Article archive / December 1, 2013

Originally published: December 1, 2013. Volume 5, No. 4. Source pages: 7.

Dr. Susanne M. Jensen, a Baton Rouge clinical psychologist nationally known for her contributions to the practice of group psychotherapy for over 35 years, gave a one-day Institute designed to help group psychotherapists discover and reflect on their own personal style of group psychotherapy. The Institute, titled “Finding Your Own Style as a Group Psychotherapist,” was held November 2nd at Peabody Hall on the Louisiana State University campus, a few rooms away from where Dr. Jensen taught her first psychology course in this country in 1968.

One of the themes in her morning lecture was examining how one’s own personal and family history shape the development of the group therapist. “I grew up in a family of hard working physicians in a small German town close to the French border. I received my academic degrees at the University in Bonn,” said Jensen, a former Louisiana State Board of Examiner’s of Psychology board member and past president of the Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society (LGPS). “In growing up, if we were not hard at work, we worked hard at looking busy,” she said to laughter from a warm and respectful audience, many of whom she has trained as therapists over the past three and one half decades. “My style has been to work hard as a therapist and it has been challenging for me to learn to take time off for leisure and play”. “Although that’s been challenging for her,” noted Dr. David Hayes, a psychotherapist trained by Dr. Jensen in late 1980, “I look at the audience and see the product of her hard work. The majority of the therapists attending here today, going back to the 70s would say Dr. Jensen was their main mentor in group therapy training.”

Lauren Tressler, a graduate student psychology intern at LSU, noted, “Dr. Jensen’s lecture was personally liberating to me because a therapist of her caliber was explaining that personality traits aren’t always seen as pathology. In fact, they are often our most significant strengths.”

Dr. Chris Garner, a former president of LGPS, said: “I really like the way she explained that group therapists don’t pick a style so much as we are our style; we become our style. All of the personal factors, our biology and gender, our personality and training, and our ongoing development create who we become professionally. As we continue to professionally create ourselves, we become our style.”

Christen Cummins, a recent president of LGPS, said: “I most enjoyed Dr. Jensen’s afternoon lecture on women’s developmental psychology and its contribution to a woman’s style as a therapist.” Ms. Cummings noted that about sixty-six percent of the therapists attending were women. “I really appreciated Dr. Jensen’s firsthand account of the efforts of women psychotherapist have made over decades to show that women develop differently than men, really through the entire life span.” This was perhaps most poignantly illustrated by Jensen in the way a woman develops in the context of never ending cultural messages that she should be responsible for relationships, for cooperation and nurturing, and never for instigating open conflict.

Dr. Jensen herself stated, “I really enjoyed preparing for my afternoon lecture best. It meant a great deal to be here with colleagues who make it their life work to reflect, to grow, and to understand their own development so that they can best help the people who seek assistance.”

Dr. Darlyne Nemeth, a former president of LGPS and highly respected Baton Rouge medical psychologist and contributor to the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy noted: “Dr. Sue Jensen has been and continues to be the greatest influence on my professional development as a group psychotherapist. Whether through her exquisite teaching, role modeling or mentoring, Dr. Jensen has set the standard for clinical training in this field. Her presentation was an informative and insightful personal and professional history of this eminent group psychotherapist. I consider myself fortunate to have had the opportunity to learn from this distinguished colleague and friend.”

“For over forty years Dr. Sue Jensen has set the standard for what it means to be a group psychotherapist in the city of Baton Rouge in our time, and she has shown us a vision of the future of our profession,” noted Dr. David Hayes, her colleague in private practice.

“One walked away from these lectures feeling energized and excited about being a therapist,” Christen Cummins said. “And knowing deep inside that one is fortunate to have chosen this profession as life’s work.”

Members of the Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society with Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Dr. Susanne Jenson. (L to R) Christen Cummins, (social worker) Josh Pitre, (social worker) Drs. Jensen, Chris Garner, and David Hayes (psychologists). (Photo courtesy Dr. Hayes)

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Article archive / December 1, 2013

Originally published: December 1, 2013. Volume 5, No. 4. Source pages: 9.

