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Legal and Ethical Risks and Risk Management in Professional Psychological Practice, Sequence II: Risk Management in Specific High Risk Areas
Presented by: Jeffrey Younggren, Ph.D.
When: Friday, April 9, 2010        
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 2, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m.—4 p.m.        
Cost: $125 OPA Member    $155 Non-Member    $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, lunch and afternoon refreshment break.
CE Credits: 6.0 in Ethics
Where: Fairfield Inn and Suites, 3750 Orange Place, Beachwood (Cleveland)
Hotel Accommodations: Call 1-800-MARRIOTT to receive the group rate of $99 plus taxes. You must identify yourself as a member of the Ohio Psychological Association Standalone Workshop group.

DESCRIPTION:
For the last 10 years, there has been a major increase in the number of lawsuits, licensing board complaints and ethics committee complaints against clinical psychologists. As managed care continues to dominate third party reimbursement in both the private and public sectors, any adverse disciplinary event can make it difficult, if not impossible, to meet credentialing requirements.The changes in the economic systemhave led to changes in therapeutic approaches and business organizations that, in turn, have increased the complexity of the legal and regulatory environment. In these difficult times, a risk management strategy is an essential element of professional practice. After providing a basic introduction to identifying legal and ethical risks involved in working with high risk patients and situations, this workshop will focus on three specialized areas of practice: working with couples and families, involvement with lawyers and the legal system, and working with potentially suicidal clients. The primary workshop goal is to allow practitioners to identify potential legal and ethical problems in these areas so that risks of lawsuits and disciplinary complaints can be minimized. Dr. Younggren will suggest strategies which will make it more likely that a psychologist will prevail if she/he is unfortunate enough to be the target of these sometimes unavoidable events.The program will describe how and when practitioners can utilize the Trust Advocate 800 Risk Management Consultation Service as part of their own risk management strategies. The workshop is primarily directed to psychologists in private practice but is applicable to all sites where health services are provided.

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will:
• Learn basic strategies for identifying high risk situations and managing professional practice risks
• Learn how to manage interactions with lawyers and the legal system, including responding to subpoenas and
other information requests, providing testimony at depositions and in court, and using strategies for
interacting with attorneys
• Learn about managing potential conflicts in conjoint treatment with couples and families, with particular
emphasis on the special risks associated with divorce
• Learn essential risk management strategies for identifying and managing outpatient suicide risk
• Learn ethical and legal standards governing these areas of practice

PRESENTER:
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Distinguished Member of the National Academy of Practice, Dr. Jeffrey Younggren is a clinical and forensic psychologist who practices in Rolling Hills Estates, California. He also is a clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine. Dr. Younggren served as a member and chair of the ethics committees of the California Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. He consults to various licensing boards on ethics and standards of care, and he qualifies as an expert in criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings. Recently, Dr. Younggren testified regarding the fallibility of memory secondary to trauma and post traumatic stress disorder before the United Nations Bosnian War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.

Bonus!
Psychologists insured through the Trust-sponsored Professional Liability Program receive a 15% premium discount on professional liability insurance for the next two policy years for attending the workshop. (For group practices, 50% or more of the group must attend for the discount to apply. Discount not applicable for student
and researcher/academician insureds).

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Ethical Decision Making and Risk Management in Clinical Practice
Presented by: Jeffrey Younngren, Ph.D.
When: Saturday, April 10, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 2, 2010
Where: Concourse Hotel, 4300 International Gateway, Columbus
Time: 8:30 a.m.—4 p.m.
Cost: $125 OPA Member    $155 Non-Member    $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, lunch and afternoon refreshment break.
CE Credits: 6.0 in Ethics
Hotel Accommodations: Call the Concourse at (614) 237-2515 and mention the Ohio Psychological Association to receive the special rate of $99 plus taxes.

DESCRIPTION:
Today, psychologists practice with increased ethical and legal attention in order to reduce the likelihood that disciplinary complaints or malpractice suits may be filed against them. Psychologists must learn new strategies on how to deal with these challenges should they occur. Many “rule based” risk management strategies have been developed to give psychologists concrete guidance for dealing with potential disciplinary actions and civil suits. Consequently, some psychologists have lost sight of the fundamentals of ethical decision making and clamor for “cookbook approaches” to risk management. In their desire to solve any problem quickly, they no longer engage in an active decision-making process when faced with difficult issues.

This workshop focuses on the fundamental “how tos” of ethical decision making when confronted by ethical dilemmas. Attendees will become familiar with the fundamental tenants of health care ethics and how they apply to the practice of psychology. They will also review the basic legal strategies and ethical principles that apply to psychological practice. Finally, all participants will have the opportunity to apply the principles to specific ethical dilemmas in small group discussions. These discussions will focus on resolving specific case examples in a fashion consistent with the fundamentals of good clinical practice.

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will:
• Become familiar with the fundamentals of ethical philosophy that are the foundation of all health care ethics
   codes
• Understand how these fundamentals drive the development of ethics codes and professional standards
• Recognize where these fundamentals are specifically expressed in the law and in the 2002APAEthics Code
• Learn the primary provisions of the 2002 APA Ethics Code
• Become aware of how the law impacts ethics codes and the relationship of ethics to law
• Gain expertise in how to use the ethical fundamentals in decision-making
• Interact with other colleagues on specific ethical dilemmas, arriving at ethically based decisions on
   how to deal with difficult cases

PRESENTERS:
A Fellow of the American Psychological Association and a Distinguished Member of the National Academy of Practice, Dr. Jeffrey Younggren is a clinical and forensic psychologist who practices in Rolling Hills Estates, California. He also is a clinical professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine. Dr. Younggren served as a member and chair of the ethics committees of the California Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. He consults to various licensing boards on ethics and standards of care, and he qualifies as an expert in criminal, civil, and administrative proceedings. Recently, Dr. Younggren testified regarding the fallibility of memory secondary to trauma and post traumatic stress disorder before the United Nations Bosnian War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague.

