ADPTC NEWSLETTER

June 2009

Editor: Phyllis Terry Friedman

Associate Editors: Don Morgan, Vic Pantesco

President’s Column

Erica Wise, Ph.D.

Erica once again invites us into presidential reflections. She could not misbehave in her adopted home town of Chapel Hill. A gracious hostess to all who attended in March.

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The Briar Patch

Thorny “Minor” Challenges for Directors: The Clinic Director as the “Holder” of the Interaction Challenges

Vic Pantesco, Ph.D.

Do you find yourself “holding” the people problems or challenges referred – so to speak – by colleagues or the department? Gain and pain in the vortex of touchy-feely land.

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Training With Underserved Populations Through Primary Care Practica: The Graduate Psychology Education Program (GPE) at Texas Tech University

Stephen W. Cook & Lee M. Cohen

Want to read about a program combining the dual areas of primary care and serving the under-resourced?  Check out these folks and training at Texas Tech.  

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Business Meeting Minutes: Chapel Hill, March 2009

Submitted by Colleen Byrne, Secretary

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Executive Committee Minutes: Chapel Hill, March 2009

Submitted by Colleen Byrne, Secretary

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Director’s Toolbox: The Ultimate Organizer

Note Card Bleachers

Phyllis Terry Friedman

Need to keep track of things that must be done in August? Have lots of good ideas you forget to follow up on? Then this is the tool for you.

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Jean Spruill Award: Kim Lassiter

The Picture Says It All. Bob Hatcher’s tribute is good too.

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Diversity Climates in Psychology Training Clinics:

Ten Easy Ways to Raise Your Clinic’s DQ Upon Your Return

Elaine Shpungin, and Ph.D. Karen Saules, Ph.D.

Sometimes the simplest and economic suggestions are the most elegant and useful. Check out this immediately usable list.

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Cool Little Reviews of Stuff

Don Morgan, Psy.D.

Move over John Steinbeck and William Least Heat Moon. Don kicks off our new column as a reviewer and editor-at-large of, well, cool stuff. Or, less plebian, of the elegantly arcane.

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ADPTC 2010

The dates for the CCTC 2010 Conference including next year’s ADPTC annual meeting are February 10-13th. The conference will be held at the Hilton at Walt Disney World in Orlando. More information will be forthcoming from the conference planning group in the next few months but PLEASE get it on your calendars!

President’s Column

Erica Wise, Ph.D.

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.” Attributed to Lin Yutang.

As I continue Rob Heffer’s wonderful tradition of introducing the president’s report with a quotation, I thought that I would choose one that is especially relevant to me as we enter the final weeks of the academic year! This one is from a collection on wisdom.

As I write this report I am preparing to attend to APPIC meeting in Portland, Oregon. I will be there as a presenter; Bob Hatcher will be our official liaison. As we have discussed on the listserv and at our meetings, it is truly amazing what a force our organization has become within the professional psychology training community. We are actively included in the discourse on practicum training and preparation for professional practice in psychology. As a group, we continue to wrestle with finding a balance between our involvement in the broader education and training community and attending to our own needs as training clinic directors. The recent meeting in Chapel Hill was just for us and I would encourage us to continue to plan ADPTC-only meetings on a regular basis.

I was delighted to have so many of you attend the 2009 annual meeting in my adopted home town of Chapel Hill March 12-15. We met at the beautiful the Carolina Inn which is located right on the UNC campus. Despite several weeks of balmy early spring weather leading up to the conference, we had more than our share of cool weather and rain. It was a testament to our group that spirits remained high. This ADPTC-only event was attended by over 50 members and liaisons from CUDCP, APPIC, ACCTA and APA Education Directorate. The primary theme of this year’s meeting was diversity and the social justice mission of training clinics, with Dean Isaac Prilleltensky (author of Critical Psychology) providing the keynote. Other presentations included psychology’s response to disabilities, enhancing a clinic’s diversity quotient, research and technology in training clinics, teaching trainees about self-care, and professional development for ADPTC members. We were delighted to present Kim Lassiter with the ADPTC Jean Spruill Achievement Award in recognition of her long-standing involvement in ADPTC, commitment to excellence in training, and dedication to best practices in professional psychology doctoral training clinics.

