Ohio Psychological Association

OPA Convention Call for Programs

The Ohio Psychological Association 2012 Annual Convention will be held Oct. 24-26 at the Crowne Plaza downtown. This year’s Convention will explore the topic "Relationships in the Electronic Era."

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Proposals have been selected, thank you to everyone who submitted a proposal. Please see below for criteria for future proposals.

Workshop Selection

OPA’s Education Committee strives to offer a variety of programs including workshops, discussions and current research and poster presentations. Equal consideration is given to all submissions. The Committee is especially seeking advanced level programming. The Committee will choose some ethics-based programs and courses that appeal to office staff and business managers, as well as psychologists.

Diversity and Multiculturalism
To stay consistent with OPA’s commitment to diversity and multiculturalism, we advocate proposals that reflect an appreciation and awareness of these issues. Presenters are asked to explain how their workshop addresses and/or integrates diversity issues into the topic.

Interaction and Handouts
OPA also supports programs that allow for the interaction of participants and address cutting edge research or create discussion or thought. Presenters are encouraged to use handouts and—where appropriate—use interactive training techniques.

Ethics Requirement

For the ethics component of the application, programs that qualify for ethics credit include:

Risk Management Issues
Confidentiality
Ethics of Supervision
Boundaries
HIPAA Requirements
Dual Relationships
Professional Impairment
Financial Ethics
Limits and Expansion of Competencies
Representation of Training and Credentialing
Specific ethical principles listed in the APA ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct manual
Ohio Rules of Professional Conduct, Section 4732.17.

Learning Objectives
L earning objectives are statements that clearly describe what the attendee will know or be able to do as a result of having attended this program.

They must:

be observable and measurable;
focus on the learner; and
contain action verbs that describe measurable behaviors.

Verbs to avoid when writing learning objectives:

know, understand
learn, appreciate
become aware of, become familiar with

Workshops wanting ethics credit must have associated learning objectives that clearly indicate a focus on ethics.