Workshop Description/Objectives

Saturday, November 16th


8:30 AM - 11:45 AM


S01. Psychologists’ Well-Being: An Aspirational Guideline or Ethical Responsibility?, 3 CE              

Presented by Abbie O’Ferrell Beacham, Ph.D. - Featured Presenter

Burnout among physicians and other healthcare professionals and learners has been described as a public health crisis. Topics of Burnout and Well-Being among psychologists has not received as much attention. Psychologists find themselves to be consistently “outward facing” and may experience a drain on their own well-being not readily recognized by themselves or others. This experiential workshop will encourage self-exploration and application of concepts as potential components of psychologists’ ethical responsibility specifically as it pertains to levels of impairment and competence [Section 2.03 and 2.06 (a) (b)]. ​Skill Level: Beginning. This workshop is appropriate for Psychology Professionals and fulfills the KRS 319 requirement for Ethics/Risk Management.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Attendees will demonstrate an understanding of definitions and constructs of “Burnout”, “Well-being” and “Flourishing”​
  • Attendees will apply Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct to real-world examples pertinent to Well-being and Burnout​
  • Attendees will compare psychologists’ well-being levels with those of other professions and apply methods of individual assessment of total Well-Being utilizing an evidence-based model ​
  • Attendees will generate innovative and aspirational Well-Being guidelines for the profession across early, mid and late-career phases​

S02. Bringing Psychologists to the Fight Against Deep Poverty, 3 CE

Presented by Rosie Davis, Ph.D., ABPP - Featured Presenter

The 2019 American Psychological Association President is focusing on changing attitudes toward poverty. This presentation will focus on how attitudes toward poverty have changed over the last 50 years and the initiative that is designed to impact those attitudes. Participants will develop strategies for impacting their local communities. Skill Level: Beginning. 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • As a result of participating, the attendee will be able to:1. Participants will be able to describe poverty and deep poverty.
  • Participants will be able to describe the presidential initiative designed to impact attitudes toward poverty
  • Participants will be able to list at least two upcoming changes in the American Psychological Association and psychology that may significantly affect the practice of clinical psychology
  • Participants will create an action plan to intervene in local poverty efforts.

S03. Integrating Psychology into the Outpatient Pediatric Setting, 3 CE

Presented by Stephen Johnson, MD, Ph.D., & Katy Hopkins, Ph.D., HSPP

This workshop is designed to describe the current state of integration and need for psychology in the outpatient pediatric setting. Strategies for establishing and maintaining a psychologist’s presence in an outpatient pediatric clinic will be identified. ​Skill Level: Intermediate. 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Assess the need for mental health treatment in the outpatient pediatric setting
  • Identify current models of integration of psychology in the outpatient pediatric setting
  • Develop strategies to help psychologists create employment opportunities in a pediatric clinic
  • Identify solutions for potential obstacles and pitfalls encountered by psychologists during day-to-day practice within a pediatric clinic

S04. Motivational Interviewing

Presented by Nate Mitchell, Ph.D.

Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change,” (Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S., 2013). This workshop is designed for mental health professionals and trainees who are interested in learning additional MI skills to increase patients’ motivation to engage in behavior change. The workshop will review the conceptual model for understanding MI, identify the key principles of MI, provide an operational definition of “MI spirit,” and describe the evidence base for the use of MI. This highly experiential workshop will utilize a variety of activities to increase knowledge and skill of MI (e.g., role-play/real play, etc.). The application of specific techniques to increase patient motivation will be covered, as will strategies for responding productively to “resistance.” As “change talk” (in contrast to “sustain talk” and avoidance) in sessions has been demonstrated to be associated with future behavior change, methods will be described to elicit, identify, and reinforce it. The workshop will include experiential components in which participants work in dyads and small groups, and with the trainer, to practice skills in a comfortable, interactive, and supportive learning environment. Skill Level: Beginning

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Learn more about the MI model and the evidence base for the use of MI in behavior change.
  • Gain knowledge regarding the key principles of MI and the application of specific methods to increase patient motivation for behavior change, including brief interventions.
  • Practice skills that research indicates increase change talk and decrease sustain talk; therefore increasing the probability of patient change.

1:45 PM - 5:00 PM

 

S05.  How can we ethically provide support and programming to address burnout in our health care professional colleagues and learners?, 3 CE
Presented by Abbie O’Ferrell Brachman, Ph.D. - Featured Presenter

Psychologists are increasingly being sought to provide services and programming to address a far-reaching epidemic of burnout among health care professional colleagues and learners. Psychologists and mental health professionals are uniquely suited to develop, implement and evaluate evidence-based programs and interventions to meet this need. This workshop will provide the attendee with blueprints for the process and content of an effective provider well-being program model taking into account the key ethical and sustainability considerations into the plan.  ​Skill Level: Intermediate. This workshop is appropriate for Psychology Professionals and fulfills the KRS 319 requirement for Ethics/Risk Management.