As most of you already know, planning is well underway for the 2010 CCTC meeting in Orlando, Florida. ADPTC will be one of the 10 training councils or groups represented at this historic meeting. Our program committee is developing ADPTC-only programs in addition to making sure that our interests are included in the joint programming. Please check the website over the coming months for additional information on this conference.

In addition, I would encourage all of you to read the spring 2009 liaison report that is linked to the front page of the ADPTC website for a full review of our activities.

GO HEELS!!!

Erica

Erica Wise at the edge of the Daintree Rainforest in North Queensland,

Australia during a trip to visit training clinics.

The Briar Patch: Thorny “Minor” Challenges for Directors

The Clinic Director as the “Holder” of the Interaction Challenges

Vic Pantesco, Ph.D.

The Thorn: “You Folks Do the Feelings Stuff”

At our national meeting recently in Chapel Hill, I once again had a chance to talk with friends and colleagues about various clinic matters and challenges. On the way to Elaine’s restaurant (and then later in the Carolina Inn lounge) a few of us began to talk of how in various ways the clinic and director may be embraced by the departmental culture to “take care of” or otherwise attend to the people interaction problems.

Sometimes this does not even have direct bearing on the clinic or director’s job per se. While this may vary from department to department of course, the ways in which departments or faculty may rely on the director to “handle” these seem to reside along a spectrum from automatic, overt referral of such sticky problems to the clinic director or staff, to more subtle expectations residing within a palpable if unspoken aura of “we don’t do that; you guys do that.”

On our campus, for example, we service the other departments’ students for psychological services. At times this has brought us into occasional consultations with other department faculty for their own management challenges. Typically for me this has been good and enriching work also. But, the thorn in point here is nested in the cultural “dumping” of people problems into the director’s lap. That is not enriching.

To Dull the Pain

There is a particular challenge in this one. One the one hand, being the bucket for the emotional, interpersonal - whatever we call them – problems can be burdensome and backhandedly demeaning. It can be demeaning on two levels: the referrer (or dumper) in the position of relegating this to the touchy feely dimension (beneath a true academic) maintains a one-up posture; and, the message that you are the one to be the solver in this fluffy, sticky, unimportant (but necessary) task.

On the other hand, there it is also vitally useful to a department and culture to have identified experts in the territory of personal management and honest conversation.

As is often so, it is helpful to make the dynamics discussable, and if they are not discussable, to assess whether that undiscussability is discussable (with deference to Chris Agryris’s work). If everything is undiscussable in this dimension, then our trusty remedies of seeking out our best supports in the system (including ADPTC of course!) and being clear with our colleagues about the frame of our functioning are sensibly advised.

Leo Buscaglia was derided by his academic colleagues as “Doctor Love.” And, his stories are suffused with those same colleagues’ reliance on him for attending to the matters described above. I am not referred to as Dr. Love (at least not to my knowledge), but I sure have had plenty of those closed door conversations.

Vic getting some much-needed therapy from his rock troll therapist on Block Island, RI last summer.

Training With Underserved Populations Through Primary Care Practica: The Graduate Psychology Education Program (GPE) at Texas Tech University

Stephen W. Cook & Lee M. Cohen

Symposium conducted at the International Counseling Psychology Conference March, 2008

Three year (2004 –2007), $625K training grant funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (US DHHS) to provide training for pre-doctoral students in the APA-accredited counseling and clinical psychology programs at Texas Tech University.

The GPE allowed for the placement of doctoral students in community agencies having a large number of clientele from underserved groups, and the expansion of services in the TTU Psychology Clinic to attract more ethnic minority clients.

Background:

Psychologists frequently practice in hospitals, outpatient clinics, or in private practice and must work closely with medical specialists. Historically, psychologists have been unaware of the customs, practices, and sociopolitical issues associated with the practice of medicine or within the hospital environment --thus while being trained it is very important to be exposed to these issues/settings.

Primary Objectives:

To increase the number of program graduates who work in medically underserved communities.

Our hope was that our program would become self-supporting by shifting the cost of supporting our students from the GPE grant to the sites where they are trained. Medical professionals should see the value of having psychology students involved in the early phases of their treatment programs.

