The Minnesota Conference proposed guidelines for education and training in clinical neuropsychology

Anthony Y Stringer^{1

2}, Kathleen Fuchs^{1

3}, Veronica Bordes Edgar^{1

4}, Thomas Bristow^{1

5}, Stephen Correia^{1

6}, Suzanne Penna^{1

2}, Anny Reyes^{1

7}, Douglas M Whiteside^{1

8}, Cady Block^{9

10}, Douglas Bodin^{9

11}, Sakina Butt^{9

12}, Matthew Calamia^{9

13}, Nyaz Didehbani^{4

9}, Peter Dodzik^{9

14}, Vonetta M Dotson^{9

15}, Mary Fernandes^{9

16}, Krista Freece^{9

17}, Richard Fuller^{9

18}, Glen Getz^{9

19}, Lana Harder^{4

9}, Farzin Irani^{9

20}, Laura Janzen^{9

21}, Brick Johnstone^{9

22}, Erin Kaseda^{9

23}, Megan Kramer^{9

24

25}, Cynthia Kubu^{7

9}, Jose Lafosse^{9

26}, Jennifer Lee-DaRocha^{9

27}, Beatriz MacDonald^{4

9}, Adriana Macias Strutt^{9

28}, Michelle Madore^{9

29}, Will McBride^{9

30}, Luis Daniel Medina^{9

31}, Grace Mucci^{9

32}, Kritika Nayar^{9

33}, June Paltzer^{9

34}, Courtney Ray^{9

35}, Rebecca Ready^{9

36}, Taylor Rose Schmitt^{9

37}, Beth Rush^{9

10}, Shifali Singh^{9

38}, Scott Sperling^{7

9}, Lisa Stanford^{9

39}, William Stiers^{9

25

40}, Nikki Stricker^{9

41}, Allen Thornton^{9

42}, Ryan Van Patten^{9

43

44}, Susan Vandermorris^{9

45}, Kris Verroulx^{9

46}, Jaime Wilson^{9

47}, Ingram Wright^{9

48}, Andrea Zartman^{4

9}, Robert Bilder^{49

50}, Daryl Fujii^{49

51}, Amy Heffelfinger^{49

52}, Thomas Parsons^{49

53}, Antonio E Puente^{49

54}, Celiane Rey-Casserly^{38

49}, Brad Roper^{49

55}, Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe^{49

56}

Affiliations

¹ Minnesota Conference Steering Committee, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁹ Minnesota Conference Delegate, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
¹¹ Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
¹² Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹³ Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
¹⁴ Neuropsychology, Northwest Behavioral Health Services, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁶ Congressional Fellow, APA/American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁷ Neuropsychology Staff, Kaiser Permanente, Vista, CA, USA.
¹⁸ Independent Practice, Fuller Diagnostics, Anchorage, AK, USA.
¹⁹ Psychiatry and Behavioral Heath Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
²⁰ Independent Practice, AAA Neuropsychology, Melvern, PA, USA.
²¹ Neuropsychology Staff, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
²² Brain Injury Research, Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
²³ Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA.
²⁴ Department of Neuropsychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Regis University, Denver, CO, USA.
²⁷ Independent Practice, Lynnield, MA, USA.
²⁸ Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
²⁹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
³⁰ Department of Psychology, Spalding University, Louisville, KY, USA.
³¹ Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
³² Neuropsychology Staff, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA.
³³ Child Study Center, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at New York University Langone, New York, NY, USA.
³⁴ Department of Neurology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA.
³⁵ Independent Practice, Array Psychological Assessments, Weehawken, NJ, USA.
³⁶ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
³⁷ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³⁹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴² Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
⁴³ Center of Neurorestoraton and Neurotechnology, Veterans Administraton Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴⁵ Memory and Aging Program, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Canada.
⁴⁶ Independent Practice, Petaluma, CA, USA.
⁴⁷ Independent Practice, Wilson Clinical Services, Tacoma, WA, USA.
⁴⁸ School of Psychological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁴⁹ Minnesota Conference Expert Panel, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁵⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵¹ Neuropsychology Staff, Veterans Administration Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu, HI, USA.
⁵² Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁵³ Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁵⁴ Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA.
⁵⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁵⁶ Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.

