Applying the Results of Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessments

Dawn Burau, LMHC, ATR and SpEd, is core faculty at Lesley University in the Graduate School of Expressive Therapy. She has given multiple lectures at local and national conferences on topics related to special education, curriculum modification, use of arts in the school setting and interpreting and applying neuropsychological assessments in the classroom and in the development of treatment plans. She worked as a teacher and therapist and The Community Therapeutic Day School for 13 years with children diagnosed with both learning disabilities and social/emotional disabilities. Daniel Reinstein, PhD is the Clinical Director and Director of Research at The Community Therapeutic Day School, where he has worked for the last thirty six years. He also holds a faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School where he teaches neuropsychology. He has been conducting neuropsychological evaluations over the last fifteen years.

1. Introduction 2. Activities and Strategies 3. Cognitive Interventions 4. Executive Functions 5. Memory 6. Visual Motor Skills 7. Academic Interventions 8. Emotional Functions 9. Development of IEPs 10. Working with the Family