Education:

Ph.D., Hofstra University (June, 1971) Psychology Hospital internship
Central Islip State Hospital M.A., Western Michigan University (December, 1965)
B.A., New York University (June, 1963)


Board and Fellow Certifications:

Fellow, National Academy of Neuropsychology (June, 2008)
Fellow, American College of Forensic Examiners (September, 1997)     
Diplomate, American Board of Psychological Specialties in Medical Psychology (May, 1997)
Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Medicine (February, 1996)
Diplomate, American Board of Disability Analysts (October, 1995)
Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Examiners (June, 1994)
Fellow, Academy of Clinical Psychology (November, 1993)
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (July, 1990)
Diplomate, American Board of Professional DisabilityConsultants (December, 1989)
Diplomate, American Board of Forensic Psychology (August, 1989)
Fellow, American Academy of Forensic Psychology (August, 1989)
Diplomate and Fellow, International Academy of Behavioral Medicine, Counseling and Psychotherapy (September, 1987)
Fellow, American College of Forensic Psychology (May, 1985)
Diplomate, American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Psychology (December, 1983)


Post-doctoral Continuing Education:

Clinical Neuropsychology, Neurology, Neuroanatomy & Dissection
Albert Einstein College of Medicine (CME)
State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical School
Dr. S. Mattis, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Director of Psychiatry,
Division of Neuropsychology
Marquette University College of Health Sciences
Continuing Education in Neuropsychology
Neurology Grand Rounds, State University of New York at Stony Brook Medical
School: 11/5/93 to present
Behavioral Medicine and Medical Psychology
Forensic Psychology
Marriage and Family Therapy
Psychopharmacology
Sexual Abuse


Licensure:

New York State (February, 1972); license #PSY 004037-1; examination concentration in clinical psychology

Certification:

New York Permanent Certification as School Psychologist
Workers' Compensation Board of New York
NPI #: 1285774208


Professional Listings:

American Medical Forensic Specialists
American Society of Law & Medicine
Attorney's Directory of Forensic Psychologists
National Academy of Neuropsychologists
National Directory of Head Injury Rehabilitation
National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
National Registry of Forensic Examiners     
New York Neuropsychology Group Directory
Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare


Hospital Consultations:

Providing hospital consultation as requested on a per case basis

Relevant Professional Experiences/Appointments:

Board Examiner and Work Sample Reviewer, American Board of Forensic Psychology
Monitor for board certifying examinations, American Board of Professional Psychology
Work Sample Reviewer, American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology     
Independent practice of forensic and  neuropsychology (1984 to present)    
Medical Advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Member, New York State Workers’ Compensation Medical Guidelines Review Committee (2007)
Member, New York State Department of Health, Medical Records Access Review Committee (Psychology Section)     


Past Relevant Professional Experience:

Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology-C.W. Post College
Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology-Hofstra University
Adjunct Professor of Forensic Examination, Touro College, School of Health Sciences
Clinical Psychologist-Kalamazoo State Hospital (Michigan)
Consultant and former board member-Feingold Association for Hyperactive Children
Consulting Psychologist-Bereaved Parents organization
Director of Drug Treatment Program-Southeast Nassau Guidance Center
Director of Psychological and Psychiatric Services-North Shore Consultation Center
Forensic Consultant, Suffolk County Attorney's Office, Child Sexual Abuse Program
Independent practice of clinical psychology (1972 to 1984)
Lecturer in Psychology-Suffolk County Community College
Member, St. Johnland Nursing Center Head Injury Rehabilitation Advisory Board
New York State Education Department approved lecturer on child sexual abuse


Professional Organization Memberships:

American Academy of Behavioral Medicine
American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
  Former Member, Disciplinary Committee     
American Academy of Forensic Psychology
American Academy of Neurology (affiliate member)
American Board of Forensic Examiners
American College of Forensic Psychology
American College of Legal Medicine
American Neuropsychiatric Association
American Psychological Association                  
     Member, Division of Clinical Neuropsychology
     Former Federal Advocacy Coordinator
     Representative to Interdivisional Healthcare Committee
     Member, American Psychology-Law Society     
American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics     
Behavioral Neuropsychology Special Interest Group
International Academy of Law and Mental Health
International Neuropsychological Society
National Academy of Neuropsychology
New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury
     Former Executive Board Member
New York State Association of Neuropsychology
     Member: Professional Affairs Committee

