Division 42 - Meetings

Watch for future announcements about Division 42's activities during the 2006 APA Convention!

To start with, here is the schedule for the Division 42 Hospitality Suite. Please join us!

Here also is information about activities sponsored by the Practice Directorate and about the 13th Annual Institute for Psychology in the Schools

FROM: Dan Abrahamson, Ph.D., Assistant Executive Director, State Advocacy
Susan Lazaroff, J.D., State Advocacy Officer

RE: Convention Meetings of Interest to SPTAs and APA Practice Divisions
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We are writing to call your attention to several APA Convention programs organized or sponsored by the Practice Directorate that you may not otherwise hear about or take note of. We hope that your association will be able to send a representative or representatives to these meetings. Next to each program we have indicated whether it is an open meeting for all leaders or for designated representatives only. Please make note of the room locations since many of these programs are by invitation only and are not listed in the convention program book.

Tuesday, August 8, 2006
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Jefferson Ballroom
CESPPA Annual Meeting
For CESPPA Members Only

Wednesday, August 9, 2006
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Jefferson Ballroom
CESPPA Annual Meeting
For CESPPA Members Only

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Belle Chasse Room
APA’s Disaster Response Network Sponsors the American Red Cross Foundations of Disaster Mental Health Training
This is the training required to become a Red Cross disaster mental health volunteer. There is no cost to participants and they can earn 6.5 APA CEUS. Participants must be licensed practitioners.
Instructors: Susan Hamilton, Ph.D., American Red Cross
Richard A. Heaps, Ph.D., ABPP, DRN Advisory Committee Member and Utah State DRN Coordinator

Advanced registration required: space is limited. For more information,
please contact Margie Schroeder at 1-800-374-2723 ext. 5902 or
mschroeder@apa.org.

12:30 – 5:00 PM, at the New Orleans Marriott Hotel, Mardi Gras Ballroom E
13th Annual Institute for Psychology in the Schools: “Preparing for "What ifs" and Other Unknowns: Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Students Now”
For more information, please see the web page: http://www.apa.org/practice/opas_reg.html or contact Beth Nichols-Howarth (bnichols-howarth@apa.org or 1-800-374-2723, ext. 7609).
Open meeting, advance registration required

Thursday, August 10, 2006
10:00 – 11:50 AM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 280
Parent Coordination Project (Sponsored by Division 42)
Chairs: Gerry Koocher, Ph.D., President, APA
Shirley Ann Higuchi, J.D., AED Legal and Regulatory Affairs

1:00 – 1:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Marlborough Suite B
Business Meeting: Committee on Rural Health (CRH)
Closed Meeting

1:00 – 2:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Prince of Wales Room
Business Meeting: Business of Practice Network (BOPN)
For Designated Representatives

7:00 PM – 8:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Melrose Room
Division of State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs (Division 31) Social Hour (co-sponsored by the State Advocacy Program)
Open Meeting

Friday, August 11, 2006
9:00 – 10:50 AM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Jefferson Ballroom
Business Meeting: CAPP-Liaison/Consultation (106) Meeting
Each SPPA and APA Practice Division is encouraged to send a representative to this
Forum for the leadership of the practice community to give input and feedback to the
Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice, chaired by Dr. Katherine Nordal.
For Designated Representatives

10:00 – 12:50 AM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 345
Symposium: Tools for Growth: Effective and Ethical Marketing Strategies for Psychologists
Chair: J. Paul Burney, Ph.D., Independent Practice, Conroe, TX
Presenters: Rosalind S. Dorlen, Psy.D., Independent Practice, Summit, NJ
David W. Ballard, Psy.D., M.B.A., Assistant Executive Director, APA
Practice Directorate

Open Session, but space is limited. Reserve your spot by calling 202-336-5900 or emailing [practicemanagement@apa.org]

