Division of Neuropsychology News

Welcome to the BPS Division of Neuropsychology News page. Here you will find current and previous copies of the Divisions Newsletter and important news items that occur between Newsletter publications.

For latest Division of Neuropsychology Newsletter, click here

Headlines:

18/08/08. BPS Division of Neuropsychology announce 2009 Child Clinical Neuropsychology Course at Charney Manor.

The British Psychology Society Division of Neuropsychology announce dates for the 2009 Child Clinical Neuropsychology Course. This popular and previoulsy oversubscribed course had to be deferred for 2008 but will return in 2009.

(12 miles outside Oxford)(5 days residential and non-residential)

Part I: 16-20 MARCH 2009
Part II: 12-16 OCTOBER 2009

This Course provides an introduction to Child Clinical Neuropsychology, looking at conceptual issues and providing a theoretical framework to clinical practice for a wide range of problems. Open to all Child & Adult Clinical Psychologists and Educational Psychologists interested in this area.
Residential (includes all meals, accommodation and lectures for 5 days)
or Day attendance (includes lectures, lunch for 5 days)

ALL ENQUIRIES AND APPLICATION FORMS PLEASE TO:
Mrs Rita Mechen,Administrator
Email: rtmchn@ntlworld.com
12 Isis Avenue, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 2GS

Telephone: (0*1*8*6*9) 6*0*0*6*9*1; mobile 0*7*8*1* 4*7*0*0*3*3*0

Course Organiser :
Dr Arleta Starza-Smith
Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist
Paediatric Neuropsychology Service
Floor E, East Block
Queen’s Medical Centre
University Hospital
Nottingham NG7 2UH

23/06/08. New Division of Neuropsychology Post-qualification Trainning Day on"Neurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan" announced.

08/05/05: New Division of Neuropsychology Post-qualification Trainning Day on "Neuropsychological Toxicology" announced (05/09/2008, London).

05/05/08: BPS response on the costs of Full Practitioner Membership Qualifications.

The issue of fees as levied by the British Psychological Society, for those undertaking the Practitioner Full Membership Qualification in Clinical Neuropsychology, is an issue raised regularly by both those taking the qualification and those responsible for providing the funding. A perception has been that the Division of Neuropsychology is responsible for these fees and consequently benefits from what is perceived as high costs. We have on a number of occasions raised these issues with the relevant Society committees, who are responsible for the level of fees, which are collected and managed by the Society. The response from Helen Clark, the Admissions Manager at the BPS,can be read here.

Fees letter April 2008

21/04/2008: The British Psychological Society Division of Neuropsychology CHILD CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY COURSE has been deferred until March 2009.

This Course provides an introduction to Child Clinical Neuropsychology, looking at conceptual issues and providing a theoretical framework to clinical practice for a wide range of problems. It is open to all Child/Adult Clinical Psychologists and Educational Psychologists interested in this area. Residential (includes all meals, accommodation and lectures for 5 days)or Day attendance (includes lectures, lunch for 5 days).

25/03/2008 Call for applications for the following courses:

19/02/08 Event announcement. Working with Child Relatives after Adult Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) Basics, Challenges and Innovations. 24th April 2008, Birmingham University.

Oraganizer's description: "This day is a time for initial reflection on this area of work within the clinical psychology community, and a broad but brief overview of different practices and innovations across the UK. It is hoped that this day will stimulate further multi-disciplinary workshops and other forms of knowledge dissemination in the future."

Speakers include: Siobhan Palmer, Audrey Daisley, Sal Connolly, Anne Hunter, Louise Birkett-Swan, Kerry Mutch, Aggie Moreno-Lopez, Gavin Newby and Giles Yeates.

