Monday, December 28, 2009
JOBS: Ass't Professor, Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University
Thursday, December 24, 2009
INFO: APA Statement on Senate Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation
Merla
Dr. M. Arnold, PhD, RN Licensed Psychologist - Registered Nurse Psychological Services, Behavioral Health Counseling, Consultation and Education Focused on the Needs of Older Adults Western Suffolk/Eastern Nassau Counties, LI, NY Long Term Care Settings (631) 271-9863 "It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err." Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) “It is better to know the patient who has the disease than it is to know the disease which the patient has.” Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC)
APA Statement on Senate Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation APA Statement on Senate Passage of Health Care Reform Legislation
Washington, DC, December 24, 2009 – The American Psychological Association commends the U.S. Senate for its historic passage of legislation that holds the promise of more comprehensive coverage for Americans with health insurance and provides new options for those without.
We are pleased that the amended Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is consistent with our association's principles for comprehensive health reform, and that the bill includes
- mental health and substance abuse services in all benefits plans, with coverage that is equal to physical health care
- integration of psychological services with primary care
- supports the training of psychologists
- increased comparative effectiveness research, which compares treatments and strategies to help health care
professionals and patients decide on the best treatment.
- initiatives to eliminate health disparities
- the promotion of prevention and wellness, and
- an extension of vital Medicare reimbursement for psychotherapy
The inclusion of these key areas recognizes what APA has long contended—the mind and body are inextricably linked. Psychologists provide vital mental and behavioral health services as part of primary and chronic care management. We are pleased that the Senate acknowledges the importance of the science and practice of psychology and its role in the health and well-being of Americans.
The American Psychological Association (APA), in Washington, DC, is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 150,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare.
Luana Bossolo
Assistant Executive Director, Public Relations
American Psychological Association Practice Directorate
Washington, DC
202-336-5899
www.apahelpcenter.org
INFO: New APA Committee on Aging members
CONA welcomes its two newest members, Adam Brickman (Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease & the Aging Brain,
They join Chandra Mehrotra (chair), Patricia Areán, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, and Sara Honn Qualls as the 2010 CONA. Thanks to Merla Arnold and Lee Hyer for their service.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
INFO: Action Alert! Congress Temporarily Postpones SGR Cut - ACT TODAY
X Action Required
APA Practice Organization Action Alert
Date: December 18, 2009
To: SPTA and Division Federal Advocacy Coordinators
APAGS Coordinators
From: Marilyn Richmond, J.D., Assistant Executive Director for Government Relations
American Psychological Association Practice Organization
Cc: Katherine Nordal, Ph.D., Executive Director for Professional Practice
SPTA Executive Directors
SPTA Directors of Professional Affairs
CAPP
Re: Congress Temporarily Postpones SGR Cut
This week the House voted to postpone for two months the scheduled 21.2% Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) cut to Medicare provider payments
as the debate on health care reform continued to occupy the focus of Congress. The postponement was included in the "must-pass" defense
appropriations bill (H.R. 3326), which the Senate is expected to pass in the next few days and the President is expected to sign. The SGR
cut will be blocked until February 28, and Congress will have to address this Medicare issue by that deadline.
As you may recall, the House previously passed legislation (H.R. 3961) in November to permanently replace the SGR formula and provide a
1% update for 2010, but the bill has stalled in the Senate due to budgetary concerns. The Senate health care reform bill currently includes
a provision to prevent the SGR cut for one year and provide a 0.5% update for 2010.
Other Medicare issues, including our 5% psychotherapy payment restoration, remain a key part of the health care reform bills currently under
consideration. Following the implementation of across-the-board cuts resulting from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
five-year review, the APA Practice Organization successfully persuaded Congress in 2008 to restore payments for psychotherapy, the only codes
that received relief. In 2009, APAPO secured language extending the restoration provision in the Senate and House health care reform bills,
as well as all health care reform bills considered by committees of jurisdiction.
Because it is part of health care reform, this critical provision is unlikely to be enacted by January 1. However, Finance Committee staff
has indicated that they will seek to apply the restoration to all Medicare payments in 2010.
We need to keep the pressure on Congress to ensure our provision is extended, and retroactively if necessary. Your Senators and Representative
need to hear from you TODAY that they should pass the restoration extension as soon as possible.
