CONFERENCES: NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE AND SUMMIT 2007

Dear Colleagues,

Division 20 is a co-sponsor of this National Multicultural Conference and Summit, so I would like to especially encourage our members to submit abstracts and to attend. I believe that this conferences opens up nice possibilities for dialog about the effects of different cultural contexts on age-related processes, as well as how elders shape cultural context. If your work touches on these issues, please help to make Division 20 a presence at this event.

Best regards, Liz Stine-Morrow

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NATIONAL MULTICULTURAL CONFERENCE AND SUMMIT 2007

REMINDER

The deadline to submit proposals to the National Multicultural Conference and Summit (2007) is May 31, 2006. You may review submission guidelines and submit proposals at www.multiculturalsummit.com. If you have questions about the program, please contact william-liu@uiowa.edu .

William Ming Liu, Ph.D. Program Coordinator, Counseling Psychology Program University of Iowa Psychological & Quantitative Foundations N361 Lindquist Center Iowa City, Iowa 52242 319-335-5295 (office) 319-335-6145 (fax) http://www.education.uiowa.edu/counspsy/ email: william-liu@uiowa.edu

Elizabeth A. L. Stine-Morrow Professor of Educational Psychology, Psychology, and the Beckman Institute 226 Education Building 1310 S. Sixth Street University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 61820

(217) 244-2167 (office) (217) 244-7931 (CRC lab) (217) 244-7336 (Beckman lab) (217) 244-7620 (fax)

eals@uiuc.edu

JOBS/STUDENTS: Postdoc, Aging & Health, Pittsburgh

Postdoctoral Research Position in Aging and Health

A 2-year postdoctoral research position is currently available in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. The emphasis of this position is on training and professional development, and activities will primarily focus on establishing a program of research and acquiring external research funding. The successful candidate will have a background in clinical or counseling psychology, health psychology, gerontology, or geriatrics, and will possess strong writing and analytic skills. This position provides the opportunity to work with an expert team of researchers in the areas of chronic illness and family relationships, and treatment of late-life mood disorder. The opening for this position is immediate but the starting date is negotiable. Candidates must be U.S. citizens or citizen nationals. Salary is competitive. Send statement of interest and curriculum vita to: Richard Schulz, Ph.D. (schulz@pitt.edu ) or Lynn M. Martire, Ph.D., (martire@pitt.edu ), Department of Psychiatry and University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, 121 University Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. EOE

Lynn M. Martire, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychiatry Associate Director of Gerontology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 121 University Place, Room 508 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 412.624.6172 (w) 412.624.4810 (FAX)

INFO: Call for editor/authors

For questions: e-mail hecker@calumet.purdue.edu , or Phone: 219-989-2938

CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSALS

Haworth Press is soliciting an author/editor for an upcoming book entitled­ THERAPIST'S NOTEBOOK FOR RESIDENTIAL CARE & ASSISTED LIVING

Activities & Handouts for Professionals in Elder Care

We are looking for a talented author or editor to head up an exciting new venture in our very successful Therapist's Notebook book series.

The purpose of the book is to:

• Offer therapists many creative resources (activities, interventions & handouts) designed for working with the elderly in residential care and assisted living
• Introduce the reader to proven theoretical activities, interventions
• Allow professionals the benefits of utilizing 'field-tested' activities that have benefited client
• Provide comprehensive interventions for working with issues common in working with elderly clientele, such as meetings between client and family members
• Provides readers with developed techniques, interventions, educational handouts for use with both individuals and groups

The following information is required:

• Professional vita or resume for all authors/editors
• Approximate date when the final manuscript is projected to be completed
• Table of contents with as many subheadings as possible
• Sample chapter(s) (1 to 3 if possible)

Structure of sample chapters: Chapters should be structured in a manner similar to the original best-selling Therapist's Notebook (Hecker, Deacon & Associates, 1998) (see www.haworthpress.com). Each chapter should include the following subheadings:

• Type of Contribution
• Objective
• Rationale for Use
• Instructions
• Brief Clinical Vignette
• Suggestions for Follow-up
• Contraindications for Use
• Professional Readings & Resources
• Bibliotherapy Sources for the Client/Group

Chapter Length: 8-18 pages, typed, double-spaced

This book will be part of the Practical Practice in Mental Health: Guidebooks for In-Patient, Outpatient, and Independent Practice series: New York: Haworth Press.