Specific Objectives:

1)Understand the interrelatedness of mental and physical health

2)Gain experience in working with interdisciplinary teams

3)Gain experience in working with diverse individuals, including African Americans, Hispanics, economically disadvantaged people, rural populations, the elderly, and cognitively impaired elderly individuals

4)Learn about psychological issues associated with child abuse

5)Work with health professionals to implement primary and secondary public health interventions

6)Help to establish roles for psychologists in the early evaluation of patients in the clinics

7)Provide therapy related to various health problems

The project included two types of experiences:

Exposure training: For all 2nd-year students in our clinical and counseling doctoral programs (approximately 12 per year)

Intensive training: For a smaller group of advanced students (approximately 6 per year).

Exposure Training

3 hours per week for 9 months

Observe a variety of health professionals

Work with students in various medical fields

Responsible for the administration of intake interviews

Psycho-education

Intensive Training

20 hours per week for 12 months

Shadow various health professionals

Administer intake interviews

Provide psychotherapy

Administer psychological tests

Educate health care providers

13 clinical and counseling psychology students were placed in medical centers, providing various psychological services. Students were given a 20 item measure assessing knowledge of health psychology, as well as a measurement assessing their perception of how society views African Americans, Hispanics, obese individuals, individuals with diabetes, and individuals who live in rural areas. The assessments were given Pre and Post experience. Results indicated a significant improvement in knowledge of health psychology, F (1,14) = 29.07, p< .001. Results also indicated that graduate students’ perceptions of how society views underserved populations became significantly more negative after practicum experience.

In other words, after the practicum experience, graduate students perceived that society viewed these populations more negatively than they had originally thought.

Business Meeting Minutes: Chapel Hill, March 2009

Submitted by Colleen Byrne, Secretary

In Attendance: Arnie Ables, Kevin Byrd, Colleen Byrne, Jennifer Callahan, Tony Cellucci, Frank Collins, Mary Alice Conroy, Stephen Cook, Lee Cooper, Randall Cox, Crystal Dehle, Thomas DeMaria, Karen Fondacaro, Phyllis Terry Friedman, Lisa Groth, Cathi Grus, Scott Gufstafson, Louise Hartley, Bob Hatcher, Rob Heffer, Brian Lewis, Lisa Lock-Downer, Steven Lynn, Kelly McDonnell, Kim Dudley Lassiter, Cynthia Messina, Donald Morgan, Victor Pantesco, Patricia Petretic, Isaac Prilleltensky, Bill Rae, Helen Reiner, Jennifer Robohm, Hal Rogers, William Salton, Eric Sauer, Karen Saules, Joe Scardapane, Jennifer Schwartz, Elaine Shpungin, Patricia Stankovitch, Nicole Taylor, Michael Taylor, Karen White, Douglas Whiteside, Erica Wise, Michael Wolf, and Mark Zentner

10:30 – 10:45 Overview, Dr. Erica Wise

• Erica provided an overview of the Business Meeting agenda.
• Erica showed webpages of two Psychology Clinic sites at UNC. She described the Clinics’ client populations. Erica discussed how she sold idea to the University, using an ADPTC survey which provided justification for a hybrid model.

Reports from other organizations

10:45 – 11:10 APPIC & ACCTA, Dr. Arnie Abels

• APPIC—The organization currently has 785 members/sites, 661 of which are internship programs and 14 of which are postdoctoral programs. APPIC continues to struggle with the problems of supply and demand. The failing economy has affected funding; there has been no increase in number of internship sites. Dr. Bob Hatcher will represent ADPTC at an upcoming conference in Portland, OR. APPIC is preparing for the 2010 CCTC conference. They are continuing the confidential, problem consultation service which seeks creative solutions for interns. Arnie feels that TEPP is still a great, cutting edge resource and contributions are appreciated.. Dr. Steve McCuteon is stepping down in August. Dr. Sharon Berry will take over as chair. Dr. Karen Taylor will continue as vice chair. The slate of candidates is upcoming. There will be electronic voting in April. APPIC wishes to honor and recognize Dr. Greg Keilin for his work on the match process. APPIC is moving to an online application process to be demonstrated at the Portland conference. So far there has been a very positive response from students. APPIC now has a mentor program for those who wish to develop internship sites. Contact Arnie for more info. Please view the APPIC website at www.appic.org.
• ACCTA—The organization has 157 members and is slowly growing. The 2008 Annual conference was in Myrtle Beach. The 2009 Annual Conference will be in Austin, TX. Internship training directors of university counseling centers can apply for an award (the Dr. Helen Roehlke Award) and be invited to give presentation. The 2008 recipient was Dr. Pamela Epps from Emory University. Dr. Katherine Daily is president and Dr. Maureen Lafferety is president-elect. ACCTA made a financial contribution to the National Cultural Summit and other advocacy efforts seeking funding for programs such as college mental health services and writing letters against oppression of same-sex couples. A mentoring program is available for universalities to develop internship programs. ACCTA has their own internship clearing house for unmatched internship applicants. Anyone can approach Arnie to share info to ACCTA. Please visit the website at www.accta.net.

