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Adaptive Functioning

This course is based on an interview with Dr. Celine Saulnier on the topic of adaptive functioning. Adaptive functioning is a crucial component of most assessments, yet it can also fade into the background if you are not being deliberate in synthesizing all of the data. This interview covers the history of adaptive functioning to current standards of care for assessing adaptive functioning. Topics include:

  • Why high adaptive scores can be alarming
  • When to conduct an interview vs. administer the questionnaire version
  • How to reconcile discrepancies between IQ and adaptive functioning

Interview conducted: December 2021

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Interview with Dr. Celine Saulnier

CE Content Category: Testing/Assessment; Clinical

Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses, case managers.

This CE course is designated as intermediate.

Conflict of interest or commercial support disclaimer: Dr. Saulnier is an author on the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales, Third Edition.

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

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Parent Perspectives on the Assessment Process

This course is a two-part interview series between Dr. Caroline Buzanko and Dr. Jeremy Sharp on the parent experience of the assessment process.

In part one, they discuss:

  • The importance of the parent experience and how parents have historically been overlooked during their child’s assessment
  • The “hero’s journey” as a metaphor for parents going through the assessment process
  • The disconnect between the work psychologists (and other mental health specialists) think they are doing and the way parents actually perceive it.

In part two, they continue the conversation by talking about:

  • How to empower parents
  • Several concrete changes you can make to your testing approach that will reduce anxiety and confusion and make the testing process easier for everyone.

Here are a few other topics to look out for across the two episodes:

  • Paradigms of assessment
  • How to gather parent expectations about the assessment process
  • Mistakes clinicians make during the assessment process
  • How to support parents after the evaluation
  • Should testing be done BEFORE the intake?
  • The importance of a second feedback meeting
  • Why your relationship with parents is instrumental in kids’ success
  • Defining values for your practice and bringing those to life with the evaluation process

Target audience:  Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, nurses

Content Category: Testing/Assessment/General

This course does not offer ASWB ACE CE credit to social workers.

This CE program is designated as beginner.

This interview was published in October of 2021

There are no conflicts of interest to report.

Format: Asynchronous, distance learning. Non-interactive. Recorded audio with transcript.

Want to hear the interview - Part 1? Listen for free using the audio player below.
Interview with Caroline Buzanko, PhD - Part 1

Want to hear the interview - Part 2? Listen for free using the audio player below.
Interview with Caroline Buzanko, PhD

 

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