It has come to my attention that potential attendees of the APA Alzheimer’s Guidelines webinar that I previously sent a note to the list about are being told the webinar is full. It is not.
This webinar was originally to accommodate 100 attendees. We had well over that number register on the first day it was advertised. Due to the overwhelming response, although APA’s subscription for this service allows for 100 participants, APA was able to make a successful plea to “Go to Webinar” to make an exception in this instance to increase participation to as many as 500 participants. There are currently 221 registered so it is not full (even though I see it says it is).
If you are interested in registering, please do so, although it says full on the top of the registration page, it will allow you to enter your information and you will receive a confirmation that will say: you are confirmed AND that the webinar is full. Please rest assured that if you get this mixed message confirmation you ARE indeed confirmed. All registrants will continue to get the note saying the webinar is full, but the registrations will be accepted ("Go to Webinar" allows an unlimited number of registrations: the number that counts is how many people sign in to participate. And up to 500 may participate).
If you would like to or previously attempted to register, please take a moment to go back to the site (ignoring the full message) and register. I am pasting the original note to the list serve below.
I can’t apologize enough about this. We are so very excited, though, for such a wonderful response. APA recognizes how important this topic is, and is willing to make the necessary investment to make it available for as many as possible. We just have to figure out how to do it better our second time.
We will send everyone who is registered an email through our own email system to confirm your participation on September 27th.
Once again, I am very sorry. Please let me (ddigilio@apa.org) or Pat Kobor(pkobor@apa.org) know if you have any questions.
Debbie
| Deborah DiGilio| Director, Office on Aging |
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The American Psychological Association Public Interest and Science Directorates, in conjunction with the National Institute on Aging (NIA), are sponsoring a free webinar, “New Alzheimer’s Guidelines: How Will Research and Practice Be Affected?“ on October 3rd from 2:00-3:30 p.m. EDT. Its purpose is to provide information about the recently published Alzheimer’s Guidelines.
The webinar will be moderated by Glenn Smith, PhD, (Mayo Clinic). Presenters will be psychologist members of each of the three NIA/AD guideline working groups: Drs. Marilyn Albert (
New guidelines for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) were published in April, 2011 by the Alzheimer’s Association and the National Institute on Aging. Three papers published by the working groups are devoted to three phases of Alzheimer’s pathology (preclinical, mild cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer ’s disease) and detail research advances, and the gaps in knowledge to which new research might be applied.
It is hoped that this webinar will enhance psychologists’ understanding about how the guidelines may affect research and practice. Psychologists have raised questions about the guidelines, including whether the guidelines will require that biomarker data be collected from all participants in research studies on cognitive aging. Registration Information follows.
You are also invited to submit questions prior for the presenters prior to the webinar but PLEASE NOTE: you must register separately for the webinar (below). A separate registration is required at the question submission portal, http://apaoutside.apa.org/PubIntCSS/Public/ but that does not result in registration for this webinar.
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Sincerely, Deborah DiGilio, MPH, Director, APA Office on Aging and Staff Liaison, Committee on Aging, APA Public Interest Directorate and Patricia Kobor, MS, Patricia Kobor, MA, Sr. Science Policy Analyst, APA Science Directorate |
