Target Audience
This educational curriculum is intended to target general neuropsychologists, early and mid-career sports neuropsychologists, and neuropsychology trainees.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Identify strengths, weaknesses and barriers to neuropsychology’s role in acute concussion care.
- Increase the availability of neuropsychologists to conduct early sport-related concussion evaluations in current practice and provide streamlined tools for feedback and treatment planning in SRC to increase efficiency of the evaluation.
- Educate administration, referral sources, athletic trainers, parents, patients, and other stakeholders on the value of utilizing neuropsychology in acute SRC including education on downstream income opportunities for those in multi-disciplinary clinical practice.
Speakers
No COIs to disclose.
Mark Barisa, PhD, ABPP-CN
Dr. Barisa provides general clinical neuropsychology, health psychology, rehabilitation psychology, and sports psychology services for patients ranging from ages 8 to geriatric populations. Dr. Barisa has served on the medical staff of several teams in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, including FC Dallas, Allen Americans, Frisco Fighters, Dallas Wings, and Texas Revolution. Dr. Barisa provides a sideline-to-return model of concussion management being available at each game to assist in initial assessment of possible injuries; providing regular assessment, monitoring, and assistance during the recovery phase of the injury.
Mark Barisa, PhD, ABPP-CN
Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA
Dr. Lichtenstein is the Director of Neuropsychology at Dartmouth Health and an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry, Pediatrics, and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is the Team Neuropsychologist for Dartmouth Athletics, Site Co-PI for the Ivy League-Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion study, and a concussion management consultant to middle and high schools in Northern New England. Dr. Lichtenstein is also the President of the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, focusing advocacy efforts on building return-to-learn infrastructure through legislative change.
Jonathan Lichtenstein, PsyD, MBA
Instructional Level
This is an Intermediate Level course. The educational content of the full program is available for 1.5 CE credit. Attendance at the full program is required to earn CE credit; partial credit cannot be providedfor incomplete attendance.
Cost & Registration
$60 for non-members
$40 for SNS members (click here to join SNS)
$10 for SNS Postdoctoral Fellow Associate members
Free for SNS Student members
$20 for non-member students enrolled in an academic program.
No refunds for cancellations.
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