Rachel Busman, PsyD, ABPP is the senior director of the Child and Adolescent Anxiety and Related Disorders Center at Cognitive Behavioral Consultants. She was previously the director of the Anxiety Disorders Center and Selective Mutism Service at the Child Mind Institute. She ran Brave Buddies, an intensive treatment program for SM for many years. Dr. Busman is the former president of the Selective Mutism Association, the nation’s largest network of professionals, families, and individuals with selective mutism.
Dr. Busman has extensive experience providing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to children, teenagers and young adults struggling with anxiety disorders, school difficulties and behavioral problems. She also has specific interest and expertise in the evaluation and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder and specific phobias. She is certified in PCIT-SM and has lectured widely on this topic. She trains others through the SMA and is passionate about her work with children and families.
Talking Matters: Consideration for Testing When Evaluating Children With Selective Mutism
In this webinar, Drs. Busman and Catanzaro will talk about testing and the differences between psycho educational testing and neuropsychological testing. They will discuss some of the reasons that testing is pursued and some of the barriers when considering testing for children with a diagnosis of selective mutism. They will offer tips and strategies that caregivers can use when fading in evaluators and also when advocating for evaluators with experience testing children with SM. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Describe the differences between testing completed by the school district and neuropsychological testing.
- Name two strategies to use during a fade in with an evaluator.
- Discuss limitations of testing when using only nonverbal measures.
Thursday, August 22, 2024
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01:00 PM EDT - 02:00 PM EDT
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About the speakers
Rachel Busman, Psy.D., ABPP
Senior Director, Child & Adolescent Anxiety and Related Disorders Program, Cognitive Behavioral Consultants
Brooke Catanzaro, Psy.D
Associate Neuropsychologist at Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants
Dr Catanzaro is an Associate Neuropsychologist at Cognitive and Behavioral Consultants. She has worked with a range of individuals including those with a variety of neurodevelopmental concerns, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, language-based learning challenges, learning disabilities, and social/emotional difficulties. Dr. Catanzaro also has experience evaluating children with selective mutism and genetic disorders.
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