When CBS New York reported that only 6 people had been able to get through the botched website, we all knew that this was likely to be game on, politically.

Regardless, along with the positives in the new law, there are some real problems. For example, things are unlikely to work if some of the financials require young, healthy people to support us old people. The young are just as able to wake up and smell the coffee as anyone else when it comes to their money.

Also, while some business executives have known for a while that the law was going to end in a one-party payer, the public is just now becoming aware that millions (some estimate 93M) will lose their existing plans. This triggers the heavy-duty endowment effect: people hate losing what they’ve got, more that they like getting something new.

The failed website with the $650M price tag didn’t help consumer confidence, not when the media could pull any number of high tech guys in to say they could have produced a better produce for $1M and lots faster.

All sorts of issues are heating up and so consumers and providers can expect a bumpy ride for at least a while.

For this month’s column, I reviewed some of the information on what might be happening in the area of doctors’ fees.

According to a report by the New York Post, a survey conducted by the New York state Medical Society found that of those polled, only 23 percent said they would be accepting new patients from the healthcare exchanges, 33 percent said they had not yet decided, and 44 percent said that they would not participate. President of the Society, Dr. Sam Unterricht, said, “This is so poorly designed that a lot of doctors are afraid to participate,” according to the report. The main reason doctors cited was their concerns with payments. Seventy-seven percent said they had not seen a fee schedule, and of those doctors who said they will be participating, three out of four of those acknowledged that they “had to participate” due to current contracts, according to the article.

A November 21 report in the Wall Street Journal pointed to insurers cutting doctors fees. “Insurers are slashing payments to medical practices in many of the plans they sell through the new health-law marketplaces—sparking worries that Americans signing up for coverage will have fewer doctors to choose from if low fees spark an exodus from the plans," reported Christopher Weave and Melinda Beck, of the Journal.

United Health Group, Inc., sent some New York City physicians notices that rates would drop, the report said. A statement by United the company said that it was their "… goal to provide exchange members with a robust choice of providers,” according to the report.

"Blue Shield of California sent doctors contract amendments allowing them to opt in to treat exchange patients earlier this year. The health plan asked doctors to accept fees up to 30 percent lower than their normal commercial rates, according to doctors and the insurer," the WSJ noted.

In September, the Medical Group Management Association surveyed doctors and found that the majority weren't aware of the fees they would be offered through the exchanges. However, noted the report, of those that had heard, 37 percent said the rates offered were lower than Medicare, and 18 percent said they were lower than Medicaid rates.

The Journal reporters wrote, "The 2010 health-care law itself doesn't include any requirements limiting physicians' payments or restricting insurers' arrangements with doctors. But in order to keep prices low for exchange plans, many health insurers cobbled together narrow networks of doctors who agreed to lower their fees.”

Both reporters at the Journal and at the New York Times pointed out that community health centers are expanding, because they are accustomed to treating the uninsured and so a large group of new patients is finding their way to these centers.

However, Abby Goodnough, reporting for the New York Times, "Medicaid Growth could Aggravate Doctor Short," November 28, wrote that while demand goes up, “… it is far from clear that the demand can be met, experts say.”

Goodnough wrote that while only 57 percent of California doctors accept Medicaid, the current payment rates are low now, and expected to be cut by 10 percent in some cases as the rollout continues. While the healthcare law allows an increased rate for primary care doctors, the average being a 73 percent increase, this is temporary and only lasts for the initial two-year start-up.

California has the nation’s largest Medicaid population and many doctors there say they are already overwhelmed and are unable to take on more low-income patients. All the while the state is expected to add 2 million new people to the Medicaid rolls over the 2014-2015 time frame, far more than any other state, the report said.

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Article archive / December 1, 2013

Originally published: December 1, 2013. Volume 5, No. 4. Source pages: 12.

