Handbook

NPEP 2 follows on from NPEP1 and provides ongoing training as part of the practical component of the clinical neuropsychology program. It is designed to further develop your neuropsychology competencies and increase clinical experience across a wide range of presentations from childhood through to older adult.

For full time students, in NPEP2 you will continue with supervised placements in an external placement and attend clinical workshops. You are also expected to commence your capstone/research project and provide a progress report for this with completion in NPEP3.

For part time students, NPEP1, NPEP2 and NPEP3 may be taken out of sequence. For example, a part-time student may commence their first placement when enrolled in NPEP2 or NPEP3. This means that the required placement hours may vary depending on the sequence of study.

• Placement 1 is to be a minimum of 180 hours (60 hours direct client contact) 
• Placement 2 and 3 will be approximately 270-300 hours (120 hours direct client contact) each
• Overall minimum for all placements is 750 hours (300 direct client contact) 

Similarly, the capstone project progress report will be completed concurrently with Placement 2 regardless of which NPEP course the student is enrolled in and, likewise, the final capstone project will be submitted at the conclusion of Placement 3. All other assessments (workshop reflections, case reports, and case presentations) associated with specific NPEP courses remain unchanged.    

Teaching in NPEP2 is delivered via training in workshops, clinical activities on placement, feedback from placement supervisors, the Case Presentation Day and personal research.

The clinical workshops of this course will provide practical training via demonstration, modelling, role plays and case discussions in professional ethics, risk management, clinical skills of assessment, case formulation and critical skills in evaluating evidence-based practice approaches.

During placement you will be expected to undertake basic assessments with direction from your supervisor building on existing clinical skills. As the course progresses, you will take on an increasingly independent approach to client interview, selection of assessment instruments, interpretation of assessment results and communication of assessment results both written and orally. 

Capstone Research Project

If NPEP2 is Placement 2, you will need to commence personal research for your capstone/research project. If NPEP2 is Placement 3 you will need to submit a completed report on the capstone project.  This project will be negotiated with your supervisor but may take a variety of forms, for example

- a podcast designed to provide the latest evidence on a particular disorder and its treatment,

- a properly designed and completed single case experimental design evaluating a treatment,

- a protocol for a randomised controlled trial into a neuropsychological intervention.

By the end of Placement 2, you will be required to submit a progress report that details the rationale for the project, methodology and expected timeline for completion (in Placement 3).