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Dr. Chris Garner has indicated to the Times he will be stepping down as Complaints Coordinator at the state psychology board.
He also said that he may run for a position on the board after the waiting period is up, which may be in the 2017 cycle.
The Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) selected Dr. Garner as the new Coordinator at their January 22, 2016 meeting.
According to the board’s minutes, Dr. Marc Zimmermann and Dr. Jesse Lambert reviewed three “very well qualified applicants,” Dr. Erica Meyers, Dr. Chris Garner and Dr. Jill Hayes, and offered the position to Garner.
Garner took over from retiring Coordinator Dr. Clinton (Gary) Pettigrew. Pettigrew retired from his position as Complaints Coordinator at the end of October 2015, after more than 10 years of service.
On September 7 the board members passed a motion to create a second position, the Complaints Coordinator II. Based on the minutes, there is a backlog of complaints and “the role of the Complaints Coordinator is more involved than in previous years as it is required to utilize a licensed private investigator to investigate complaints and who does not have the clinical knowledge of a licensed psychologist, …”
According to the minutes, the board agreed to offer the additional position to Dr. Sasha Lambert for the remainder of 2016–2017, a contract not to exceed $12,000. Dr. Lambert received her PhD in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi.
When he announced his retirement last year, Dr. Pettigrew expressed that the role was not pleasant. He said, “I think it’s somebody else’s turn.” He received thanks and praise from the board members for his service and assistance. Board members agreed that few people know about value of his contributions. Dr. Zimmermann said, “We appreciate your 10 years of service in a thankless,” and difficult job.
The Complaints Investigations subcommittee came under scrutiny last year when it appeared that officials ignored a one-year time limit known by the legal term, “prescription.”
The time limit is set in the psychology practice law and states that disciplinary proceedings are to be “commenced” within one year. The investigations subcommittee appeared to have proceeded on several complaints cases as if the time limit was three or more years. The board’s discussion of the possible error was held in executive session and not disclosed to the public. (See “Board May Have Botched Time Limits on Complaints,” in October 2015 Times.)
At the September meeting of the LSBEP, Dr. Mark Vigen made a public comment, and asked the board to make sure that those who investigate child custody complaints are “well versed in how complicated these evaluations can be if they are done well.” Dr. Vigen explained to the Times that there are many different methodologies to do these evaluations and that they are often very contentious, with parents and stepparents seeing themselves as good and the others as bad. Vigen said that he asked the board to be aware of in-group virtue and out-group vice, negative attribution theory, defensiveness, and other psychological science, and to make sure those in decision roles have the necessary training and experience.
He also indicated that he and the board members discussed the difference between mistakes versus ethical violations.
Dr. Vigen said that the board indicated they would be adding a new psychologist who has forensic experience to the review process. They also asked him if he would consult on problematic child custody cases and he said he would help.
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Members of the Louisiana School Psychological Association raised almost $6,000 to help its students and interns impacted by the flood.
The group set up an account on Go Fund Me to aid the students. LSPA President Amber Boykin said, “So far we know of interns who have lost their homes, vehicles, and personal belongings. We all know how financially difficult it is when just beginning internship. We also have a few school psychology students who have been displaced. I am asking the LSPA membership to wrap their support around these students and interns.”
“Neighbors helping neighbors, co- workers helping colleagues, and strangers helping strangers shows us that Louisiana is a resilient state and no matter what is thrown at our residents, we will come together and see each other through it,” she wrote.
All funds will be divided among interns and graduate students impacted by the flood, said Boykin.
Donations can be made at https://www.gofundme.com/2jvfsb8
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Group Psychotherapy Society Holds Fall Institute Oct 29
The Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society will hold the 2016 Fall Institute, October 29, in Baton Rouge. The theme is “Going Beyond Talk.”
Presenters will include an array of topic and techniques. Featured topics and presenters are Art Therapy: Robin Toler, ATR-BC, LAC, AIT-C; Drum Circle: Stanley Masinter, LCSW, BCD, CGP; Mindfulness: Emeric Csaszar, PhD, LPC-S, NCC; MusicTherapy: Mary Malloy, MA, MT-BC; and SandplayTherapy: Margaret Humphris, LCSW-BACS, CST.
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Governor Edwards is suing Louisiana Attorney General, Jeff Landry, over a clause in state contracts protecting LGBT individuals, according to several news sources.
Earlier this year, Edwards issued an Executive Order requiring LGBT anti-discrimination language in state contracts.The Attorney General, Jeff Landry, has refused to allow the state to hire outside attorneys if the contracts include anti-discrimination language.