The Ethical Executive by Robert Hoyk and Paul Hersey

In looking for a new approach to teaching continuing education courses on the topic of ethics, I happened upon the book The Ethical Executive by Robert Hoyk, a clinical psychologist, and Paul Hersey, a popular author in the field of leadership. Their collaborative effort draws on decades of psychological research to explore the question of why good people do bad things. The authors identify 20 primary psychological “traps” that prompt people to act in ways inconsistent with their general good intent, 17 defensive traps that result in good people repeating unethical conduct, and eight personality characteristics that make some people more vulnerable to the other 37 “traps.” Since most of the cited traps are long- known social-psychological dynamics and the personality characteristics are well known to most psychologists, it is not new information that makes the book interesting. It is the taxonomy of the various dynamics and the discussion of these dynamics as they relate to unethical conduct that makes it a worthwhile read. A caveat to acknowledge is that the intended audience for this book is business managers.

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Article archive / December 1, 2013

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Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan

I'm currently reading Brain on Fire, by Susannah Cahalan. It's an autobiographical account of a very severe and frankly bizarre neurologic illness, written by a young woman who is a journalist for the New York Post. It's sharply written and very engaging. I'll take the liberty of saying that if the disease had killed her or permanently incapacitated her, she'd have needed a co-author, or at least a ghost writer. There is a deeply ironic aspect to her story, however, in that while she describes in detail the peculiar development and surreal phenomenology of her illness, she has very little memory of the period in which it was most severe, and consequently had to gather information from doctors, coworkers, family members, and medical records to describe what happened to her during that time. She was in the position of doing biographical research into her own history, one she herself cannot remember.

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Article archive / December 1, 2013

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World of India’s Godmen, and The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca by Tahir Shah

I have two fascinating, non-fiction, fun books by the author Tahir Shah. He is descended from Afghani royalty, lived in London and his dad, Idries Shah is a premier writer of books on Sufism. Both books provide a glimpse of another universe of experience, one in India, one in Morocco

Sorcerer’s Apprentice: An Incredible Journey to the World of India’s Godmen is about his desire to learn illusion, which started when the guardian of his royal relative ‘s tomb came to London, uninvited, camped at his bedroom door and began teaching him magic.. When, as an adult, he wanted further training he went to his childhood trainer’s teacher in India. He lived and learned with a premier godman under very strange circumstances. Then he toured India looking for illusionists, of which there are many. On the way he picks up an unbidden sidekick he calls the trickster. To me the whole story is magical itself and I was left with the feeling that there is more in this world than we know.

In The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca, Shah is sick of London and buys a rotting mansion in Morocco in the middle of a slum. He inherits 3 superstitious retainers with the house and discovers the house is already occupied by a Djinn who does not want him there. If you have ever coped with restoring or redecorating you will find your experience a piece of cake compared to doing things the Moroccan way.

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Article archive / December 1, 2013

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The psychology board discussed possible changes to the Emeritus license for psychologists, at their Long-Range Planning meeting held November 8 in Baton Rouge at the Department of Health and Hospitals.

"I anticipate the Board will explore changes to the Emeritus licensure status at the December meeting,” Executive Director Kelly Parker told the Times. “The Board has been considering changes to the requirements for some time now,” she said.

According to the board’s report sent to licensees in November, the board members discussed the possibility of requiring an emeritus licensee to be fully retired before being able to declare the emeritus status. Currently, some emeritus psychologists work part-time.

The report also noted that board members discussed the possibility of requiring all emeritus licensees who work part-time to obtain continuing education credits.

“The Board has a comment period open until December 6th,” Parker noted. “We will always be open to accept comments on this or anything else," she said.

"I believe the Board may consider issues including should an Emeritus license be required to retire completely or should an Emeritus license working part time have to complete CE requirements,” Parker said. "These are things they may decide with certainty for the next meeting,” she said.