17/01/08. New Division of Neuropsychology Post Qualification Training Day announced (7th March, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in neuro-rehab). For details see here

17/01/08. Glasgow University Continuing Professional Development in Clinical Neuropsychology courses annouced. See 'Other upcoming Neuropsychology Events'

DoN members as well as SNN members can register at members rates and the early regristration rate has been extended until the 12th July. Registration forms available at www.snn.org. For more information on the programme, click here

Brain Injury across the lifespan details

01/12/06: CPD Clinical Neuropsychology courses in Glasgow, January 2007

The Section of Psychological Medicine at the University of Glasgow offers continuous professional development sessions that can be taken as a course or attended on a day basis. The course runs from the 15 - 23 January 2007 (neurosciences for clinical neuropsychology) and 24 - 26 January 2007
(Epilepsy, Seizure and Sleep Disorders). For more information click here

CPD Flyer Epilepsy Jan 2007.pdf

CPD Flyer Neuro Jan 2007.pdf

20/11/06: Institute of Child Health launch Masters programme in Clinical and Applied Paediatric Neuropsychology.

The Institute of Child Health at University College London is now accepting applications for a Masters programme in Clinical and Applied Paediatric Neuropsychology starting in September 2007. Applications are now open via the UCL website and the closing date is 31st May 2007. Further details of the course are available at:

http://www.gosh.nhs.uk/education/grad_progs/neuropsychology/

05/10/06: Call for abstracts for 4th INS Satellite Symposium on Neuropsychological Rehabilitation.

Following successful meetings in Australia, Ireland and Liechtenstein, the next satellite symposium on neuropsychological rehabilitation organised around the INS summer meeting has been announced. The meeting will take place in San Sebastian (Spain) at Sala Andia Kutxa on 9th-10th July 2007.
To download a flyer click here.

Conference Flyer San-Sebastian
For more information and on-line booking go to

www.koenigundmueller.de
Abstracts to be sent to Michael Perdices (programme chair) mperdices@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
Submission deadline 31st January 2007.
Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and be formatted in 3 sections, Aims (including background), Methods and Results - with a concluding remark about implications etc. If it is very difficult to fit your abstract into that format (e.g. describing the development of a clinical service rather than a scientific study - these will be considered but should also not exceed 300 words.

06/09/06: New Division of Neuropsychology Communications page launched.

Recent attempts to alert the Division membership to important information (e.g. correction to Post-Qualification Training Day information) indicate that we only have email contact details for about half the membership. To sign up for periodic alerts on important matters, visit the new ‘Contact the Division’ page on this website or simply click here.

06/09/06: New Neuropsychology Jobs page launched.

If you would like to notify members of the Division about Neuropsychology jobs, please send relevant details including contact details via email by clicking here

The Division will attempt to post information on jobs - in the form in which it was sent - as soon as possible after receipt.

We do not accept responsibility for the accuracy of the information received or for missed deadlines etc. This site is designed as a useful service for members and not as a replacement for formal advertising.

To look at any information that has been posted on neuropsychology jobs, go to the new Jobs page here.

06/09/06: World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation forms new Neuropsychology Special Interest Group.

The World Federation for NeuroRehabilitation (WFNR) is an international organisation whose goal is to improve the quality of neurorehabilitation. The WFNR has recently formed special interest groups. There are now 14 groups, including Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. This group is chaired by Professor Barbara Wilson, barbara.wilson@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk, a long-standing member of the Division of Neuropsychology Committee. Membership of the WFNR is 30 euros per annum and people can join on-line at

www.wfnr.co.uk or by post by contacting traceymole@wfnr.co.uk, in the first instance for a membership form. Membership of the new Neuropsychological Rehabilitation SIG involves no additional charge to members of the WFNR.

In July 2007, a satellite meeting on rehabilitation under the auspices of the Neuropsychology Special Interest Group will take place in San Sebastian following on from the International Neuropsychological Society meeting in Bilbao.

28/08/06: Important news on the Transitional Reduction in Clinical Portfolio of Practitioner Full Membership Qualification

Statement from Dr June Robson, Registrar to the Board of Examiners for PFMQ of DoN

"Many candidates for the PFMQ are already aware that the Board of Examiners has the discretion to grant a reduction in the required Clinical Portfolio component (Part 3). Such reduction is only considered in circumstances where the candidate could not have achieved grandparenting to PFMQ (because they did not have the required 2 years experience when grandparenting closed in December 2003), but had already started some clinical neuropsychology practice before the new qualification opened in January 2004.

