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This is yet another episode that could have been done a LONG time ago, but it was well worth the wait! Dr. David Baker is here to talk through all the considerations of non-credible effort when testing kids. The research shows that a substantial percentage of kids will show non-credible effort during evaluations, yet very few of us are conducting solid effort testing. If you are conducting effort testing, maybe you have questions about what to actually DO with it. If so, this is for you! Here are some topics that we cover:

• What is non-credible effort?
• Difference between PVT’s and SVT’s
• How to interpret non-credible effort
• Strategies to communicate non-credible effort

Cool Things Mentioned

• TTP episode w/ Dr. Amy Connery
• TTP episode w/ Dr. Allyson Harrison and Dr. Julie Suhr on ADHD in college aged individuals
• Test of Memory Malingering
• Medical Symptom Validity Test
• Word Memory Test
• Memory Validity Profile
• Rey 15
• Pediatric Performance Validity Suite
• Children and Adolescent Memory Profile
• CVLT-C
• CVLT-3
• Validity Testing in Child and Adolescent Assessment, edited by Michael Kirkwood

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David Baker is a board-certified neuropsychologist. He is an Assistant Professor through the University of Colorado School of Medicine and is a neuropsychologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado in the department of rehabilitation. He commonly evaluates patients with varying degrees of traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, and neuromuscular conditions. David also serves as the neuropsychology training director for the rehab track. He has a specific interest in concussion/mild TBI and validity testing in children and teens and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters related to this topic.

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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.

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