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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
(For a complete list of speakers and presentation descriptions, please see below.)
Friday, May 31
7:30 AM – 9:30 AM – Registration/Breakfast/Poster Session
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM – Interest Group Breakfast
9:45 AM – 11:45 AM – Keynote Speaker – Amy Beck, Ph.D. – “Advocacy in Psychology”
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch – Business meeting, awards, election results
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM – 30-minute break – networking/visit sponsors
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Breakout Session 1
A – Medicaid Initiatives, Services and Best Practices for Children and Youth
B – Health Psychology Panel
C – LPA Legislative Update (L/E)
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Breakout Session 2
D – Tutorship in Louisiana (L/E)
E – Gender-Affirming Psychological Practice – (M/D)
F – Malingering on Forensic Evaluations
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM – LPA Happy Hour – networking in courtyard with jazz trio
Saturday, June 1
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM – Breakfast and Registration
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM – Science Café
9:45 AM – 11:45 AM – Breakout Session 3
G – Medical Psychology Panel
H – Legal Status Issues and the Provision of Care (L/E)
I – Sex Offenders and their Victims
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM – Lunch – LSBEP
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM – 30-minute break – networking/visit sponsors
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM – Breakout Session 4
J – When Medication for ADHD May Be Helpful
K – Police Training for Awareness of ASD
L – Narcissism
3:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Breakout Session 5
M – Capital Punish and Mental Health (L/E)
N – Positive Psychology
O – Orders of Protective Custody (L/E)
(L/E = Law or Ethics CE; M/D = Multiculturalism or Diversity CE)
CLICK HERE for a complete schedule with presentation descriptions and presenter biographies.
Keynote Address
Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Amy Beck – clinical and pediatric psychologist from Missouri who is presenting on advocacy in psychology in all its many forms – clinical community, state, national, public, and institutional. Come learn why our voice matters!
Dr. Beck is involved with the Missouri Psychological Association as diversity board officer, federal advocacy coordinator, and legislative chair. She is a division advocacy partner with APA and is a recent graduate from the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology. She has won multiple awards at the national level for her advocacy and service. Dr. Beck is a clinical and pediatric psychologist at the Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyles & Nutrition at Children’s Mercy in Kansas City. She has worked with the Office of Equity and Diversity and was the health equity advisor and DEI champion with the department of pediatrics. Dr. Beck was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine in 2022. She is currently serving as a licensed psychologist contracting with The Black Girl Doctor – an online therapy practice prioritizing black professional women. LPA is honored to have Dr. Beck present on advocacy in psychology!
Speaker List:
Keynote Presentation: Advocacy in Psychology – This presentation is an introduction to advocacy as a psychologist and/or a learner and will address multiple levels of advocacy: clinic/institutional, community, state, national, public domain, as well as “everyday advocacy,” with tips for engagement and practical examples. The Scientist-Practitioner-Advocate model will be introduced, as will recommendations for using advocacy for academic promotion. Dr. Amy Beck (2 hours)
Breakout Sessions
- An Update on Medicaid Services, Initiatives, and Best Practices for Children and Youth – Louisiana’s Medicaid program serves some of the most vulnerable children in the state. This presentation will highlight current efforts and challenges in providing needed and effective services for children and youth in Louisiana. Drs. Stephen Phillipi and Kristin Savicki (1.5 hours)
- Health Psychology panel – Health psychologists from UMC will discuss the various ways in which mental health professionals interface with multidisciplinary medical teams in treating a variety of medical conditions, and the ways in which mental health interventions improve medical outcomes – Moderated by Dr. Nathan Brown (1.5 hours)
- LPA Updates from the 2024 Legislative Session & New Laws Impacting Psychology – Participants will gain an understanding of recent legislative action and laws pertaining to psychology practice from the 2024 legislative session and implications for how this will impact psychology practice in Louisiana – Drs. Jesse Lambert and Erin Reuther-Tarcza (1.5 hours – ethics or law CE)
- Legal, Ethical, and Scientific Concerns for Psychologists Regarding a Petition for Continuing or Permanent Tutorship in Louisiana – Tutorship (versus guardianship) is a term only used in Louisiana when a person has been appointed by a court and is deemed legally responsible for the care for a minor child when a person age 16-17 is determined to not have the capacity to manage their own affairs. In Louisiana when a person ages 16-17 possesses “less than two-thirds of the intellectual functioning of a person of the same age with average intellectual functioning”, the court may place such person under a continuing tutorship – terminology that merits significant investigation from legal, ethical, and scientific fronts. Participants will learn of the most recent developments regarding the current definition of intellectual disability versus intellectual functioning as well as address intelligence and adaptive behavior and limitations in traditional standard score methods. Drs. George Hebert and Barbara McDermott (1.5 hours ethics or law CE)
- Gender Affirming Psychological Practice: Evidence-Based Practice and a Changing Landscape – This presentation will assist psychologists in understanding biopsychosocial risk and protective factors for the gender-diverse population and familiarize attendees with evidence-based interventions and supports to help support their patients through a changing legal, healthcare, social, and political landscape. Dr. Clifton Mixon (1.5 hours – multiculturalism or diversity CE)