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Attendees will demonstrate an understanding of definitions and assessment of “Burnout”, “Well-being” and Flourishing”​
  • Attendees will develop models and blueprints of programs to develop, implement and evaluate Burnout/Well-Being initiatives utilizing an evidence-based model. ​
  • Attendees will apply Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct to real-world examples pertinent to health care provider and learner Burnout and Well-being programming. Specifically, the psychologist should be especially mindful of Boundaries of Competence (Section  2), Human Relations (Section 3) Privacy and Confidentiality (Section 4) and Advertising and Other Public Statements (Section 5). ​
  • Attendees will generate innovative ways to provide support and programs to health care professionals and learners. ​

S06. Psychopharmacology, 3 CE      

Presented by Rif El-Mallakh, MD

Workshop will cover medications commonly used to treat psychiatric medications. Presentation will focus on mechanisms, efficacy, and potential side effects. Questions, concerns, and discussions with attendees are expected to drive the workshop. ​Skill Level: Beginning. 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Attendees will be able to better determine when to suggest concomitant medications for their patients.
  • Attendees will be more able to ask their patients who are taking medications to discuss changes with their prescribers for residual symptoms.
  • Attendees will be more able to ask their patients who are taking medications to discuss changes with their prescribers for side effects.

S07. Domestic Violence Law: Assisting Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Through Legal Intervention, 3 CE

Presented by Neva-Marie Polley Scott, JD, Tracey Taylor, JD, & Beth Robinson-Kinney

Survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking face legal processes related to the violence they have suffered. Survivors have legal rights that entitle them to protection at home, at work, at school, and in public locations. Survivors can avail themselves of these protections with proper education regarding their rights and access to the legal processes which guarantee them. Three Legal Aid attorneys, who all have extensive experience in assisting survivors of violence will share updates in the law, avenues for help via the legal system, and lessons learned through case examples of survivor stories.  ​Skill Level: Intermediate. This workshop meets the KRS 194A.540 3 hour requirement for domestic violence and elder abuse.

 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Learn legal protections available to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
  • Learn the manner in which survivors can access the legal system via court processes, law enforcement, and private legal professionals.
  • Learn to equip survivors with the knowledge necessary to access legal protections and increase personal and family safety via legal protections and safety planning.

 

S08. Producing meaningful psychological evaluations of children & adolescents: blending the art & science of psychology, 1.5 CE

Presented by Joseph Edwards, Psy.D., PLLC

Psychological evaluations have been an important way in that psychologists have helped provide consultation to parents, teachers and other mental health professionals by providing diagnostic clarification and helping aid in effective treatment planning. This presentation will review what essential elements key in providing meaningful evaluations. It will review how the blend of both the art and science of psychology are critical in making our reports meaningful to the various consumers of our reports. The workshop is geared toward practitioners, supervisors and/or instructors who have at least a moderate level of understanding of intellectual measures, academic achievement measures and some personality measures objective and projective measures. ​Skill Level: Intermediate. 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Participants will be able several key the reasons psychological report writing is so critical for the field and for the consumer. Participants will be able to describe some of the common challenges in producing comprehensive and helpful reports.
  • Participants will be exposed to strategies that will strengthen report writing and improve the consumer's understanding of the client who was evaluated. Participants will appreciate the need to gain data from multiple sources (parent/caregivers/teachers/childcare provider). Participants will appreciate how--behavioral observations, test data, and interview data are more powerful when integrated into a cohesive understanding of child's specific issues and needs. Participants should leave with a better appreciation of what goes into a meaningful evaluation for various consumers.

S09. What is Good Grief?: Understanding Childhood Loss and Its Clinical Implications, 1.5 CE

Presented by Jacquelyn Love, Psy.D.

This presentation will discuss common grief responses and it's clinical implications in children ages 2-18 to assist clinicians in their support for children and families who experience loss from the death of someone in their lives. The presentation will also explore considerations for supporting and treating children who experience complications in their grief processes. ​Skill Level: Beginning. 

Based on the content of this workshop, attendees will be able to:

  • Participants will be able to identify current trends and themes in research on clinical interventions for childhood grief.
  • Participants will be able to describe common grief responses and manifestations by developmental levels.
  • Participants will be able to identify and discuss different types of grief and loss (e.g. childhood traumatic grief, ambiguous loss, disenfranchised grief).

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