The Wright Institute and the Alameda County Psychological Association
Present
Continuing Education for
Psychologists, M.F.T.'s, L.C.S.W.'s, and Nurses
2011-2012
Contact: Wright Institute Continuing Education
510-841-9230, x172
ceprograms@wi.edu
CE Website: http://www.wi.edu/continuing-education
Judging Amy: An Interactive Workshop on Evaluating Decision-Making Fitness in the Cognitively Impaired Older Adult
Saturday, May 12, 2012, 9:00am-4:00pm
Instructor: George Kraus, PhD, ABPP
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley, Geneva Hall Room G208, 2407 Dana Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
To Register: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=ckqcd
Fees:
Free for WI Faculty/ Staff/Volunteer Supervisors
$90 ACPA Members
$60 Students
$150 General
Credits: An application for 6 continuing education units has been submitted to MCEP for course approval
One of the most stressful events of family life is confronting the question of a parent's or sibling's or spouse's ability to make sound decisions. This is a developmental milestone in any family, and by accepting a referral to assess decision-making abilities, you can provide essential answers to the person being assessed as well as to those who are close to them.
This interactive workshop has been designed to assist psychologists who are doing "competency evaluations" and those who wish to expand their practice by doing them. Regardless of your specialty - whether it's geropsychology, neuropsychology, forensic psychology, or if you are a general practice clinician who wishes to learn more about this valuable and rapidly growing area of practice - Judging Amy can provide you with added tools to ply your trade in a more competent and enlightened way.
Conducting capacity evaluations assists the court in its task and almost always calms the family by filling the abyss of uncertainty with valuable information. Surprisingly, very little is generally known in the legal, medical, psychiatric, and psychological communities about assessing, evaluating, and making judgments regarding the capacities of cognitively impaired older adults. This workshop is designed to provide benchmark guidelines and protocols in assessing the cognitive, emotional, and functional capacities of this growing segment of our population.
In this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify a variety of conditions leading to decisional incapacity.
- Create a plan using standardized approaches to determining decision-making abilities.
- Describe a set of test instruments commonly used in assessing cognitive, emotional, and functional impairments in the older adult.
- List a set of suggestions useful in translating their assessment findings into a form that the judicial system needs and appreciates.