Colorado Assessment Society

03/08/2023

**Save the Date**

An introduction to the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test (WDCT)
according to the Crisi Wartegg System (CWS)

Presented by
Alessandro Crisi, Psy.D.
Italian Institute of Wartegg, Rome, Italy
Friday, April 7, 2023: 11:30am - 2:00pm
Location: University of Denver Ammi Hyde Building
Room TBD (Participants may also attend via Zoom)

Tentative Schedule
11:00-11:30 Take the Test (Optional)*
11:30-12:00 Lunch (provided by CAS)
12:00-01:30 Presentation by Dr. Crisi
01:30-02:00 Question time
*People who would like to have the Wartegg test administered are kindly required to be in the seat at 11:00am.

This event qualifies for 1.5 CEs pending GSPP approval. Additional information and registration instructions are attached (see page 6 to register).

11/07/2022

Save the Dates! Registration Live!
Friday, December 2nd & Saturday, December 3rd
9:00AM to 12:00PM (MST)
Location: Zoom

Antiracist Psychological Assessment: Acknowledging the Harmful History and Moving Towards Honesty, Humility, and Healing
Presented by Alea Holman, PhD, MPH

See attached for more details including registration instructions. We hope to see you all there!

09/25/2022

Save the Dates!
Friday, December 2nd & Saturday, December 3rd
9:00AM to 12:00PM (MST)
Location: Zoom

Antiracist Psychological Assessment: Acknowledging the Harmful History and Moving Towards Honesty, Humility, and Healing
Presented by Alea Holman, PhD, MPH

See the flyer for more information.
More details including registration instructions will follow.

04/17/2022

Last Call! Thurston Cradock Test of Shame Workshop - In Person and Virtual Options!

Using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS) to mine for "psychotherapeutic gold"
Presented by Julie Cradock O'Leary, PhD
Friday, April 22, 2022
8:30am to 5:30pm
In Person, Live Stream or Video Recording Options
University of Denver
Room 133, Ammi Hyde Building

This event qualifies for 7.5 CE credits for psychologists through our co-sponsor, the University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology. You can receive CE credits if you attend in person, live over Zoom, or by watching the recording later on. Lunch will be provided by CAS.

Thurston Cradock Test of Shame materials will be available for purchase at a discounted rate for those who register. Materials will be available for purchase at the event and those who attend remotely will be provided a discount code. This is the last call to register!

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03/08/2022

**SAVE THE DATE**

Using the Thurston Cradock Test of
Shame (TCTS) to mine for
"psychotherapeutic gold"
Friday, April 22, 2022
Location: In person in Denver! (Pending changes due to COVID-19). Exact location will be release at a late date.

Julie Cradock O'Leary, PhD will teach the Thurston
Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS) to help
practitioners access the multidimensional internal,
interpersonal, and behavioral aspects of shame.
Full details coming soon!

12/23/2021

**SAVE THE DATE**

Centering Diversity in Psychological Assessment: Panel and Discussion

Virginia Brabender, PhD, ABPP

Radhika Krishnamurthy, PsyD

Kinshasa Bennett, PhD

Alea Holman, PhD, MPH

Friday January 28th: 11am – 1pm (MST); Location: Online via Zoom



Training and Topic Overview

This panel will feature four nationally respected teachers, supervisors, and researchers who have expertise in assessment and diversity topics. The panel is a platform dedicated to centering diversity in assessment practice. Panelists will disseminate critical information about how to make assessment anti-oppressive and better serve diverse and marginalized clients. Topics of discussion include aspects of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, and many individual aspects of cultural diversity as these factors relate to assessment. This panel is designed at an introductory and intermediate instructional level for psychologists and psychologists-in-training.

Please see our website for more information and instructions on how to register!

10/05/2021

**SAVE THE DATE**

ADHD in children and adolescents: Scientific update and implications for psychological assessment

Presented by Robin L. Peterson, Ph.D., ABPP

Session 1: November 5th, 2021: 9:00AM to 12:30PM (MST)

Session 2: November 6, 2021: 9:00AM to 12:30pm (MST)

Location: Online via Zoom

This workshop will begin with a brief overview of current scientific knowledge about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), including definition and subtypes, etiology, epidemiology, brain bases, neuropsychology, and developmental course. Dr. Peterson will review the evidence on cross-cultural prevalence and its implications for under- and over-diagnosis of ADHD. She will discuss the extensive comorbidities with ADHD, including other neurodevelopmental disorders, other psychiatric disorders, and medically-defined disorders. She will present recent research of her own and her colleagues within the Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center that helps to explain these comorbidities.

The remainder of the workshop will focus on the implications of this scientific background for individual diagnosis and treatment planning. Dr. Peterson will present two assessment models for psychologists working with children and adolescents with suspected ADHD. The first is a brief model designed to diagnose or rule out ADHD and screen for common comorbid conditions. The second is a more comprehensive model that addresses both ADHD and commonly associated learning and cognitive difficulties. Both assessment models integrate clinical history, observations, and rating scales while only the comprehensive model includes performance-based testing. She will review evidence-based, promising, and controversial ADHD treatments. Case studies will be used for illustration.

Participants will receive 6.5 CE credits (pending SPA approval).



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We are very excited for this event and we hope to see you there!

