Isquith

Directions to the campus can be found at www.rivier.edu. Once you reach the rotary in front of the college, you are on S. Main Street. Go one block to Clement Street and make a left. The Dion Center is half way up the hill on the left. Parking is directly across the street between the Education Center and Sylvia Trottier Hall.

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This workshop will review the fundamental conceptual and clinical issues of youth concussion for the professionals. We will define the clinical condition of concussion and present the key signs and symptoms that students manifest. Participants will learn about the clinical presentation of children and adolescents and the various developmentally-appropriate assessment and treatment approaches that can be employed. Criteria for return to school/ play/ work issues will be examined. Participants will be exposed to the growing library of materials now available for various stakeholders to educate and build awareness around concussions and their risks. The various roles that psychologists can play with youth who experience concussion will be discussed.

About the Presenters

Peter K. Isquith, Ph.D.
Peter K. Isquith, Ph.D. is a Licensed Psychologist with specialty in Developmental Neuropsychology who practices independently in Vermont and New Hampshire, working with individuals across the lifespan who have developmental and acquired disorders. He has a clinical specialty in working with individuals with hearing loss and is a near-native signer. His primary areas of research are the development and disorders of self-regulation across the lifespan and concussion in youth. He has co-authored numerous works on these topics and is co-author of several assessment instruments including the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function family of instruments, the Tasks of Executive Control, and Pediatric ImPACT.

Maegan D. Sady, Ph.D.

Maegan D. Sady, Ph.D. is a postdoctoral fellow in Pediatric Neuropsychology at Children’s National Medical Center in the greater Washington, DC, area. She works with children and adolescents with a range of developmental and acquired injuries, and she has developed a subspecialty in concussion management. She has co-authored several articles on neuropsychological functioning in traumatic brain injury (including concussion) in children and adolescents, as well as in individuals with congenital neurological disorders.

Learning Objectives

At the completion of this workshop, participates will be able to:

1. Define concussion, signs and symptoms, its mechanisms and pathophysiology

2. Clinical presentation: assessment and treatment approaches

3. Describe an approach to assessment and management of mild TBI

Continuing Education Credits:
3 CE Credits for Licensed NH Psychologists. (Note: Credits granted are approved for all NH mental health professionals licensed by the NH Board of Mental Health Practice). NHPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer Continuing Education for psychologists. NHPA maintains responsibility for the program. There will be a $15.00 charge for cancellations less than one month prior to the conference date. There will be no refunds for cancellations with less than two weeks notification.