ON-LINE Book Raffle!

All MNS Members are eligible!!!
To participate in the book raffle is easy ~ Just complete and submit the on-line raffle ticket below by the end of each month. One entry only per book per member, please. At the end of each month, we will select a winner and send the book to you for free. Winners will be announced at the MNS Monthly Meeting and posted on the website.

April Winner
The winner for the April book raffle is: Mary-Ellen Meadows, Congratulations Mary-Ellen!  She won: “Principles of Neuropsychological Assessment with Hispanics”, Antolin Llorente Ed, Springer: 2008.

May Book Raffle
The May book raffle is: “The Essential Vygotsky, Eds”: Robert W. Rieber and David K. Robinson, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

ON LINE RAFFLE TICKET

Lecture Series

Next Lecture: TBD

To apply for NEW memberships please download the application form and mail it in. Once approved you can either pay on-line or send a check. The approval process may take up to a month.

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2010 LECTURE SCHEDULE:
January 5, 2010: Celiane Rey-Casserly, Ph.D., ABPP-CN “Neuropsychological Outcomes in Childhood Brain Tumors”
February 2010: No meeting.
March 2, 2010: OPEN BOARD AND PROFESSIONAL AFFAIRS MEETING
Your MNS Board cordially invites to participate in our March Open Board and Professional Affairs Meeting.
April 13, 2010: Robb Mapou, Ph.D. ABPP, “The Case for Comprehensive Assessment of Learning Disabilities in Adults”
Tuesday May 4, 2010: Rhoda Au, Ph.D., Kaplan Speaker: "Implementing Qualitative Neuropsychological Scoring methods in a large community based cohort study:  Lessons from the Framingham Heart Study."
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010: Annual Scientific Symposium and Poster Session, Guest Speaker: Ann McKee, M.D., "Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Athletes: an update"

PREVIOUS LECTURES:
January 10, 2006; Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D.; Neuropsychology & the Law: Assessment in Criminal Litigation.
February 1, 2006 Ken Heilman, M.D. Neglect and Attentional Disorders
March 7, 2006; David Libon, Ph.D. Executive and Working Memory Deficits Associated with the Dementias
April 4, 2006; Richard Deth, Ph.D. Autism: A Metabolic Disorder of Genetic and Environmental Origins Affecting Neural Synchronization
May 2, 2006; Joel Rosenbaum, PhD: Professional Affairs and Neuropsychology Practice Management: Coding and Billing in a Period of Change
Open Business Meeting and Professional Affairs
June 6, 2006; Symposium and Cermack Lecture: Mieke H. Verfaellie, Ph.D.;The Role of the Hippocampus in Relational Memory: Evidence from Amnesia and fMRI
September 12, 2006; Jane Holmes Bernstein. Ph.D.; Evidence-Based Practice in Neuropsychology: What constitutes "evidence"?
October 3, 2006; Aaron Nelson, Ph.D. "Treatment of Memory Problems in Normal Aging and Disease"
Nov 7, 2006; "Neuropsychological Training in New England: What is New in Research and Clinical Opportunities - Roundtable"
Dec 5, 2006; Susan Anderson, Ph.D., Director, Developmental Neuropharmacology Lab, McLean Hospital, "Sensitive Periods of Development and Exposure to Methylphenidate: Implications in Treatment of ADHD"
Jan 9, 2007; MNS Open Meeting/Professional Affairs
March 6, 2007; Ron Calvanio, Ph.D., "Electronic Tracking in Neuropsychiatric Symptom Management"
April 10, 2007; Edward A. (Ted) Peck III, PhD, ABPP-ABCN "National Practice Initiatives in Clinical Neuropsychology"
May 1, 2007; Steve Hughes, PhD, LP, ABPdN. "Development, properties, and clinical applications of the Test of Variables of Attention"
June 5, 2007; Science Symposium: Stephen Rao, PhD: "The Role of fMRI in Preclinical Detection of Neuropsychological Neurodegenerative Disorders"
September 11, 2007; Cermack Lecture and Social. Laura J. Grande, Ph.D. "Memory and Cognitive Changes in Soldiers Returning from Afghanistan and Iraq"
October 2, 2007; Jeremy D. Schmahmann, M.D: " Motor Control to Neuropsychiatry; Evolving perspectives on the cerebellar contribution to cognition and emotion"
November 6, 2007; "Introduction to NEPSY-II", Sally Kemp, PhD University of Missouri, Columbia and Peter Entwistle, PhD, The Psychological Corporation
Tuesday, December 4, 2007; Dr. Sharon Inouye, "Delirium in Older Persons: Update on a Pervasive, Costly, and Treatable Disorder"
Tuesday, January 8, 2008; Kira Armstong, PhD, ABPP; "ABPP Board Certification in Clinical Neuropsychology: Simplifying the Process"
March 4th, 2008; Nadine Gaab, Childrens Hospital. "fMRI and Mediating Therapies for Dyslexia"
April 1st, 2008; Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D. and Jim Doyle. "Prosopagnosia in the Courtroom"
May 6th, 2008; Carmen Armengol Ph. D.; Kaplan Award. "Neuropsychological Services for Alternative Populations: Cross Cultural and Ecological Perspectives"
June 13th (Friday), 2008 - ***MNS Gala and Science Symposium***
September 9th*, 2008; William Milberg, Ph.D.  "The Neuropsychology of Biological Risk for Age Related Cognitive Disorders".
September 9th*, 2008; William Milberg, Ph.D.  "The Neuropsychology of Biological Risk for Age Related Cognitive Disorders".
October 14th*, 2008; The WAIS-IV as a Neuropsychologist's Tool, presented by Peter Entwistle, Ph.D. Pearson Psychological Corporation
Refreshments 6:00pm, Lecture 6:30pm – 9:30pm.
November 11, 2008; Brandon A. Ally, Ph.D. – Cermak Lecture, ”Understanding the picture superiority effect in healthy and diseased memory.”
December 2nd, 2008; Nouchine Hadjikhani, Ph.D. "The Many Faces of Autism".
March 3, 2009; Edward Pace-Schott, Ph.D. "The Neurobiology of Sleep"
April 7, 2009; Margaret Sheridan, Ph.D. Children's Hospital, “Environmental Variables in the Development of the Brain”
May 5, 2009; William B. Barr, Ph.D., ABPP, "Searching for Nonverbal Memory: Neuropsychological Studies of Right Temporal Lobe Epilepsy"
September 15, 2009; Robin A. Johnson, Esq. "Obtaining Financial Justice from Insurance Companies: Special Issues for Neuropsychologists"
October 6, 2009; Anthony J. Giuliano, PhD "Neurocognition in Bipolar Disorder"
November 3, 2009; Angela L. Jefferson, Ph.D. “Relationships between vascular risk factors, cardiac function, and brain aging”
December 1, 2009; Margaret O’Connor, Ph.D., ABCN "Driving and Dementia: Clinical Guidelines to Assist the At Risk Older Driver"
January 5, 2010: Celiane Rey-Casserly, Ph.D., ABPP-CN “Neuropsychological Outcomes in Childhood Brain Tumors”

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Board Meetings

The Massachusetts Neuropsychological Society Board convenes on the second Tuesday of each month. Once per year they host an open meeting for all Society Members. For more information about the board contact the President; Carol Leavell

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