Submission Deadline for Proposals: August 1, 2006

Please send proposal, vitas, and sample chapters in hard copy only to: Lorna Hecker, Ph.D., Senior Editor, Haworth Practical Practice in Mental Health Book Program, Couple & Family Therapy Center, ECTR 136, Purdue University Calumet, Hammond, IN 46321

For questions: e-mail hecker@calumet.purdue.edu , or Phone: 219-989-2938

Anne B. Edwards, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology Director, The Gerontology Center Purdue University Calumet 2200 169th St. Hammond, IN 46323 Phone: (219)989-2863 email: edwardsa@calumet.purdue.edu

INFO: Graduate & Professional Education at risk; Action Alert

Dear Colleague,

We have just learned that the period for the GPE Dear Colleague letter has been extended until Friday, May 19th. Because it is critical to get as many Republican Senators supporting GPE as possible, we are asking you to contact your Republican Senator immediately requesting that they sign-on to the GPE Dear Colleague Letter if you haven't done so already.

Please go to http://capwiz.com/apapolicy/issues/alert/?alertid=8711431&type=TA to write your Senators.

Amanda B. Ring Sr. Legislative and Federal Affairs Associate Public Policy Office American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 312-6483 (202) 336-6063 fax aring@apa.org

INFO: Survey Request, Mental Capacity and Limited Guardianship, Law and Aging

I am writing to you regarding a research project on mental capacity and determination of limited guardianship being conducted by Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, the Area Agency on Aging in the City and County of Philadelphia. The purpose of the project is to use the experience of mental health and legal professionals to develop guidelines, to be used by judges in such cases, for selecting a reliable evaluation tool and identifying the appropriate professionals to administer it.

We are sending this survey to legal and mental health professionals across the country. Please take the time to fill it out and share your valuable experience with us. All information will be kept strictly confidential.

Philadelphia Corporation for Aging is a non-profit organization with over a 30 year history of providing a wide range of services for older Philadelphians and adults with disabilities.

The project is being funded by the Borchard Foundation Center on Law and Aging, a well established foundation dedicated to improving the lives of older adults by funding research projects focused on the intersection of law and aging issues.

To participate in the survey click on the link below and you will be taken directly to the survey.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=274041585677

Thank you, Rachel Cohen, Planner Philadelphia Corporation for Aging *----------------------------------------

Rachel Cohen, Planner Philadelphia Corporation for Aging 642 N Broad Street Philadelphia, Pa 19130 Phone: (215) 765-9000 ext. 5072 Fax: 215-765-5096 http://www.pcaphl.org

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of the contents of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and then delete the email and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

STUDENTS/JOBS: Post-doc, BU/VA Boston, Language & Aging Brain

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (BUSM)/ VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM.

Neurolinguist/psycholinguist or cognitive neuroscientist with specialinterest in language for post-doctoral level position with NIH-funded "Language in the Aging Brain" (LAB) project in the Department of Neurology at BUSM. Since 1976, we have been investigating change in various language abilities with aging. In our current research, we seek to explain changes in lexical retrieval and auditory comprehension - language domains that we know to change in healthy older adults. Our principal research question is: To what extent do health and cognitive decline account for age-related changes in language?

We are looking for a postdoctoral level person with a background in neuro/psycholinguistics, or cognitive neuroscience with special interest in language. Neuroimaging experience is preferred. The successful candidate will contribute to the scientific mission of the project and supervise the daily operations of the lab.