11:10 – 11:25 CUDCP, Dr. Frank Collins

• Frank reviewed the history of CUDCP. Currently their main interest is the match imbalance. They are exploring alternatives for training. One in 4 students did not match in 2009. One in 3 did not get an APA-accredited site. The CUDCP winter meeting also focused on evidence-based practice. Ongoing issues include 1) an Internship Competencies Taskforce which addresses expectations of students pre-internship; 2) an Accreditation Sequence Task Force; and 3) an Undergraduate Education Taskforce to ensure truthful disclosure (sites must show potential applicants what requirements are in professional training).

11:25 – 11:50 Education Directorate, Dr. Cathi Grus from BEA at APA

• Erica thanked Cathi for her involvement and her support. Cathi says that she feels welcome here and that collaboration is easy with this group. Cathi reviewed multiple initiatives such as k12, undergraduate, and community college education, and the commission on education. Some key initiatives are graduate and postgraduate training, and defining and assessing competence (benchmarks, toolkit, students with competence problems). The benchmarks document outlines 15 core competencies for professional psychologists. Authors are still trying to establish a reasonable sequence of training related to competence as it unfolds across the career. The toolkit project is a resource on the APA website to inform education & training programs how to assess competence. (Features of the toolkit will be described in a special issue of TEPP.) The toolkit will include fact sheets on dealing with students who display competence problems, surveys of how faculty and students deal with such situations, and templates for dealing with such issues. BEA is also concerned about the internship match imbalance. Working with CCTC in 9/2008, they created a document with 11 action steps identifying which groups would need to commit to action. The Graduate Study in Psychology publication continues to collect and update stats on programs. Regarding continuing education, BEA has approved 800 sponsors for CE. An on-line application process is being developed for 2010. BEA is addressing methods to systematically collect data on trends in CE. The CE office is very busy expanding products offered. The National Conference on Undergraduate Education was held in June, 2008-- A task force on violence directed toward teachers has been convened. APA created the center for workforce studies which will review trends across disciplines and address under-met needs in our country. Education GRO is working on a number of issues such as, increasing GPE funding and continuation of such funding, workforce development issues, healthcare reform, campus mental health reform, and loan repayment opportunities for psychologists.

Reports from the Committee Chairs

11:50 – 12:00 Publications & Public Relations, Dr. Phyllis Terry Friedman

• Phyllis is happy to accept feedback. The newsletter will soon be adding audio and video files.
• Dr. Don Morgan suggested everyone send reviews of “cool stuff” for the newsletter. Dmorgan@rutgers.edu. This can be any useful or enjoyable resource or activity in any media format.

Membership & Resources, Drs. Karen Saules & Erica Wise

12:00 – 12:10 Website/Listserv, Dr. Karen Saules

• Karen provided a review of recent website updates. ADPTC will send introductions to training directors to expand membership, after the website is fully up and running. Member numbers are available through the website, which can be used to obtain assessment discounts. Karen requests that all members update their account information. Karen also reminded members that, if you share a resource with the listserv, it will be posted on the website.
• Erica mentioned that we are still considering which portions of the website we would like to have public vs. keep private for ADPTC members.

12:10 – 12:20 Treasurer’s Report, Dr. Joe Scardapane

• As of March, 2009, ADPTC has 93 full and 9 associate for a total of 102 members. There are 40 members who had paid last year that need to be contacted. Current balance as of 3/13/09 is $18,400. The group expressed appreciation for the healthy financial standing of ADPTC.
• Joe encourages members to speak about Clinic financial and funding issues more openly.

1:15 – 1:20 Diversity, Dr. Elaine Shpungin

• Elaine welcomed new ADPTC and Diversity Committee members. The diversity dinner was held on Friday at 6pm. It was well-attended and considered a great success. Elaine reports some success with free conferencing software for communications among members of the Diversity Committee. She will send an email list to all committee members.