According to a report in Associated Press by Melinda Deslatte, Landry argued that the Executive Order that Edwards issued creates a new protected class and is not within the Governor’s authority.
The report said that Edwards and Landry met but couldn’t agree. "He basically told me if I wanted him to approve those contracts that I would have to sue him. So I'm going to oblige him on that," Gov. Edwards said.
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A series of workshops for those adults, teens, and youngsters affected by the flood, will be offered on November 5, 12, and 19, for adults, and on December 3, 10, and 17 for teens and children.
Organizers Dr. Darlyne Nemeth and Dr. Charles Burchell are developing the Emotional Resiliency Workshops to help flood victims develop ways for positive coping. The workshops are hosted by the Louisiana Psychological Association.
Resiliency is a term that includes multiple aspects of positive coping, such as response flexibility, communication, humor, problem-solving, help-seeking, and creative-thinking, and others.
Psychologists helping to develop the workshops include Drs. Lucinda DeGrange, Andrew Yarborough, ValaRay Irvin, Thomandra Sam, Fernando Pastrana, and Mr. Stedwin Coleman, said organizer Dr. Charles Burchell.
Dr. Nemeth has been nationally and internationally recognized for her Hurricane Anniversary Wellness Workshops. She has a background in community psychology, and involves government, religious, and professional organizations, and uses a wellness model of group intervention.
She and her staff offered workshops that helped prepare participants for the emotional reactions at the anniversary dates for Katrina. Post- workshop data has indicated reduced anxiety, improved coping and evidence of reattachment, as reported in APA Division 49 news.
Nemeth was invited by Peking University, the Chinese Psychological Society, and the Chinese Association for Mental Health to present a workshop at the ‘08 World Congress for Psychotherapy in Beijing, China, where she trained psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers in anniversary reaction interventions and provided a training workshop for up to 3,000 of these mental health professionals. She has served as the World Council for Psychotherapy (WCP) delegate to the United Nations, and worked on the development of a worldwide Disaster/Trauma Relief professional certification process.
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A task force created by Senate Concurrent Resolution 65 during the last legislative session, and authored by Senator Fred Mills, created the “Task Force on Meaningful Oversight.” The goal was to examine possible structures for oversight of the 25 healthcare boards under the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH). The effort was to deal with the fact that the boards operate autonomously from the department with “virtually no detectable oversight; …” said Senator Mills.
The taskforce met in August and mediators Stephen Russo, Chair, and Attorney Angelique Duhon Freel, Deputy Director Civil Division, Louisiana Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, gave boards a list of questions to answer.
The LSBEP composed its responses and published them in the minutes from a special meeting held September 7. The following are selected questions from Russo and Freel, and answers from the psychology board.
Q: Mechanism, if any, for removal of board members;
A: If the behavior of a board member was found to be unlawful or unethical, the Board would notify either the Inspector General, Attorney General, Board of Ethics and/or Governor’s Office (Boards and Commissions). However, there is no mechanism for “removal” that is specifically written in the psychology statute.
Q: Does the board issue cease and desist letters, and what is the authority, process, and the due process procedures;
A: Under the authority referenced below, [§2351] the board does investigate complaints against unlicensed individuals.
Q: Is there any additional oversight for the rulemaking process;
A: Oversight for Rulemaking occurs at several levels as follows: a. Discussion and opportunity for public comment at Board Meetings prior to filing rules; b. Publication of proposed rules on the Board’s website and also in the LA Register; c. Scheduled hearings or opportunity for public comment or to request hearing on proposed rules; d. Review by the Legislative Fiscal Office which specifically includes review on the following:
Q: What type of training do the board members receive once they are appointed to the board;
A: 1) LSBEP has a Board Member Orientation packet which contains Policy, Procedures, Statutes, Rules, Administrative Procedures Act, Open Meeting Laws, Keesey’s Parliamentary Procedures; 2) Board members are required to annually take online ethics training; 3) New Board Members attend a national association meeting (ASPPB) where they attend a New Board Member Orientation; 4) The Board is a member of the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB) which provides training on regulatory issues to Members. In 2014, LA Board’s organized a FARB training for Members and Administration.
Q: Is there currently any training done to educate members on how to recognize actual antitrust issues;
A: The Board is a member of FARB and has organized training at its own expense to educate its membership on antitrust issues. The Board has also begun implementation of a new policy for antitrust training to be conducted annually by the Board’s General Counsel at its Long Range Planning meeting. Q: What areas of training
would the board members like to receive;
A: Any additional training offered by the state agencies that oversee open meetings laws, ethics; understanding the regulatory role versus professional advocacy, would be a welcomed opportunity.