11:00 – 11:50 AM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 348
Invited Address: 2006 Award for Distinguished Graduate Student in Professional
Psychology In the Shadow of the Spotlight: Muslim and Arab Americans in a Post
9/11 Era
Presenter: Mona M. Amer, Ph.D.
Open Session (Approved for CE Credit)

12:00 -12:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 347
CAPP Conversation Hour
Chair: Katherine Nordal, Ph.D.
This is an opportunity for convention-goers to discuss issues and raise questions with Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice (CAPP) members
Open Meeting

12:00 – 12:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 348
Invited Address: 2006 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to
Practice in the Public Sector: Correctional Psychology: Services, Obstacles, and
Future Directions
Presenter: Thomas J. Fagan, Ph.D.
Open Session (Approved for CE Credit)

1:00 – 1:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 339
Invited Address: 2006 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to
Applied Research: Health Psychology and the Developing World: Has Elvis Left the
Building?
Presenter: Stephen M. Weiss, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Open Session (Approved for CE Credit)

1:00 – 1:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 348
COPPS Unveils Record Keeping Guidelines
Open Meeting

2:00 – 3:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Fountain Room
State Leadership Forum – “Managing Political Realities”
All SPTA leaders are invited to attend this important forum and networking opportunity, moderated by David Hayes, Ph.D., Chair of the Committee of State Leaders. Meet with fellow SPTA leaders and Practice Directorate staff and get the latest updates on licensure eligibility upon completion of the doctoral degree and prescriptive authority initiatives. Learn how to manage the political realities that define these two crucial issues.
Open Meeting

4:00 – 4:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Marlborough Suite B
Business Meeting: SPTA Directors of Professional Affairs
For SPTA Directors of Professional Affairs (Paid Staff) Only

Saturday, August 12, 2006
9:00 – 10:50 AM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 245
Symposium: Business Strategies and Technology for Emerging Practitioners – A
Primer
Presenters: David W. Ballard, Psy.D., MBA
David W. Nickelson, Psy.D., J.D.
Elizabeth Winkelman, J.D., Ph.D.
Kevin Chapman, M.A.
Open Session

10:00 – 11:50AM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 345
New Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing Codes
Chair: Randy Phelps, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director, Practice Directorate
Open

11:00 – 11:50 AM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 354
Symposium: Emerging and Continuing Issues for State Disaster Response Networks
and Partner Agencies (Sponsored by Division 31 and APA’s Disaster Response Network)
Chair: Suzan M. Stafford, Ed.D., DRN Advisory Committee Member and DC DRN
Coordinator
Presenters: Ricahrd A. Heaps, Ph.D., ABPP, DRN Advisory Committee member and
Utah DRN Coordinator
Susan D. Silk, Ph.D., Michigan DRN Coordinator
John R. Tassey, Ph.D., Oklahoma DRN Coordinator
Raymond F. Hanbury, Ph.D., DRN Advisory Committee Member, New
Jersey DRN Coordinator
Gerard A. Jacobs, Ph.D., Director, Disaster mental Health Institute,
University of South Dakota
Discussant: Catherine E. Hanson, Ph.D., Louisiana DRN Coordinator
Open Meeting

12:00 – 1:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Burgundy Room
Committee of State Leaders Working Lunch
For Designated Representatives

12:00 – 1:50 PM, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, Prince of Wales Room
Business Meeting: DRN State Coordinators
For Designated Representatives

2:00 – 3:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 339
Symposium: Evidence Based Programs and Practices for Individuals With Serious
Mental Illness (Sponsored by CAPP, Division 18 and the Task Force on Serious
Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance)
Open Meeting

3:00 – 3:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 256
COPPS Open Discussion: Revision of the APA Guidelines for Child-Custody
Evaluations in Divorce Proceedings
Open Meeting

4:00 – 4:50 PM, at the convention Center, meeting Room 255
Invited Address: 2006 Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to
Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector: In Search of Unifying
Principles of Psychotherapy
Presenter: Jeffrey J. Magnavita, Ph.D.
Open Meeting (Approved for CE Credit)