The Colorado chapter of the Society for Personality Assessment.

08/12/2021

** Registration is open for the virtual 3rd International Collaborative/Therapeutic Assessment Conference! **

Please click here to register. Members of the Colorado Assessment Society are eligible for a 10% discount. If you are a CAS member and you would like to register, please reply to this email and we will send you the discount code. Dates for the virtual conference are as follows:

CTAC 2021
September 24th
October 1st
October 8th
from 9-1 USA Central Time

Workshops: For a description of workshops click here.
50 Ways to Do an Assessment Intervention!
Hilde de Saeger and Inge Van Laer
September 16th and 17th
from 9-1 USA Central Time

Four Models of Therapeutic Assessment: Core Concepts and Practices Shown in Classic Videos
Stephen Finn
October 2nd and 9th
from 9-1 USA Central Time

Millon Theory and Instruments in Collaborative and Therapeutic Assessment
Seth Grossman and Blaise Amendolace
October 15th
from 9-1 USA Central Time

The AAP in Action: A Hands on Approach to Learning How to Use the AAP during a TA
Caroline Lee, Melissa Lehmann, Carol George
November 5th and 6th
from 10-2 USA Central Time

Using the Thurston Cradock Test of Shame (TCTS) in Therapeutic Assessment: From Administration Through Assessment Intervention Session
Julie Cradock-O'Leary
December 6th
from 10-2 USA Central Time**

04/28/2021

The Colorado Assessment Society is pleased to present the following online event:

Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment in Action:
A Case Study of "Beaker"
Presented by Jason Turret, Psy.D. and Lindsay Rosen, M.A.

Friday, May 21, 2021
11:30AM to 1:30PM
Location: Online via Zoom

This virtual event will focus on Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment, which is a semi-structured approach to psychological assessment in which assessors and clients work together to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their struggles. The presentation will begin with an introduction to Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment and the research supporting its efficacy. Then there will be a case presentation to illustrate the didactic points. The client (34 year old male) was assessed by Lindsay Rosen, M.A. under the supervision of Jason Turret, PsyD. The case study will include a brief history, the client’s assessment questions, and data from several measures including the WAIS-IV, MMPI-2, Wartegg Drawing Completion Test (Crisi Scoring System) and the Rorschach Performance Assessment System (RPAS). An assessment intervention using the Thematic Apperception Test will be discussed and language from the feedback letter will be presented. This event qualifies for 1.5 hours of CEU's.

Tentative Schedule:
11:30am to 1:00pm: Presentation
1:00pm to 1:30pm: Time to socialize (optional)

Registration Fees
WAIVED FOR CAS MEMBERS!
If you are requesting CEs there is a $15 fee
$10 for non-member students
$20 for non-member professionals

Please see our website for more information on how to register! http://coloradoassessmentsociety.org/?noo_event=collaborative-therapeutic-assessment-a-case-presentation-virtual-luncheon-2

The Colorado Assessment Society is pleased to present the following online event: Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment in Action: A Case Study of “Beaker” Presented by Jason Turret, Psy.D. and Lindsay Rosen, M.A. Friday, May 21, 2021 11:30AM to 1:30PM Location: Online via Zoom This virtual eve...

04/16/2021

04/16/2021

**SAVE THE DATE**

Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment: A Case Presentation
Presented by Jason Turret, Psy.D. and Lindsay Rosen, M.A.

May 21, 2021
11:30AM to 1:30PM
Location: Online via Zoom

This virtual luncheon hosted by the Colorado Assessment Society (CAS) will focus on Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment, which is a semi-structured approach to psychological assessment in which assessors and clients work together to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their struggles. The luncheon will begin with an introduction to Collaborative / Therapeutic Assessment and will include a case presentation to illustrate the didactic points. This event qualifies for 1.5 hours of CEU's pending SPA approval.

Tentative Schedule:
11:30am to 1:00pm: Presentation
1:00pm to 1:30pm: Time to socialize (optional)

More information to follow!

01/10/2021

**Reminder about our upcoming event**

Restoring Epistemic Trust Through Therapeutic Assessment: Building a Relationship “Superhighway” with Difficult-to-Treat Clients; presented by Stephen, E. Finn, Ph.D.

Session 1: February 5, 2021: 9:00AM to 12:30PM (MST)
Session 2: February 6, 2021: 9:00AM to 12:30PM (MST)
Session 3: February 12, 2021: 9:00AM to 12:30PM (MST)
Session 4: February 13, 2021: 9:00AM to 12:30PM (MST)

Dr. Finn will explore and explain the theory of Epistemic Trust and Epistemic Hypervigillane, which asserts that many clients screen out new information from other because in the past this was necessary for the survival. Using this empathic lens, Dr. Finn will then demonstrate how Therapeutic Assessment is uniquely designed to lower EH and build ET, allowing for clients to continue to grow and learn long after a TA is completed.
Check out our website to learn more and to register! http://coloradoassessmentsociety.org/?post_type=noo_event...

Restoring Epistemic Trust Through Therapeutic Assessment: Building a Relationship “Superhighway” with Difficult-to-Treat Clients Restoring Epistemic Trust Through Therapeutic Assessment: Building a Relationship “Superhighway” with Difficult-to-Treat Clients Presented by, Stephen E. Finn, Ph....