Workshop on Psychological Testing, Including Validity Testing, for Social Security Administration Disability Determinations (Workshop 1)
Hosted by the IOM Committee on Psychological Testing, Including Validity Testing, for Social Security Administration Disability Determinations
June 25, 2014
Room 106
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. | Opening remarks |
Herbert Pardes, M.D., Committee Chair | |
8:45 a.m. | Overview of symptom validity testing and performance validity testing in the context of psychological testing |
Moderator—Elizabeth W. Twamley, Ph.D., Committee Member |
Performance and symptom validity Glenn J. Larrabee, Ph.D., independent practice of clinical neuropsychology, Sarasota, Florida | |
Limitations with symptom validity, performance validity, and effort tests | |
Erin D. Bigler, Ph.D., Susa Young Gates Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah | |
DISCUSSION | |
10:15 a.m. | Break |
10:30 a.m. | An empirical approach to disability exaggeration Kevin J. Bianchini, Ph.D., Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group, Metairie, Louisiana |
Selection and use of multiple performance validity tests (PVTs) | |
Kyle Brauer Boone, Ph.D., Professor, California School of Forensic Studies, Alliant International University, Torrance, California | |
DISCUSSION | |
12:00 p.m. | Break for lunch |
1:00 p.m. | Use of psychological tests, including SVTs, in select populations |
Moderator—Lisa A. Suzuki, Ph.D., Committee Member | |
Validity testing in pediatric populations | |
Michael Kirkwood, Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado | |
Performance validity tests and symptom validity tests in culturally diverse populations | |
Jennifer J. Manly, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuropsychology, The Neurological Institute of New York, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York |
Use of psychological tests, including PVTs and SVTs, in select populations: The U.S. military | |
Robert A. Seegmiller, Ph.D., Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas | |
DISCUSSION | |
3:00 p.m. | Break |
3:15 p.m. | Use of psychological tests in disability determinations in other systems |
Moderator—Alan M. Jette, M.P.H., Ph.D., Committee Member | |
Veterans Affairs policies and/or practices surrounding the use of psychological tests and symptom validity tests in the disability determination process | |
Stacey Pollack, Ph.D., Director of Program Policy Implementation, Mental Health Services, Veterans Affairs Central Office, Washington, DC | |
Psychological disability evaluations under the Ontario auto insurance system and Ontario tort law | |
Brian Levitt, Psy.D., C.Psych., Past President, Canadian Academy of Psychologists in Disability Assessment, Ontario, Canada | |
Use of performance and symptom validity assessment within the independent disability insurer context | |
Thomas McLaren, Ph.D., Medical Consultant/Licensed Psychologist, Unum | |
DISCUSSION | |
5:10 p.m. | Closing remarks |
Herbert Pardes, M.D., Committee Chair | |
5:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Workshop on Psychological Testing, Including Validity Testing, for Social Security Administration Disability Determinations (Workshop 2)
Hosted by the IOM Committee on Psychological Testing, Including Validity Testing, for Social Security Administration Disability Determinations
August 11, 2014
Room 100
Keck Center of the National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. | Opening remarks |
Herbert Pardes, M.D., Committee Chair | |
8:40 a.m. | Discussion with the committee on the use of psychological, symptom validity, and performance validity testing in disability evaluations |
Moderator—Peter A. Ubel, M.D., Committee Member | |
Terrence W. Dunlop, Ph.D., Chief Psychologist, Office of Medical Assistance, Social Security Administration | |
Robin Doyle, Medical Policy Expert, Office of Medical Policy, Social Security Administration | |
Michael D. Chafetz, Ph.D., Algiers Neurobehavioral Resource, LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana | |
Erin D. Bigler, Ph.D., Susa Young Gates Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah | |
10:20 a.m. | Break |
10:35 a.m. | Discussion with the committee on the use of psychological, symptom validity, and performance validity testing in disability evaluations |
11:20 a.m. | DISCUSSION |
11:45 a.m. | Break for lunch |
12:45 p.m. | Disability Determination Services panel discussion with the committee |
Moderator—Mary C. Daly, Ph.D., Committee Member | |
Jennifer Nottingham, President, National Association of Disability Examiners; Supervisor, Ohio Disability Determination Service | |
Charles A. Jones, Director, Michigan Disability Determination Service | |
Tom A. Ward, Past President, National Association of Disability Examiners; Supervisor, Michigan Disability Determination Service | |
Jeffrey H. Price, President Elect, National Association of Disability Examiners; Disability Determination Specialist III, Health and Human Services Department, North Carolina | |
Nancy Heiser, Ph.D., Psychological Consultant, Washington, DC, Department of Disability Services | |
2:00 p.m. | Break |
2:15 p.m. | Disability Determination Services panel discussion with the committee |
3:30 p.m. | DISCUSSION |
3:55 p.m. | Closing remarks |
Herbert Pardes, M.D., Committee Chair | |
4:00 p.m. | Adjourn |