GSPP News
Recent News from the Graduate School of Professional Psychology:
GSPP Launches ACT Workshop Facilitator Training From February 22-23, GSPP will host its Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Workshop Facilitator Training. This training is for teachers, therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, clergy and others in contact with parents of young children who want to deliver the American Psychological Association's (APA) highly successful ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids workshop in their own communities. Eligible participants can receive CEUs for the APA and, in California, the BBS and the BRN for a small fee. GSPP is the APA's official Western Regional Training site for its ACT Workshop Facilitator Training, serving California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. For more details and additional 2008 training dates, contact Della Combs, ACT Regional Coordinator, at dcombs@jfku.edu or (925) 969-3129.
Counseling Centers Receive $75,000 Grant from Kaiser Permanente In December 2007, Kaiser Permanente awarded $75,000 to GSPP's Community Counseling Centers in Pleasant Hill and Sunnyvale. This grant will be used to support the KP - JFKU Mental Health Partnership, and will allow the Counseling Centers to continue to supplement local public mental health services, as well as strengthen and expand their own service offerings, which include violence prevention classes for parents, increased access to trainings and workshops using advanced technology, and greater access for student interns to licensed therapists for supervision. GSPP is deeply grateful for the support of Kaiser Permanente and the opportunity to partner with a leading local provider of community health services.
APA Designates JFK University as Western Regional Violence Prevention Training Site John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) has been designated the first official ACT Regional Training Site in the Western U.S. by the American Psychological Association (APA) Violence Prevention Office. This designation will let JFKU train the leaders of the APA's highly successful ACT - Adults and Children Together - Against Violence program. The training site will be managed by the Counseling Psychology program in JFKU's Graduate School of Professional Psychology and will officially serve Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The other three official APA-ACT training sites are located in Illinois, Ohio and Florida. The new JFKU site will offer 3 APA-ACT "Train-the-Trainer" workshops per year. These workshops will train mental-health professionals, agencies, colleges, hospitals and community organizations that have regular contact with families to deliver the basic ACT Program to parents, caregivers, and others involved with children ages 0-8 years. According to 2005 statistics published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, parents perpetrate nearly 90% of violence against children, and 77% of children who die from abuse or neglect are younger than 4 years old. The ACT program mobilizes communities and educates families and caregivers to protect children and youth from violence before it occurs. The ACT program and the ACT Train-the-Trainer programs are national anti-violence researched-based programs that have been clinically evaluated and approved by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC will continue to formally evaluate client satisfaction with both programs as they are delivered across the country. "We are thrilled and honored to have been named as a regional training site for the ACT Train-the-Trainer program," stated Gail Kinsley-Dame, Director of the Counseling Psychology Program at JFKU. "Violence against children must be stopped and the ACT program provides the tools to make that happen." JFKU has been offering the ACT Program directly to local communities since February, 2007, as the "Parents Raising Safe Kids" program. This service was made possible by a generous donation from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation, as well as the APA. In the next few months, it will also begin offering the ACT program at its counseling centers in Pleasant Hill and Sunnyvale, California. Dates for the new ACT Train-the-Trainer program will be posted on the JFKU website and on the APA-ACT website as they become available.
JFK University Faculty and Student Present at 2007 APA
Annual Convention
Several faculty members and students from the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) will be making presentations at the American Psychological Association to held in San Francisco, CA, on August 17-20, 2007.
In addition, GSPP and Continuing & Extended Education are sponsoring a booth at the Convention. Conference attendees are invited to stop by Booth 929 near the Food Court to meet presenters, obtain program information and enter a drawing for a free online course through CE.
For APA conference information and to register, go to http://www.apa.org/convention07/.
Friday August 17, 8:00 am
Session 1041 - Continuing Education Workshop #107 Working with Parents with Physical Disabilities:
Assessment, Intervention, and Ethical Practice Presenter: Dr. Alette Coble-Temple Francisco Hotel, Fourth Floor/Building 3, Union Square
Room 25
CE Credits: 4 hours. Limited enrollment.
For additional session and registration information, contact the APA Continuing Education in Psychology Office at 800-374-2721 or cpe@apa.org.
