[00:00:00] Hey everybody. This is Dr. Jeremy Sharp. Welcome to The Testing Psychologist podcast, episode 15. Hey, y’all. This is Dr. Jeremy Sharp again. Welcome back to another episode of The Testing Psychologist podcast. I’m sitting here looking out of my window on a beautiful spring day here in Fort Collins. We had a little run of cold weather last …
TTP #14: Dr. Maelisa Hall – Get Your Paperwork in Order!
Dr. Maelisa Hall figured out early on that she has a passion for paperwork. Lucky for the rest of us, Maelisa has built a consulting business around helping therapists and psychologists get their paperwork and documentation in order. She also has a private practice and does ADHD testing for adults, so she understands the paperwork demand from a testing standpoint …
TTP #13: The Vulnerability of Psychological Testing
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. I totally messed up a feedback session last week, and it reminded me how going through the psychological testing process can be extremely vulnerable for clients. For one thing, they really don’t know what to expect other than, “Someone is going to analyze me/my child.” The representation of assessment in the media is …
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[00:00:00] Hey, y’all. This is Dr. Jeremy Sharp. Welcome to The Testing Psychologist podcast episode 13. Hey y’all, welcome back to another episode of The Testing Psychologist podcast. This is Dr. Jeremy Sharp. I hope all is well today wherever you are. As far as I know, we aren’t having any major snowstorms anywhere in the country right now. So …
TTP #12: Amy Fortney Parks – IEP’s, 504’s, and Coordinating with Schools
This is the longest podcast so far with good reason. Amy Fortney Parks and I just packed SO MUCH info into this episode about private practice evaluations and coordinating with schools. Amy has years and years of experience with schools as an educator, school counselor, parent, and now private practitioner. We cover all sorts of topics like: The NUMBER ONE best marketing …
11 Transcript
[00:00:00] Hey everybody. This is Dr. Jeremy Sharp. Welcome to The Testing Psychologist podcast, episode 11. Hey everybody. Welcome back to another episode of The Testing Psychologist podcast. Today’s a little bit of a different day. We’re going to switch it up a little bit from the prior weeks in that I will just be talking with you by myself …
TTP #11: How to Do a School Observation
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. School observations are REALLY important when you’re evaluating kids. Today I’m talking all about the importance of a school observation, how school observations can be a great marketing tool, and the practical elements of how to do a school observation. Here are just a few things I discuss: How to talk to …
TTP #10: Dr. Megan Warner – Therapeutic Assessment
Would you rather read the transcript? Click here. Collaborative therapeutic assessment is such a cool thing. So often, testing and evaluation is viewed as a critical, deficit-based process (“You’re going to tell me I’m crazy!?”). Megan and I have a great conversation about how to use therapeutic assessment as an intervention tool to support clients rather than a punitive or scary …
010 Transcript
Dr. Sharp: [00:00:00] Hey everybody. This is Dr. Jeremy Sharp. Welcome to The Testing Psychologist podcast, episode 10. Welcome everybody to another episode of The Testing Psychologist podcast. I’m excited to be talking with Dr. Megan Warner today. Megan Warner, PhD is a clinical psychologist and the owner and founder of Guilford Psychological Services, in Guilford, Connecticut, a practice that’s currently …
TTP #9: Dr. Amy Connery – Respecializing in Neuropsychology & Performance Validity Testing with Kids
Dr. Amy Connery has had a really interesting career in psychology. She started out as a “regular” psychologist, then decided that she wanted to respecialize in neuropsychology. So Amy quit her job, went back for another post-doc, and continued with her dreams. She talks with me today about respecializing in neurpsychology, getting into- and out of private practice, and one of …