Action:
Click here to urge your Senators and Representative to quickly pass the psychology payment restoration extension:
<http://capwiz.com/apapractice/issues/alert/?alertid=14479701>
If you are not able to reach the Legislative Action Center from the above link, please visit
<http://capwiz.com/apapractice/issues/alert/?alertid=14479701> .
Grassroots feedback is also extremely important to our advocacy efforts, so we would very much appreciate it if you would
e-mail (jcook@apa.org) or fax (202-336-5797) us any responses you receive from your Representative.
Sample Letter:
I am writing as a psychologist and constituent to share my deep concern that Congress has not yet taken action on several key Medicare priorities.
While I am grateful that the Sustainable Growth Rate cut has been prevented for two months, Congress must move quickly to stop the cut from endangering
Medicare patients' access to quality mental health care and should pass a permanent solution that fairly reimburses psychologists and other providers.
Moreover, Congress must extend the 5% psychotherapy payment restoration, which was enacted as part of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and
Providers Act to protect Medicare mental health services that were previously cut by CMS's five-year review. An extension of this critical provision
was passed by the House (Sec. 1309 of H.R. 3962 and is included in Senator Reid's bill (Sec. 3107). My practice is already facing significantly lower
reimbursement in 2010 due to CMS's recent practice expense adjustments, and I simply cannot afford to provide services for less.
Please enact the MIPPA restoration extension as soon as possible and make sure it applies retroactively. This is critically important to my
practice and the patients I serve. Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Dr. M. Arnold, PhD, RN
Licensed Psychologist - Registered Nurse
Psychological Services, Behavioral Health Counseling, Consultation and Education
Focused on the Needs of Older Adults
Western Suffolk/Eastern Nassau Counties, LI, NY
Long Term Care Settings
(631) 271-9863
"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
"It is better to know the patient who has the disease than it is to know the disease which the patient has." Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
CONFERENCES: Society for Research in Adult Development Call for Submissions
Call for Submissions to the
25th Annual Adult Development Symposium
March 9-10, 2010 ~ In Philadelphia
Sofitel Hotel
120 South 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Hotel Website
Submit proposals online by December 31, 2009
The Society for Research in Adult Development (SRAD;
www.adultdevelopment.org) is dedicated to the study of positive adult
and life-span development from an interdisciplinary perspective.
SRAD's 2010 Symposium is meeting as a preconference of the 13th Society
for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting, March 11-13, 2010,
at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (www.s-r-a.org)
Challenges to conventional wisdom are especially welcome in all
submissions.
Topics include and are not limited to:
Secondary Education
Post-Secondary Education
Adult Education (Life Long Learning)
Professional Development Programs
Community Settings and Politics
Consultative Settings
Organizational Settings
Therapeutic Settings
Other Settings
Transitions from Adolescence
Emerging Adulthood
Life Periods and Seasons
Identity
Intelligence
Motivation
Pathology
Responsibilities
Roles
Cognitive Development
Emotional Development
Moral Development
Positive Development
Performance Development
Relationship Development
Religious Development
Stages in Adult Development
Spirituality Development
Whole-person Development
Wisdom Development
Measurement Methods
Methodological Issues
Fractals in Development
Models of Development
Submissions due December 31, 2009
TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS of your proposed presentation, and for ONLINE
REGISTRATION, visit http://adultdevelopment.org/registration.php.
Format of Presentations:
The sessions are comprised of interactive poster presentations. The
emphasis will be on visual presentations accompanied by dialogues with
small groups of people. Most people informally interact with presenters
in this venue around the posters. A brief presentation to the group at
large precedes the poster period. The poster period is followed by full
group discussion. Full papers or short summaries should be made
available as hard copy handouts.