Q: What is the board’s position on including more non-market participants as members on the board;
A: Although the Board would not be opposed to adding ex-officio members serving in an advisory capacity, there is a concern that the addition of any non-market participants on the board would reduce or eliminate altogether the judicial deference afforded to licensing boards by the courts.
Q: What is the board’s position on needed changes in light of the North Carolina Dental case: does the board think it is applicable, what are the board’s concerns, and proposed remedies;
A: The North Carolina Dental case has caused the Board to scrutinize its statutes, regulations, policies and procedures concerning antitrust issues. This review has facilitated the implementation of better defined procedures for handling complaints against non-market participants (including the adoption of the FARB Model for Identifying and Addressing Antitrust Issues); and implementation of an annual antitrust training for members. However, beyond this, it is the Board’s position that the statutes and regulations are clear regarding the scope and limitations of the board to regulate the practice of psychology.
Q: Does the board take the position that there is currently a state supervisor who reviews decisions of the Board; if so, describe and explain whether that person has the power to reverse or modify the board’s decision;
A: It is the Board’s position that, regarding market participants, there is oversight through rule- making, and adjudication of a complaint.
In complaint adjudication, a complainant is ultimately the Board’s witness against a licensee. The parties in an Administrative Complaint include the Board and the Licensee. In decisions which are adverse to the licensee, this Board is required to follow the LA Administrative Procedures Act and offer an opportunity for hearing. In these cases, an administrative law judge oversees the decisions of the board. An opportunity to appeal these decisions are (sic) afforded under La. R.S. §2353. E.
Q: Suggestions for active supervision by the state on market-sensitive decisions;
A: It is the Board’s opinion that the board’s policies and training in conjunction with oversight currently in place (i.e. rule-making and injunctive preceding’s (sic) in the District Courts) is sufficient.
Q: Position on creation of a superagency that would review market-sensitive decisions and would approve, modify or veto the board’s action;
A: The Board maintains that adequate oversight currently exists in market-sensitive decisions involving non-market participants (i.e. the District Attorney; Judicial District Courts; LaRegister; Legislative Fiscal Office; Health and Welfare Oversight Committees).
Q: Is there a concern with participation by board members that wear a dual hat/association appointee, etc.;
A: Participating as an officer in an Association could present a conflict of interest where the Association protects the interests of the market participant and the Board protects the interests of the consumer. There may be ethical and/or legal considerations in dual office holding in some cases. The Board must rely on the Governor’s Office of Boards and Commissions to review and vet these matters and potential conflicts of interest. This Board is not currently dealing with such concerns. Additionally, the Board seeks to improve relations with its association to seek and support the Board’s opinion on legislation that may promote the profession, but potentially harm the public.
Q: Are there specific board prohibitions that address conflicts of interests that may exist for board members;
A: The Board has no prohibition specifically written in its regulations. However, it is the Board’s policy to follow the Open Meetings and Ethics laws.
(The complete text of questions and answers can be found in the minutes of the September 7 meeting, available at http://www.lsbep.org/wp- content/uploads/Minutes-9-7-16- Final-Approved-.pdf)
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The Louisiana Behavior Analyst Board (LBAB) published new Rules for continuing education, ethics, and supervision requirements, published in the September Louisiana Register.
The Rule states that each licensed behavior analyst and state certified assistant behavior analyst is required to complete continuing education hours within biennial reporting periods. For the reporting periods that begin December 2016 and henceforth, 32 credits of continuing professional development will be required in the biennial reporting period for licensed behavior analysts and 20 credits for state certified assistant behavior analysts.
The LBAB noted that it maintains that licensed behavior analysts, state certified assistant behavior analysts and registered line technicians shall follow the national Behavior Analyst Certification Board’s (BACB) Professional and Ethical Compliance Code, approved by the BACB Board of Directors and with the effective date of January 1, 2016.
In a section on Supervision Requirements for State Certified Assistant Behavior Analysts (SCABA) the Rules notes that a state certified assistant behavior analyst shall assist a licensed behavior analyst (LBA) in the delivery of applied behavior analysis in compliance with all state and federal statutes, regulations, and rules. In the section on Supervisor Responsibilities, the Rule notes that qualifying supervision shall ensure that the quality of the services provided by the SCABA to his employer and to consumers is in accordance with accepted standards, including the guidelines for responsible conduct for behavior analysts and professional disciplinary and ethical standards for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board or other nation credentialing bodies as approved by the board.