1:20 – 1:22 Research, Dr. Eric Sauer

• Many more clinics are using outcome measures to track progress in therapy than in years past. Eric is looking forward to a productive committee meeting.

1:22 – 1:25 New Director Support, Drs. Stephen Cook & Leticia Flores

• New directors are most interested in resources, nut & bolts, and help implementing guidelines in their clinics.

1:25 – 1:30 Collaboration & Liaison, Dr. Tony Cellucci

• Dr. Philinda Hutchings represented us at the APA Consolidated meeting; there is a liaison report on the webpage. Contact Tony if you are active in another group. Tony is the informal liaison to Div 12, which has program for people to “sample” perks of membership, such as free journals for 2 years. Let Tony know if you are interested. Bob reported on CCTC planning for 2010. The meeting will be Wed 2/10 through Sat 2/13 in Orlando. There will be group meetings on day 1, a shared day and ½ with programming on competencies, practicum, internship, troubled students (cross-cutting agenda) on day two. The last ½ day will be individual meetings for each council. Dr. Rob Heffer will be ADPTC program chair for our portion of the meeting. The Benchmarks workgroup (formed in 9/06) is working on expanding the competencies document to cover practicum through licensure. They are also working on the benchmarks toolkit and the match imbalance. Erica reminded liaisons that they can download ADPTC minutes for other organizations.

By-Laws & Documents, Dr. Rob Heffer

1:30:- 1:33 TEPP, Dr. Bob Hatcher

• Bob reports that submissions are growing, and encourages submissions from clinic directors, research-based or otherwise.

1:33 – 1:35 Administrative Guidelines, Dr. Brian Lewis

• Guidelines are on the ADPTC website.

1:35 – 1:40 By-Laws Revisions, Dr. Rob Heffer

• Rob showed slides depicting proposed changes. He will distribute documents detailing the proposed changes. Rob stated that, although we remain affiliated with APA, the mid-year meetings are more central to us. By-Laws changes propose that elections and treasurers reports will center around the main meeting. We will still have a social hour & presentations at APA. Other changes proposed are moving names of standing committees from by-laws and setting times for voting/elections. Lastly, it is proposed that this meeting be called the Annual Meeting instead of the Mid-Year Meeting.

1:40 – 1:45 Programs & Conferences, Dr. Karen White

• The committee is now focusing on the 2010 Joint Meeting with CCTC. Karen is hoping for guidance from Bob regarding appropriate programming. She is also looking for someone to take on the role of chair of programming committee. The group agreed that she has done a fabulous job these past two years.

1:45 to 1:50 Future Directions:

• Many commented that they appreciate the focus on social justice. Others also continue to value the informal conversations and the connections that come from those. Some directors are considering how to incorporate interns into practicum clinics. Dr. Kim Lassiter asks how changes in the licensing act will impact training clinics. Dr. Mary Alice Conroy would like us to be leaders & visionaries with regard to the changes in psychologists’ roles in the workforce. Phyllis would like us the follow-up on ASPPB’s document regarding practicum training.

1:50 Meeting Adjourned, Dr. Erica Wise

• Many thanks to Karen, Bob, Rob and all others who contributed to the programming.

Executive Committee Minutes: Chapel Hill, March 2009

Submitted by Colleen Byrne, Secretary

In Attendance: Colleen Byrne, Stephen Cook, Lee Cooper, Randy Cox, Karen Fondacaro, Bob Hatcher, Rob Heffer, Karen Saules, Joe Scardapane, Elaine Shpungin, Mike Taylor, Erica Wise, Karen White

In Attendance: Colleen Byrne, Stephen Cook, Lee Cooper, Randy Cox, Karen Fondacaro, Bob Hatcher, Rob Heffer, Karen Saules, Joe Scardapane, Elaine Shpungin, Mike Taylor, Karen White, Erica Wise

9:00 – 9:05 Welcome and introductions

• Dr. Erica Wise welcomed meeting attendees and reviewed the agenda.