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Symposium Fees
Professional $60 ($75 at the door)
Student $35 ($40 at the door)
(Limited, partial student scholarships for registration fee only may be
available; contact commons@tiac.net)
Register for the Adult Development Symposium online:
http://adultdevelopment.org/register_now.html
Alternatively, you may register by mail; send a check (made payable to
the Society for Research in Adult Development) with full contact
information to:
Michael Lamport Commons, Ph.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
234 Huron Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138-1328
QUESTIONS? CONTACT Michael Lamport Commons at commons@tiac.net
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
CONFERENCES: National Summit on Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: National
National
Across the Lifespan: Forging A Shared Agenda
February 24-26, 2010
Sheraton Dallas Hotel,
Co-sponsoring Divisions: 20, 35, 48, 50, 51, 53
Collaborators: Public Interest Directorate; Practice Directorate; Divisions 9, 17, 20, 29, 33, 35, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 50, 51, 53, 56
The conference will be organized around eight thematic threads. These threads represent different aspects of interpersonal violence. Plenary speakers and symposia will represent an interweaving of two or more of these threads, with the aim of fostering a more integrative overall perspective of the critical issues to address in eliminating interpersonal violence.
THREADS: (1) Child Maltreatment (2) Children Exposed to Violence (3) Community Violence (4) Diversity & Vulnerable Populations (5) Intimate Partner Violence (6) Sexual Assault (7) Substance Abuse (8) Youth Violence
Speakers include APA Past President Alan Kazdin: President-Elect Carol Goodheart; President Elect-Elect Melba Vasquez
Up to 14.5 hours of Continuing Education
Up to 14.5 hours are available for Psychologists, National Certified Counselors, MFT’s, LCSWs, Nurses, and Substance Abuse Counselors. Up to 14.5 hours are available for Attorneys; CE Credits approved by CA Agencies are accepted in most states.
AGENDA & ONLINE REGISTRATION
RESERVE ROOM AT SHERATON DALLAS HOTEL
POSTER SUBMISSIONS
DEADLINE: December 18, 2009
Guidelines & Information: www.npeiv.org
Additional Inquiries: Patricia Smith
858-527-1860 ext 4042
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
TRAINING: NIH Summer Institute on RCTs involving Behavioral Interventions -- Applications due 1/15/2010
(Apologies for multiple emails to you!)
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APPLICATIONS DUE JANUARY 15, 2010
http://blsweb.net/obssrapp2attend2010/
JULY 11-23, 2010
OBSSR/NIH SUMMER TRAINING INSTITUTE
ON
RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS INVOLVING BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS
http://obssr.od.nih.gov/training_and_education/annual_Randomized_Clinical_Trials_course/RCT_info.aspx
Objective
To provide a thorough grounding in the conduct of randomized clinical trials to researchers and health professionals interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of randomized clinical trials involving behavioral interventions. The curriculum will enable participants to:
* Describe the principles underlying the conduct of unbiased clinical trials.
* Identify the unique challenges posed by behavioral randomized clinical trials (RCTs).
* Evaluate alternative RCT designs in terms of their appropriateness to scientific and clinical goals.
* Select appropriate strategies for enrollment, randomization, and retention of participants.
* Understand methods for monitoring, coordinating, and conducting RCTs.
* Develop strategies for appropriate statistical analyses of RCT data.
* Evaluate the quality of behavioral RCTs and interpret their results.
* Design a RCT research project in collaboration with a scientific team.
Eligibility Requirements for Summer Fellows
Priority will be given to individuals who have received their PhD or MD (or equivalent degrees) not later than July 2008. Applicants must have at least two years of subsequent research experience. Applicants should not yet have achieved a tenured position at their institution. (The typical past participant has had 4-5 years of research experience.) Beyond these eligibility criteria we are seeking researchers who have demonstrated research potential and experience and who will clearly benefit from behavioral randomized controlled trial training. The ideal candidate will have prior experience, and will be actively pursuing an independent research career, in behavioral randomized clinical trials.
Further, those who have extensive research experience will only be considered after more junior investigators have been evaluated. Preference is also given to individuals who are not employees of NIH. While we will consider and may even accept exceptional applicants who do not meet the above criteria, priority will go to those who do.
Due to the limited number of spaces in the course, applicants must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, or must have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence (i.e., possess a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or other legal verification of such status). Women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Reasonable Accommodations for Disabilities: If you are accepted to attend the summer institute and require reasonable accommodations for disabilities to participate in this activity, at least 60 business days before the course begins please contact Ms. Sidnitra Bates at 301.577.0244, extension 64 or sbates@blseamon.com.
Costs and Stipends
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, NIH, will pay for domestic (USA) travel to and from the Summer Institute site, room and board, and for course materials. Family members may accompany participants at their own costs.