Bonus!
Psychologists insured through the Trust-sponsored Professional Liability Program receive a 15% premium discount on professional liability insurance for the next two policy years for attending the workshop. (For group practices, 50% or more of the group must attend for the discount to apply. Discount not applicable for student and researcher/academician insureds).

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The First Interview with a Child, OPA Webinar
Presented by: James Brush, Ph.D.
When: Friday, April 16, 2010
Registration Deadline: April 14, 2010
Time: 8-9 a.m.
Cost: $20 OPA Member  $30 Non-Member  $15 Student
CE Credits: 1.0
You will receive instructions on how to log in to the Webinar one-week prior from it.

DESCRIPTION:
You're face-to-face with a child, now what do you say? What do you ask? How do you build rapport and obtain useful diagnostic information from a child or teen? This program will present a framework for managing the first interview with a client under the age of 18.

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will learn how to:
1) engage a child or teen through questions and activities;
2) develop rapport with a child or teen client; and,
3) manage an interview with a child or teen to keep it flowing and directed.

PRESENTER:
Dr. Brush received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Cincinnati in 1983. He concentrated his training in child and adolescent psychology, including work at The Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, at Central Psychiatric Clinic, children's division, and at the University of Cincinnati Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Brush managed the care and treatment of adolescents hospitalized on the Adolescent Psychiatric Treatment Unit of the Jewish Hospital in Cincinnati for nine years, where he coordinated milieu therapy, and performed individual therapy and family therapy for patients. Dr. Brush has been in private practice for 26 years.
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Untangling the Web of Internet Addictions
Presented by: Howard Fradkin, Ph.D., LICDC, Chris Tuell, Ed.D, LPCC-S, LICDC, Rick Baum, Ed.D., LICDC
When: Friday, May 7, 2010
Registration Deadline: April 30, 2010
Time: 9 a.m.—4 p.m.        
Cost: $125 OPA Member    $155 Non-Member    $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, refreshments and lunch.
CE Credits: 6.0
Where: Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus
Hotel Accommodations: Contact the Wingate Hotel (short walk/drive from Quest) at (614) 844-5888 and use group code CGCOPA9 to receive a special rate of $91 plus taxes. Reservations must be made by April 25, 2010.

DESCRIPTION:
The Internet is an incredible resource for many adolescents and adults seeking information, connections to others, goods and services. Used in a healthy way, the Internet has been credited with decreasing isolation, increasing the quality of life connections and educating users about many aspects of life challenges. In addition, it can be an amazing recreational outlet. Unfortunately, using the Internet has become problematic for many people, and this workshop will help psychologists and psychotherapists understand how these problems can develop, the range of problematic behaviors associated with Internet use and the effects of these problems on functioning and on relationships. Included in the workshop will be discussions on the compulsive use of virtual worlds, online gambling, online gaming, compulsive shopping and use of eBay, compulsive surfing, online dating, pornography addiction and cybersex addictions. We will also spend a substantial amount of time during the workshop helping professionals identify treatment strategies and 12-step resources, as well as identifying useful self-help literature and online help. Further, we will discuss ways to assist partners of addicts and family members whose lives can also be negatively impacted by these problematic behaviors. 

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to identify:
1) 10 unique aspects of the Internet that can fuel addiction/compulsive behaviors;
2) six areas of Internet behaviors that have the potential to become compulsive behavior patterns;
3) at least 10 signs of pathological Internet use and several self help assessment tools;
4) how to use Prochaska’s model of change in working with Internet addictions;
5) at least five 12-step programs designed to assist people with compulsive /addictive Internet use problems; and,
6) at least five strategies to assist partners and/or family members impacted by other’s compulsive and addictive
     behaviors.

PRESENTERS:
Howard R. Fradkin, Ph.D, LICDC, is a psychologist and licensed independent chemical dependency counselor who believes the best therapy is a balance of support and challenge. Dr. Fradkin is the founding partner of Affirmations: A Center for Psychotherapy and Growth, in Columbus. Trained as a counseling psychologist, Dr. Fradkin works to help clients identify their strengths and then empowers them to heal their places of wounding to help them develop greater esteem, productivity and healthier relationships. He has served in numerous professional leadership capacities throughout his career in the areas of affirmative gay and lesbian psychotherapy, HIV/AIDS and with Male Survivor: The National Organization on Male Sexual Victimization. He currently serves as the chair of the Male Survivor Weekends of Recovery program. Dr. Fradkin’s special areas of training and expertise include male and female incest and sexual abuse survivors; affirmative GLBT psychotherapy; Internet and sexual addiction; chemical dependency; adult children of alcoholics and addicts; anxiety and depression; and individual, group and couples psychotherapy. 

Chris Tuell, EdD, LPCC-S, LICDC, is coordinator of addiction services at the Lindner Center of Hope in Mason. Dr. Tuell also serves as an adjunct professor in the addiction studies program at the University of Cincinnati. He has worked within the field of mental health and addictions for the past 25 years. Dr. Tuell has served as a consultant, trainer and presenter to various organizations throughout the state and region. His specialized areas of training and expertise include behavioral addictions, including pathological gambling; Internet addiction; sexual addiction; and, gaming and spending addictions. Other areas of expertise include co-occurring disorders; sexual offending; anti-social personality; and individual, group and couples psychotherapy.