The full text of the new Rules can be reviewed in the Register for September, found at http://www.doa.la.gov/Pages/osr/reg/regs2016.aspx
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The U.S. Small Business Administration, Louisiana Economic Development and Louisiana Small Business Development Centers have partnered to provide support services to citizens with businesses impacted by the flooding.
Business Recovery Centers open include:
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Archives, 3851 Essen Lane (near Interstate 12), Mondays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Prairieville: BancorpSouth Bank, 13423 Louisiana 73, Mondays through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Denham Springs: Arts Council of Livingston Parish, 133 N Hummell Street, Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.
Baker: Baker Workforce Development Center, 3262 Baker Blvd., Mondays through Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Lafayette: Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) Executive Conference Room, 537 Cajundome Blvd., Mondays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SBA representatives will provide information on disaster loans consultants can provide program information, answer questions and help businesses apply for financial help.
Parishes currently designated in the federal disaster declaration: Acadia, Ascension, Avoyelles, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Iberia, Iberville, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Washington, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes. Damage assessments are continuing for other parishes, reported LED.
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Dr. Tracey Rizzuto is co-organizing the She Geauxs! Women’s Leadership Development Conference, an effort to help women understand and build their leadership ability. The conference is to be held November 16 and is part of the College of Human Sciences and Education’s Leadership Development Institute, recently approved by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
Rizzuto is Associate Director of the School of Human Resource Education & Workforce Development, in the College of Human Sciences & Education at the Baton Rouge campus of Louisiana State University. She is an Ind.-Org. psychologist.
According to the Baton Rouge Business Report, Rizzuto initiated the creation of the conference because she found a missing element in typical and local leadership conferences when it came to women’s development as leaders.
“Women in male-dominated fields often lose out on important socialization and mentor opportunities, and having those needs met elsewhere is important to women’s continued development,” Rizzuto said to the Business Report.
The She Geauxs conference is designed to give attendees help in understanding the psychology of their individual leadership styles and traits, and to pinpoint strengths, weaknesses, and areas for individual and professional development.
She Geauxs! is hosting a networking event as a lead up to the conference, Wednesday, October 12, 6 pm to 8 pm at Blend, 304 Laurel Street, in Baton Rouge, Dr. Rizzuto explained to the Times.
She also said that there are some openings still available for volunteers and LSU Students and staff are eligible for discounted attendance in exchange for volunteering.
The She Geauxs conference is part of the Leadership Development Institute and has been in development since 2014, according to the Business Report. The School of Human Resource Education & Workforce Development interim director, Reid Bates, said that the a need for leadership and leaders’ abilities to adapt to new challenges was needed for Louisiana, said the report.
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Tulane’s Dr. Gray Awarded Prestigious Young Investigator Grant from BBR Foundation
The Brain and Behavior Research Foundation has awarded Tulane’s Dr. Sarah Gray the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant for her research Parasympathetic and Behavioral Synchrony and Child Emotion Dysregulation Following Trauma.
Gray, an assistant professor of psychology at Tulane, explained to Tulane News that she and her research team will focus on “children’s ability to regulate their emotions and behavior.
Brain and Behavior Research Foundation notes that The Young Investigator Grant supports the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research.
A NARSAD grant is one of the highest distinctions in the field of mental health research. Fewer than 200 researchers receive the prestigious award during the year, noted the Foundation.
Gray and her team will have up to $70,000 over two years to study children who have been exposed to violence or other traumatic events, reported Barri Bronston, Tulane News. Gray’s team includes collaborators in the Tulane Department of Psychiatry and the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
“Studies show that children under 5 years old are exposed to these events at rates that are actually higher than older children,” Gray told Bronston. “And we know that many children who are exposed to these events show lingering effects for long periods of time.”
Gray said that she and her team will be examining how biology, behavior and the environment work together. “We’re hoping that when we understand the mechanisms that underlie regulation difficulties among children exposed to trauma, we can better support parents to support children,” she told Bronston.
Dr. Sarah Gray will be presenting with Dr. Courtenay Harding, “Defining Resilience, understanding bio-markers and how to use them, and promoting resilience” and “What is Resilience?” at the 2016 National Dialogues on Behavioral Health (NDBH) annual conference in New Orleans to be held at the Renaissance Arts Hotel from October 23 through 26.
Dr. Sarah Gray at recent presentation. She has been awarded the NARSAD Young Investigator Grant.
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by Alvin G. Burstein USAir Flight 1549 was airborne only six minutes before crash landing in the Hudson River January 15th, 2009. The film, Sully, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks is also short, about an hour and a half. It is a biopic about Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot of the plane who was central to the astonishing survival of the one hundred and fifty-five persons aboard.