Application Procedures
All application materials must be submitted online. Instructions and the application form are posted at http://blsweb.net/obssrapp2attend2010/.
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Ronald P. Abeles, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Director
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Bldg. 31C, Rm. B1C19, MSC 2027
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2027
(Courier Services Zip Code 20814)
Phone: 301-496-7859 Fax: 301-435-8779
Mobile: 301-792-3749
email: abeles@nih.gov
http://obssr.od.nih.gov
Major changes for grant applicants!
Shorter page limits ... restructured forms ... new instructions
For application submissions due on or after January 25, 2010,
the time is now to find out how --
http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/restructured_applications.html
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Ronald P. Abeles, Ph.D.
Special Assistant to the Director
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Bldg. 31C, Rm. B1C19, MSC 2027
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2027
(Courier Services Zip Code 20814)
Phone: 301-496-7859 Fax: 301-435-8779
Mobile: 301-792-3749
email: abeles@nih.gov
http://obssr.od.nih.gov
Major changes for grant applicants!
Shorter page limits ... restructured forms ... new instructions
For application submissions due on or after January 25, 2010,
the time is now to find out how --
http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/restructured_applications.html
Thursday, December 10, 2009
AWARDS: New Award: Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging
I would like to encourage you to consider nominating individuals for this NEW Division 35 award that honors
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From: Division 35 announce only list for Psychology of Women. [mailto:DIV35ANNOUNCE@LISTS.APA.ORG] On Behalf Of Cooke, Keith
Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:54 AM
To: DIV35ANNOUNCE@LISTS.APA.ORG
Subject: [DIV35ANNOUNCE]
Announcement of New Award and Call for Nominations:
Sponsored by Division 35 of the American Psychological Association, Society for the Psychology of Women
The Society for the Psychology of Women announces a new award initiated by Division 35’s Committee on Women and Aging, in honor of Dr. Florence L. Denmark for her tireless work over many years on both gender and aging issues. The new award is the Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging, and its purpose is to recognize scholarly or public policy accomplishments, or both, in the area of women and aging.
Award and Nomination Details
The awardee will receive a plaque and be recognized at Division 35’s Awards Ceremony during the 2010 APA convention in
Nominations should include:
• a letter of nomination,
• a 500-word statement describing the nominee’s contributions to scholarship or public policy, or both, on women and aging, and
• the nominee’s current CV.
The nomination may also include letters of support. Self-nominations are acceptable.
The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2010. Please submit nominations/self-nominations and materials via e-mail as Word or PDF attachments to: Jamila Bookwala, Ph.D., Chair, Florence L. Denmark Award for Contributions to Women and Aging, <bookwalj@lafayette.edu>
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Jamila Bookwala, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
305
610-330-5285 (voice)
610-330-5349 (fax)
bookwalj@lafayette.edu (electronic)
http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~bookwalj (webpage)
Monday, December 07, 2009
INFO: Donna-Rasin Waters President-Elect of New York State Psychological Association
Thursday, December 03, 2009
AWARDS: Norman Abeles is a 2010 Public Interest Award Winner
Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest (Senior Career)
Norman Abeles, PhD
For his sustained efforts to increase public awareness and understanding of how psychological principles address social issues, for supporting efforts to promote psychology as a science, and for advancing the practice of psychology. Through his many varied roles as an APA volunteer, including serving as President of the Association in 1997, Dr. Abeles has demonstrated a unique devotion to successfully ensuring that psychological science is used to accomplish important social advances.
He will receive this award at the APA 2010 Convention.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
CONFERENCES: Society for Research in Adult Development
-- My Best, Michael Lamport Commons, Ph.D. Assistant Clinical Professor Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 234 Huron Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138-1328 Telephone (617) 497-5270 Facsimile (617) 491-5270 Cellular (617) 320–0896 Commons@tiac.net http://dareassociation.org/
CONFERENCES: Cognitive Aging Conference 2010
For more information, contact anderson.smith@carnegie.gatech.edu
REMINDER: The deadline for abstract submission for the Cognitive Aging Conference is December 11, 2009. You can submit your abstract through our conference website: http://cos.gatech.edu/cac/ Other information about registration and hotel reservations is also found on the website.