Richard L. Baum, EdD, LICDC, is a psychologist and a licensed independent chemical dependency counselor. He is the founder and president of Adolescent Substance Abuse Programs, Inc. and Associates in Behavioral Care. Dr. Baum began his professional career in addictions and was the chief therapist at the first inpatient treatment center in Cincinnati in 1975. After several years in the field of counseling, he returned to get his doctorate and became a psychologist in 1983. After developing EAP programs for Procter and Gamble, Kroger and GE, Dr. Baum entered private practice and consulting full-time. As the president of Behavioral Science Center, Inc., he was responsible for the marketing and management for the largest Cincinnati psychological group of its era. Dr. Baum taught as an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati for over 20 years in the area of addictions and family therapy with addicted families. He was recognized in The 100 Best Treatment Centers for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse as one of the 37 recommended treatment professionals in the United States. Presently, he is recognized as an expert in compulsive gambling and was recently honored by Gamblers Anonymous for his work with compulsive gamblers. Dr. Baum also consults for Temple Boards that are members of the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ).

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OPA Legislative Day
When: Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Where: YWCA, Columbus, OH
Registration Deadline: May 3, 2010
Time: 9 a.m.—4 p.m.        
Cost: $40 OPA Member    $25 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, refreshments and lunch.
CE Credits: 2.0

DESCRIPTION
Advocating for the profession of psychology is especially important because state and federal budget and laws affect our practice, our science and our clients’ ability to access our services. Last year, OPA had several successes on the legislative front, including passage of HB503, the sequence of training bill, addressing psychology licensure; HB125, insurance contracting simplification, which helps practitioners; and HB19, which mandates dating violence prevention education in school. But our work is not done. OPA needs your help in advocating for policies designed to prevent and treat mental health problems and to increase access to services. Join us and learn the ins and outs of advocating for psychology in your district and at the Statehouse.

Legislative Day participants will be able to choose introductory or advanced programming.

Participants will learn:
           • Current status of legislation in the Ohio General Assembly that affects the practice of psychology
           • How the legislative and rule making process works in Ohio and how it influences psychological practice
           • How to effectively educate legislators about the science and practice of psychology

SCHEDULE
9-10 a.m. Plenary Session: The State of the State ---The psychology of politics and the politics of psychology

10:15 a.m. — Noon New Attendees Group
    • Legislative case study: Step-by-step introduction to the state legislative and rule making processes (Everything                    you should have been taught in civics class but never would have believed way back then)
    • Issues Briefing: Key legislation to discuss with your legislator
    • Experiential Learning: Role-playing demonstration of how to talk with a legislator, followed by practice for your visit

10:15 a.m .— Noon Advanced Advocates
    • OPA’s Access to Treatment Demonstration Project
    • OPA’s legislative priorities
    • Implications of the November 2010 election

Noon Lunch

1—4 p.m. Meetings with your representative, senator and staff members set up by OPA
    • Observe Legislative committee meetings (if scheduled)
    • Tour of the Statehouse (if time)

3:30 p.m. (or following your visits) Debriefing

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Judging Amy:  An Interactive Workshop on Evaluating Decision-Making Fitness in the Cognitively Impaired Older Adult

Presented by: George Kraus, Ph.D., ABPP
When: Friday, May 14, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, May 7, 2010
Time: 9 a.m.—4 p.m.        
Cost: $125 OPA Member    $155 Non-Member    $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, refreshments and lunch.
CE Credits: 6.0
Where: Fairfield Inn and Suites, 3031 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus
Hotel Accommodations: Contact the Fairfield Inn and Suites at (614) 267-1111or (800) 228-2800 and ask for the best available rate.

DESCRIPTION:
 One of the most stressful events of family life is confronting the question of a parent’s, sibling’s or spouse’s ability to make sound decisions. By accepting a referral to assess decision-making abilities, you can provide essential answers to the person being assessed as well as to those who are close to them. This interactive workshop has been designed to assist all psychologists who are doing or wish to expand their practice by doing “competency evaluations.” Regardless of your specialty – whether it’s geropsychology, neuropsychology, forensic psychology, clinical psychology or if you are a general practice clinician who wishes to learn more about this valuable and rapidly growing area of practice – this workshop can provide you added tools to ply your trade in a more competent and enlightened way. Conducting capacity evaluations assists the court in its task and almost always calms the family by filling the abyss of uncertainty with valuable information. Surprisingly, very little is generally known in the legal, medical, psychiatric and psychological communities about assessing, evaluating, and making judgments regarding the capacities of cognitively impaired older adults.  This workshop is designed to provide benchmark guidelines and protocols in assessing the cognitive, emotional and functional capacities of this growing segment of our population.

OBJECTIVES:
 Participants will learn:
1) standardized approaches in determining decision-making abilities;
2) about the utility of test instruments commonly used in assessing cognitive, emotional, and functional impairments in
     the older adult; and,
3) how to better translate their findings into a form that the judicial system needs and appreciates.

PRESENTER:
 George Kraus, Ph.D., is a clinical and consulting psychologist in private practice with Layh and Associates in Yellow Springs, and specializes in the care of older adults, especially those suffering from Alzheimer’s and other dementias. He is on the graduate faculty of the Wright State University School of Professional Psychology where he teaches geriatric clinical psychology. Dr. Kraus is board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology and has published in a variety of professional journals. He is also on the editorial board of Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal. Dr. Kraus’ book on Alzheimer’s, At Wit's End: Plain Talk on Alzheimer's for Families and Clinicians, was released in 2006 by Purdue University Press. His new book, A View from the Cosmic Mirror:  Reflections of the Self in Everyday Life (with Gary Gemmill, Ph.D.) was released by Mindfulness Press in 2009.
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Ethical and Legal Aspects of Supervision
      
Presented by: Stephen Behnke, Ph.D., Lindsay Childress Beatty, Ph.D., Ron Ross, Ph.D.
When: Friday, May 21, 2010
Where: Holiday Inn Worthington, 7007 N. High St., Worthington (Columbus)
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
CE Credits: 6.0 CE Credits in Ethics
Cost: $125 OPA Member  $155 Non Member  $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, lunch and afternoon refreshment break.
Registration Deadline: May 14, 2010
Hotel Accommodations: Call the Holiday Inn at 614-436-0700 for a special rate of $89 plus taxes.

