Randy’s Trucking: A Roadmap for Protecting Test Security
Date: Wednesday, November 13th
Time: 6-8 pm PT
Live Webinar via Zoom
Join a professional luminary, a judge, and a rising advocate for a comprehensive workshop designed to equip participants with the tools and knowledge necessary to navigate the complex challenges posed by the legal system's increasing demands for access to protected neuropsychological and psychological test information by non-psychologists including third-party observation of examinations through audio and video recordings. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the essential and increasingly pressing need to uphold test security as well as its significance to society at large. Through the examination of pertinent California case law, with a focus on the landmark 'Randy’s Trucking' case, participants will learn effective strategies for presenting their concerns to the judiciary. This will empower professionals to advocate for the protection of test security in legal settings.
Catherine Marreiro, PhD, ABPP-ABCN, is a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist and the Director of Neuropsychology at the Ray Dolby Brain Health Center (RDBHC) at California Pacific Medical Center. Additionally, she performs medico-legal evaluations through her private practice. She serves as immediate past president for the Northern California Neuropsychology Forum, member-at-large for Division VIII-Neuropsychology of California Psychological Association, board member for the San Francisco Neurological Society. Since the landmark Randy’s Trucking court decision, Dr. Marreiro has become devoted to the protection of psychological/neuropsychological test security, leading a grassroots effort to create advocacy tools including a collective statement currently signed by 230 California neuropsychologists. She received the 2024 Distinguished Contribution to Psychology Award from the California Psychological Association.
Kyle Brauer Boone, PhD, ABPP-ABCN, is currently in private practice in Torrance, California. Her prior positions have included: director of the Neuropsychology Testing Service at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, tenured professor within the Department of Psychiatry at UCLA, and full professor within the California School of Forensic Studies at Alliant International University. She has published over 130 peer-reviewed articles, primarily regarding neurocognitive performance validity tests, and has authored/co-authored/edited seven books. She was first author on two position papers related to test security: the 2022 Official Position of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology on Test Security, and the 2024 Interorganizational Practice Committee position paper (“Attorney demands for protected psychological test information: Is access necessary for cross examination or does it lead to misinformation?”). She served on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology and is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and the National Academy of Neuropsychology. She also was the 2020 recipient of the Ralph M. Reitan Award for Clinical Excellence (2020) from the National Academy of Neuropsychology, and in 2023 received the Distinguished Service Award to the Profession of Psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology.
Honorable Wayne M. Purdom is a recognized expert on discovery law who has been a trial level judge for 39 years, first as Chief Magistrate where he was twice President of the Georgia Council of Magistrate Court Judges. While a Magistrate Judge, he continued to practice law as a retained appellate counsel and legal researcher, primarily for plaintiffs who had suffered catastrophic injuries. Since 1998, he has served on the State Court, which handles the bulk of high stakes civil actions in Georgia. He served as Chief Judge of his court for 13 years, President of the Council of State Court Judges, and received the Odgen Doremus Award in recognition of his service to the courts and legal scholarship. He has presided over numerous high value personal injury and products trials with verdicts up to $70 million. He has been appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to serve on numerous committees and commissions including the Commission of Fairness and Access in the Courts, being instrumental in developing the standards governing foreign language interpreters. He is the author of several legal publications, including the Magistrate Court Benchbook for 25 years, the State Court Benchbook for 13 years, Purdom’s Georgia Magistrate Court Handbook, and Georgia Civil Discovery. He has been as effective lobbyist on behalf of the courts, leading to the success of multiple pieces of progressive legislation within an otherwise conservative state.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
1. Participants will be able to identify 4 reasons why protection of neuropsychological/psychological tests is critically important.
2. Participants will be able to identify 8 reasons why protective orders provide insufficient protection of neuropsychological/psychological tests.
3. Participants will be able to identify key arguments and evidence that should be submitted to the trial court to lay the proper foundation for protecting test security.
4. Participants will be able to list potential steps to follow when presented with demands for access to protected psychological test information by non- psychologists within the legal setting.
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APA CEs: 2
Webinar will be live-interactive and meets criteria for live CE hours
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