Richard Woodcock Institute - Woodcock

Intelligent Advances in CHC Theory and Assessment
Featured Speakers:
October 25, 2014
The University of Texas at Austin™
 Dr. Kevin S. McGrew
Advances in CHC Theory
 Dr. Catherine A. Fiorello
CHC Theory and Neuropsychological Assessment: Strange Bedfellows?
With Special Guest Speaker:
 Dr. Richard W. Woodcock
Selective Assessment: Examiner Opinion, Fixed Batteries, and Evidence-Based Assessment
Standard Fee: $75
Student Fee: $30 (must be a current, full-time student at a university)
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, sessions, and certificate of attendance
Proceeds may be used in general support of the College of Education
Objectives for Continuing Education Credits
The Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin™ is approved to offer
professional development for psychologists and school psychologists and maintains responsibility for the
program.
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Participants will identify how concurrent development of cognitive theory and test development
over the past 100 years has affected practice.
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Participants will be able to select specific evidence-based assessments and the specific tests best
suited for assessing individuals with differing referral questions.
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Participants will be able to identify and describe the major domains of CHC theory (v2.0).
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Participants will be able to identify and describe recent suggested revisions and additions to CHC
theory (v2.5).
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Participants will be able to explain how the concepts of cognitive complexity and attentional control
have been integrated into new CHC tests.
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Participants will be able to describe how a process approach to assessment can be integrated with a
CHC-based evaluation.
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Participants will be able to identify the input, processing, and output demands of at least three
cognitive or neuropsychological tests.
Continuing Education Credits are available for participants.
Continuing Education: 5 hours credit
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2014 Richard Woodcock Institute
8:30 a.m.
Registration
9:00 a.m.
Introductions
Continental
breakfast
included with
registration
SCHEDULE for Saturday, October 25, 2014
9:15 a.m.
Dr. Richard W.
Woodcock
10:15 a.m.
Break
Selective
Assessment:
Examiner Opinion,
Fixed Batteries,
and EvidenceBased Assessment
10:30 a.m.
Dr. Kevin S.
McGrew
Advances in CHC
Theory
12:15 p.m.
Lunch
Included with
registration
1:15 p.m.
Dr. Catherine A.
Fiorello
CHC Theory and
Neuropsychological
3:30 p.m.
Conclusion
Final Thoughts,
Q&A
Assessment:
Strange
Bedfellows?
(There will be an
afternoon break.)
Registration
Standard Fee: $75
Student Fee: $30 (must be a current, full-time student at a university)
Includes continental breakfast, lunch, sessions, and certificate of attendance
Location: The University of Texas at Austin
Student Activity Center, Room 2.410 (Ballroom)
2201 Speedway (between 21st and 24th Streets on campus, west of San Jacinto Blvd)
Austin, TX 78712
QUESTIONS? For more information about…
Registration or directions to The University of Texas at Austin
contact Jacqueline Caemmerer by email: [email protected]
The Richard Woodcock Institute for Advancement of Contemporary Cognitive Assessment
contact Barbara Wendling by email: [email protected]
Lodging
Hotels near campus:
AT&T Executive Center
1900 University Avenue
512-404-1900
Hampton Inn & Suites
1701 Lavaca Street
512-499-8881
Embassy Suites
300 South Congress Avenue
512-469-9000
Doubletree Suites
303 West 15th Street
512-478-7000
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2014 Richard Woodcock Institute
Presentations
Selective Assessment: Examiner Opinion, Fixed Batteries,
and Evidence-Based Assessment
Dr. Richard W. Woodcock
Which tests should be administered to a new referral? Which are the fewest tests to administer that
will give the most information? Is the best subset of tests required to plan an intervention program
different from the best subset of tests required to substantiate a diagnosis? Such questions evoke
the principle of "selective testing," which is historically based on examiner opinion and fixed clusters
or batteries suggested by test authors. More recently, evidence-based assessment has been
suggested as a basis for choosing the tests to be administered.
In his presentation, Dr. Woodcock discusses selective testing within the framework of assessment
advances from the 1937 Stanford-Binet through features provided by current major test batteries. A
WJ III® evidence-based assessment study is reported based on 6,000 clinical subjects representing
more than 50 clinical diagnoses. Example tables of evidence-based tests recommended for planning
an intervention or for substantiating a diagnosis will be provided to attendees.
Advances in CHC Theory
Dr. Kevin S. McGrew
Contemporary Gf-Gc theory originates in the work of Cattell, Horn, and Carroll, and a series of
activities from circa 1990 to 2005 resulted in what is now known as CHC theory (v1.0). In his
presentation, Dr. McGrew summarizes a recent fine-tuning of CHC theory (v2.0) by Schneider and
McGrew (2012) and suggests additional refinements based on new exploratory and confirmatory
structural research. And because no theory remains static, Dr. McGrew will suggest ways of
integrating advanced CHC theory with neuropsychological constructs and contemporary
neurocognitive research as a means of gathering more meaningful subject data.
CHC Theory and Neuropsychological Assessment: Strange Bedfellows?