The LAB project maintains close collaborations with other BU, Harvard and VA research projects investigating the effects of health and aging on cognition. These projects provide numerous opportunities for collaborative research with affiliated investigators. Additional information about our project can be found at http://www.bu.edu/lab/.

Contact: Martin Albert at malbert@bu.edu or Loraine Obler at loraine.obler@gmail.com

INFO: NSF-Funded Opportunity to include your items in a data collection

Professor Jon Krosnick (http://communication.stanford.edu/faculty/krosnick.html) has indicated to me that members of the Adult Development and Aging division of APA might be interested in receiving the below announcement (the one below my signature in this email). Would it be possible for you to send it to the PSYAGING-L listserv? We are very interested in their input.

Thanks, and best wishes, -Dave David Howell Director of Studies American National Election Studies (ANES)

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Subject: An Offer to Provide Free Data for Your Research (funded by NSF)

DEADLINE: June 15, 2006

We write today to tell you about an opportunity we are pleased to make available for you to collect data for your research at no cost to you, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Since 1948, the American National Election Studies have been conducting state-of-the-art multi-hour national panel survey interviews, face-to-face, in the homes of a representative sample of adults living in the US before and after each presidential election.

We are gearing up to do the same in 2007-2009, and we are pleased to be able to offer you the opportunity to get questions into our questionnaires to feed data to your own research program.

In order to have new questions included in the questionnaire either for our 21-wave panel study (to run from 2007 to 2009) or in our 2-wave panel study (to run in 2008), you will need to have empirical evidence showing that your new questions measure your constructs of interest as intended.

To help you to do this, NSF is funding a 45-minute telephone pilot survey, in which we can include your questions at no cost to you. The pilot study will reinterview a national sample of about 1,000 American adults who were interviewed both before and after the 2004 Presidential election, so we have a lot of data on these people already that can be provided to you.

Once you have analyzed the pilot data (which are often publishable in themselves), you can write a short proposal justifying the purpose of your questions for inclusion in either or both of our upcoming 21-wave and 2-wave panel surveys.

The ANES focus is on understanding the causes and consequences of citizens' decisions about whether or not to vote and about which candidate to vote for. If your research agenda can dovetail with these variables in any way, we would be delighted to help provide data to you.

For more information on the American National Election Studies, please visit our website at www.electionstudies.org. Especially relevant is the "Online Commons" (http://www.electionstudies.org/onlinecommons.htm), which is where you can post a proposal for items to be included in our pilot study. You may also want to look at some of the questionnaires used in our past surveys to get a feel for the sorts of questions we have typically asked (go to http://www.electionstudies.org/studypages/download/datacenter.htm).

If you would like to join our listserv, so we can send you regular updates about ANES activities, please send an email to: anes@electionstudies.org

If you have questions about this, please don't hesitate to contact Jon Krosnick (Krosnick@stanford.edu) or Arthur Lupia (lupia@isr.umich.edu).

Sincerely,

Jon Krosnick

Principal Investigator, The American National Election Studies

Professor, Departments of Communication, Political Science, and Psychology

Stanford University

Arthur Lupia

Principal Investigator, The American National Election Studies

Research Professor, Institute for Social Research

Professor of Political Science

University of Michigan

STUDENTS/JOBS: Post-doc, City University of Hong Kong

A few post-doctoral fellowship positions in social gerontology are open at the Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong. Applicants should have a PhD and an established publication record in a related area. The Department of Applied Social Studies has a track record in research in social gerontology, driven by scholars in psychology and social work. The post-doctoral fellow is expected to conduct independent research and to work with one or more of the faculty members in the Department.

The appointment will be made on an initial 2-year term with a basic salary of approximately USD33,000 per year plus medical and dental benefits. Starting date is negotiable.

Interseted candidates should send a CV, along with (a) expected start date and (b) a brief statement of the research program to be conducted at the City University, to Sheung-Tak Cheng at tak.cheng@cityu.edu.hk.