       Member: Workers' Compensation Committee

      Member: Integration Committee     

      Member: Pediatric Interest Professional Affairs Committee

New York Neuropsychology Group

Former Suffolk County Representative to NYSPA Council  
Society of Behavioral Medicine
Suffolk County Psychological Association
 Former member, Executive Board
 Former Co-Chairman, Hospitals & Clinics Committee
 Former representative to NYSPA Council
 Member, Family-Law Committee


Publications:

Honor, S., & Vane, J.R., "Comparison of Thematic Apperception Test and Questionnaire Methods to Obtain Achievement Attitudes of High School Boys," Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1972, 28(1), 81-83
Honor, S., "Modifying Attitudes Towards the Secondary School Psychologist," Psychology in the Schools, 1972, 9(3), 317-321
Honor, S., "Forensic Psychology and Law," VLP News, 1985, 2(2)   
Honor, S., "Head Injury, Neuropsychological Sequelae, and Personal Injury Litigation," Medical Trial Technique Quarterly, 1994, 40(1), 42-56
Honor, S., "Custody Evaluation: Is Something Missing?", The Custody Newsletter, 1994, 10, 2-8
Honor, S., Chapter 3 in A Casebook of Ethical Challenges in Neuropsychology, edited by Shane Bush, Taylor & Francis, 2005
Honor, S., Sullivan, J, Chapter “Conducting Criminal Forensic Neuropsychological Assessments” in Clinical Neuropsychology in the  Criminal Forensic Setting, edited by Robert Denney & James Sullivan, Guildford Publications (2008)


Honors and Distinctions:

Neuropsychological Examination work quoted in New York State Jury Verdict, 1994, Volume 11, Issue 10, September, 1994, p. 10.
Suffolk County Bar Association, January 1989, recipient of the Outstanding Achievement Award for forensic services
Forensic work quoted in the non-fiction work, A  Deadly Silence by Dena Kleiman (published by the Atlantic Monthly Press 1988), the story of the Cheryl Pierson/Sean Pica murder case
Testimony in 1987 custody case is discussed in West's New York Supplement, 538 N.Y.S. 2d No. 2, 4/19/89, Keating v. Keating, pages 286-294
First board certified forensic psychologist in Suffolk County
First board certified neuropsychologist in Suffolk County
One of the few neuropsychologists in the Northeast board certified in clinical, forensic and neuropsychology and one of few neuropsychologists in the United States so certified
Listed in Who's Who Among Human Service Professionals, 3rd Edition
New York State Psychological Association, Distinguished Service Award, 5/05


Media Experience:

TV Channel 12, Long Island – Custodial forensic issues (Reporter: Dana Lowey)
TV Channel 2, New York – Custodial forensic issues (Reporter: Lou Young)
Cable TV, Long Island – Neuropsychological aspects of memory (Moderator: Dr. Carol Goldberg)
Cable TV, Channel 31, Long Island – forensic custodial and matrimonial issues (Moderator:  Father Frank)


Professional Seminar Leadership:

University Medical Center, 6/5/12, "Forensic Neurology," presented to neurology resident staff
Suffolk Academy of Law, 3/27/09, “The Treating Psychologist Testifying in Court” 
New York State Psychological Association, Forensic Division, 3/22/09,
 presentation “The Many Faces of Forensic Psychology               
National Academy of Neuropsychology Annual Conference, 10/24/08, panel
 member, Forensic Grand Rounds
New York State Psychological Association/Forensic Psychology Associates,
 10/19/07, panel member, presentation to attorneys and psychologists, “Ethical
 Violations in Custody Evaluations,”  Suffolk County Psychological Association,
4/13/07: What Psychotherapists Need to Know About Treatment with Patients
 Involved in Legal Issues
Queens College, Doctoral students in neuropsychology, 3/26/07: Forensic
 Neuropsychology
Interfaith Medical Center, 12/12/06, medical and psychiatric staff: "What Forensic      
 Neuropsychologists have to offer in Murder Cases"
Hofstra University School of Law, 11/18/06, panel participation: "Modern
 Divorce Advocacy in Parenting and Custody Dispute”
Smithtown Parkinson Therapy Center, 3/6/06, “The Neuropsychologist's Role in  Parkinson’s Disease”
Suffolk County Psychological Association, 10/14/05: “What Psychologists Need to Know About the Law”
RES Company 2005 Conference, 1/8/05; presented to head/brain injury       
 professionals “Problems Working with the Post-Head injury/Brain Injury Patient”
National Association of Social Workers, Suffolk Chapter: 5/2/03,
 Mental Health Awareness Day, presentation on neuropsychology    
Suffolk County Psychological Association: 1/31/03, presented workshop on
 “Neuropsychology for the Non-Neuropsychologist”
New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury Annual Conference: 4/1/2000,
 "Concussion, the Invisible Sports Injury; Baseline Testing for Prevention & Protection"
Suffolk Chapter, NYS Society for Clinical Social Work: 3/10/02 "Recognition of
 Neuropsychological Syndromes"
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 10/22 & 29/99, seminar on forensic   issues for mental health professionals
NYC Board of Education, Peer Intervention Program: 5/3/99, "The Neuropsych-ologically Impaired Teacher"
Suffolk Academy of Law: 10/15/98, "Basic Brain Anatomy and a Mock Trial of a Mild  Traumatic Brain Injury Resulting from a Car Accident"
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 9/16/98, "Neuropsychology for the Non-  Neuropsychologist"
New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury: 6/4/98, "Professional Problems in  Understanding and Diagnosing Concussion"
Suffolk Academy of Law: 5/20/98, "Hidden Post Traumatic Disabilities - Post Concussion Syndrome"
New York Academy of Traumatic Brain Injury: 2/28/98, "Concussive Head Injury: Legal and Reimbursement Issues"
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 12/8/97, "Forensics for the Mental Health   Professional"
Suffolk County Psychological Association: 11/14/97, "PTSD Sequelae and TBI"
St. John's Hospital Department of Psychiatry: 6/9/97, "Mild  Traumatic Brain Injury"
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 4/24/96, "We Command You...: Forensic   Issues for the Mental Health Professional"
Nassau Psychological Services Institute: 4/20/96, "Substance Abuse: Differential   Diagnosis & Neuropsychological Issues"
American Academy of Forensic Psychology; 3/25/95, Forensic Neuropsychology   
St. John's Episcopal Hospital of Smithtown, Department of Pediatrics: 6/9/94,
 "Neuropsychological Services in a Pediatric Population"
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 4/4/94, seminar for mental health
 professionals on Forensic Psychology
South Oaks Hospital Medical Staff: 9/20/93, "Forensic Issues in Child Abuse"
Nassau County Psychological Association Convention: 6/5/93, Families: Hard to Define,   Difficult to Treat, Forensic Issues in the Psychological Treatment of the Family
Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital, community mental health nurses:  2/17/93,
 "Neuropsychological Examination in Diagnosis and Treatment"
American Academy of Forensic Psychology: 1/23/93, Forensic Neuropsychology
New York State Psychological Association Annual Convention: 5/17/92, presentation:
 Forensic Psychology: Standards and Practices of the 90s
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 3/26/92, seminar for mental health
 professionals on forensic issues
Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital: community mental health nurses: 3/18/92, "Anxieties in
 Today's Mental Health Professionals"
Mather Memorial Hospital, Department of Psychiatry: 8/14/91, Interfacing of
 Neuropsychology & Medicine
New York State Psychological Association Annual Convention: 5/4/91, Critical Issues in
Forensic Neuropsychology
New York State Department of Professional Education: 3/8, 20/91,  Instructor of state
 mandated course in Childhood Sexual Abuse under the auspices of the Suffolk County
 Psychological Association
New York State Psychological Association Annual Convention: 4/29/90 seminar
 concerning psychological services and Worker's Compensation regulations     
Suffolk County Department of Mental Health: 2/27/89, seminar for mental health
 professionals on Forensic Psychology     
St. John's Episcopal Hospital of Smithtown: 5/9/88, seminar for Neurology and
 Neurosurgery Department on Neuropsychology
American Psychological Association Annual Convention: New York State Psychological
 Association presentation: 8/29/87, "The Independent Practice of Forensic Psychology"

Forensic experience outside metropolitan New York:

Arizona
Illinois
Maryland
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Vermont
Connecticut
Indiana
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Texas
Washington State
Florida
Louisiana
Missouri
Pennsylvania
Upstate New York
Virgin Islands
Hawaii



Consultation and/or testimony offered in the following types of cases:

arson
capital punishment
child custody and child neglect
class action
competency
drug trafficking
employment litigation
hit and run
immigration fraud
involuntary hospitalization
kidnapping
marital assets resolution
political asylum
medical disability
medical malpractice
Munchausen-by-Proxy
murder (homicide, infanticide, rape)
employment disability
personal injury (head injury, psychic trauma)
police fitness evaluation
psychological injury
school/educational issues
sexual abuse & deviation
shaken baby syndrome
tax evasion
traumatic brain injury

 

Chapter 11. Conducting Criminal Forensic Neuropsychological Assessment: Pragmatic Considerations     Stephen Honor  and James P. Sullivan

Chapter 3 in this book