Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 5. Source pages: 15.
Dr. William McCown, Associate Dean of Colleges of Business and Social Sciences and the Director of Data Analytics Laboratory, clinical psychologist, author, and professor, will speak on the “The Impulsive Client,” at the upcoming convention of the Louisiana Psych- ological Association. McCown co-authored a book on the topic and will update attendees on the importance of this characteristic. He will include connections to substance abuse and non- pharmacological addictions, antisocial behaviors, difficulties in mood regulation, deficits in attention and motivation. It is also one of the most difficult clinical syndromes to treat, noted the program.
In a session on “The Assessment of Autism and Related Disorders,” psychologists Drs. Lisa Settles, Brian Esteve, and Jane Morton will review the assessment and diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Dr. Settles is a faculty member at Tulane University School of Medicine. Currently, Dr. Esteve serves as director of an interdisciplinary autism treatment program at Crane Rehab Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Morton joined the Emerge Center in January of 2012 and previously was the lead lead psychologist for the Local Autism Team with the Office for Citizens with Development Disabilities which is part of the Department of Health and Hospitals.
Dr. Corwin Boake will present on “DSM-5 and ICD-10 Coding Update for the Practicing Psychologist.” Dr. Boake is a medical psychologist and neuropsychologist at Memorial Hermann Hospital System and the University of Texas-Houston Medical School where he is on the faculty of the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation. In Louisiana, he practices as a medical psychologist and neuropsychologist at Jefferson Neurobehavioral Group in Metairie. Dr. Lucinda L. DeGrange, licensed psychologist in private practice in New Orleans and graduate of Tulane University will moderate a panel discussion on “Navigating Medicaid Managed Care: A Panel Discussion with Bayou Health Plan Repre- sentatives.” Participants will include representatives from Louisiana Healthcare Connections, United Health Care, Dr. Amerigroup, AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana, and Aetna.
Dr. Joe Comaty and Dr. Phillip Griffin will present “LSBEP Review of Telepsychology Guidelines,” following the development late last year of new guidelines by the board.
Dr. Kim VanGeffen, will also present, and speak on the assessment of dementia. Drs. Darllyne Nemeth, Janet Matthews, Susanne Jenson, Ed Shwery, and Kenneth Bouilion will participate in a symposium on Resiliency in the Practice of Psychology. Dr. Gail Gillespie and Sue Josephson, LCSW, will present on Energy Therapy.
Keynote speaker for the conference is Sister Judith Brun, CSJ, a Sister of St. Joseph and a long-time educator. She is presently the Executive Director of Community Initiatives Foundation. Sister Brun will present the keynote address, “Post-Katrina Interventions with Children.” The program describes: “As the FEMA parks were closing, her Katrina work shifted to collaborating to provide housing and a service center for 150+ households destined for homelessness. In addition, she assisted in starting a charter school near the service center. That experience was the motivation for her current work, TakeCare, which is a multi- generational neighborhood re- development initiative with the primary focus of reducing the self-defeating behaviors that keep next generations in poverty.”
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