PMID: 40604361
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2025.2520957

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The Minnesota Conference proposed guidelines for education and training in clinical neuropsychology

Anthony Y Stringer et al. Clin Neuropsychol. 2025.

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. 2025 Jul 2:1-42.

doi: 10.1080/13854046.2025.2520957. Online ahead of print.

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Affiliations

¹ Minnesota Conference Steering Committee, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
² Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Psychology, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
⁸ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁹ Minnesota Conference Delegate, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
¹¹ Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA.
¹² Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
¹³ Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
¹⁴ Neuropsychology, Northwest Behavioral Health Services, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁶ Congressional Fellow, APA/American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁷ Neuropsychology Staff, Kaiser Permanente, Vista, CA, USA.
¹⁸ Independent Practice, Fuller Diagnostics, Anchorage, AK, USA.
¹⁹ Psychiatry and Behavioral Heath Institute, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
²⁰ Independent Practice, AAA Neuropsychology, Melvern, PA, USA.
²¹ Neuropsychology Staff, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
²² Brain Injury Research, Shepherd Center, Atlanta, GA, USA.
²³ Department of Psychology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA.
²⁴ Department of Neuropsychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁵ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
²⁶ Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Regis University, Denver, CO, USA.
²⁷ Independent Practice, Lynnield, MA, USA.
²⁸ Department of Neurology and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
²⁹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
³⁰ Department of Psychology, Spalding University, Louisville, KY, USA.
³¹ Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
³² Neuropsychology Staff, Children's Hospital of Orange County, Orange, CA, USA.
³³ Child Study Center, Hassenfeld Children's Hospital at New York University Langone, New York, NY, USA.
³⁴ Department of Neurology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Davis, CA, USA.
³⁵ Independent Practice, Array Psychological Assessments, Weehawken, NJ, USA.
³⁶ Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
³⁷ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
³⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
³⁹ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴¹ Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
⁴² Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
⁴³ Center of Neurorestoraton and Neurotechnology, Veterans Administraton Providence Healthcare System, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁴⁵ Memory and Aging Program, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Canada.
⁴⁶ Independent Practice, Petaluma, CA, USA.
⁴⁷ Independent Practice, Wilson Clinical Services, Tacoma, WA, USA.
⁴⁸ School of Psychological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
⁴⁹ Minnesota Conference Expert Panel, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁵⁰ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
⁵¹ Neuropsychology Staff, Veterans Administration Pacific Islands Health Care System, Honolulu, HI, USA.
⁵² Department of Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
⁵³ Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
⁵⁴ Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, USA.
⁵⁵ Department of Psychiatry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA.
⁵⁶ Department of Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.

PMID: 40604361
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2025.2520957

Abstract

Objective: The Houston Conference Guidelines (Hannay et al., 1998) provided an initial framework for North American neuropsychology training that served the specialty well for several decades. Subsequent advances in technology, increased diversity of the U.S. and Canadian populations, and the adoption of competency-based training models within Health Service Psychology have created a need to update neuropsychology training guidelines. Therefore, in 2022, the Minnesota Conference to Update Education and Training Guidelines in Clinical Neuropsychology began a two-year drafting process leading to the currently proposed update.

Method: A Steering Committee worked with content experts, consultants, and delegates representing North American neuropsychological organizations and specialists. The final version of the guidelines was developed after reviewing neuropsychological training literature, gathering feedback from specialists, and making iterative revisions of earlier drafts to reach consensus.

Conclusion: The resulting "Minnesota Guidelines" include five foundational (Neuroscience and Brain Behavior Relationships; Integration of Science and Practice; Ethics, Standards, Laws, and Policies; Diversity; and Professional Relationships) and eight functional (Assessment; Intervention; Interdisciplinary Systems and Consultation; Research and Scholarship; Technology and Innovation; Teaching, Supervision, and Mentoring; Health and Professional Advocacy; and Administration, Management, and Business) areas of competency required for entry level specialty practice. While consensus was not achieved, a majority of voting delegates recommended the Guidelines for adoption and the Guidelines have been endorsed by six neuropsychology education and board certification organizations. The American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology has not endorsed the Minnesota Guidelines and will not make an endorsement decision until three months after online publication.

Keywords: Neuropsychology; clinical competency; clinical neuropsychology; cultural competency; professional competency; professional education; specialty training.

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