2012 Draft Program Book Text - Society for Personality Assessment

2012 SPA Annual Meeting Program
Continuing Education Credit
SPA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for
psychologists, and SPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Workshops
As part of its SPA Annual Meeting program, the Society for Personality Assessment will present 7
full-day and 15 half-day workshops. The full-day workshops will offer 7 CE credits and the half-day
workshops will offer 3.5 credits. Workshops will be held on Wednesday, March 14, Thursday
morning, March 15, and Sunday, March 18, 2012. No workshops are held on Friday, March 16, or
Saturday, March 17, 2012. Enrollment in the workshops is filled on the basis of completed
workshop registration forms and fees received. Continuing Education credits will be awarded to all
in attendance for the entire workshop. Cancellations are accepted until February 14, 2012, less a
$75 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted after February 14, 2012.
Scientific Sessions
As part of its SPA Annual Meeting program, the Society for Personality Assessment will offer
continuing education credits, at no extra charge, for the two Master Lectures (1 CE credit each),
the Presidential Address (1 CE Credit), the Bruno Klopfer Award presentation (1 CE credit), 3
special lunch presentations (1 CE Credit each), the Hertz Memorial (1 CE credit), and for 17
symposia, roundtables, and/or case discussions (2 CE credits each).
• Presidential Address: The Dharma of Good Personality Assessment Work, Thursday,
March 15 1:45-2:45 pm (1 CE credit)
• Hertz Memorial Presentation: in memory of Anne Anastasi, Thursday, March 15, 3:00-4:00
pm (1 CE credit)
• Case Discussion A: “Getting in Clients’ Shoes” via Psychological Tests: A Collaborative
Therapeutic Assessment Case Discussion, Thursday, March 15, 4:15-6:15 pm (2 CE credits)
• Case Discussion B: Psychological Assessment in the Legal Arena: Challenging Cases,
Thursday, March 15, 4:15-6:15 pm (2 CE credits)
• Roundtable Discussion A: This is NOT a Horserace: Comparison of Clinical Interpretation
Using the CS and the R-PAS, Friday, March 16, 8:30-10:30 am (2 CE credits)
• Symposium B: From Psychopathology to Psychotherapy: Integrating Attachment in Clinical
Settings Using the Adult Attachment Projective Picture System, Friday, March 16, 8:30-10:30
am (2 CE credits)
• Master Lecture I: Beyond Traits: Personality Differences as Intersubjective Themes, Friday,
March 16, 10:45-11:45 pm (1 CE credit)
• Lunch Presentation: The Diagnostic Drawing Series: An Overview and Thirty Years of
Assessment, Friday, March 16, 12:00-1:00 pm (1 CE credit)
• Lunch Presentation: Predicting Dangerousness: An Exercise in Futility or an Attainable
Goal Friday, March 16, 12:00-1:00 pm (1 CE credit)
• Master Lecture II: Trait Diagnosis of Personality Disorder: Domains or Facets Friday,
March 16, 1:15-2:15 pm (1 CE credit)
• Symposium G: Integrating Formal Scoring and Content Analysis: Case Studies in
Personality Assessment, Friday, March 16, 2:30-4:30 pm (2 CE credits)
• Symposium H: Therapeutic Feedback with the MMPI-2, Friday, March 16, 2:30-4:30 pm (2
CE credits)
Program – Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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