DESCRIPTION:
This ethics workshop for supervising psychologists and psychological supervisees will begin with a series of presentations, to be followed by discussions of ethical vignettes focused on dilemmas in supervision and the supervisory relationship.  The presentations will address ethical decision-making in supervision, the relationship between ethics and law with specific attention to Ohio’s supervision rules, and ways to minimize ethical and regulatory errors in the conduct of psychological work supervision and psychological training supervision.  Presentations will include a discussion of the APA Ethics Code, with a focus on the structure of the Code and the relationship between aspirational principles and ethical standards, and a focus on the State Board’s supervision rules.  The presentations will lay the foundation for the second part of the program, which will consist of a series of vignettes for discussion.  Case vignettes will demonstrate ethical and unethical decision-making in the provision of supervision, and will offer perspectives on ethical dilemmas from the perspectives of the OPA Ethics Committee, the APA Ethics Office and the State Board of Psychology’s Executive Director. 

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will:
1. Identify the purposes of supervision in the Ohio laws and rules;
2. Understand the Ohio rules most often violated in the conduct of supervision;
3. Identify a process for structuring an ethical and regulation-compliant supervisory relationship;
4. Find concrete ways to minimize errors in the supervisory process;
5. Understand the relationship between the APA Ethics Code and Ohio state law;
6. Use the APA Ethics Code and Ohio psychology regulations as tools to facilitate ethical decision-making as supervisors
    and supervisees; and,
7. Understand how ethics committees and a board of psychology analyze ethical dilemmas in the supervisory relationship.

PRESENTERS:
Dr. Stephen H. Behnke received his legal training at Yale Law School and his doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan. In 1996, Dr. Behnke was made chief psychologist of the Day Hospital Unit at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. He held this position until 1998, when he was named a faculty fellow in Harvard University’s program in ethics and the professions. Dr. Behnke then directed a program in research integrity in the division of medical ethics at Harvard Medical School. In November of 2000, Dr. Behnke assumed the position of director of ethics at the American Psychological Association.  He holds an appointment in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Behnke’s research interests focus on issues at the convergence of law, ethics, and psychology. He co-leads an ethics discussion group at the meetings of the American Psychoanalytic Association.

Dr. Lindsay Childress-Beatty joined the American Psychological Association Ethics Office in June of 2007. She came to the APA Ethics Office after 5 ½ years as APA’s Deputy General Counsel where her duties included advising the ethics office on legal matters and evaluating amicus requests involving psychological issues. She received her JD from the University of Michigan in 1989. After working in the large law firm world for five years, she left private legal practice to obtain her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Columbia University (Teachers College). She also has an M. Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge in the U.K. As part of her duties as deputy director of the ethics office, she is in charge of the adjudication program. Dr. Childress-Beatty’s areas of interest include ethics and professional impairment, and psychological, ethical and legal issues in reproductive medicine and adoption.

Dr. Ronald R. Ross is a psychologist and certified public manager. He earned his masters and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Bowling Green State University. After seven years of practice as a professional psychologist, Dr. Ross was named executive director of the Ohio Board of Psychology in 2001. As the Board’s full-time administrator, he provides in-office direction to four staff members who conduct the Board’s day-to-day business relative to examinations, licensing, monitoring of supervised practice, investigations and enforcement and public relations. He also serves as the Board’s Entrance Examiner. Dr. Ross holds positions with the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards as chair of the Board Administrators and Registrars Committee, and as a member of the Practicum Training Committee and the Model Act and Regulations Committee. Dr. Ross received the Karl F. Heiser APA Presidential Award at the 2009 APA Convention.
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Forensic Assessment and Intervention with Violent Youth
Presented by: Daniel Davis, Ph.D., and Terrance Kukor, Ph.D., ABPP
When: Friday, June 11, 2010
Where: Hilton Garden Inn, 8535 Lyra Place, Columbus
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
CE Credits: 6.0 CE Credits
Cost: $125 OPA Member  $155 Non Member  $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, lunch and afternoon refreshment break.
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 4, 2010
Hotel Accommodations: Call the Hilton Garden Inn at (614) 846-8884 and ask for the Ohio Psychological Association group block for a special rate of $99 plus taxes. Reservations must be made by May 14, 2010.

DESCRIPTION:
The problem of adolescent violence is a long-standing and complex issue that continues to challenge mental health providers in ways that reach far beyond the fluctuations of crime rates and media and political pressures. The aggressive and resistant adolescent client often is one of the most difficult and perplexing clinical and clinical-legal challenges for public and private providers alike. This workshop will address forensic psychological interventions with aggressive and resistant youth. The program will identify skills and conceptual approaches to risk assessment of youth and will address current research, first and second generation research on youth violence, specific risk factors pertinent to short term violence in youth and clinical duties and statutory obligations associated with duty to protect in Ohio.

Additionally, the program will provide an overview of current, evidenced based treatment interventions for aggressive youth with a focus upon individual psychological treatment. As such persons do not often voluntarily refer themselves to treatment, it is likely that considerable resistance and unwillingness to engage in therapy will be seen during the initial phases of treatment. This program presents a conceptual model of assessment and therapy for use with unwilling clients. This model will be presented in a practical and useful format that has been derived from the presenter’s experiences with such youth. Lastly, issues relevant to forensic practice with juveniles such as competency, bind-over and criminal responsibility will be addressed.

