Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 9. Source pages: 14.
According to Executive Director of LPA, attendance at this year’s Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Psychological Association was up from last year. She told the Times that attendance was about 8 percent higher than in 2010. And in 2010 the attendance had also been up about that same percentage from 2009, she said.
Ms. Lowe explained also that registration at this year’s conference was highest on Thursday, the day for the annual meeting and the town hall discussion regarding Act 251. Attendance has been up since the passage of 251. Ms. Lowe said that comments from convention attendees noted the strong quality of the presentations this year, that many workshops were full, and that the psychopharmacology presentation was completely filled.
At the same time, overall membership in the association is down slightly, Ms. Lowe said. She attributed this to normal cycles.
About the program chairman, President-Elect Dr. Phillip Griffin, Ms. Lowe said, “He did an awesome job of planning.” She noted that she felt that one factor in the success of this year’s convention was related to the broad range of topics and the quality of presentations.
Workshop on testing with Dr. Alexander Quiros was well attended.
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