MCEP Workshops for Psychologists

Upcoming Continuing Education Workshops

What's Your Social IQ: Perspectives on Social Intelligence from Evolutionary Biology & Social Neuroscience
Presented by Valerie Stone, PhD
  • Get specific tools to help your clients gain new confidence in the three most stressful social situations: dating, workplace interactions, and meeting new people.
  • This isn't just a lecture: this program focuses on giving you access to cutting edge science you can use in your practice the next day.
  • Click here to download our free tipsheet on "Starting a conversation with someone you don't know."
  • Learn why social interactions are so essential for humans, based on our primate past & the communal foraging lifestyles of our ancestors.
  • Learn what the components of social skill are (e.g., emotion recognition, negotiating status hierarchies, attachment, conversation skills, inferring others' intentions, avoiding deception).
  • Learn the latest research from social neuroscience on the brain basis of these components of social intelligence.
  • Learn how to apply knowledge about social intelligence in work with your clients, including the latest assessment tools for social intelligence.
  • June 5 2010, Berkeley, CA. 10am-noon, 1-4pm.
  • June 6 2010, Santa Rosa, CA. 10am-noon, 1-4pm.
    • To register, call 510.845.1767 or 303.669.8528 or email us (register@assesscompetency.com).
  Past MCEP Offerings

Assessment of Disability Following Traumatic Brain Injury Should Include Objective Social Measures: Towards a Social IQ Test
Wednesday, 7 October, 2009, Brain Injury Association of CO Annual Conference, Denver,CO.
Presented by Valerie Stone, PhD. One hour talk for neuropsychologists about new and currently available objective measures of social competency that can be used with clients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).


Protect Your Clients: Social Safety & Vulnerability in Children & Adults with Asperger Syndrome Presented by Valerie Stone, PhD. Three-hour training for psychologists, social workers, and police officers on how to assess social vulnerability and safety rules to help protect clients with Asperger Syndrome.
November 21, 2008, Integrated Center for Child Development, Canton, MA
  • Demonstrating Disability Following Brain Injury: New Science, New Techniques Presented by Valerie Stone, PhD.
  • June, 2010. San Francisco, CA. Specific dates TBA. For more information email us (register@assesscompetency.com).
  

Director of Continuing Education - Dr. Valerie Stone
More about Dr. Stone
Email Dr. Valerie Stone (vestone@assesscompetency.com)