4:00 – 4:50 PM, at the Convention Center, Meeting Room 355
When Multicultural Worlds Collide: Working With Arab and Muslim Americans

Chair: Col. Larry C. James, Ph.D., Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Presenters: Mona M. Amer, Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Julie Hakim-Larson, Ph.D., University of Windsor, Canada
Sameera Ahmed, Ph.D., Muslim Family Services, Detroit, MI
Saba R. Ali, Ph.D., University of Iowa
Ibrahim A. Kira, Ph.D., ACCESS Community Health and Research
Center, Dearborn, MI
Open Meeting (Approved for CE Credit)

If you need any further information about any of these convention programs, please feel free to call us at 1-800-374-2723. We hope to see you in New Orleans!

This program has been submitted for review to provide CE credits for psychologists. The APA Practice Organization is approved by the APA to offer continuing education for psychologists and maintains responsibility for the content of this program.

2:30 pm – 5:00 pm Speaker Presentations
Opening Address: Robin Jarvis, PhD
School Perspectives: Stacy Overstreet, PhD
Margaret Leaf
Robert Robinson
Keynote Address: Monica Wertz
Summary Q&A

Lessons For The Future

The 13th Annual Institute for Psychology in the Schools will explore the certainties and uncertainties disasters create for schools and how psychologists in the schools can help students prepare for whatever lies ahead. Focusing on New Orleans in the wake of Katrina, this year’s institute will bring together people from all levels of the school system to discuss what psychologists and other school personnel can do to better address the everyday mental well-being of students.

The Institute begins with a bus ride through New Orleans, allowing participants the opportunity to see how the city’s recovery is progressing. This activity is entirely voluntary; however, anyone wishing to attend must sign and return the attached waiver. Anyone choosing not to take the bus ride will be responsible for their transportation to the event at 2:00 pm and returning at 5:00pm.

The bus ride will conclude at Tulane University, where all of the event’s attendees will gather to hear presentations from speakers who are actively involved in helping schools recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Robin Jarvis, Recovery School District Superintendent, will open the presentation by discussing the complexities of rebuilding the New Orleans school system. Stacy Overstreet (school psychologist), Margaret Leaf (teacher) and Robert Robinson (student) will describe how their school lives have changed since Katrina, as well as the new and old problems they now face. Monica Wertz, Principal of Belle Chase High School in Plaquemines Parish and recipient of the 2004 Louisiana High School Principal of the Year Award, will present the Keynote. Her presentation will focus on the need for greater mental health provisions in the schools, as well as what psychologists and other school mental providers can do to help prepare their own students and schools to handle a disaster.

NOTE: Registration for both the bus ride and the event is on a FIRST COME-FIRST SERVE BASIS

*Event fees will be waived ONLY for New Orleans residents (does not apply to bus ride fee)

*Anyone not taking the bus ride MUST arrange their own transportation to and from the event at Tulane University

Hotel Accommodations
Please use the 2005 APA Convention Housing Reservation Form found in the APA Monitor, American Psychologist, or on the web at http://www.apa.org/convention for Convention hotel information.

For More Information Contact
Policy & Advocacy in the Schools APA/Practice Directorate Phone: (800) 374-2723 x 7609 Fax: (202) 336-5797 pracschool@apa.org

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Waiver and Release of Claims
13th Annual Institute for Psychology in the Schools Waiver and Release of Claims

The American Psychological Association’s (APA) Office of Policy & Advocacy in the Schools is renting a bus supplied by Hotard Coaches, Inc. for transportation to and from Tulane University that includes a 1-hour ride through New Orleans as part of the 13th Annual Institute for Psychology in the Schools (“Institute”) to be held on August 9, 2006. Riding on the bus and attendance at the Institute is entirely voluntary.

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