The state psychology board held its Long-Range Planning meeting in November. The meeting was held at the Department of Health and Hospitals and the public was encouraged by the board to attend. Above, board members are on the left, (bottom left to top) Drs. Jessica Brown, Phillip Griffin, Darla Burnett, Marc Zimmermann, Rita Culross, and Director Kelly Parker. Community members attending are seated on the right side (from bottom right to top) Drs. Lucinda DeGrange, John Fanning, Kim VanGeffen, Connie Patterson, Jesse Lambert, Darlyne Nemeth, and Joe Comaty.

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Article archive / December 1, 2013

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Designing Teaching Strategies: An Applied Behavior Analysis Systems Approach by R. Douglas Greer

I am currently reading Dr. Greer’s 2002 book, Designing Teaching Strategies: An Applied Behavior Analysis Systems Approach. Dr. Greer states, “When teaching is treated as an art, good teaching is an accident. When teaching is treated as a science, good teaching can be replicated across many professionals in a reliable fashion.” What follows is a blueprint for “good teaching,” in fact, how to provide expert teaching. Dr. Greer’s book draws on decades of behavior analytic research to introduce the reader to a behavior analytic systems approach to all aspects of schooling applicable to any learning environment whether it be centers, schools, or clinics. Chapters 4 and 5 and been especially instructive for me, both relate to expanding particular repertoires of the teacher. Chapter 4 describes how and which strategic questions to ask when faced with teaching and learning challenges and Chapter 5 describes teacher repertoires for early learners and includes some common learning and teaching challenges, possible sources of challenges, and tactics from the research literature that may remedy those challenges. The book also illustrates the importance of analyzing moment to moment responses by both students and teachers and describes the steps for efficient analyses of those real-time responses.

Designing Teaching Strategies has expanded my teaching repertoire, in part, by outlining how to become more adept at analyzing my own teaching behaviors and how those behaviors interact with and impact learner behaviors and outcomes.

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Article archive / November 1, 2013

Originally published: November 1, 2013. Volume 5, No. 3. Source pages: 6.

Tulane University has been awarded the JedCampus Seal from the Jed Foundation, a leading organization working to promote emotional health and prevent suicide among college and university students. The seal recognizes schools that exhibit comprehensive mental health promotion and suicide prevention programming on campus.

To earn the seal, Tulane took a voluntary self-assessment reviewing its campus mental health and suicide prevention programming. The Jed Foundation then compared the school’s responses to its recommended practices as well as those of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. As part of this process, Tulane received confidential feedback designed to enhance programming and resources.

Tulane also plans to expand its suicide prevention and mental health programs with a recently awarded federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant. The three-year, $300,000 grant will fund a campus coordinator for suicide prevention training programs and increased outreach efforts.

The Jed Foundation was founded in 2000 by Donna and Phil Satow after they lost their son Jed to suicide.

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Article archive / November 1, 2013

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LSU College of Human Science and Education faculty member Jennifer Curry received the Advocacy Award from the Louisiana Counseling Association (LCA).

“I can think of no other individual in Louisiana who has dedicated as much effort to advocacy on behalf of both the profession and of students/clients,” said Laura Choate, LSU associate professor.

“She has only lived in Louisiana for seven years, but the impact of her efforts in that short time will be experienced by counselors for many years to come.”

Curry is currently an associate professor of counselor education at LSU, where she is the coordinator of the school counseling program. She also serves as interim associate dean of the College of Human Sciences & Education.

LSU media also reported on Dr. Curry recently publishing a new book, Career Counseling in P-12 Schools.

Career Counseling in P-12 Schools presents a comprehensive, developmental and practical approach to preparing school counselors to conceptualize the career development needs of P-12 students and design and implement relevant career interventions.

According to the report, the text covers career counseling and development specifically geared to Pre K-12 schools and reflects the American School Counselor Association’s National Model for school counseling with career counseling as a core competency.