This program will be an all day workshop with risk assessment presented in the morning by Dr. Kukor and interventions in the afternoon session by Dr. Davis. Both presenters will participate in each section and will also participate in a question and answer/discussion segment at the end of the workshop.

OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1)    Describe necessary skills for violence risk assessment with juveniles;
2)    Describe the key differences between first and second generation research on violence risk assessment;
3)    Describe at least five specific risk factors that are most pertinent to short-term violence risk assessment of juveniles;
4)    Describe clinical duties & statutory obligations associated with Duty to Protect in Ohio;
5)    Obtain familiarity with evidenced therapy based approaches to aggressive youth;
6)    Describe at least three techniques of therapy intervention with resistive and unwilling youth; and,
7)    Describe critical aspects of competency to stand trial, waiver to adult court and mental state at the time of offense
       evaluations for juveniles in Ohio.

PRESENTERS:
Daniel L. Davis, Ph.D., is the author of two books, Your Angry Child, and The Aggressive and Resistant Adolescent: Clinical and Forensic Issues. He has authored and co-authored numerous professional articles in peer-reviewed journals. He is a forensic psychologist with Netcare Forensic Psychiatry and in private practice in Columbus with a focus upon adolescents and adults. Dr. Davis has held academic appointments as a senior lecturer in psychology at Otterbein College and as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at The Ohio State University. Dr. Davis has served as the clinical director for mental health services of the Central Ohio Cluster of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. Prior to this position, he was the clinical director of the Buckeye Ranch, a comprehensive residential and community based youth treatment center in Columbus and a supervising psychologist of the Timothy B. Moritz Forensic Unit, a maximum-security inpatient forensic psychiatric hospital. He has held consulting positions with the Ohio Department of Mental Health, The Ohio Department of Youth Services, Columbus Children’s Hospital Behavioral Heath Services and with Netcare Forensic Psychiatry Services and the Kentucky Cabinet for Human Services.

Terrance Kukor, Ph.D., ABPP, (Forensic) is the director of forensic and assessment services for Netcare Corporation in Columbus, a non-profit organization that provides crisis intervention and assessment services. He graduated with a master’s and doctorate in clinical psychology from Miami University. He currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor in the department of psychology of Miami University, and as an adjunct associate professor in the department of psychology at Drexel University. He is an approved trainer for the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, and is board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Kukor has specialized in criminal forensic work for the last 20 years, during which time he has performed forensic evaluations in state hospitals, jails, prisons and forensic centers. At the Netcare Forensic Psychiatry Center, in addition to administrative responsibilities, he performs and supervises criminal forensic evaluations on court-referred adults and juveniles. Prior to joining Netcare, Dr. Kukor was the national clinical director for the United Behavioral Health clinics, where he trained staff across the country in the assessment and management of high risk clients. Dr. Kukor has performed hundreds of forensic evaluations, and conducts workshops on risk and threat assessment in both clinical and forensic contexts.

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An Introduction to the MMPI-2-RF™ (Restructured Form) Workshop
Hosted and sponsored by the Ohio Psychological Association, the University of Minnesota Press, and Pearson
Presented by: Yossef S. Ben-Porth, Ph.D.
When: Friday, June 18, 2010
Where: Holiday Inn Strongsville, 15471 Royalton Rd., Strongsville (Cleveland)
Time: 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
CE Credits: 6.0 CE Credits
Cost: $125 OPA Member  $155 Non Member  $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, lunch and afternoon refreshment break.
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 11, 2010
Hotel Accommodations: Call the Holiday Inn at (440) 238-8800 and use the group code Ohio Psychological Association to receive the special rate of $99 plus taxes. Reservations must be made by Friday, May 28, 2010 for this special rate.

DESCRIPTION:
This workshop provides an introduction to a new, shorter version of the MMPI-2, the 338-item MMPI-2-RF (Restructured Form). The workshop will provide a basic overview of the rationale for, and methods used to develop the MMPI-2-RF, the various materials available to score and interpret the test, the psychometric functioning of the MMPI-2-RF scales, and interpretive recommendations. Case examples will be presented to illustrate MMPI-2-RF interpretation.

OBJECTIVES:
This workshop is designed to help attendees:
1.    Assess the rationale for and methods used to develop the 50 MMPI-2-RF Scales
2.    Describe the 50 scales of the MMPI-2-RF
3.    Utilize the MMPI-2-RF materials and documentation
4.    Interpret MMPI-2-RF results in a variety of settings

SCHEDULE:
8:30 – 10 a.m.                     Rationale for and Methods used to Develop the MMPI-2-RF
10 – 10:15 a.m.                  Break
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.            Overview of the 50 MMPI-2-RF Scales
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.    Lunch
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.               Orientation to MMPI-2-RF Materials and Documentation
2:15 – 2:30 pm                    Break
2:30 – 4 p.m.                        MMPI-2-RF Interpretation (Illustrated with cases from a variety of settings)

PRESENTER:
Dr. Ben-Porath is a professor of psychology at Kent State University. He received his doctoral training at the University of Minnesota and has been involved extensively in MMPI-2 research for the past 22 years. He is a co-developer of the MMPI-2-RF and co-author of test manuals and numerous books, book chapters and articles on the MMPI-2 test. Dr. Ben-Porath is a co-developer of several MMPI-2 scales including VRIN, TRIN, and FP, the Content Scales, Content Component Scales the PSY-5 Scales, and the RC Scales. He is the associate editor of Psychological Assessment. His clinical practice involves consultation to agencies that screen candidates for public safety positions and conducting criminal court ordered forensic psychological evaluations.

