The 23rd Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropschology Conference 2016 is dedicated to recovery and resilience in children with developmental and acquired brain disorders.
The 23rd Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropschology Conference 2016 covers topics such as:
- Current interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders and describe evidence for their efficacy
- Neural plasticity, cognitive reserve, and resilience and the utility of these concepts in explaining positive outcomes of neurodevelopmental and acquired brain disorders
- Technical advances in neuroimaging and how these can be applied to further understanding of the basis of neural plasticity and cognitive reserve
- How knowledge of recovery of function and environmental influences on outcomes may lead to more effective interventions
- Ways to enhance the ecological validity of neuropsychological assessment and factors that may explain functional recovery in children with residual cognitive impairments
The 23rd Butters-Kaplan West Coast Neuropschology Conference 2016 brings together:
- Clinical psychologists
- Neuropsychologists
- Speech therapists
- School psychologists
- Educators
- Learning specialists
- Neurologists
- Psychiatrists