- Malingering in Forensic Evaluations – Learn the main methodological problems which question whether forensic neuropsychological determinations of malingering can be considered valid – Dr. Christoph Leonhardt (1.5 hours)
- Medical Psychology panel – Learn from medical psychologists about the newest developments in psychopharmacology and treatment of mental health disorders – Moderated by Dr. Jesse Lambert (2 hours)
- Legal Status Issues and the Provision of Care. This presentation, being given by Disability Rights of Louisiana, will cover information about what services this agency provides, an overview of their current systemic litigation, a discussion about legal status issues, and how their agency can work together with psychologists to best meet the needs of Louisiana citizens – Melanie Bray, Director of Legal Programs and Advocacy. (2 hours of ethics or law CE)
- Evaluation and Treatment of Sex Offenders and Their Victims – This presentation will provide information as to how both offenders and victims are evaluated and treated – the victim after their experience, and the perpetrator after they are found guilty. Drs. Sue Austin and Yolanda Crump (2 hours)
- When Medication for ADHD May Be Helpful – This presentation will differentiate ADHD from other psychological and neurological diagnoses, the importance of a thorough neuropsychological evaluation for proper determination of interventions and medications, and the assessment of biological determinants prior to prescribing an appropriate medication individualized according to test results. Drs. Darlyne Nemeth and Traci Olivier (1.5 hours)
- Collaborative Initiatives Between Mental Health Professionals and First Responder Agencies – This presentation will review a proposed plan that can educate and inform first responders as to how to adequately assess and address individuals with ASD – Drs. Adam Blancher and Michelle Yetman (1.5 hours)
- The I in You: Narcissism – Diagnosis or Human Condition? – This presentation will aim to objectively distinguish “self” from “being”, explore its constrictive and compulsive forms in human experience and behavior, link this understanding to our existence, and discuss ways to move beyond these challenges. Dr. Jeffry Luria (1.5 hours)
- The Mitigating and Aggravating Factors of Mental Illness on Case Law Related to Capital Punishment in the United States – Relationship between mental illness, socioeconomic factors and capital punishment and ramifications of capital punishment on offenders and society. Dr. Hannah Walsh and Dr. Jamie Leavey (1.5 hours – ethics or law CE)
- The Ongoing Promise of Positive Psychology: (More Than) 25 Years of Studying Human Goodness – This presentation will take a look at the history and progress of positive psychology through the years, and provide applications for current use in a clinical setting – Dr. Sean Ransom (1.5 hours)
- Louisiana Law Regarding Orders of Protective Custody – This presentation will review procedures of the apprehension and evaluation of a person who has become a danger to themselves or others and who is unwilling to seek treatment on a voluntary basis. Cindy Steele and Rickie Monie – Psychiatric Services Coordinator and Coordinator Assistant in New Orleans (1.5 hours ethics or law CE)
Science Café – Learn about basic and applied psychological science – cutting-edge research being conducted by medical and academic institutions throughout Louisiana, as well as the broader clinical and theoretical implications of this research. Moderated by Dr. Amanda Raines (1.5 hours)
Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists – Psychologist Dr. Shawanda Woods-Smith and LSBEP Executive Director, Jaime Monic, will review details of the complaints process and will provide an update of the ways in which psychologist can earn continuing education hours (1 hour)
BOOK YOUR ROOM NOW
Must book by May 1st
LPA Courtesy room blocks are available now at the Hilton Garden Inn and Convention Center at 1001 S. Peters Street in New Orleans.
Room rates are $139 per night for a king bed or two queen beds.
Click on the link below to reserve your room now!
LPA Annual Spring Convention (hilton.com)
The room books automatically for three days, between 5/30/24 and 6/2/24.
To edit dates, click on “Edit Stay” on the upper right of your screen.
16.2% sales tax plus $1 occupancy fee not included
On-site parking is $30
(other parking options nearby for daytime parking)
ARE YOU A BOOK AUTHOR?
LPA is providing an opportunity for you to showcase your success as an author at our Spring 2024 Conference! If you have a published book please consider promoting it at the conference alongside your other colleagues who are also authors. LPA will have an area at the conference for authors at which LPA members can come interact with you and learn about your book. Who knows… someone may even ask for your autograph!
If interested in promoting your book or giving away a copy of a book as a prize, please email Dr. Gail Gillespie, LPA convention chair, your interest and book title to gailgillespie13@gmail.com
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Cancellation/Refund Policy: Cancellations up to 72 hours prior to the beginning of the conference will be refunded in full. Please contact the LPA administrator for any unavoidable emergency that may arise within 72 hours prior to the event.
Regular Pricing:
2-DAY MEMBERS – $300
2-DAY NON-MEMBERS – $350
2-DAY STUDENTS – $60*
2-DAY STUDENTS NON-MEMBER – $70*
1-DAY MEMBERS – $175
1-DAY NON-MEMBERS – $225
1-DAY STUDENTS – $35*
1-DAY STUDENTS NON-MEMBER – $40
* Volunteer opportunities may be available for two interested students in exchange for the price of registration.
Early Bird Pricing:
2-DAY MEMBERS – $250
2-DAY NON-MEMBERS – $300
2-DAY STUDENTS – $50*
2-DAY STUDENTS NON-MEMBER – $60*
1-DAY MEMBERS – $150
1-DAY NON-MEMBERS – $200
1-DAY STUDENTS – $25*
1-DAY STUDENTS NON-MEMBER – $30*
* Volunteer opportunities may be available for two interested students in exchange for the price of registration.
Early Bird Pricing Good Through: May 17th
LPA is approved by the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists (LSBEP) to sponsor continuing education for this convention.