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Ethics Roundtable: The Ethical and Legal Practice of Psychology
Presented by: OPA Ethics Committee
When: Friday, June 25, 2010
Where: Quest Conference Center, 8405 Pulsar Place, Columbus
Time: 1-4 p.m.
CE Credits: 3.0 CE Credits in Ethics
Cost: $60 OPA Member  $90 Non Member  $30 Student
Your registration includes refreshments.
Registration Deadline: Friday, June 18, 2010

DESCRIPTION:
Participants will identify and apply pertinent sections of governing documents (e.g., the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, Ohio Psychology Laws and Rules Governing Psychologists, related Ohio statutes, Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists, etc.) to a series of vignettes designed to elucidate the ethical and legal practice of psychology. Particular attention is devoted to areas of practice that pose additional liability or yield frequent conduct complaints to the Board of Psychology: duty to protect, involuntary hospitalization, child custody evaluations in divorce proceedings, treatment of minors, request for release of information, duty to report child abuse and neglect, multiple relationships, and supervision. In addition, the interplay of ethical practice and cultural competence will be discussed.

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will learn to:

1. Identify and apply pertinent sections of the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and code of Conduct to vignettes
    related to the practice of psychology;
2. Identify and apply pertinent sections of Ohio Psychology Laws and Rules Governing Psychologists to vignettes related to
    the practice of psychology;
3. Identify and apply pertinent sections of Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychologists to vignettes related to the
    practice of psychology;
4. Identify and apply relevant resources for cultural competence; and,
5. Understand ethical and legal implications related to duty to protect, involuntary hospitalization, child custody evaluations
     in divorce proceedings, treatment of minors, request for release of information, duty to report child abuse and neglect,
     multiple relationships and supervision.

PRESENTERS:
Dr. Richard M. Ashbrook earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and MFA (English/Creative Writing) from The Ohio State University. Since 1986, Dr. Ashbrook has been on the faculty of Capital University (Columbus) where he is a professor of psychology and interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, and former chair of the Behavioral Sciences Department. Dr. Ashbrook holds medical staff privileges at OhioHealth’s Grady Memorial Hospital, where he also serves as vice chair of the department of psychology. Dr. Ashbrook is the chief executive officer of Behavioral Science Specialists, LLC – a behavioral health and medical consulting company specializing in forensic assessment, outsourced services to non-profit and governmental agencies, and action research.

Marianne Bowden, Ph.D., received her doctorate in counseling psychology from Kent State University. She has been in the mental health profession since 1983 has been the owner of Bowden and Associates Psychological and Counseling Services since 2000. Throughout her career, Dr. Bowden has served in positions as therapist, administrator, supervisor and consultant. She has experience evaluating and treating children, adolescents and adults. She specializes in treating victims of sexual abuse, mood and anxiety disorders, developmental disorders, and conducting forensic and treatment evaluations. She has completed over 1,900 evaluations in her career. She is on staff at Wooster Community Hospital and Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital.

Terry Imar, MA, received his graduate degree from Kent State University in 1971 and has been in practice in Ohio since 1975. Prior to entering full-time private practice in 1981, he was clinical director of North Central Mental Health Center in Columbus. Mr. Imar is in general practice in Delaware, working with adults, adolescents and children. He has special interests in ADHD and substance abuse disorders. Mr. Imar is a member of the medical staff of Grady Memorial Hospital, where he is chief of the psychology service. Mr. Imar is a charter patron of the Academy for Education and Research in Professional Psychology, the organization that created the school of professional psychology at Wright State University.

Kay Levine, Ph.D., earned Ph.D. in special education/educational psychology from The University of Southern California. While getting her doctorate, Dr. Levine also trained as a child psychoanalyst at Reiss-Davis Child Study Center in Los Angeles. Her clinical experience is exceptionally varied. Dr. Levine has worked as a special education teacher; a childcare worker at a residential treatment facility; a child life worker in the intensive care unit of children's hospital; a consultant for a residential drug treatment program in which addicted mothers and their children resided; a staff psychologist and administrator in various clinical settings; and, a treatment team leader for the locked unit at a residential treatment center. Dr. Levine is an assistant professor in the Case School of Medicine, where she teaches and supervises both child and adult psychiatry residents and fellows at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Dr. Levine has provided direct clinical service at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in the department of psychiatry and rehab unit since 1998. She is a member of the Disaster Mental Health Team of the Cleveland American Red Cross.

Bob Stinson, PsyD, ABPP, is a graduate of Wright State University’s School of Professional Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology (AAFP), having obtained Diplomate status with the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). Dr. Stinson has full clinical and forensic hospital privileges at Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare in Columbus, and he is an adjunct professor of clinical psychology at The Ohio State University. He provides clinical and forensic training to practicum students, interns and post-doctoral residents. In addition to working at Twin Valley, Dr. Stinson maintains a private practice, providing consultation and clinical and forensic services. He specializes in clinical and forensic psychology, emphasizing assessments and evaluations. Dr. Stinson has presented and published on a number of topics including forensic psychology, risk management, ethics, mental retardation, the utility of psychological assessment instruments and cognitive assessments. 

Elizabeth V. Swenson, Ph.D., JD, is professor of psychology at John Carroll University. She earned her Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in educational psychology, and JD from Cleveland State University. Her primary occupation is teaching professional ethics, the effects of hospitalization on children’s development, planning for careers and graduate school, and legal issues in psychology to undergraduate students. Dr. Swenson is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. She has also been a member of the APA Continuing Professional Education Committee, the Ethics Code Revision Task Force, and the Council of Representatives from Division Two. She is a member of APA (Divisions 1, 2, 35, and 41), OPA, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Midwestern Psychological Association. She practices law in Cleveland, Ohio, in the area of child protection and advocacy.