9:05 to 11:00 Item 1: Reports from committee chairs (or representative)

• Programs & Conferences – Dr. Karen White (kwhite1@niu.edu)
• Karen White says that the committee members need clear sense of how to divide our programming time between ADPTC-only and programming that might be “cross-cutting”. Karen asks, what is goal of joint CCTC meeting?
• Dr. Rob Heffer heard from Kris Morgan that Wednesday morning is set aside for leadership planning. There is a reception on evening. Thursday is all ours. On Friday there are cross-cutting/joint sessions. On Saturday there are joint sessions in the morning and ADPTC sessions in the afternoon.
• Dr. Bob Hatcher explained the history of the joint CCTC meeting. Ten groups are coming together in Orlando under the title “Training our students for the future practice from competence to excellence.” Topics will address a mix of practical and policy issues. The goal is to share knowledge of the ten groups and to foster communication between these groups so that they understand each other better.
• Regarding programming at the CCTC meeting, Bob says they are working on finding a speaker for the keynote address Friday. There will be a plenary session about the competency benchmarks document interface with emphasis on 1) putting them into practice; 2) how to coordinate among training sites; 3) and the competency toolkit. The afternoon will have concurrent programming such as preparing students for rural practice, discussion of new model licensing laws, etc. There will be a Saturday morning plenary session on leadership—difficult students, legal concerns etc. APA leaders will circulate and pull together some overviews.
• Dr. Stephen Cook hopes this meeting can relieve tensions between groups. Erica and Dr. Karen Saules agree that it will help foster understanding.
• Karen White wonders if we want the bulk of our time together on Thursday used to prepare for the joint meetings and what types of programming will be most helpful? Rob says it makes sense to have some meeting time devoted to educating attendees about what to expect in the joint sessions. Dr. Joe Scardapane says this could be done through the listserv. Stephen suggests we use Saturday to process joint meetings amongst ourselves. Erica says that we might want to end on Thursday with some prep for joint Friday meetings to help folks make the most of joint meetings. We don’t want to overlook the “nuts & bolts” topics. Bob agrees that this will keep it balanced.
• Regarding us of our meeting space. Erica says we do not want to pay for another room. Stephen says we can still have breakout sessions in the one room. Stephen asks if we want to have a business meeting. Rob says we are required to do so.
• Erica says we should make sure ADPTC is represented at many of the joint meetings to have our voice heard. Bob will make sure we are represented as speakers in some of the sessions regarding practicum. Bob wants to contact people about to which parts of the conference programming ADPTC members can contribute. Dr. Mike Taylor wants to sketch out some ideas and then poll members on their intentions to attend the meeting and on what kind of programming would interest them. Mike asks if there be CEUs offered. Bob says yes.
• Dr. Lee Cooper asks if we have archives of programming from past meetings. It might be nice for the program committee to know what has been presented recently. Karen White can send the last two years. Dr. Colleen Byrne can check the archives as well.
• Membership & Resources—Dr. Karen Saules (ksaules@emich.edu)
• Website/Listserv—Karen Saules says that we still have a long to do list including finalizing the search feature. We are still working on getting members to pay dues before they can register for conference. Karen will work with Joe to clear up who has not paid. Colleen will send out reminders.
• Bob says that he will send photos for the website gallery.
• Bob wants to also reconcile who has not been receiving TEPP. Joe says only 2 people approached him about not having received the journal.
• Karen Saules mentioned that the website generates receipts. Now Joe will not have to handwrite receipts for all members unless they have paid by check. Dues are now Sept to Sept and have been for past 2 years.
• Joe wants to know if someone can take over as interim treasurer before the election next year. Rob says to Joe that he does a great job and is worried that Joe is overwhelmed. Erica questioned how we would be able to have an interim treasurer. Rob reports that the bylaws instruct us to appoint an interim officer if need be. Bob says we need a volunteer from the members. Rob would like this to be a current member in leadership role. Joe would work to help someone transfer the responsibilities. Erica says we will follow-up. Eric says he perceives that responsibilities are being met well; this statement was met with agreement from the group. Joe disagrees but says that his assistant Liz and Karen Saules are communicating well. Lee asks if Dr. Bill Rae might be interested.
• Membership & Fiscal Records—Dr. Joe Scardapane (joseph.r.scardapane@hofstra.edu)
• As of now ADPTC has an $18,000 cushion; the most we have had before. He is looking for a benefactor to make a donation. Joe is checking into our legal status re: donations and tax write-offs. Dr. Eric Sauer agrees that Joe has helped ADPTC get in a much better place financially. Many thanks to Joe from the group. Joe noted that having dues and conference fee the same amount was too confusing. Erica says maintaining membership lists is secretary’s responsibility.
• Joe would prefer that the Psychology Clinic’s Department be responsible to paying ADPTC membership dues (for full members). He thinks this would help with turnover. Bob mentions problems with organizations built around people—overtime the memberships are harder to keep track of.
