Free Seminar for Parents of Struggling Students on the Use of Evaluations to Improve Student Performance

Is your child struggling in school?  This seminar is for you and your child. 

Using evaluations to help the struggling learner perform better in school. 

CLINICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL, & SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS

presented by Michael Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP

When:  May 21, 2014   7:00 PM
Where:  Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1284 Strongtown Road, Southbury, CT

Part of the Free Speaker Seminar Series Presented by the nonprofit organization IEPS, Inform & Empower Parents & Students for Success, Inc.

RSVP to: info@informforsuccess.org or 866-995-7262

CLINICAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGICAL, NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL, & SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS

This presentation will focus on techniques of psychological and neuropsychological assessment to promote awareness of the children who may benefit from psychological and neuropsychological examinations.  In addition, this presentation will focus on the role of assessments to diagnose children with disabilities and to direct therapeutic and special education programming for students with ADHD, Learning Disabilities, Language & Auditory Processing Disorders, Medical Disorders of the Central Nervous System (Cancer, Seizure Disorders, TBI) and children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders.   This presentation will discuss the role of mental health assessment as part of a psychological and neuropsychological evaluation and structural distinctions between school psychologist evaluations and licensed psychologist evaluations. 

About the speaker: 
Michael Cohen, Ph.D., ABPP, Director, Neuropsychological & Diagnostic Services, is a Board Certified Rehabilitation Psychologist and clinically trained neuropsychologist.  The pediatric portion of his practice is dedicated to
children with complex learning, developmental and medical disorders.  Dr. Cohen also sees adult patients with neurological disease.  Dr. Cohen received graduate training at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley and he completed an advanced UAP/LEND postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics in pediatric psychology and clinical neuropsychology.   www.michaelcohenphd.com

RSVP to: info@informforsuccess.org or 866-995-7262