Understanding the Biological Basis of Behavior

lt;p>Rik Carl D'Amato, PhD is a professor of school psychology and neuropsychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He was selected as the Chicago School's Distinguished International Researcher and Scholar for 2015-2016. He also serves as editor-in-chief of the International Journal of School and Educational Psychology. Before joining the Chicago faculty, he served as director of the center for teaching and learning enhancement and head of the department of psychology in the faculty of social sciences and humanities at the University of Macau. Previously, he served for 19 years as a professor, director of the neuropsychology laboratory, and assistant dean of the college of education and behavioral sciences at the University of Northern Colorado.  Dr. D'Amato's key research areas include neuropsychological assessment for interventions, cross-cultural psychology, collaborative teaching and learning, personality assessment, serving children in schools, consulting, work with families, teaching, and serving patients with traumatic brain injury.

Eleazar Cruz Eusebio, PsyD is an associate professor in the school psychology department at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He serves as associate editor for the Journal of Psychology and Cognition and an advisory board member for the Brain Technology and Neuroscience Research Centre in Sri Lanka. Before joining the faculty at the Chicago School, he completed his doctoral internship at a children's mental health hospital outside of Philadelphia and obtained his doctorate from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Prior to his career as a school psychologist, he worked as a behavioral teacher, applied behavioral analysis therapist, learning disability and special needs instructor, and extended day director in the public schools in and around Charleston, South Carolina. 

Introduction and Foundations of Clinical Practice.- Understanding the past, present, and future of clinical neuropsychology for professional practice.- Understanding the development of the central nervous system and its relationship to clinical practice.- The importance of understanding functional neuroanatomy.- Understanding neurodevelopment in children and adults.- Neuroimaging and neurodiagnostic procedures.- Assessment for Intervention in Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology.- Using a standardized model to guide assessment for interventions.- Integrated assessments for intervention in clinical neuropsychology.- Qualitative assessment in clinical neuropsychology.- Using Research to Guide our Neuropsychologically Based Clinical Practice.- Designing single subject-based interventions for clinical neuropsychology practice.- Designing Qualitative Research-Based Interventions for clinical neuropsychology practice.- Designing quantitative research-based interventions for clinical neuropsychology practice.- Interventions Driven by Brain-Based Understanding.- Understanding and using psychopharmacology in clinical practice.- Neurospsychologically driven evidence-based interventions in clinical neuropsychology.- Neuropsychologically driven evidence-based interventions in counseling psychology.- Neuropsychologically driven evidence-based interventions in school psychology.- What we need to learn about the biological basis of behavior for clinical practice.- Appendix A: three sample case reports.