The film is remarkable in a number of ways. In it, Hanks confirms his virtuosity in portraying a particular kind of protagonist. Rather than hero of Greek tragedies, a great man brought down by a flaw in his character, or an epic hero whose virtues inspire us, he gives us a Sully worried about making ends meet and scrupulous about routine, but whose rule– bound commitment to professionalism becomes a virtue.
Hanna Arendt, writing about Eichmann's trial for his actions during the Holocaust, coined the phrase "banality of evil." She was referring to the capacity for enormous wrong–doing that might be a consequence of a bureaucratic commitment to following orders or rules.
What Sully illustrates is that remarkable achievement may ensue from a similar source, perhaps a sort of banality of virtue. Sully describes his behavior, and that of his crew, as "just doing their jobs." While he was piloting the plane in its descent into the Hudson, his co-pilot was, as Sully ordered, thumbing through the book of procedures kept in every cockpit, and following the stipulated procedures. Perhaps this kind of banality is a positive one that could be understood as involved in what we understand by the term “professionalism.”
Another striking aspect of the film is its ability to generate suspenseful tension about the outcome of the six–minute ordeal, despite the successful outcome being well-known, indeed, celebrated.
The director, Clint Eastwood skillfully accomplishes the feat by interleaving bits of Sully's early life, and, more importantly, pieces of the activity at the air traffic control center and on the rescue crafts, as they struggle to put together a response to Flight 1549's loss of engine power. Further, and perhaps more powerfully, Eastwood portrays Sully as having to deal with crises beyond that of piloting a powerless plane over a heavily populated area. Sully must later struggle with nightmares and feelings of self-doubt, elements which are now pathologized as Post Traumatic Stress disorder.
In the film, he must also struggle against an effort by the National Transportation Safety Board to conclude that he erred in ditching the expensive plane, needlessly imposing the risks of a water crash landing on the passengers and crew, that he could have taken the plane to a safer airport landing.
Sully, in his autobiographical account, does describe some of the mental distress with which he had to cope in the aftermath of the event. One might wonder if what he describes benefits from being pathologized in our medical culture as opposed to being understood as part of the psychological process of emotional assimilation of painful material.
On the other hand, there is no evidence in Sully's account, or in other accounts that I have found, of a "grilling" of Sully by the NTSB beyond the normal review that would ensue after the crash landing any commercial plane. I assume that Eastwood's invention of these activities is intended to introduce another level of suspense, and to increase Sully's heroism. The pilot becomes not just a very proficient professional, but a David routing the Goliath of bureaucracy and commercialism.
Good movie making, but one that obscures the interesting possibility of deepening the meaning of professionalism.
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In 2010 the Psychology Board created a Memorandum of Understanding with the state Medical Board. The agreement instructed the Psychology Board to cooperate with the Med. Board for regulating MPs (medical psychologists) who retained their license with the Psychology Board.
However, there was no provision for the Medical Board to cooperate with the Psychology Board for regulating the practice of Psychology for MPs licensed solely under the Medical Board.
One board member referred to it as “the pecking order.”
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The Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists has put into place an expedited process for approving Temporary Licenses for those coming to Louisiana to help flood victims.
In a message on their webpage the board wrote, “In an emergency or disaster the number of currently licensed Louisiana Psychologists may be insufficient or unavailable to provide all needed services to the population of the state. Therefore, the LSBEP has an Emergency Temporary Registration that is expedited for licensed psychologist of other states wishing to volunteer services through the RED CROSS, LA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, or other legitimate relief effort. If you are coming to this state to provide psychological services to the flood victims of 2016, you are required to register with this Board using the following form: Emergency Temporary Registration 2016.”
Governor Edwards declared a State of Emergency for all of Louisiana on August 12.
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Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society Holds Fall Institute Oct 29 –“Going Beyond Talk”
The Louisiana Group Psychotherapy Society will hold the 2016 Fall Institute, October 29, in Baton Rouge. The theme is “Going Beyond Talk.”
Presenters will include an array of topic and techniques. Featured topics and presenters are Art Therapy: Robin Toler, ATR-BC, LAC, AIT-C; Drum Circle: Stanley Masinter, LCSW, BCD, CGP; Mindfulness: Emeric Csaszar, PhD, LPC- S, NCC; MusicTherapy: Mary Malloy, MA, MT-BC; and SandplayTherapy: Margaret Humphris, LCSW-BACS, CST.
The society is a multi-disciplinary organization that includes psychologists, clinical social workers, psychiatrists, counselors, students, and other mental health professionals who believe more than ever that the unique dynamic of group psychotherapy offers a cost- effective and essential therapeutic experience.
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