Article archive / October 1, 2015
Originally published: . Volume 6, No. 10. Source pages: 15.
Saturday, November 7 Louisiana Psychological Association to Host Conference at Ralph & Kacoo’s in Baton Rouge
The Louisiana Psychological Association will host its Fall Conference on Saturday, November 7 at Ralph & Kacoo’s Restaurant in Baton Rouge.
The full day continuing education program offers morning breakout sessions on clinical and practice topics, and an afternoon general session on ethics and community psychology. Continental breakfast and lunch at Ralph & Kacoo’s Seafood Restaurant, and a talk on advocacy skills, is included.
The morning sessions offer a choice for participants to learn about, “Biopolar Disorder in the Age of Over- Diagnosis and Treatment.” Psychologist Dr. Am Henke will co-present with Psych- iatrist Dr. Arwen Podesta.
Drs. Henke and Podesta will focus on the increasing rate of diagnosis in Bipolar Disorder in both children and adults and look at the research that suggests that actual rates have not changed. The workshop will address accurate assessment and differential diagnoses. The ethical role of diagnostician as gatekeeper to protect against over diagnosis and use non- pharmacological treatments will be presented.
Dr. Henke is a clinical psychologists and assistant professor with the LSUHSC and Children’s Hospital in New Orleans and consults regarding medically compromised children. Dr. Arwen Podesta is a board certified psychiatrist with subspecialties in addiction, forensic psychiatry, and integrative and holistic medicine. She is on the Tulane clinical faculty.
Also in morning session is “Private Practice: Essentials and Updates,” presented by Drs. Lacey Seymour and Gail Gillespie. This workshop will cover requirements and information for managing a successful private practice, including state and government laws and regulations, business planning, marketing, and HIPAA compliance.
Dr. Seymour is current president of LPA and owner of Live Oak Children’s Center, a licensed psychologist and license behavior analyst, and focuses on children’s issues and children with special needs. Dr. Gillespie is a licensed psychologist in private practice, specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents, LPA secretary and Chair of continuing education.
A thirty-minute presentation by LPA Executive Director, Ms. Cindy Bishop, “Advocacy 101: The Basics of Communicating Effectively with Public Policy Makers,” will be included. Ms. Bishop is owner of Checkmate Strategies and has worked on high profile legislative campaigns including the Smoke Free Air Act, the Primary Seat Belt Act, and the Child Passenger Safety Act.
The afternoon session is “Ethics, Politics, and Psychology: Where Are We and Where Do We Go from Here?” The presenters are Drs. William “Gig” Costelloe and Julie Nelson. Presenters will provide an integrative look as the underlying social and organizational character- istics that impact the psychology community and psychologists’ contributions, with special emphasis on ethical concerns. Presenters will facilitate a group activity to identify needs, create innovations, and envision solutions for psychology’s role in the state, and fold into a strategic planning process for the association.
Dr. Costelloe is president of Costelloe & Associates in New Orleans and a licensed Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. He has consulted for 35 years to public corporations and businesses across the country, providing pre- employment assessment, team-building, employee surveys and other services.
Dr. Nelson is licensed psychologist with emphasis clinical and organizational psychology, and has consulted to the petrochemical industry for over 30 years in organizational development. She is the publisher of the Psychology Times.
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