Friday, August 17, 1:00pm - 2:50pm
Session 1252 - Discussion The Future of Sport Psychology Training:
The Coexistence of Performance Enhancement and Clinical Psychology Co-chairs: Dr. William D. Parham & Dr. Alette Coble-Temple
Participants:
Rooms 232 and 234 Division 47
Saturday, August 18, 4:00-4:50pm
Session 2373 - Poster Session: Showcasing Student Research, Practice, & Professional Development Issues Ethnographic Immersion for Cultural Competence: Students' Perspectives Participants: Victor Cattolico, MA; John Garry, MA; Shauna Keller, M.A; Pearly McGee-Vincent MA; Kurt Meyers MA; Monique Pierre-Louis MA; Brenda Shebank MA; and Anita Smith MA. Moscone Center, Exhibit Level - South Building, Halls ABC
Sunday, August 19, 8:00am-11:50am
Session 3041 Continuing Education Workshop #146 Ethical Practice issues and Persons with Disabilities Presenter: Dr. Alette Coble-Temple Hilton San Francisco Hotel, Fourth Floor/Building 3, Union Square
Room 25
CE Credits: 4 hours. Limited enrollment.
For additional session and registration information, contact the APA Continuing Education in Psychology Office at 800-374-2721 or cpe@apa.org.
Monday, August 20, 9:00am - 9:50am
Session 4067 - Special Issues in Trauma Treatment Evidence-Based Practice and Culture: New Paradigms in Trauma Research Presenters: Dr. Sandra Mattar & Dr. Alejandrina Estrada Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Building
Room 212
Division 56
Dr. Montenegro Presents at 2007 World Mental Health Congress in Hong Kong
PsyD program professor Dr. Haydee Montenegro will present two papers at the 2007 World Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health to be held in Hong Kong August 19-23. On Aug. 21, Dr. Montenegro will be presenting "Advocacy at the United Nations: A Nuts and Bolts Guideline for Action" and on Aug. 23, "Broad and Narrow Spectrum of Disabilities: Implications for Advocacy," a paper co-authored with Dr. Alette Coble-Temple.
- GSPP Launches ACT Workshop Facilitator Training
- Counseling Centers Receive $75,000 Grant from Kaiser Permanente
- APA Designates JFK University Western Regional Violence Prevention Training Site
- JFK University Faculty and Student Present at 2007 APA Annual Convention
- Dr. Montenegro Presents at 2007 World Mental Health Congress in Hong Kong
- Counseling Centers Receive $75,000 Grant from Kaiser Permanente
GSPP Launches ACT Workshop Facilitator Training From February 22-23, GSPP will host its Adults and Children Together (ACT) Against Violence Workshop Facilitator Training. This training is for teachers, therapists, nurses, nurse practitioners, clergy and others in contact with parents of young children who want to deliver the American Psychological Association's (APA) highly successful ACT Parents Raising Safe Kids workshop in their own communities. Eligible participants can receive CEUs for the APA and, in California, the BBS and the BRN for a small fee. GSPP is the APA's official Western Regional Training site for its ACT Workshop Facilitator Training, serving California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon and Hawaii. For more details and additional 2008 training dates, contact Della Combs, ACT Regional Coordinator, at dcombs@jfku.edu or (925) 969-3129.
Counseling Centers Receive $75,000 Grant from Kaiser Permanente In December 2007, Kaiser Permanente awarded $75,000 to GSPP's Community Counseling Centers in Pleasant Hill and Sunnyvale. This grant will be used to support the KP - JFKU Mental Health Partnership, and will allow the Counseling Centers to continue to supplement local public mental health services, as well as strengthen and expand their own service offerings, which include violence prevention classes for parents, increased access to trainings and workshops using advanced technology, and greater access for student interns to licensed therapists for supervision. GSPP is deeply grateful for the support of Kaiser Permanente and the opportunity to partner with a leading local provider of community health services.