• Bob mentioned the idea of changing our organization’s name to APTC (apt-tic) Association of Psychology Training Clinics. Joe says that this has large financial implications. CCTC recommends changing names to represent organization. The mission statement can include important role of directors in the organization. Dr. Elaine Shpungin thinks the new name would make others feel more welcome even if they are not directors by title (like clinic coordinators). Rob will confirm that the domain name is available. Mike wants to know if name change will affect our presence at conference. Erica would like to have the new name for the 2010 joint conference.
• Presentations will be posted by topic on website.
• Elections—Dr. Rob Heffer (rob-heffer@tamu.edu)
• Rob says elections will be held before next conference—Ninety days prior to Feb 10^th. Joe says we can change name before then.
• Meeting Records—Dr. Colleen Byrne (cbyrne@psyc.umd.edu)
• Colleen will send out drafts of minutes to the Executive Committee for review. Business meeting minutes will be sent to Phyllis for publication in the newsletter.
• Publications & Public Relations—Dr. Phyllis Terry Friedman (friedmpt@slu.edu)
• Newsletter—Dr. Phyllis Terry Friedman (Editor)
• Dr. Don Morgan brought up idea of members submitting “cool tools” of any media.
• People like the idea of a newsletter column devoted to meeting a Clinic Director and having a virtual tour their clinic.
• Group members really seem to like the new electronic format. Mike offered to help convert MS Word documents to HTML format. Phyllis will send the next newsletter draft to Mike. A pdf version will still be offered for those who want to print the newsletter.
• New Director Support—Drs. Leticia Flores (lyflores@vcu.edu) and Stephen Cook (s.cook@ttu.edu) (co-chairs).
• Stephen discussed the mentorship experience. There are no strict rules so far about the process. Using small stickers worked well this year to help identify new members.
• Joe suggested having programming just for new directors. Stephen recommends having programming for them at the beginning of the meetings. Erica says ACCTA has such break-out sessions for new directors. Stephen says there are specific developmental issues that are important to folks who are starting in their positions. Rob reported that members liked hearing about phases of professional development of the Clinic Director position. Mike really liked hearing about career development and promotion.
• Elaine says the group dinners have worked very well to helped members get to know each other. Erica mentioned that some members have expressed feeling left out in the past and wants to avoid this in the future.
• Stephen wants to update new director manual for website.
• Dr. Kelly McDonnel is the liaison between new directors and this committee.
• Awards & Recognition—Dr. Erica Wise (ewise@unc.edu)
• Erica wonders if we should consider recognizing a liaison like Dr. Cathi Grus at the joint meeting? Rob has thought she would be a good recipient. There was some discussion if it was too soon for her to receive an award. Erica thinks having the public forum serves us better, especially since our presence at APA has decreased. Bob mentioned that receiving an award from us could help her professionally. Eric asked for clarification of her role in competencies document. Cathi has put a lot of time in competencies survey. All seem to agree that she would be a good award recipient and joint meeting is good forum for award.
• Lee suggested we consider a gift for KrisMorgan to thank her for saving us money on this conference. Mike suggested Disney money as a possible thank you gift.
• Research—Dr. Eric Sauer (eric.sauer@wmich.edu)
• Eric has noticed a renewed interest in the research committee. Many more clinics are measuring outcome these days. More people want to do research and collaborate and there is an increased interest in testing competencies.
• Dr. Jennifer Callahan is looking into stimulus money to fund technology necessary for outcome research. Be on the lookout for email requesting data. Archival research easy if your consent form is set up.
• Erica likes the idea of APA symposium on research in training clinics.
• Diversity—Dr. Elaine Shpungin (shpungin@uiuc.edu)
• Elaine said the committee is considering 2 areas, 1) increasing diversity of directors to join and to attend ADPTC, and 2) a travel fund or fellowship. Directors of color are affected by financial difficulties. Their membership would be enriching for all of us and our students. A travel award could be tied to a presentation or not. We could also put a person of color on the panel to further include them in the conference. Eric suggested $500 fellowship for travel. Stephen suggests matching members for roommates might help save money above and beyond the travel award. Joe suggests paying in full versus a limited travel award. Eric suggests partially funding 2 people. Colleen suggests that we also waive the conference registration fee. Joe asks how much registration will be. Bob says that we do not know yet. Each council sets its own fee on top of the general joint conference fee. A $500 travel award was agreed upon.
• Rob asked the committee how we can attract directors of color. It will take some effort to search them out and make personal contact. Erica asks can we try this in Orlando. Erica says we will be doing large push to advertise via website after it is fully up and running by end of this semester.
• Collaboration & Liaison—Dr. Tony Cellucci (cellanth@isu.edu) (Dr. Erica Wise reporting)
• Tony suggests that committees keep a full written report on the website and then offer only a summary at the business meeting. He suggests that we find ways to include the liaisons other than offering a detailed report of their organization, to make their presence worthwhile.
• By-Laws & Document
• Rob will hold the name change issue until the next vote. Eric will send around a rationale and then we will call for a vote between meetings.