Career Counseling describes a developmental, ecosystemic approach informed by career theory and presents career counseling programs and interventions sequentially, based on grade and age level. It also features case studies, end-of-chapter discussion points, self-test questions and counselor activities.

“In this book, we take a multisystemic, developmental and comprehensive approach to Pre K-12 Career and College Readiness,” said Curry. “There is no other book like this on the market. It’s the first book of its kind to highlight contemporary federal initiatives for promoting students’ post-secondary options, the American School Counselor Association’s National model for school counseling programs, and application of career and college readiness by grade level elementary through secondary.”

The LCA Advocacy Award received by Curry was established to honor and recognize an LCA member who has taken the initiative to advocate for the counseling profession on a local and/or state level and by doing so, increased awareness about the counseling profession making it stronger and more visible in the state of Louisiana.

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Article archive / November 1, 2013

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The Office of Juvenile Justice published its strategic plan for 2014 recently, noting that its mission is to protect the public by “safe and effective individualized services to youth, who will become productive, law- abiding citizens.”

The authors also noted that the Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) has a vision of “quality system of care which embraces partner- ships with families, communities and stakeholders to assist youth in redirecting their lives toward responsible citizenship.”

To develop the strategic plan, the OJJ participated in statewide stakeholder meetings and asked participants about juvenile justice reform and next steps.

Results of these meetings, suggested that the top priority area was in the area of “services,” noted the authors. “This group further clarified this recommendation by calling for better access to services, timeliness of services, and clear linkages to the right services for certain populations of at-­‐risk youth and juvenile justice youth.”

The authors also wrote that “Ensuring youth with mental health needs are appropriately diverted to the mental health system (Louisiana has traditionally high rates of youth with mental illness in the juvenile justice system, sometimes as a way to access services, and also because there is no clear way for youth to get effective mental health services prior to their involvement with the juvenile justice system; there was a clear desire to correct this problem).”

The complete Strategic Plan can be downloaded from the OJJ at http://ojj.la.gov

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The Louisiana Behavior Analysis Association held its inaugural Gulf Coast Applied Behavior Analysis Conference on October 18 and 19, 2013, in Baton Rouge, at the Cook Hotel and Con- erence Center on the Louisiana State University campus.

Behavior analysts from Louisiana, Kansas, New York, Virginia, Washington, New Jersey, the United Kingdom and Bosnia attended and presented research, according to the association.

The keynote speaker was Dr. R. Douglas Greer from the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and Teachers College. Greer spoke to the group on, “The Real Sources of Language and Social Deficits in Children with Autism.”

The many symposia offered included, “Observational Learning: Conditioning Reinforcement through Observation with Four Young Children in a Self-Contained Special Education Classroom,” presented by Dolleen-Day Keohane (Nicholls State University) Grant Gautreaux (Nicholls State University) & Jenny Cronier Zeringue (Nicholls State University).

“Look but Don't Touch: Maximizing Learning Via Observation,” was offered by Grant Gautreaux & Lauren Becnel from Nicholls State University).

“The Effects of Varying Levels of Response Effort Related to Data Collection on Treatment Fidelity,” was presented by G. Richmond Mancil from Louisiana Tech University.

And, “Learning Span: Assessing the Effects of Instructional Set Size on Optimal Learning,” was presented by Elise Baker, Meredith Harris, George Noell, Sarah Miller, Jessica Alvarez, and Michael Schafer from Louisiana State University.

Grant Gautreaux chaired a discussion about bringing behavior analysts into the classroom. Panel experts for this presentation include Joann Robbins, PhD (Morningside Academy); Jessica Singer- Dudek, PhD, (Columbia University Teachers College); Keynote Speaker R. Douglas Greer, PhD, (Columbia University Teachers College); Dolleen-Day Keohane, PhD, (Nicholls State University and The Faison School); T.V. Joe Layng, PhD, (Generategy, LLC); Kathy Matthews, PhD, (The Faison School); Ken Denny, PhD, (Louisiana State University); and Rich Mancil, PhD, (Louisiana Tech University.)

