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The American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN) is a specialty board within the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). For those seeking board certification in clinical neuropsychology, ABCN is the board responsible for overseeing the examination process. The American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology (AACN) is the organization for those awarded board certification by the ABCN. In 2007, AACN produced the first set of practice guidelines, which were intended to “…facilitate the continued systematic growth of the profession of clinical neuropsychology, and to help assure a high level of professional practice.”
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Given the recent growth of clinical neuropsychology, coupled with the American Psychological Association’s focus on Evidence-Based Practice, the AACN established (AACN, 2007) guidelines for the practice of neuropsychological assessment and consultation. The guidelines are...
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The AACN practice guidelines can be found on the AACN’s Web site (www.theaacn.org) and are also published in the AACN’s journal: The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 21, 209–231.
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Heilbronner, R.L. (2011). AACN Practice Guidelines. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79948-3_820
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