1. The candidate gained qualification as a Clinical Psychologist (or Educational Psychologist for Paediatric PFMQ) in 2001,2002 or 2003

2. The candidate was already gaining clinical neuropsychology experience prior to Jan 2004

3. The candidate was receiving supervision from an appropriately qualified person (usually a PFM of DoN) before Jan 2004.

The Board will consider granting a reduction in the required clinical portfolio, with a maximum reduction of 12 months, such that Regulation 7.4.1 (page 11 of Regs & Syllabus) is reduced from a Case Log covering "a minimum of 2 years" to a lesser period with the greatest reduction taking this to "a minimum of 12 months". Normally the Board will only grant a reduction equivalent to the period for which the candidate was already practising before Jan 2004. (So for example, a candidate who qualified as Clinical Psychologist in Sept 2003, and was then in a full-time neuropsychology post from Oct 2003, would be likely to receive a 3 month reduction in required clinical portfolio).

The Board will grant a reduction in the required accrued clinical supervision (Reg. 7.5.1, page 11) pro-rata with the reduction in length of practice, with the greatest allowable reduction being down to 40 hours, for those candidates only required to complete 12 months supervised practice.

The minimum period of registration before PFMQ can be granted will also be reduced for candidates granted a reduction in required clinical portfolio. Reg 3.13 (page 7) states a minimum period of registration of 2 years, but this can be reduced by up to 12 months, in line with the reduction in supervised clinical practice.

These transitional arrangements will end on 31st December 2006. Candidates for whom an agreement has been reached with the Board of Examiners may still be completing their agreed supervision plan beyond that date, but the granting of any transitional arrangements must have been completed by 31st December 2006. Candidates (or potential candidates) who wish to be considered for transitional reduction in clinical portfolio who have not yet requested this should do so by writing a letter explaining their circumstances, to myself, via the BPS address.

14/08/2006 - CORRECTION TO PRINTED VERSION OF THE DIVISION'S SEPTEMBER 2006 NEWSLETTER.

Your attention is drawn to an error in the latest printed version (i.e. September 2006) DoN newsletter. The PQT day on Disconnection Syndromes (page four) is erroneously advertised as the 4th November. It should be the 24th November. In addition, a couple of errors crept into the layout during the final production phase resulting in missing lines on pages two and three.These errors and omissions have been corrected on the on-line version of the newsletter available here.

07/08/2006 - Call for psychologists interested in the practice of child neuropsychology in south east England.

07/08/2006 - Commissioning Child Neuropsychology Services document now available on-line

Dates and details for the Division CHILD CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY COURSE announced

The Division Newsletter.

Current issue (March 2008)

Previous issues

Your attention is drawn to an error in the printed version of the above newsletter. ThePQT day on Disconnection Syndromes (page four) is erroneously advertised as the 4th instead of the 24th November. In addition, a couple of errors crept into the layout during the final production phase resulting in missing lines on pages two and three.These errors and omissions have been corrected in this version.

The Division Webpages.

Thanks to the BPS' new content management system, we can now interact directly with our section of the BPS site. The aim is to increase information flow to members, provide copies of Division publications for download and act as a reference for frequently asked questions to do with membership, post-qualification courses and so on. We can also announce conferences, workshops or special interest group meetings of likely interest to members. In the near future it may be possible to create sub-sections of the site for specific interest groups. If you have comments or suggestions for the site or wish to announce an event please email Tom Manly with details.

New page for Regional and Special Interest Groups related to Neuropsychology (click here).

If you have a regional or special interest group in neuropsychology or related areas (including work with older people, people with learning disabilities, neuropsychological aspects of psychiatric disorders etc), please email us with details that can be posted on our section of the BPS website. Email the details, including email contact, website, address, phone number etc and a brief description of the group by clicking here. To visit the page to see other listed groups, click here.



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