199. Conducting a Valid ADHD Assessment w/ Dr. Julie Suhr & Dr. Allyson Harrison

Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. “We should not pathologize ‘normal’.” Do you include a PVT as part of your standard ADHD battery? If not, I bet you will after this episode! Drs. Julie Suhr and Allyson Harrison are here today talking through their research and experience with validity issues in ADHD assessment. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering if that young adult client REALLY has ADHD or if you should be considering other factors or diagnoses, this is the episode for you. These are some of the topics we cover: The most common diagnostic criteria that we ignore when diagnosing ADHDAn ideal ADHD batteryThe role of non-diagnostic environmental factors in functioningSensitivity, specificity, and predictive power in our assessment instruments Cool Things Mentioned Test of Memory MalingeringTalking to Strangers by Malcolm GladwellNational College Health SurveyBrooks, Bender, and Iverson normative database on WAIS/WMSMMPI-3Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)WAIS Functional Impairment Rating ScaleAssessment of Feigned Cognitive Impairment, Second EditionThe Testing Psychologist Advanced Practice mastermind Featured Resource I am honored to partner with PAR for 2021 to bring you featured items from their catalog! Listen to each episode for specific product recommendations and links. Learn more at www.parinc.com. The Testing Psychologist podcast is approved for CEU’s! I’ve partnered with At Health to offer CE credits for podcast episodes! Visit this link to access current and past episodes available for CE credit. You can use code “TTP10” for a discount on ALL the course credits you purchase from At Health! Dr. Allyson Harrison Allyson G. Harrison is a clinical neuropsychologist. She is currently the clinical director of the Regional Assessment & Resource Center at Queen’s University, Canada, a government-funded center mandated to support postsecondary students through the provision of assessments. She also holds an appointment as an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Psychology at Queen’s University. Her research is dedicated to issues of differential diagnosis in LD and ADHD. Get in touch: [email protected] Dr. Julie Suhr Julie Suhr is Professor and Director of Clinical Training of the doctoral program in clinical psychology at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, USA. She is a neuropsychologist who conducts research on psychological and neuropsychological assessment of many conditions, including adult ADHD. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology and of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology and is co-Editor in Chief of Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology and Incoming Editor for the APA journal Psychological Assessment. Get in touch: [email protected] About Dr. Jeremy Sharp I’m a licensed psychologist and Clinical Director at the Colorado Center for Assessment & Counseling, a private practice that I founded in 2009 and have grown to over 20 clinicians. I earned my undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of South Carolina before getting my Master’s and PhD in Counseling Psychology from Colorado State University. These days, I specialize in psychological and neuropsychological evaluation with kids and adolescents. As the host of the Testing Psychologist Podcast, I provide private practice consulting for psychologists and other mental health professionals who want to start or grow psychological testing services in their practices. I live in Fort Collins, Colorado with my wife (also a therapist) and two young kids. Ready to grow your testing services? Click below to schedule a complimentary 30-minute pre-consulting call! Schedule Your Call