This 8-day online lecture sequence covers a wide range of topics on the relationship between the brain and the mind in health and disease. Brain mechanisms of major cognitive functions will be reviewed. Brain mechanisms and cognitive characteristics of major disorders affecting cognition will also be reviewed.

48 CE credits are offered for completion of the 8-day program (6 CE credits per day) for most mental health professions. The participants will be able to print out the certificate immediately after filling out a short quiz. The fee is $3,360 for an 8-day sequence / $450 for a single day (6 hours) participation. There is a separate $8 processing fee per day / 6 CE credits charged by CE credit sponsor R. Cassidy Seminars.

Format: online workshop

Dates:March 30, 2019 / April 13, 2019 / April 20, 2019 / April 27, 2019 / May 11, 2019 / May 18, 2019 / May 25, 2019 / June 8, 2019

Time: 11am – 6pm EST (10am – 5pm CST / 8am – 3pm PST) with a lunch break and 2 short breaks.

March 30, 2019. Basic neuroanatomy. Perception and agnosias. Motor functions and apraxias. Language and aphasias.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Basic functional neuroanatomy.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Major brain structures and neurotransmitters and their contributions to neural computation.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Perception and perceptual disorders.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Agnosias, cerebral hemispheres, and distributed mechanisms of perception.

April 13, 2019. Executive functions.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – The deciding brain.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Neural mechanisms of executive functions of the frontal lobes and dysexecutive syndromes.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Main dysexecutive syndromes.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Agent-centered decision making.

April 20, 2019. Executive functions (continuation). Hemispheric specialization.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Executive functions and novelty.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Executive functions and creativity.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – The bicameral brain. Structural and functional hemispheric asymmetries.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Novel approaches to hemispheric specialization.

April 27, 2019. Hemispheric specialization (continuation). Emotions.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Hemispheric specialization (continued).
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Laterality and evolution.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Laterality and brain dysfunction.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – The emotional brain. Limbic and cortical contributions to emotional regulation.

May 11, 2019. Arousal and attention. Memory and amnesias. Cognitive aging and neuroplasticity.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Attention and attentional disorders. Voluntary attention and ADHD. Automatic attention and hemiinattention.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Memory and amnesias. Neuroanatomical components of memory circuits.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Types of memory and amnesias.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Cognitive aging. Current concepts of neuroplasticity. Factors behind healthy cognitive aging.

May 18, 2019. Dementias. Cerebrovascular disorders.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Major dementias. Alzheimer’s disease.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Lewy body, frontotemporal, cerebrovascular, and mixed dementias. Mild Neurocognitive Impairment (mNCI) and its relationship to dementias.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Cerebrovascular disorders.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Aneurisms and AVM's.

May 25, 2019. Traumatic Brain Injury. Neuropsychiatric disorders.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Neuroanatomy, subtypes, natural history, cognitive profiles, and diagnosis.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Forensic aspects of TBI.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Neuropsychiatric disorders. Schizophrenias; diagnostic and differential diagnosis issues.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Affective disorders; diagnostic and differential diagnosis issues.

June 8, 2019. Neurodevelopmental disorders. Infectious encephalopathies, neoplasms, movement disorders, and seizures. Addictions.

Agenda:

1. 11:00 – 12:30 EST – Neurodevelopmental disorders. Dyslexias, non-verbal learning disabilities.
2. 12:30 – 12:45 EST – Break.
3. 12:45 – 14:00 EST – Autism, ADHD, Tourette’s syndrome.
4. 14:00 – 14:30 EST – Lunch break.
5. 14:30 – 16:00 EST – Infectious diseases of the brain. Bacterial (Lyme), viral (HIV and Herpes Simplex), prion (Jacob-Kreuzfeld) encephalopathies. Seizures and their effect on cognition. Classification, neurobiology, and cognitive profiles. Diagnostic and differential diagnosis issues.
6. 16:00 – 16:15 EST – Break.
7. 16:15 – 18:00 EST – Neoplasms and their effects on cognition. Types of brain tumors and their effects on cognition. Movement disorders. Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, ALS and their effects on cognition. Addictions and substance abuse. Alcohol abuse and Korsakoff syndrome.

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About the Instructor

The series of mental health courses and workshops are provided by Elkhonon Goldberg, Ph.D., ABPP (wikipedia) with the participation of additional select faculty. Elkhonon Goldberg is a clinical neuropsychologist and a cognitive neuroscientist with more than 30 years of experience. Goldberg’s clinical practice spans the whole range of neuropsychological disorders, including traumatic brain injury, dementias, neurodevelopmental disorders, and forensic neuropsychology. Goldberg research includes cortical organization, hemispheric specialization, frontal lobes, memory, traumatic brain injury, dementias, schizophrenia, and other topics. Goldberg has authored several influential books and published a number of research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Goldberg is also a sought-after educator who lectures worldwide. He was a Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of Sydney and has taught at other major universities worldwide. He has mentored a number of students and post-doctoral trainees, many of whom have become prominent neuropsychologists and neuroscientists in their own right. Elkhonon Goldberg is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology of New York University School of Medicine and a Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology. He is a recipient of The Copernicus Prize for his “contributions to interdisciplinary dialogue between neurosciences and neuropsychology, and the Tempos Hominis medal for international medical sciences education.” He is a foreign member of The Venetian Institute of Science, Literature and Arts. His books The Executive Brain (2001), The Wisdom Paradox (2005), and The New Executive Brain (2009) have been translated into close to 20 languages. He co-authored (with Alvaro Fernandez) The SharpBrains Guide to Cognitive Fitness and is the Chief Scientific Adviser of www.sharpbrains.com Elkhonon Goldberg was a student and close associate of Alexander Luria, one of the “founding fathers” of neuropsychology as a scientific discipline.