APA Designates JFK University as Western Regional Violence Prevention Training Site John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) has been designated the first official ACT Regional Training Site in the Western U.S. by the American Psychological Association (APA) Violence Prevention Office. This designation will let JFKU train the leaders of the APA's highly successful ACT - Adults and Children Together - Against Violence program. The training site will be managed by the Counseling Psychology program in JFKU's Graduate School of Professional Psychology and will officially serve Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The other three official APA-ACT training sites are located in Illinois, Ohio and Florida. The new JFKU site will offer 3 APA-ACT "Train-the-Trainer" workshops per year. These workshops will train mental-health professionals, agencies, colleges, hospitals and community organizations that have regular contact with families to deliver the basic ACT Program to parents, caregivers, and others involved with children ages 0-8 years. According to 2005 statistics published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, parents perpetrate nearly 90% of violence against children, and 77% of children who die from abuse or neglect are younger than 4 years old. The ACT program mobilizes communities and educates families and caregivers to protect children and youth from violence before it occurs. The ACT program and the ACT Train-the-Trainer programs are national anti-violence researched-based programs that have been clinically evaluated and approved by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The CDC will continue to formally evaluate client satisfaction with both programs as they are delivered across the country. "We are thrilled and honored to have been named as a regional training site for the ACT Train-the-Trainer program," stated Gail Kinsley-Dame, Director of the Counseling Psychology Program at JFKU. "Violence against children must be stopped and the ACT program provides the tools to make that happen." JFKU has been offering the ACT Program directly to local communities since February, 2007, as the "Parents Raising Safe Kids" program. This service was made possible by a generous donation from the Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation, as well as the APA. In the next few months, it will also begin offering the ACT program at its counseling centers in Pleasant Hill and Sunnyvale, California. Dates for the new ACT Train-the-Trainer program will be posted on the JFKU website and on the APA-ACT website as they become available.
JFK University Faculty and Student Present at 2007 APA
Annual Convention
Several faculty members and students from the Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) will be making presentations at the American Psychological Association to held in San Francisco, CA, on August 17-20, 2007.
In addition, GSPP and Continuing & Extended Education are sponsoring a booth at the Convention. Conference attendees are invited to stop by Booth 929 near the Food Court to meet presenters, obtain program information and enter a drawing for a free online course through CE.
For APA conference information and to register, go to http://www.apa.org/convention07/.
Friday August 17, 8:00 am
Session 1041 - Continuing Education Workshop #107 Working with Parents with Physical Disabilities:
Assessment, Intervention, and Ethical Practice Presenter: Dr. Alette Coble-Temple Francisco Hotel, Fourth Floor/Building 3, Union Square
Room 25
CE Credits: 4 hours. Limited enrollment.
For additional session and registration information, contact the APA Continuing Education in Psychology Office at 800-374-2721 or cpe@apa.org.
Friday, August 17, 1:00pm - 2:50pm
Session 1252 - Discussion The Future of Sport Psychology Training:
The Coexistence of Performance Enhancement and Clinical Psychology Co-chairs: Dr. William D. Parham & Dr. Alette Coble-Temple
Participants:
-
Dr. Alison Rhodius, Ph.D. & Gail Solt, M.A., Integrated Models of Applied Sport Psychology Training
Dr. Alette Coble-Temple, Psy.D, Living in Both Worlds of Performance Enhancement and Clinical Psychology
Kurt Meyers, M.A., and Margaret Hodges, M.A., Training in Both Perspectives: The Student's World
Rooms 232 and 234 Division 47
Saturday, August 18, 4:00-4:50pm
Session 2373 - Poster Session: Showcasing Student Research, Practice, & Professional Development Issues Ethnographic Immersion for Cultural Competence: Students' Perspectives Participants: Victor Cattolico, MA; John Garry, MA; Shauna Keller, M.A; Pearly McGee-Vincent MA; Kurt Meyers MA; Monique Pierre-Louis MA; Brenda Shebank MA; and Anita Smith MA. Moscone Center, Exhibit Level - South Building, Halls ABC
Sunday, August 19, 8:00am-11:50am
Session 3041 Continuing Education Workshop #146 Ethical Practice issues and Persons with Disabilities Presenter: Dr. Alette Coble-Temple Hilton San Francisco Hotel, Fourth Floor/Building 3, Union Square
Room 25
CE Credits: 4 hours. Limited enrollment.
For additional session and registration information, contact the APA Continuing Education in Psychology Office at 800-374-2721 or cpe@apa.org.
Monday, August 20, 9:00am - 9:50am
Session 4067 - Special Issues in Trauma Treatment Evidence-Based Practice and Culture: New Paradigms in Trauma Research Presenters: Dr. Sandra Mattar & Dr. Alejandrina Estrada Moscone Center, East Mezzanine - South Building
Room 212
Division 56
Dr. Montenegro Presents at 2007 World Mental Health Congress in Hong Kong
PsyD program professor Dr. Haydee Montenegro will present two papers at the 2007 World Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health to be held in Hong Kong August 19-23. On Aug. 21, Dr. Montenegro will be presenting "Advocacy at the United Nations: A Nuts and Bolts Guideline for Action" and on Aug. 23, "Broad and Narrow Spectrum of Disabilities: Implications for Advocacy," a paper co-authored with Dr. Alette Coble-Temple.