Updated September 17 th , 2026
To address cultural competence training, fellows will work with Veterans from a variety of eras, including the Korean conflict, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and Operations Enduring Freedom, Iraqi Freedom, New Dawn, Freedom’s Sentinel, and Inherent Resolve. The Veterans in this clinic range in age from 20s through their 90s. Fellows on this rotation will become familiar with special considerations in working with older adults with a variety of chronic health problems, disabilities, and neurologic and psychiatric conditions. Fellows will gain competence in understanding the barriers that older adults and people with disabilities face in seeking and receiving treatment, the role of neuropsychologists as advocates within the VA healthcare system and the way other identity variables, such as race, religion, sexual orientation, education level, SES, and cognitive status may intersect with aging and disability. The Fellow will also gain experience in understanding how diversity factors can affect neuropsychological test selection, administration, and interpretation and how such factors influence impressions and treatment recommendations. Further, there will be opportunities to discuss the intersectionality of diversity factors of the trainee, the supervisor, and the Veteran to better understand how these factors contribute to the overall level of care provided. This rotation requires trainees to be on site for testing and some rotations will require the fellow to be on-campus and perform face-to-face clinical work on most days; however, there may be some opportunities for remote/telework for a smaller percentage of the time.
Elective Neuropsychology – Rehabilitation Psychology Cross-Over Rotational Offerings
Two-year Postdoctoral Fellows within the specialty accredited Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation Postdoctoral Training Programs have an elective opportunity to participate in cross-over training in the alternate training program (i.e., Rehabilitation Psychology Fellows in Neuropsychology and Neuropsychology Fellows in Rehabilitation Psychology) to enhance their postdoctoral training and promote competence in a closely related area of practice. Fellows are encouraged to discuss their interests in an elective rotation with the faculty in their respective specialty tracks and reach out to elective rotation supervisors as soon as feasible to discuss the Fellow’s clinical interests and how the elective rotation can best support their training goals.
Elective Neuropsychology Rotation Supervisors: Spring Flores Johnson, PhD; Christine Kim, PhD; Erin Moniz, PhD, ABBP- CN
Rehabilitation Psychology Fellows will have an elective opportunity to participate in the Neuropsychology Clinic that provides outpatient neuropsychological assessment for Veterans across the adult lifespan. Patient cases will be assigned based on training interest and identified areas of growth, with clinical supervisory oversight provided by one of the delegated neuropsychologists on staff. Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment will focus on a fixed- flexible approach and tests will be chosen based on the characteristics of the patient and referral questions. The Rehabilitation Psychology Fellow will have the opportunity to engage in the test- selection, test administration utilizing standardized approaches and appropriate modifications, scoring, case conceptualization, and integrative report writing. Furthermore, Rehabilitation
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