The conference also included a “Meet the Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board,” presentation for attendees to learn about the newly formed regularly board. The meeting was chaired by Janice Huber. Presenters were board members Jenny Longwell, Emily Bellaci, Ellen Brocato, Kathy Chovenac and Cassie Bradford, and also attending was Kelly Parker, the Executive Director for the Behavior Analyst Board.

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The Behavior Analyst Board published emergency rules in the October issue of the Louisiana Register. This Emergency Rule was effective October 8, 2013, and will remain in effect for a period of 120 days. (See Public Notice, page 16.) The emergency rule addresses application procedures, standards, and fees. Included are directions for Behavior Analysts, Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts, and registration for Line Technicians.

Because there is no grandfathering clause in Act 351 and individuals are practicing behavior analysis in the community, there is insufficient time to promulgate these rules under the usual Administrative Procedures Act rule- making process.

The board will be publishing a Notice of Intent to adopt a permanent Rule later, said the emergency notice. For more information contact Executive Director Kelly Parker.

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Article archive / November 1, 2013

Originally published: November 1, 2013. Volume 5, No. 3. Source pages: 11.

The state psychology board published a rule in the October Louisiana Register requiring licensed psychologists to notify the board of a change in address and other contact information within 30 days of a change.

The Rule noted that the contact information includes the person’s mailing address, work address, telephone number and also email address.

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The Association for Psychological Science (APS) will hold it 2014 convention in San Francisco, California, on May 22 to 25, 2014.

The organization has put out a call for Symposium submissions. The deadline for symposium submissions is December 1, 2013.

Poster submissions are due by January 31, 2014.

The announcement noted that Symposium submitters will be notified by December 31, and poster submitters will be notified on a rolling basis.

Keynote address will be delivered by Dr. Mahzarin Banaji of Harvard University, on “Group Love.”

The President Symposium will be delivered by Elizabeth Phelps, of New York University, on “Stress: mechanisms and Consequences.”

Cross cutting themes planned for the 2014 conference are “Big Data: Understanding Patterns of Human Behavior,” “The Psychology of Violence,” and “Changing Neurobiology with Behavior.”

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John White to give Keynote Address “Our School, Our Community, Our Future,” Theme of

“Our School, Our Community, Our Future,” will be the theme for the 33rd Annual Conference of the Louisiana School Psychological Association. The conference will be held November 6 through 8, at the Hilton Lafayette in Lafayette.

Highlights include the President of the National Association of School Psychology, Sally Baas, Ed.D., speaking to the group about, “Building Meaningful Community Partnerships,” and “Creating Access: Collaborate, Advocate, Lead.”

John White, Superintendent of Louisiana Department of Education, will provide the Keynote Address.

Dr. Frank Gresham, Professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, will speak on “Role of School Psychologists in Atkins Cases and Social Security Income Eligibility Cases.”

Tulane professor Dr. Conni Patterson and Dr. Chavez Phelps will present on “Motivational Interviewing.”

Tulane Professor and Chair of Psychology, Dr. Stacy Overstreet, will speak on “Universal Screening for Social and Emotional At- Risk Student.”

Dmitriy Niyazov, MD, will present on “Mitchondrial Disease–educational implications.” He did his residency and fellowship in medical genetics at Emory University School of Medicine. Currently he is with Ochsner Health System where he practices medical genetics and is a member of the Ochsner Craniofacial Clinic.

Dr. John Murphy, Professor of psychology at the University of Central Arkansas and an internationally recognized trainer and practitioner of brief therapy approaches with young people will present, “Solution-Focused Counseling in Schools.”

Tulane Professor Dr. Michael Cunningham will speak on “Research and Theory with African American Populations: Implications for service.”

Hunter Hansen, Psy.D., M.P. will present, “Integrated Care.”

For more information go to the LSPA website.

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