Spring Speaker Series
Friday, February 24, 2011: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(Register at the door)
Manufacturing Memories
Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D.
University of California – Irvine, Department of Psychology and Social Behavior
Location: Drexel University, New College Building, Geary Auditorium A (245 N. 15th St., near the intersection of 15th & Vine Sts., Philadelphia) Cost: Free for PBTA members; $40 for non-members (price includes PBTA membership and CE credits)
Continuing Education: 2 CE Credits
The New College Building is on 15th Street, between Vine Street and Race Street
Directions can be accessed here.
For several decades, Dr. Loftus has been manufacturing memories in unsuspecting minds. Sometimes this involves changing details of events that were actually experienced. Other times it involves planting entire memories for events that never happened – “rich false memories.” Rich false memories can be planted even when the experiences would have been implausible or impossible. Moreover, once planted, they have consequences for people, affecting later thoughts, intentions, and behaviors. Once planted, they look very much like true memories – in terms of behavioral characteristics, emotionality, and neural signatures.
Elizabeth Loftus, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor at the University of California - Irvine. She holds faculty positions in three departments (Psychology & Social Behavior; Criminology, Law & Society; and Cognitive Sciences), and in the School of Law. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University. Since then, she has published 22 books (including the award winning Eyewitness Testimony) and over 500 scientific articles. Loftus' research has focused on the malleability of human memory. She has been recognized for this research with six honorary doctorates and election to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences. She is past president of the Association for Psychological Science, the Western Psychological Association, and the American Psychology-Law Society.
Workshop
Saturday, February 25, 2012: 9:00 AM - 5:00PM
Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT)
John Piacentini, Ph.D., ABPP
Director, Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program – UCLA Semel Institute
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences – UCLA School of Medicine
Location: LaSalle University (Specific location details will be available soon)
Cost: No Charge
Continuing Education: 6.5 CE Credits (free for PBTA members; $60 for non-members)
Preregistration Required by Midnight 2/20/2012
Continental Breakfast and Afternoon Coffee Will Be Provided
Buffet Lunch Available for $10 (to be paid at the event)
The Tourette Syndrome Association (TSA), through a partnership with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is providing this full-day training program in the Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT). CBIT is a new evidence-based behavioral approach to managing Tourette Syndrome and tic disorders that combines elements of habit reversal training with psycho-education and function-based behavioral interventions. Its efficacy has been demonstrated in two parallel multisite randomized clinical trials.
Following this workshop, attendees will be able to:
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Recognize the common symptoms and clinical characteristics of Tourette Syndrome
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Understand the impact of environmental events on tics
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Summarize the current state of evidence regarding non-pharmacological interventions for tics
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Describe the CBIT protocol for tic management
Dr. John Piacentini is Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA School of Medicine and Director of the Child OCD, Anxiety, and Tic Disorders Program at the UCLA Semel Institute. In addition, he is Chief of Child Psychology for the Semel Institute Medical Psychology Program and Chair of the UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital. Dr. Piacentini joined the UCLA faculty in 1995 following nine years at Columbia University where he completed fellowship training and held the position of Research Scientist at the NY State Psychiatric Institute.
Dr. Piacentini’s research, teaching and clinical work focus on the development, evaluation, and implementation of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and other effective treatments, including medication, for children with OCD, other anxiety disorders, tic disorders and trichotillomania. More recently, this work has involved the use of brain imaging, genetics, and EEG to better understand the biological bases of these illnesses and their response to treatment. Dr. Piacentini has played a lead role in several major research studies for child anxiety, tics and related disorders and has published over 160 papers, chapters and books, in outlets such as the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). He is Deputy Editor for the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and on the editorial boards of several leading child mental health professional journals. In addition, Dr. Piacentini is on the scientific advisory boards for the Anxiety Disorders Association of America and the Trichotillomania Learning Center and Chair of the Behavioral Sciences Consortium of the Tourette Syndrome Association. He is also a Founding Fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy and past-president of the American Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
This program is free of charge. Continuing education credits will be available through PBTA at a cost of $60 for 6.5 credits for non-members. CE credits will be provided free of charge to PBTA members. Continental breakfast and afternoon coffee will be provided. An optional catered buffet lunch will be available for $10. Payment for lunch and CE credits will be collected on the day of the event, either in cash or by check made payable to Philadelphia Behavior Therapy Association.
Two-Day Workshop
March
1 & 2: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
Scott Stuart, MD
President – International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy
Director – Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute
Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology – University of Iowa, Department of Psychiatry
Location: La Salle University, Music Room, Union Building
See http://www.lasalle.edu/directions-to-main-campus/ for directions to
La Salle and http://www.lasalle.edu/campusmap/map.html for campus map
Cost: Professionals - $300
Students - $200
Continental Breakfast and Afternoon Coffee Will Be Provided
Continuing Education: 13 CE Credits (free for PBTA members; $60 for non-members)
Registration: Space for this workshop is limited to 35 participants. To register, please complete the attached registration form. Mail your completed registration form and payment to:
La Salle University
Department of Psychology
1900 West Olney Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Attention: IPT Workshop
La Salle University and The Philadelphia Behavioral Therapy Association (PBTA) are proud to present a 2-day workshop in Interpersonal Psychotherapy, featuring invited guest lecturer Scott Stuart. This training is certified by the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute as level “A” psychotherapist training, as recommended by the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (ISIPT).
This workshop is designed for mental health professionals and graduate students. Participants should be well acquainted with basic psychotherapy principles, such as the ability to effectively engage patients, formulate cases, and use specific psychotherapy techniques. It will be of particular benefit to those practitioners who use or plan to use short-term psychotherapy, or who frequently use psychotherapy as an adjunct to medication management.
Dr. Stuart will instruct participants in the theory and practice of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). The workshop will consist of didactic presentations and a review of the research evidence supporting IPT, followed by multimedia presentations demonstrating the use of IPT with patients. The presentation will also include videotapes of the presenter and other experts conducting IPT with patients. Group discussion and role-playing will help to synthesize the information and examples presented.
At the conclusion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
§ Identify the basic principles of IPT
§ Summarize the research literature regarding IPT
§ Treat patients using IPT principles
§ Identify patients for whom IPT would be an appropriate treatment
Dr. Stuart is a psychiatrist and a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry of the University of Iowa. He has been active in clinical work, education, and research in the areas of Interpersonal Psychotherapy and perinatal psychiatry during the last two decades. Dr. Stuart completed his medical training at the University of Kansas, followed by internship at the University of Pittsburgh. He has received several teaching awards, including the John Clancy Teacher of the Year Award (Department of Psychiatry of the University of Iowa). He is the President and co-founder of the International Society of Interpersonal Psychotherapists and Director of the Interpersonal Psychotherapy Institute. He has also authored a number of articles on IPT, and is the co-author of an internationally acclaimed textbook on Interpersonal Psychotherapy. This book, Interpersonal Psychotherapy: A Clinician’s Guide, is recommended as a text for this training.
This program is $300 for Professionals and $200 for students. Continuing education credits will be available through PBTA at a cost of $60 for 13 credits for non-members. CE credits will be provided free of charge to PBTA members. The cost of a PBTA membership is $40 per year (visit http://www.philabta.org/join.asp for details). The Philadelphia Behavioral Therapy Association (PBTA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PBTA is also an authorized provider for continuing education credits for professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, and clinical social workers licensed in the state of Pennsylvania. PBTA maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
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