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Seminar Series and Continuing Education
Seminar Series
Didactic seminars are available to interns on
Fridays throughout the training year. Seminars facilitate the attainment
of core competencies. They are sequential in nature and are intended to
complement the supervisory and clinical experiences of our interns. In addition
to their educative function, the Friday seminars provide an opportunity for
interns to meet as a group, to share experiences and to develop collegial
relationships. Seminars are held both remotely and in-person at a location near the intern’s primary work site.
The following is a description of the seminar
series:
- Treatment
Methods Seminar
The
Treatment Methods Seminar series is broad-based, combining didactic and skill-based training in assessment and
intervention procedures, specifically intended for the populations served by Devereux. Examples of topics presented
during the Treatment Methods
Seminar include: behavioral assessment, function-based intervention, academic skills assessment and intervention, cognitive
behavior therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavior
therapy, cultural competency (self-awareness, clinical issues, systemic strategies), psychopharmacology, and
Parent Management Training.
- Special
Topics Seminar
The
Special Topics Seminar series provides interns with exposure to a variety of
topics of related or special
interest. Examples of topics in this series include: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports,
parenting children with special needs, and ethics and law.
- Professional Series Seminar
The Professional Series Seminar presents information on a
variety of professional/guild issues such as supervision, licensure, developing
your curriculum vitae and securing a post-doctoral position.
- Group Supervision
Group
Supervision, led by the Director of Training or designee, provides an
additional opportunity for licensed clinical supervision, as well as feedback
from peers. In a structured format, interns will present and discuss specific
cases, and will receive feedback and recommendations on assessment,
intervention, and presentation skills. Interns will have an opportunity to
research specific evidence-based treatments and present research articles
demonstrating clinical effectiveness and efficacy. In addition, interns will
have an opportunity to bring topics of interest to the group for
consultation.
Continuing Education
The Institute of Clinical and Professional
Training and Research is approved by the American Psychological Association to
sponsor continuing education programs for psychologists. Each year, the Institute conducts a conference with a nationally-known psychologist or educator.
Previous conference presenters have included:
- Jill Ehrenreich-May (treating emotional disorders)
- Edna Foa (prolonged exposure for adolescent PTSD)
- Marion Forgatch (parent management training – Oregon
Model)
- Greg Hanley (practical functional assessment)
- Anthony Biglan (how the behavioral sciences are helping
us evolve more kind & caring societies)
- Bruce Chorpita (modular psychotherapy/ Practicewise)
- Tom Szabo (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for behavioral analysts)
- Howard Stevenson (racial literacy for healing racial stress in relationships)
- Evelyn Gould (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)
- Philip C. Kendall (treating anxiety in youth)
- Karen Bearss (parent training for disruptive behaviors in Autism Spectrum Disorder)
- Paul Gavoni & Anika Costa (organizational behavior science)
Interns
are always invited to attend these programs, which enrich their training
experience. In addition, interns attend other continuing education programs,
including an annual ethics symposium.
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