stressors associated with immune system activation, and cognitive dysfunction/decline.

2. Discuss the need for more investigation into these relationships.

Logue, E., Hilsabeck, R. C., & Melamed, E. (2024). Gender differences in the associations of psychosocial trauma and acute medical stressors with immune system activation and dementia risk. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2024.2335115

Interpreter-mediated neuropsychological assessment: Clinical considerations and recommendations from the European Consortium on Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology (ECCroN)

Learning Objectives:

1. Analyze clinical, ethical, and diagnostic dilemmas when conducting interpreter-mediated neuropsychological assessments.

2. Prepare and administer an interpreter-mediated neuropsychological assessment informed by good practice and working principles.

Nielsen, T. R., Franzen, S., Watermeyer, T., Jiang, J., Calia, C., Kjærgaard, D., … Mukadam, N. (2024). Interpreter-mediated neuropsychological assessment: Clinical considerations and recommendations from the European Consortium on Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology (ECCroN). The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1080/13854046.2024.2335113

Environmental predictors of children’s executive functioning development

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe different developmental trajectories of executive functioning (EF) skills from early childhood to early adolescence identified in this study.

2. Describe associations between different risk and protective factors and different EF trajectories from early childhood to early adolescence.

Lynch, J. D., Xu, Y., Yolton, K., Khoury, J. C., Chen, A., Lanphear, B. P., … Epstein, J. N. (2024). Environmental predictors of children’s executive functioning development. Child Neuropsychology, 30(4), 615–635. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2023.2247603

The Multifaceted Role of Neuropsychology in Pediatric Solid Organ Transplant: Preliminary Guidelines and Strategies for Clinical Practice

Learning Objectives:

1. To describe how solid organ failure and associated transplantation can impact early development and neuropsychological functioning in children and adolescents.

2. To provide preliminary guidelines for clinical practice to pediatric neuropsychologists who work with children and adolescents with solid organ transplantation histories.

Turner, E. M., Cassidy, A. R., Rea, K. E., Smith-Paine, J. M., & Wolfe, K. R. (2024). The multifaceted role of neuropsychology in pediatric solid organ transplant: preliminary guidelines and strategies for clinical practice. Child Neuropsychology, 30(3), 503–537. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2023.2221759

Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome in Pediatric Patients with Long COVID: Associations with Mood, Anxiety, and Functional Impairment

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the relationship between symptoms of cognitive disengagement syndrome, inattention, anxiety and depression, and functional impairment in pediatric patients with long COVID.

2. Describe the relationship between COVID-19 infection factors with functional impairment.

Luedke, J. C., Vargas, G., Jashar, D. T., Morrow, A., Malone, L. A., & Ng, R. (2024). Cognitive disengagement syndrome in pediatric patients with long COVID: associations with mood, anxiety, and functional impairment. Child Neuropsychology, 30(4), 652–672. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2023.2252967

Beyond the Rubicon: a Continuum Approach to Investigating the Impact of ADHD Like Characteristics on Everyday Executive Function in Children with Tourette Syndrome

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the impact of ADHD-like-traits and Tourette Syndrome (TS) on childhood Executive Function (EF) skills.

2. Explain why the results identifying the negative impact of ADHD-like traits upon EF in children with TS, not just limited to children with a formal ADHD diagnosis, is so important.

Hamilton, C. J., & Harrison, K. (2024). Beyond the rubicon: a continuum approach to investigating the impact of ADHD like characteristics on everyday executive function in children with Tourette Syndrome. Child Neuropsychology, 30(3), 381–401. https://doi.org/10.1080/09297049.2023.2202903

Attorney demands for protected psychological test information: Is access necessary for cross examination or does it lead to misinformation? An Interorganizational Position Paper

Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to articulate reasons why attorneys should not be provided with protected test information.

2. Be able to list reasons why protective orders are not adequately protective of neuropsychological tests.

Kyle Brauer Boone, Paul M. Kaufmann, Jerry J. Sweet, David Leatherberry, Robert A. Beattey Jr, Delia Silva, Tara L. Victor, Rodney P. Boone, Jack Spector, Nancy Hebben, Robin A. Hanks & Joette James (2024) Attorney demands for protected psychological test information: Is access necessary for cross examination or does it lead to misinformation? An interorganizational* position paper, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2024.2323222

Neurocognition in Children with Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome: Accurate but Slow

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the unique contribution of cognitive disengagement syndrome (CDS) symptoms to neurocognitive performance in youth representing the full continuum of CDS symptomatology.

2. Describe the unique contribution of ADHD Inattentive symptoms to neurocognitive performance in youth representing the full continuum of CDS symptomatology.

Leanne Tamm, Jeffery N. Epstein, Sarah A. Orban, Michael J. Kofler, James L. Peugh & Stephen P. Becker (2024): Neurocognition in children with cognitive disengagement syndrome: accurate but slow, Child Neuropsychology, 30:2, 221-240, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2185215

Neural and Behavioral Indicators of Cognitive Control in Preschoolers with and without Prenatal Opioid Exposure

Learning Objectives:

1. Define cognitive control and the ways it may be altered in children with prenatal opioid exposure.

2. Explain how cognitive control may be important for future research and intervention efforts for children exposed to opioids prenatally.

Emilia F. Cárdenas, Kaylin E. Hill, Elizabeth Estes, Sanjana Ravi, Andrew E. Molnar Jr, Kathryn L. Humphreys & Autumn Kujawa (2024): Neural and behavioral indicators of cognitive control in preschoolers with and without prenatal opioid exposure, Child Neuropsychology, 30:2, 329-347, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2196397

Executive function measured by BRIEF in adolescents diagnosed and treated for ADHD: problem profiles and agreement between informants

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how behavioural executive function might vary between different observers and situations.

2. Discuss possible reasons for the discrepancies between different raters of behavioural executive function.

Ann Christin Andersen, Anne Mari Sund, Per Hove Thomsen, Stian Lydersen, Anne-Lise Juul Haugan & Torunn Stene Nøvik (2023): Executive function measured by BRIEF in adolescents diagnosed and treated for ADHD: problem profiles and agreement between informants, Child Neuropsychology, DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2023.2174506