Marty Traver, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist in Powell. Following work in two community mental health agencies, she had 20 years of full-time, private practice that included forensic consulting, mediation, therapy and evaluation of clients of all ages. Evaluations included psychological evaluation, custody evaluation, parenting assessment, fitness for trial, bonding assessment, addiction assessment, sex offender evaluation and sexual abuse victim assessment. She completed over 3,000 court, attorney and child welfare referred evaluations (1988-present) and provided clinical supervision of psychologists-in-training and in-service training to area legal, mental health and service agencies. Dr. Traver earned a Ph.D. in educational psychology (counseling psychology) at the University of Illinois. She has served as adjunct faculty in the University of Illinois Departments of Psychology and Counseling Psychology.

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Two great programs in one day:!
HIPAA: The 2010 Update and How to Testify Competently, Confidently & Ethically


Register for one or both!
Individual Workshop: (includes lunch)
$75 OPA Member

$100 Non-Member

$45 Student

 

Both Workshops: (includes all meals)
$125 OPA Member

$155 Non-Member

$75 Student



HIPAA:  The 2010 Update


Presented by: Bobbie Celeste, Ph.D.
When: Friday, July 9, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 2, 2010
Time: 9 a.m.- Noon        
Cost: $75 OPA Member $100 Non-Member $45 Student

Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages and lunch.
CE Credits: 3.0 in Ethics
Where: Quest Conference Centers, 9405 Pulsar Place, Columbus
Hotel Accommodations: Contact the Wingate Hotel (short walk/drive from Quest) at (614) 844-5888 and use group code CGAOPA8  to receive a special rate of $91 plus taxes. Reservations must be made by June 25, 2010.


DESCRIPTION:
HIPAA rules have continued to evolve since becoming law. Psychologists and their staff need to be up-to-date on the latest policies and regulations. This workshop will review the HIPAA regulations about protected health information and psychotherapy notes including the Privacy, Security and Transaction Rules. Newer policies including red flag, fraud and abuse, and the breach rule will also be covered. As electronic medical records and transmission of information via the internet are becoming more of a factor in clinical practice, this update will be particularly useful to psychologists who wish to maintain high standards for confidentiality.


OBJECTIVES:

Participants will learn:

  • Important HIPAA rules and regulations
  • Problems and penalties for non-compliance
  • Resources for further study

 

As the Director of Professional Affairs for the Ohio Psychological Association, Dr. Bobbie Celeste advocates for psychologists at the state and national level. She also trains psychologists and students to promote public policies that create psychologically healthy communities. Her private practice draws on her training as a Ph.D. from Ohio State and she is a leader in APA’s Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology. Dr. Celeste believes that the future of psychology is bright, especially if we support one another and expand psychology’s reach to all who need our services.

 

How to Testify Competently & Confidently


Presented by: Robert Kaplan, Ph.D.
When: Friday, July 9, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 2, 2010
Time: 1 p.m.-4 p.m.        
Cost: $75 OPA Member $100 Non-Member $45 Student

Your registration includes lunch and afternoon refreshments.
CE Credits: 3.0
Where: Quest Conference Centers, 9405 Pulsar Place, Columbus
Hotel Accommodations: Contact the Wingate Hotel (short walk/drive from Quest) at (614) 844-5888 and use group code CGAOPA8  to receive a special rate of $91 plus taxes. Reservations must be made by June 25, 2010.


DESCRIPTION:

Most psychologists are frightened when asked to testify on behalf of a client since they don't understand the legal process and, due to inexperience, fall prey to manipulation by attorneys into unknowingly providing testimony that actually harms their clients. Legal proceedings often seek truths that can ethically conflict with the interests of a client that may hire the psychologist to testify on their behalf. The psychologist who agrees to testify must be able to anticipate and address these issues before providing testimony. Psychologists must also be able to weigh the interests of the court against those of their clients in order to provide testimony that is both ethical and just. This presentation helps psychologists understand how to confidently express their professional opinions in a truthful manner and keep their opinions from being twisted or distorted in an adversarial legal process.

 

OBJECTIVES:

Participants will understand:

1. The legal process and what is required in legal proceedings;

2. The ethical issues of testifying on behalf of a client and as an expert;

3. The purpose and structure of a discovery deposition;

4. The purpose and structure of trial testimony;

5. How to prepare for testimony;

6. What makes testimony seem convincing instead of  biased;

7. How to recognize trap questions and respond to them;

8. How to manage the anxiety of testifying;

9. Reimbursement issues; and,

10. How to ethically address the inherent conflicts in providing testimony for a client or as an expert.


PRESENTER:

Dr. Robert G. Kaplan, president of Kaplan Consulting & Counseling, Inc., is a psychologist who specializes in trauma, psychological disability evaluation, workplace violence, sexual harassment, diversity and substance abuse prevention. He is an experienced crisis manager who has successfully helped employers and individuals resolve several hundred crises involving, suicidal, homicidal, intoxicated and psychotic individuals without the loss of a single life throughout his career. He also advises employers on the development of policies and prevention strategies in his areas of specialization. As a board certified forensic examiner of the American College of Forensic Examiners and as a Diplomate in Psychological Disability Evaluation of the American Board of Psychological Specialties, Dr. Kaplan serves as an expert witness on behalf of employers and individuals in criminal and civil matters. He has been an expert witness in murder cases for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office (Cleveland) and a consultant to the Erie County Prosecutor’s Office ( Buffalo, NY). He also serves as a mediator in his city of residence for the City of Lakewood Prosecutor's Office. He has worked as a consultant for the Social Security Administration, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, and Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation.


