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Psychological Assessment and Access: A Multidisciplinary Population Health Approach - Hadas Pade, PsyD (Webinar live online)
2026 Grand Rounds Series
This session highlights the need to address the current inequitable access to psychological assessment services by acknowledging and embracing different levels of assessment versus a more traditional comprehensive assessment approach, and the potential role of various health care providers other than psychologists. While comprehensive assessments are highly valued, they are costly, often not adequately covered by insurance, and not readily available for many individuals, especially those from minoritized groups. In addition, one must be highly qualified to complete such an assessment; thus, supply is short. The current alternatives of a lengthy waitlist or simply bypassing an assessment are unacceptable and in direct opposition to social justice values. Instead, applying a population health model including a multidisciplinary approach that systematically and thoughtfully offers universal screenings and targeted assessments rather than primarily comprehensive ones along with overall promotion of health and emotional well-being is the way forward. This multi-tiered approach utilizes preventative tools and early detection and intervention applied to more or even all people that can be completed by a range of mental health and health trained individuals. Although not new, a population health approach has yet to be widely applied to psychological assessment. The different levels will be described including purpose, scope, type of providers considered, and resources necessary as well as advantages and limitations.
Target Audience
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Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to describe the issues with access to psychological assessment services
- Participants will be able to explain why and how a population health approach can be applied to psychological assessment
- Participants will be able to compare the suggested levels of assessment including purpose and scope as well as utility of multidisciplinary providers
Hadas Pade, PsyD, received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology and her master’s in forensic psychology from John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York. She holds a professional license in the state of California since 2005. Dr. Pade is the director of the Wright Institute Assessment Services and has been teaching and supervising psychological assessment for over 20 years. A main component of her professional career included conducting psychological and psychoeducational assessments with children and adolescents in outpatient and forensic settings as well as public safety evaluations in the bay area. Dr. Pade was president of the Assessment Psychology Section of APA’s Division 12 Society for Clinical Psychology. She is also the current president of the Collaborative Assessment Association of the Bay Area (CAABA), a non-profit organization. She has written several book chapters and articles in the area of psychological assessment and regularly co-facilitates workshops and various presentations at national and regional conventions on multiple topics in psychological assessment including training and diversity considerations.
Austen Riggs Center Inc. adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Medical Education. All those at Austen Riggs Center involved in the planning of this activity, including the presenter(s) listed above, report they have no relevant financial relationships with an ineligible company*.
The views and opinions expressed in this presentation are those of the presenter(s) and do not necessarily represent the official policy or position of the Austen Riggs Center.
Available Credit
- 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
ACCME - As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
- 1.00 APA
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc. designates this learning activity for 1.00 continuing education credit(s) (CE) for psychology. Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the programs.
Austen Riggs Center, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0115.
- 1.00 ASWB-ACE
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Austen Riggs Center, Inc is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organization, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Austen Riggs Center maintains responsibility for this. Social workers completing this Online live will receive 1.00 continuing education credit(s).
Austen Riggs Center, Inc is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0843.
- 1.00 Contact Hours/ ParticipationA certificate of attendance for all Learners.