Presidential Workshops
As President of the APA, Dr. Donald Bersoff has recruited outstanding experts in the field to provide trainings as part of his Presidential Initiatives:
1. To ensure that psychologists are in the forefront in providing services to military personnel, veterans and their families, as well as military members who have been sexually harassed in the service.
2. To stimulate more diversity by identifying innovative doctoral programs that has admitted students from diverse cultures.
3. To advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives by attracting and retaining academicians and scientists as members.
These workshops will be held at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, 2255 Kalakaua Avenue.
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Full-day Workshop
005: LGBT People of Color and Spirituality: Tools for Psychological Practice
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
CE Credits: 7
Description: This intermediate workshop presents current research and strategies for addressing the intersections of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, and spirituality. Through lecture, discussion, and experiential exercises, this workshop provides theoretical frameworks, assessment tools, and clinical techniques for addressing identity in psychological practice.
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Morning Workshop
104: Ethical, Multicultural, and Transtheoretical Counseling for Boys and Men
Time: 8 - 11:50 a.m.
CE Credits: 4
Description: Utilizing videotapes and case examples, this introductory workshop illuminates the primary conflicts between masculinity and helpseeking and articulates a model of effective, ethically sensitive and multiculturally aware inventions for boys and men.
Full-day Workshop
110: Identification, Prevention, and Treatment of Suicidal Behavior in Military Service Members and Veterans
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
CE Credits: 7
Description: This intermediate workshop introduces clinicians to the military and veteran public health burden of suicide and to empirically supported approaches to the assessment, prevention, and treatment of suicidal behavior.
Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013
Afternoon Workshop
134: Culturally Responsive Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Time: 1 - 4:50 p.m.
CE Credits: 4
Description: This intermediate workshop describes 10 practical steps for integrating cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with multicultural considerations. Participants will learn how to inspire clients with the Personal Strengths Inventory, use culturally responsive strategies for thought change, and more.
Friday, Aug. 2, 2013
Full-day Workshop
148: Military Psychology: The Life Cycle of a Military Service Member
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
CE Credits: 7
Description: This intermediate workshop focuses on five key aspects of working with the military community: military culture, deployment cycle stresses, evidence-based clinical practices, fitness and resilience practices, and resources.
Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013
Morning Workshop
160: Teaching Diversity and Critical Thinking Through a Psychology of Women Course
Time: 8 - 11:50 a.m.
CE Credits: 4
Description: This intermediate workshop presents a description of key dimensions of diversity relevant to psychological practice and science; an overview of critical thinking and its import in psychology and more.
Full-day Workshop
161: Advancing Skills for Brief Therapeutic Treatments to Address the Needs of Returning Veterans
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
CE Credits: 7
Description: This intermediate workshop is for practitioners working with returning service members and military veterans. The workshop will focus on level of treatment and rehabilitation determination and many short-term kinds of approaches. The
Afternoon Workshop
169: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Clinical and Institutional Implications
Time: 1 - 4:50 p.m.
CE Credits: 4
Description: This introductory workshop introduces microaggressions, their consequences, and how they present in clinical and educational settings, and presents practical skills for facilitating microaggressive encounters.
