American Psychology-Law Society
Annual Conference
Westin Gaslamp District, San Diego, CA
Pre-Conference Continuing Education Workshops
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Full-Day Workshops
(Choose either Workshop A, Workshop B, Workshop C, Workshop D)
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Workshop A –
Quality Considerations in conducting Juvenile Forensic Evaluations
Kirk Heilbrun, Ph.D
This workshop draws upon the strongest and best-accepted evidence and practices in the area of juvenile
forensic assessment. For example, it incorporates the second edition of the MacArthur Foundation’s
Models for Change curriculum on the developmental aspects adolescence. It includes applicable
principles of forensic mental health assessment, which themselves integrate sources of authority that
include legal, scientific, ethical and professional. It integrates work from the Oxford Best Practices in
Forensic Mental Health Assessment series applicable to forensic juvenile evaluations. One of the major
goals of the workshop is to use material that is strongly evidence-based. It is designed to recommend
the broad and specific approaches that are both relevant and reliable/valid. The workshop incorporates
relevant law, ethics, and professional standards.
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify general resources on empirically-supported and best practice,
2. Identify similarities and differences when evaluating different forensic referral questions,
3. Address the importance of multicultural and diversity considerations in conducting juvenile forensic
evaluations,
4. Translate quality considerations into report-writing and testimony,
5. Identify components of good practice in juvenile forensic evaluations in the following domains.
 Forensic
 Developmental
 Juvenile
 Clinical
This workshop is at the intermediate/advanced level.
Time/Credits: 8:30am – 12:00 pm/1:00 pm - 4:30pm/ 7 CE Credits
Before
Jan. 15, 2014
 Member
$170.00
 Non Member
$225.00
 Student member
$ 80.00
 Student non-member
$105.00
Workshop B –
On or after
Jan. 16, 2014
$195.00
$250.00
$ 90.00
$115.00
Expert Testimony
Randy Otto, Ph.D.
This continuing education program is devoted to expert testimony that psychologists offer in depositions
trials and administrative hearings. As such, this workshop should be of interest to all psychologists who
testify in legal proceedings regardless of their specialty area). The focus is an oral communication of
the psychologist’s work and opinions preparation of interrogatories, affidavits, and reports is not
addressed. Reviewed are general principles of effective communication in legal proceedings, research
examining effective communication in legal proceedings, research examining effective communication
by expert witnesses, and specific strategies and skills to employ. Considerable use is made of case
examples-using excerpts from trial and deposition transcripts, as well as video-recording of experts
testifying.
Learning Objectives:
1. List the components/qualities of effective testimony,
2. Describe differences between testifying at depositions and at trial,
3. List how rules of evidence impact their sworn testimony during direct examination and cross
examination,
4. Describe an approach for communicating one’s work and opinions to the legal decision-maker
during direct examination, and
5. Identify effective responses to commonly-used cross-examination ploys.
This workshop is at the intermediate level.
Time/Credits: 8:30am - 12:00 pm/ 1:00 pm - 4:30pm/ 7 CE Credits
Before
Jan. 15, 2014
o Member $170.00
o Non Member $225.00
o Student member $ 80.00
o Student non member $105.00
On or after
Jan. 16, 2014
$195.00
$250.00
$ 90.00
$115.00
Workshop C – Evidence-Based Trauma-Specific Services for Youth in the Juvenile
Justice System: Bringing the TARGET Model to Youth, Staff, and Key
Stakeholders
Julian Ford, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
Judith Ford, M.A.
Clinical epidemiological research demonstrates that 80+% of youth in the juvenile justice system have
trauma histories, 40+% are poly-victims, and they are 10+times more likely than other youths to have
PTSD and related/comorbid disorders. Although several psychotherapy models have established an
evidence-base for children and adolescents only one has demonstrated effectiveness with juvenile justice
or delinquency-involved youth: TARGET has been disseminated to more than 50 juvenile justice
programs and facilities in several states and in projects developed through the Center for Juvenile Justice
and Trauma Recovery in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. This interactive workshop will
address the challenges of delivering trauma-specific screening, assessment, psycho-education, therapy,
and workforce training, while developing key stakeholder buy-in in the juvenile justice system. It will
also provide an overview of the TARGET curriculum and the 7 FREEDOM Steps, designed to enable
youth and families to understand and gain control of trauma-related reactions triggered by current daily
life stressors. This overview will include slides, film clips, and participant involvement in related
TARGET skills and activities.
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Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will be able to describe on potential benefit and one potential pitfall of making
juvenile justice systems trauma-informed,
2. Participants will be able to describe one major effect of trauma on adolescents’ brains and their
body’s stress response system,
3. Describe two components of the TARGET approach to preventing and treating PTSD in
juvenile justice populations.
