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Welcome to the first installment of information on OPA's Education Committee.  This first installment describes the purpose of OPA, the goals of the Education Committee and lists the members of the Committee.

Future installments will include excerpts from Education Committee meetings, discuss our goals and request input from OPA's membership on specific issues and educational programming.

Educational programming of high quality and value to OPA's members depends upon your input. Please contact any of the Committee members listed below with your questions, comments and
program suggestions.

James Brush, Ph.D.
Chair, Education Committee

OPA’s Purpose

The purpose of the Association shall be to advance psychology as a science, as a profession, and as a means of promoting human welfare.

Education Committee Goal:

To represent the wide-ranging interests and needs of OPA members in matters related to Continuing Professional Education in psychology.

Education Committee Objectives:

• To oversee the development, implementation, marketing and evaluation of Continuing Professional Education courses that disseminate psychological knowledge, designed to offer a broad array of topics for practitioners and scientists, through direct delivery of programs and products.
• To generate means of continually improving the qualifications and competence of Ohio psychologists through high standards of ethical conduct, education and achievement.
• To design workshops and create opportunities that will upgrade the skills and knowledge of clinicians, academics and those in research. Participants earn continuing education credits for either attending or presenting.
• To keep in line with OPA’s commitment to diversity and multiculturalism, the committee shall advocate for programming that reflects an appreciation and awareness of these issues.
• To promote research in psychology and improvement of research methods and conditions by allowing academicians, researchers and graduate students forums at which to present their work, as well as research-themed workshops.
• To generate revenue for the association through events, seminars, workshops, and home study courses.

OPA Education Committee Members:
James J. Brush, PhD, Chair
Howard Fradkin, PhD
Jerome Gabis, PhD
Terry Imar, MA
Patricia James, PhD
Harvey Kayne, PhD
Phyllis Kuehnl-Walters, PhD
Dan Kuna, PhD
Kathleen Mack, PsyD
Cathy McDaniels-Wilson, PhD
Raegan Radenheimer, MA
Richard Reckman, PhD
Lynne Rustad, PhD
Richard Rynearson, PhD
Gerald Strauss, PhD
Craig Travis, PhD, LPCC
Michael Ranney, MPA, OPA Executive Director
Bobbie Celeste, PhD, OPA Director of Professional Affairs
Katie Crabtree Thomas, BA, OPA Director of Communications and Education

Committee Members can be contacted through the OPA Central Office or through the Education Committee Chair listed above.  Contact the Central Office or the above listed Committee Chair if you are interested in participating with this group.