Presentation at Department of Corrections
A big shout out to Leanne Mathews, Consultant Neuropsychologist, for presenting at the Department of Corrections national psychology training week!
Leanne presented on her recently published research looking at youth justice and Neuropsychology.
The key takeaways from Leanne’s research were:
- that neuropsychological assessment is an important tool that provides key information (e.g., cognitive strengths and weaknesses) which allows for individualised and strengths-based intervention with the rangatahi to change the trajectory of youth in the justice system.
- There are also high level of risk factors that affect cognitive development in the rangatahi in the youth justice system, and overall lower level of cognitive ability was found.
- This tells us that we must consider how we work with youth to maximise longer term outcomes and reduce recidivism.
Congratulations on taking the opportunity to share your incredibly important work!
