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Registrants will receive further information for participating via Zoom Webinar for the presentation.
Cannabis: Current Uses and Neurocognitive Considerations
This presentation will review current cannabis practices, including recreational and clinical uses, and provide a historical and cultural lens to contextualize current trends. The presentation will review current literature discussing the potential positive versus harmful outcomes, with a focus on neurocognitive effects. A case example will be used to illustrate neuropsychological findings in a person with chronic excessive cannabis use. Finally, we will include some resources to help practitioners feel equipped to engage in a balanced dialogue with patients about cannabis use.
Learning Objectives
By completing this program, participants will able to:
1. Describe the historical and cultural context of cannabis use, including discrimination against minority populations living in the US.
2. Summarize the current literature on clinical uses of cannabis and potential harmful effects.
3. Apply the literature on neurocognitive effects to a case example.
4. Engage more comfortably in a productive, balanced conversation with patients about cannabis use.
Presenter Bio: Shannon Harris, PsyD, HSPP
Dr. Shannon Harris is a native Hoosier; she completed her undergraduate work in psychology at Butler University and went on to receive her PsyD from the University of Indianapolis. She left the Hoosier state for one year to complete her pre-doctoral internship with a neuropsychology emphasis at the North Texas VA in Dallas, TX, and then returned home to finish her post-doctoral fellowship in adult clinical neuropsychology at the IU School of Medicine. She now works as a clinical neuropsychologist in the department of neurology at IU, where she sees conducts outpatient dementia evaluations and pre-surgical evaluations for movement disorders and epilepsy. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time exploring Indianapolis restaurants and parks with her husband and dog.
Shannon Harris
Presenter Bio: Rebecca Kominsky, PhD
Dr. Kominsky was born and raised in Baltimore, MD. She completed her undergraduate studies in psychology and neuroscience at the University of Maryland. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology with health emphasis from Ferkauf School of Psychology at Yeshiva University and completed her clinical psychology internship at the Bronx VA in the neuropsychology track. She moved to Indianapolis for her clinical neuropsychology fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Kominsky looks forward to working at the Indiana Neuropsychology Group as an adult neuropsychologist upon completion of fellowship. In her free time, she enjoys drinking tea, hiking, and spending time with her husband and daughter.
Rebecca Kominsky
Special Note to Conference Attendees
The Indiana Psychological Association (IPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Indiana Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Indiana State Psychology Board and Indiana Behavioral Health Board:
IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for psychologists.
IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for LSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LMFTA, LCAC and LAC.
Licensees must judge the program’s relevance to their professional practice.
Please note that APA rules require that credit be given only to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leaving early will not receive CE credits. Partial credit cannot be given. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program. Drs. Harris & Kominsky and IPA have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.
CE certificates will be distributed via email withing two weeks post-event.
Registration Fees
IPA New, Premier, Platinum, Emeritus-Practicing, and Student Members - $0
IPA Basic, Emeritus-Retired Members, and Affiliate Members - $15
Non-Members - Psychologists and Other Professionals $30
*If a non-member Student seeking to attend, please either join IPA (free membership with "sponsorship" by an IPA Academic Member or, if outside the state of Indiana, please contact info@indianapsychology.org.
Registration will close on Thursday, July 31st, 2025.
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