This workshop is at the intermediate/advanced level.
Time/Credits: 8:30am – 12:00 pm/1:00 pm - 4:30pm/ 7 CE Credits
Before
Jan. 15, 2014
 Member
$170.00
 Non Member
$225.00
 Student member
$ 80.00
On or after
Jan. 16, 2014
$195.00
$250.00
$ 90.00
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Student non-member
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Workshop D – Advanced Issues in Violence Risk Assessment and Management
$105.00
$115.00
Stephen Hart, Ph.D.
The overarching goal is to enhance the knowledge and skills of participants with respect to violence risk
assessment and management.
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Learning Objectives:
1. Discuss fundamental concepts and principles in violence risk assessment and management,
2. Outline formulation of violence risk, focusing on the use of Action Theory,
3. Outline management of violence risk, focusing on the use of scenario planning,
4. Apply formulation and management skills in routine practice, and
5. Critically evaluate psycholegal validity and relevance of formulation and management.
This workshop is at the intermediate/advanced level.
Time/Credits: 8:30am – 12:00 pm/1:00 pm - 4:30pm/ 7 CE Credits
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Member
Non Member
Student member
Student non-member
Before
Jan. 15, 2014
$170.00
$225.00
$ 80.00
$105.00
On or after
Jan. 16, 2014
$195.00
$250.00
$ 90.00
$115.00
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Half-Day Workshops
(Choose either E or F or Both)
o Workshop E – Ethics in Forensic Practice
Gerald P. Koocher, Ph.D., ABPP
Intended for experienced clinicians, this workshop will employ lecture material drawn from up-to-date
sources and case discussion (including content submitted by registrants) to bring participants up-to-date
on current ethical challenges faced in forensic practice. Content will include case contracting and
analyses, regulatory compliance, ethical navigation of multiple role situations, inter-professional
relationships managing confidentiality, record keeping, billing practices, and functioning as a consultant
while invisible to discovery. Registrants will be invited to submit disguised case materials or specific
issues for coverage up to two weeks before the session.
Learning Objectives:
1.
Participants will describe and apply the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of
Conduct in the Context of the Specialty Guidelines for Forensic Psychology,
2. Using interactive discussion of actual case material will enable participants to anticipate
and avoid ethical pitfalls,
3. Participants will describe the most frequently encountered bases for ethical and liability
complaints against psychologists along with strategies for avoiding risky situations and
clients,
4. Describe key ethical challenges in forensic psychology that arise from differences in
professional training and orientation for psychologists and attorneys,
5. Describe the role of evidentiary standards as a function of psychological ethics and
recognize ways to conform their work to align with those standards,
6. Follow specific review forensic notification standards, fee practices, and role conflicts
participants will formulate strategies to assure full ethical compliance in their own
practices.
7.
A review of practice methods for managing confidentiality, assessment, record keeping,
and public comments will enable attendees to align their work with optimal ethical
practices.
This workshop is at the advanced level.
Time/Credits: 8:30am-12:00 pm/ 3.5 CE Credits
o Member
o Non Member o Student member o Student non-member -
Before
Jan. 15, 2014
On or after
Jan. 16, 2014
$ 90.00
$120.00
$ 40.00
$ 55.00
$100.00
$130.00
$ 50.00
$ 65.00
Workshop F –
Core Competencies in Suicide Risk Assessment and Management:
A Workshop for Psychological Professionals
Robert J. Cramer, Ph.D.
Suicidal clients pose one of the most urgent and professionally challenging scenarios for mental health
professionals. Among the many concerns expressed by clinicians are how to appropriately define and
document risk, manage the variety of risk and protective factors involved in an individual case, and
manage personal, ethical and legal issues involved. Drawing on the competency-based skill
development movement in mental health training, the present workshop focuses on ten core
competencies necessary for effective suicide risk assessment and management. The workshop includes
case scenarios, recommended readings and other additional practical resources for psychological
professionals working with suicidal clients.
Learning Objectives:
1.
Describe the major tenets of contemporary suicide theory,
2.
Identify risk and protective factors in suicide risk assessment and management practice and law,
3.
Link risk assessment decisions to intervention decisions,
4.
Outline guidelines for appropriate documentation of suicide risk assessment and management,
5.
Describe the nature of attitudes toward suicide and self-care needs for the clinician.
This is a beginner/intermediate/advanced level.
Time/Credits: 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm/ 3.5 CE Credits
o Member
o Non Member o Student member o Student non-member -
Before
Jan. 15, 2014
On or after
Jan. 16, 2014
$ 90.00
$120.00
$ 40.00
$ 55.00
$100.00
$130.00
$ 50.00
$ 65.00
If you are attending one of the CE workshops are you a licensed psychologist?
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