Sheung-Tak Cheng, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Registered Psychologist (Clinical) Department of Applied Social Studies City University of Hong Kong 83 Tat Chee Avenue Kowloon HONG KONG Tel: (852)2788-8745 Fax: (852)2788-8960

CONFERENCES: CE activity for APA meeting (Empirically supported treatments for late life depression)

2006 APA Preconvention Workshop

CBT and IPT: Two Empirically Supported Psychotherapies for Late-Life Depression (WS Code: Preconv #1) Wednesday, August 9, 2006

Workshop Description

This INTERMEDIATE workshop reviews two empirically supported treatments for late-life depression: cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT). The workshop will begin with a summary of the state of research on psychotherapies that have demonstrated utility in the treatment of depression in older adults. The presenters will review the therapeutic goals, strategies, and techniques of both CBT and IPT. Common problems in the implementation of these psychotherapies will be discussed and suggestions made on how to address those problems. The use of clinical cases, videotaped material, and audience participation will be integral to the workshop.

This workshop is designed to help you:

1. Become familiar with research on empirically supported treatment for older adults; 2. Identify the basic therapeutic goals, strategies, and techniques of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in the treatment of late-life depression; 3. Understand how to adapt and manage common problems in the application of CBT with older adults; and 4. Identify the basic therapeutic goals, strategies, and techniques of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) for late life depression; 5. Understand how to adapt and manage common problems in the application of IPT with older adults.

Faculty: Gregory A. Hinrichsen, PhD, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Glen Oaks, NY; Leah P. Dick-Siskin, PhD, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Glen Oaks, NY

Enrollment Limit: 75

CE Credits: 7

Time: 8:00 a.m.-3:50 p.m.

Location: New Orleans Marriott Hotel - 555 Canal St.

Fee Advance (Onsite) Member $210 ($245) Nonmember $245 ($315)

REGISTER NOW at www.apa.org/ce or call the CEP Office at 800-374-2721, ext. 5991. Save 10% off the advance registration fee when you register before May 14, 2006.

This workshop is jointly sponsored by APA Division 20 (Adult Development and Aging) and APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology. This workshop is supported by APA Division 12.2 (Society of Clinical Psychology, Clinical Geropsychology).

This workshop has been reviewed and approved by the APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology. The APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for the content of the program. Full attendance at the workshop is required to receive CE credit. No partial credit is awarded; late arrival or early departure will preclude awarding of CE credits.

STUDENTS: NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival

Dear Colleague,

The National Institutes of Health is actively recruiting candidates to participate in the upcoming National Graduate Student Research Festival, to be held October 12th - 13th, 2006 in Bethesda, Maryland. We are writing to request your assistance in identifying candidates for this exciting event. To be eligible, students must be enrolled in a PhD program in the U.S. and on schedule to complete their PhD degree by October, 2007. We will be selecting up to 250 students to spend two days talking about their research through poster sessions, meeting other students from around the U.S., learning about the research being done at NIH, and exploring postdoctoral training opportunities on the NIH campuses. We would appreciate it if you could pass this email and the attached flyer to students nearing completion of their dissertation or all students in your PhD program.

The deadline for application is June 1 and the online application can be found at:

http://www.training.nih.gov .

Thanks in advance for your help. I would be happy to answer any questions about the Festival which we believe will be a rewarding and informative event for all who participate.

Sincerely,

Richard McGee, Ph.D.