As an expert in traumatic stress, Dr. Kaplan developed a program, used by virtually every major insurance carrier that trains claim representatives and adjusters to work suitably with victims of catastrophic events. He developed a protocol for critical incident stress debriefing that is widely used by employers to help employees who are victims of criminal or catastrophic workplace events such as bank robberies. He is certified in critical incident stress debriefing and was a founding member of the Cuyahoga County Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Organization for emergency responders (i.e., police, fire, EMS). Dr. Kaplan also serves as a Co-Chair for the Cleveland Chapter American Red Cross Mental Health Disaster Team. Additionally, he served as a consultant to several county disaster agencies, advising them on the development of mental health response teams to disaster and training mental health professionals for disaster work.

 

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All About Child Custody Evaluations
Presented by: Robin Tener, Ph.D.
When: Friday, July 16, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 9, 2010
Time: 9 a.m.—4 p.m.        
Cost: $125 OPA Member    $155 Non-Member    $75 Student
Your registration includes a continental breakfast, beverages, refreshments and lunch.
CE Credits: 6.0
Where: Cambria Suites, 9100 Lyra Drive, Columbus, 43240
Hotel Accommodations: Contact the Cambria at (614) 841-9100 to reserve your room by June 25, 2010 for a special rate of $109 plus taxes. Refer to group code OPA.

DESCRIPTION:
Custody evaluations represent a frequent source of complaint to the State Board of Psychology, and involve the submission of recommendations to the legal system within a situation that is highly adversarial. This workshop will cover the structure and processes involved in a legally defensible evaluation. It will include the use of psychological testing, special issues in assessment (i.e. sexual abuse allegations, parent alienation and long-distance parenting) and report writing. Ethical considerations and issues pertaining to APA Practice Guidelines will be presented, along with tips for court testimony. 

OBJECTIVES:
Participants will learn: 
1)  The necessary components of a custody evaluation, including interview structure, the appropriate use and limitations
     of psychological testing, and the management of special referral issues (i.e. parent alienation, sexual abuse
     allegations, long-distance parenting).
2) How to integrate data into a report that responds to the court's need for clear recommendations.
3) To identify ethical issues pertaining to child custody assessments, and how APA guidelines can assist good practice.

PRESENTER:
Robin Tener, Ph.D., is the clinical psychologist director of Northeast Ohio Behavioral Health, Ltd., where she serves children, adolescents and adults. Dr. Tener received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Detroit, where she graduated summa cum laude. She is often appointed by local domestic relations and family courts to conduct custody evaluations, and specialized assessment services are a large component of her clinical practice. Dr. Tener has presented a variety of workshops to guardians ad litem and family/domestic relations court personnel regarding topics pertinent to this challenging area of clinical practice. 


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Level I: Bridging the Couple Chasm Gottman Couples Therapy: A New Research-based Approach


Presented by: Kathleen B. Corcoran, Ph.D., Certified Gottman Therapist
When: Thursday and Friday, July 29-30, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, July 22, 2010
Time: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day
Cost: $349 OPA Member/Social Worker/Marriage and Family Therapist; $399 Non-Member; $300 Student
Your registration includes breakfast, lunch and refreshments both days and The Gottman Institute’s 300-page Clinical Manual featuring new relationship assessment questionnaires and clinical interventions. (Value $100) PLEASE NOTE: You'll also receive a certificate of completion from the Gottman Institute. For those interested in pursuing Gottman certification, this two-day workshop fulfills the Level I requirement.
CE Credits: 12.0
Where: Quest Conference Centers, 9405 Pulsar Place, Columbus
Hotel Accommodations:  Contact the Wingate Hotel (short walk/drive from Quest) at (614) 844-5888 and use group code CGOPA7  to receive a special rate of $91 plus taxes. Reservations must be made by July 14, 2010.

 

DESCRIPTION:

When couples enter the therapy office, they sting with pain and despair. They look to the clinician to referee chronic conflicts, fix their partners and rebuild burned bridges. Now, based on Dr. John Gottman's 35 years of compelling research with over 3,000 couples, there's a practical, scientifically sound and highly effective approach to guiding these couples across the chasm that divides them.


In this workshop, Dr. Kathleen Corcoran provides a research-based road map for helping couples to compassionately mange their conflicts, deepen their friendship and intimacy and share their life purpose and dreams.


Demonstration, didactic and discussion center on Dr. Gottman's breakthrough research of what makes relationships work, and teach theoretically grounded methods of assessment and intervention.

Clinicians who take this workshop will be equipped with new methods and tools to help couples break the cycle of criticism, defensiveness, contempt and stonewalling. Through demonstrations and videos, you'll see how to apply the research-based principles and interventions of Gottman Method Couples Therapy. 

OBJECTIVES:

Participants will be able to:

1. Summarize the research that allows prediction of future relationship stability with 94 percent accuracy;
2. Describe the seven levels of the Sound Relationship House theory;
3. Conduct a couple's therapy assessment using elements of the couple's narrative, the oral history interview, written
    questionnaires, observations of conflict and individual interviews; and,
4. Describe two interventions for each: to help strengthen a couple's management of conflict, to enhance a couple's
    friendship system, and to explore a couple's system of shared meaning.



PRESENTER:

Kathleen B Corcoran, Ph.D., is a psychologist personally trained and certified by Drs. John & Julie Gottman as a Certified Gottman Therapist and Workshop Leader. She has a private practice in psychology serving children, adolescents and couples, helping them to adjust and thrive through life's challenges and changes.  She brings a sense of humor, and a positive, practical approach as well as a deep empathy and respect for the work that goes into lasting personal and relational change. Dr. Corcoran also presents lectures and seminars on the Gottman Method. 

 


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