Dr. Catherine A. Fiorello
Integrating CHC theory and neuropsychological assessment is not simply a matter of classifying
neuropsychological assessment instruments by broad and narrow abilities. CHC theory is a
psychometric approach, derived from numerous large-scale factor analyses, that describes common
factors across tasks in the normal population. In contrast, neuropsychological assessment focuses
on cognitive and neuropsychological processes that an individual uses to complete a task, and it
looks for individual variation within those processes. The neuropsychological concepts of demands
analysis and contrast scores can help us look beyond the broad and narrow abilities defined by CHC
theory and give us more insight into how an individual processes information.
Adding a process approach to our typical psychoeducational assessment has the potential to
improve the intervention recommendations that we make for our students and clients. Dr. Fiorello’s
presentation focuses on how to combine a typical CHC-based cross-battery assessment with a
neuropsychological assessment for a more thorough and informative evaluation.
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2014 Richard Woodcock Institute
Featured Speakers
Richard W. Woodcock, EdD, has a broad and distinguished
background in education and psychology and is the founder of
Measurement Learning Consultants (MLC), a test development
and research company, and the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation
(WMF), a private, nonprofit operating foundation that supports
and advances education and research in contemporary
cognitive assessment. Well-known for developing innovative
and technically excellent tests, Dr. Woodcock was the first to
create a conormed battery of cognitive abilities and
achievement tests, the importance of which is widely
recognized today.
Kevin S. McGrew, PhD, is the director of the Institute for
Applied Psychometrics, a private research and consulting
organization he established in 1998. He also is an associate
director of Measurement Learning Consultants, research
director of the Woodcock-Muñoz Foundation, a visiting lecturer
of Educational Psychology (School Psychology Program) at the
University of Minnesota, and director of research for Interactive
Metronome, a neurotechnology and rehabilitation company. A
prolific researcher and writer, Dr. McGrew has published
numerous articles in a variety of areas, including intelligence,
psychoeducational assessment, applied psychometrics, personal
competence, and adaptive behavior.
Catherine A. Fiorello, PhD, ABPP, is a board-certified,
licensed psychologist, author, and associate professor and
coordinator of the School Psychology Program, College of
Education at Temple University. Dr. Fiorello has clinical
experience in learning and behavior disorders, health-related
disorders,
low-incidence
disabilities,
and
school
neuropsychology. Her specialties include cognitive and
neuropsychological assessment.
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Registration Form
Intelligent Advances in CHC Theory and Assessment
October 25, 2014
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hosted by the Student Association of School Psychology and the
Department of Educational Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin™.
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Please mail Registration Form and check no later than October 13, 2014, to:
Department of Educational Psychology-UT Austin
ATTN: Jacqueline Caemmerer
1912 Speedway STOP D5800
Austin, TX 78712
Questions? If you need further information about:
Registration or directions to The University of Texas at Austin, contact Jacqueline Caemmerer by email:
[email protected]
The Institute, contact Barbara Wendling by email:
[email protected]
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event,
please contact Nicole Landes at (512) 471-0807
no later than five (5) business days prior to the event.
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2014 Richard Woodcock Institute
Driving and Parking
NOTE: The Institute meets at the Student Activity Center (SAC) in Room 2.410 (the Ballroom), on the East Mall
of the UT campus. See map on page 8 for details.
I-35
Approaching from the north, take the Dean Keeton/26th Street exit heading west; the campus will be
on your left.
Approaching from the south, take Martin Luther King Boulevard exit heading west; the campus will be
on your right.
MoPac/Highway 1
Take Windsor Road exit heading east. Turns on to 24th Street, which dead-ends at Guadalupe Street,
the western border of the campus.
Highway 71
From the east, take I-35 North and follow directions for I-35 (above).
From the west, take MoPac/Highway 1 North and follow directions for MoPac/Highway 1 (above).
Highway 290
From the east, take I-35 South; then follow directions for I-35 (above).
From the west, follow directions for Highway 71 (above).
Highway 183
From the north, take MoPac/Highway 1 South and follow directions for MoPac/Highway 1 (above).
From the south, take Highway 111/Airport Boulevard North to Martin Luther King Boulevard. Head east
on Martin Luther King Boulevard; the campus will be on your right.
From Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
The airport is in southeast Austin on Texas Highway 71, eight miles from downtown. To reach the
UT campus, head west on Highway 71, take I-35 North, and follow directions for I-35 (above).
Parking and Meeting Location (see map on page 8)
Parking on campus, use the Brazos public parking garage. The parking fee for 4-8 hours is $15.
Parking is also available at the Bob Bullock Museum just across the south end of the campus. The
parking fee for the day is $8.
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UT campus:
The Institute will be
held in sector 5.
Parking options are in
sector 3 and across the
street in sector 12.
EVENT location:
Meeting at Student
Activity Center (SAC)
Room 2.410 (Ballroom)
PARKING:
Parking Options:
Brazos Garage (BRG)
($15 for 4–8 hours)
Bob Bullock Museum
(underground entrance
is on West 18th Street)
($8 for the day)
For more information, visit http://www.utexas.edu/maps/
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