Director of Student Affairs

NIH Graduate Partnerships Program

2 Center Drive, 2/2E10

Bethesda, MD 20892

mcgeer@od.nih.gov

301-594-9339

CONFERENCES: 2006 NATIONAL CLINICAL GEROPSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE

2006 NATIONAL CLINICAL GEROPSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE

June 15-18, 2006

Colorado Springs, Colorado

Antlers Hilton Hotel

Web address: www.uccs.edu/geropsy

Conference Co-Chairs: Sara Honn Qualls, PhD, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Mick Smyer, PhD, Boston College Graduate School

This professional conference, titled "Aging and Decision-Making Capacity: Clinical, Family and Legal Issues," is co-sponsored by the Retirement Research Foundation and the Gerontology Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS). The conference is designed to build service capacity in geriatric mental health by cross-training experienced providers in knowledge and skills needed to work with a rapidly aging population. Those encouraged to attend include clinical psychologists wanting to move their practices into the area of geriatric mental health; social workers; psychiatrists; health care professionals; attorneys; and graduate students planning on a career working with older adults. Outstanding speakers include: Mick Smyer (Boston College), Jennifer Moye (VA Boston Healthcare System), Kathryn Kaye (Colorado Neurological Institute), Thomas R. Cole (University of Texas Health Sciences Center), Stacey Wood (Scripps College)Hasker Davis (UCCS), and Cathy Bodine (University of Colorado Health Sciences Center).

The conference site is the historic Antlers Hilton, the only full-service hotel in downtown Colorado Springs and fresh from a recent multimillion dollar renovation. The Antlers Hilton offers beautiful views of Pikes Peak and the Rocky Mountains, heated pool and spa, and first-class dining and conference services.

Sixteen (16) professional continuing education units are available to psychologists through APA-Division 20, and to social workers through the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). One (1) graduate credit hour is available to graduate students through the UCCS Extended Studies Program. Conference registration fee is $450 for professionals, $300 for post-doctoral fellows, and $200 for graduate students. Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits are tentatively approved for Colorado attorneys through the Colorado Supreme Court Board of Continuing Legal and Judicial Education (final approval pending).

Please visit the conference web site for full schedule, presenter bios, registration form, and booking instructions for the conference hotel. Or contact Brian Glach, Conference Coordinator: geropsy@uccs.edu or (719) 262-4071.

Sara Honn Qualls, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training University of Colorado at Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150 O: 719-262-4151 F: 719-262-4166 squalls@uccs.edu

INFO: Urge Your Legislators to Support the Positive Aging Act

OK, and now for a personal plea. Can everyone take a second and click on the link below to support the Positive Aging Act, if you haven't done it yet. Also feel free to forward. Really, I did it, it takes a minute!!! We have been working on this bill for four years! Thanks for your help. Debbie

Deborah DiGilio, MPH Director, Office on Aging American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002-4242 (202) 336-6135 (202) 336-6040 FAX DDiGilio@apa.org http://www.apa.org/pi/aging

Dear Colleagues,

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

Urge your legislators to co-sponsor the Positive Aging Act (H.R.2629/S.1116). This legislation would designate an Office of Older Adult Mental Health Services in the Administration on Aging (AoA) to provide grants for mental health screening and treatment services for older adults in both urban and rural communities. We are encouraging the Congress to include the Positive Aging Act in the bill to reauthorize the Older Americans Act, which is currently being drafted.

TAKE ACTION: Please e-mail your Senators and Representative and urge them to co-sponsor this important legislation. Also, request that your legislators contact the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and ask them to include the Positive Aging Act in the bill to reauthorize the Older Americans Act.

CLICK HERE TO WRITE YOUR LEGISLATORS: http://capwiz.com/apapolicy/issues/alert/?alertid=8725931&type=TA

Thank you for your support as we work together to promote the Positive Aging Act.

Warm regards, Diane

Diane Elmore, Ph.D. Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer Public Policy Office American Psychological Association 750 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 (202) 336-6104 (202) 336-6063 Fax

INFO: Reviewers needed for D20 Student Research Awards

Division 20 Members

I need about 6-8 folks to review and rank applications for the D20 Student Research Awards. These awards include completed and proposed research and undergraduate, masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral categories. You would be asked to review around 10-15 applications.

The reviews can begin immediately and will be done via email. I would like to complete the review process by June 1.

Please respond directly to me fscogin@as.ua.edu if you are willing to help with this important service to the division.

Forrest Scogin Co-Chair Awards Committee