Invited Panel: Test Security Update
Chair: TBC
Panel:
Kate Croaker
Deborah Arguedas
Jamie Berry
TBC
Kate Croaker Deborah Arguedas Jamie Berry TBC
Abstract:
Learning objectives:
1. Describe key test security risks relevant to neuropsychological practice in Australia, including risks arising from report writing, information requests, and telehealth delivery.
2. Apply practical strategies for protecting test security while balancing ethical, clinical, and legal demands across different practice settings.
3. Critically evaluate the proposed draft Australian Test Security Guidelines and contribute feedback to support their refinement for the neuropsychological community.
Level: Intermediate. This event will suit both early career and experienced neuropsychologists.
About the experts:
Kate Croaker, PhD is a Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist and Unit Head within Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, and Senior Lecturer and Deputy Academic Program Director in Postgraduate Psychology at the University of Wollongong. She has over 15 years’ experience across rehabilitation and medical settings and contributes to postgraduate training and professional practice guidelines. Her work focuses on ethical assessment, neurodiversity-affirming practice, and secure psychological test use.
Deborah Arguedas, PhD is a Clinical Neuropsychologist with over 15 years’ experience across public health and private practice. She established neuropsychology services in NSW public health drug and alcohol settings and has worked across brain injury rehabilitation and neurology. She is Director of Nepean Neuropsychological Services, where she provides clinical and medicolegal assessments. Her work has informed a strong interest in data and test security.
Jamie Berry, PhD is a Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist and Director of Advanced Neuropsychological Treatment Services. He is a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists and a Director of ACNpA. He teaches in postgraduate psychology programs at the University of Sydney and UNSW and holds an honorary Clinical Associate Professor appointment at Macquarie University. His research and clinical practice focus on neuropsychological rehabilitation for working-age adults.