The Neuropsychologist’s Roadmap

With contributions by more than 40 experts in the field, this comprehensive text details the steps necessary to build a career in neuropsychology and outlines the core competencies students and trainees must master along the way.

Contributors share helpful tips and guidance on topics as wide-ranging as getting into graduate school and navigating the application process, gaining internships and fellowships, licensure and certification, and finding a job.

Chapters on competencies discuss common issues involving teaching and supervision, assessment, research, grants, ethics, and diversity, as well as personal and professional factors such as work–life integration, advocacy, and mentorship. The content and structure of the book is based on the most up-to-date specialty training and education standards.

This indispensable volume will serve as a foundational resource for readers whose aim is to become a neuropsychologist in any of the associated fields of health care, research, or education.

Contributors

Acknowledgements

Foreword
What it Means to be a Neuropsychologist in an Evolving Field
Antonio E. Puente

Introduction
On Becoming a Neuropsychologist
Cady Block

Section II: Timeline for Training and Career Entry in Neuropsychology

1. Applying and Getting Into Graduate School
   Julie Suhr, Steven Paul Woods, Claire Alexander, and Michelle Babicz
2. Preparing for and Obtaining a Predoctoral Internship
   Emily Kellogg, Brittany Cerbone, Laura Kenealy, and Robert Collins
3. Preparing for and Obtaining a Postdoctoral Fellowship
   Doug Bodin
4. Professional Licensure and Credentialing
   Joseph Ackerson and Cady Block
5. Board Certification in Neuropsychology
   Christopher Grote, Jason Soble, and Adeline León
6. Finding a Job: Clinical Careers in Neuropsychology
   Heather G. Belanger, Jason R. Soble, Edward Peck III, Patrick Armistead-Jehle, Mark Barisa, Lucien Roberts III, and Michael Schoenberg
7. Finding a Job: Research Careers in Neuropsychology
   Yana Suchy and Matthew Euler

Section III: Foundational Competencies in Neuropsychology

8. Training, Education, and Competencies in Neuropsychology
   Brad Roper and Scott Sperling
9. Classroom Teaching and Clinical Supervision Competencies
   Leslie Guidotti Breting and Douglas M. Whiteside
10. Consultation, Assessment, and Intervention Competencies
    Amy Heffelfinger and Julie Janecek
11. Neuroanatomy Training and Competencies
    Michael Parsons and Cady Block
12. Research Development and Dissemination Competencies
    Derin Cobia, Dalin Pulsipher, and Cady Block
13. Research Awards and Grantsmanship Competencies
    Stephanie Kielb and Cady Block
14. Ethics, Legal Standards, and Policy in Neuropsychology
    Dede Ukueberuwa, Christopher Nguyen, and Daniel Tranel
15. Individual and Cultural Diversity Competencies
    Christopher Nguyen, Octavio Santos, and Daryl Fujii
16. Self-Care and Work–Life Integration Competencies
    Laura Flashman and Robin Hilsabeck
17. Mentorship in Clinical Neuropsychology
    C. Munro Cullum, Shawn McClintock, and Laura Lacritz
18. Interdisciplinary Science, Practice, and Education Competencies
    Joanne Festa and Christina Palmese
19. Leadership Development Competencies
    Cynthia S. Kubu
20. Advocacy Competencies
    Scott A. Sperling, Beth C. Arredondo, Stephanie D. Bajo, and Lucas D. Driskell

Index

About the Editor

Cady Block, PhD, is an assistant professor and neuropsychologist in the Department of Neurology at Emory. Dr. Block’s doctoral, internship, and fellowship training all included emphases in clinical neuropsychology, comprising a PhD at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, internship at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, and postdoctoral fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine.

She has a number of published peer-reviewed articles related to the training, education, and practice of clinical neuropsychology in national journals, and has served in a variety of leadership roles in national and international neuropsychological societies.