Article archive / November 2022
Originally published: . Volume 13, No. 11. Source pages: 15.
10 Years Ago … What The Psychology Times was reporting on November 2012
LA School Psychological Association
Conference in Lafayette Nov 7 to 9
The Louisiana School Psychological Association will host its Annual Conference, November 7 – 9, 2012, at the Hilton Lafayette, in Lafayette, Louisiana. This year’s theme will be “Resilience and Reconnection.”
Tulane psychology professor, Dr. Michael Cunningham, will speak on “Promoting Education Resilience in African American Adolescents.” Dr. Cunningham is the Suzanne and Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellow(cid:0)in the Psychology Department at Tulane.
LA Psychologists Note Issues for
Understanding Military Life
The Times spoke with two Louisiana psychologists, Dr. Dana Boose and Dr. Andrew Thrasher, about what their perspectives and what they view as important in the Louisiana community and in efforts to assist the returning servicemen and women to transition back to home.
Dr. Dana Boose is a Clinical Psychologist in the Post Deployment Healthcare Clinic at the Alexandria VA Healthcare System. She is also commissioned as a Captain in the Louisiana Army National Guard. Dr. Thrasher is a licensed psychologist at the Psychotherapy Clinic, LLC, in Sulphur, Louisiana. He is also a veteran and he is member of the Give An Hour program.
Psychology Gumbo
• “Measuring the Suicidal Mind: Implicit Cognition Predicts Suicidal Behavior” — Journal of Psychological Science, 2010. M. Nock, et al. Researchers found implicit associations exceed the predictive validity of known risk factors in suicide.
COMMENT: Dr. Gary Pettigrew, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Dawson Psychological Associates, Coordinator of Complaints, LSBEP. “More impressively, this association predicted future suicide attempts during six-month follow-up better than the patient's own prediction or other clinical factors studied. emotional self-regulation, and self esteem. BOOKSHELF
Living in an Environmentally Traumatized World:
Healing Ourselves and Our Planet
Darlyne G. Nemeth, Robert B. Hamilton, and Judy Kuriansky, Editors
The work is an outgrowth of the 2007 symposium on behalf of the World Council of Psychotherapy (WCP) titled, "Strategies to Facilitate Biosphere Management and Lifestyle Change: Measures to Protect the Environment and Prevent Drastic Sequelae of Current and Future Climate Changes," presented at the 60th Annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference Mid-day workshops in New York, NY. This is where Dr. Nemeth linked with many of her contributors. “I chaired this event and spoke about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” she explained. AG Opinions Clarify LMFT
Scope of Practice, ABA Issues
The Louisiana Attorney General issued an Opinion on October 12, 2012 after reviewing objections submitted last year by the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) about rules for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists (LMFTs), put forth by the Counselors state board.
The Attorney General (AG) found no problem with the rules, and summarized, “The permitted scope of practice of licensed marriage and family therapists includes the assessment and treatment of emotional, behavioral, personality, and mental disorders, subject to the specific limitations …” And […] " do not expand said statutory scope of practice by rule, are not violative of the prohibition on the unlicensed practice of psychology …".
Children’s Cabinet
Dr. Simpson Launches Kid’s
Dashboard
The Children’s Cabinet launched its “Louisiana Kid’s Dashboard” on October 9, 2012, a continuing step in the Cabinet’s efforts to coordinate and engage agencies, policy makers, families and the larger community, with the goal of improving conditions for Louisiana’s children.
The Children’s Cabinet is part of the Office of the Governor, and Dr. Tiffany Simpson, a graduate of the University of New Orleans psychology department, is the Executive Director.
ABA Study Group to Begin Final
Decision-Making Friday
The “Behavior Analysts Licensure and Regulation Study Commission will meet on Friday, November 2, 2012, to continue efforts in outlining the state’s approach to regulation for applied behavior analysts, and preparing for the final and perhaps most difficult of their decisions.
The Times spoke with Vice Chair of the Commission, Ms. Catherine Morrell, who explained that on November 2nd the group would watch four presentations, from four different sets of members. These presentations are to prepare the group for a future decision as to where the behavior analysts will fall in the state regulatory structure, Morrell said.
“Yes, But” Opinion on ABAs Practicing Psychology from AG The psychology board received an answer in October from the
Office of the Attorney General (AG) regarding injunctions against behavior analysts who practice psychology. Writing to the current psychology board Chair Dr. Lee Matthews, the AG noted, “…the LSBEP may seek an injunction against a party […] “Although the LSBEP has the authority to seek an injunction against a party for violating Chapter 28, it still must meet the injunction requirements of the court,” the author, Assistant Attorney General, Jessica Thornhill wrote, on behalf of James Caldwell, the AG.
Dr. Michael Cunningham (Courtesy photo)
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