Item 2: Annual Meeting Update: Orlando, FL

· Joint meeting with CCTC: Dr. Bob Hatcher—Addressed under Item 1, Programs and Conferences (above).

Item 3: By-Laws review

· Proposed revisions: Dr. Rob Heffer—Addressed under Item 1, By-Laws & Documents (above).

11:00 to 11:05 Item 4: Future Planning

· Rob raised the issue of the 2011 meeting. He wants to keep it in a city in which we have a clinic director.

11:05 to 11:10 Item 5: Internship Placement

· Updates and Problem-Solving: Dr. Vic Pantesco

o Some large PsyD programs have been developing their own internships. Erica asks about match imbalance. Bob says there will be an update at the CCTC meeting. Bob will send the report to the website.

11:10 to 11:15 Item 6: ADPTC Events at APA

· Erica says we will have a room at APA. Breakfast will be planned. Social hour too on August 6^th. Mike is considering going this year. Dr. Randy Cox will be giving a talk.

11:15 Erica adjourned. Many thanks to Karen White.

Director’s Toolbox: The Ultimate Organizer

Note Card Bleachers

Phyllis Terry Friedman

Ever miss that important conference call because you didn’t look in your planner? Need to keep track of things that must be done in August? Have lots of good ideas you forget to follow up on?

Consider Note Card Bleachers. It has changed my life! I can see what I need to do today, this week, this month, and track long-term projects.

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Diversity Climates in Psychology Training Clinics:

Ten Easy Ways to Raise Your Clinic’s DQ Upon Your Return

Elaine Shpungin, and Ph.D. Karen Saules, Ph.D.

The diversity committee has ten ideas for you to consider. Their PowerPoint presentation given at the annual meeting can be found on the ADPTC website.

1. Diversify your magazines

2. Place a diversity welcoming statement in all your publications

“It is important to us that everyone who seeks services at the PSC is treated in a respectful, culturally informed and welcoming way.”

3. Put up a non-discrimination sign

The PSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, relationship status, disability, military standing, previous diagnosis, financial status, legal status, or other individual characteristics.

4. Print or purchase safe zone signs for office doors

5. Create a large print version of your main forms

6. Change the way you ask about client demographics

• race/ethnicity: multiple options
• transgendered option
• committed relationship option

7. Change the language in your publications and forms to 8th grade reading level (great student project)

Involve students in creating Diversity Resource Lists of consultants, groups, resources, etc.

9. Start a file of forms and brochures in other languages (involve students, download from web, write to colleagues)

10. Sign up for an intensive Diversity-related workshop!

Jean Spruill Award: Kim Lassiter

I have the honor of presenting Kim Lassiter the Jean Spruill Award, given to ADPTC members who have made outstanding contributions to our organization. Jean Spruill was a founding member of ADPTC, and an active supporter until her recent retirement. She was the first recipient of the award. Kim is the second. Kim made many valuable contributions to ADPTC, as our Secretary, as a member of our Executive Committee, and as an author of our Practicum Competencies Document, which has subsequently had a great deal of influence in our field. Kim developed an outstanding training clinic at Ohio University, implementing a comprehensive competencies assessment program, and building a robust training program. Capping these outstanding contributions, Kim has been a wonderful colleague, supportive, helpful and welcoming to all, exemplifying the spirit of ADPTC. We congratulate Kim on her achievements, and wish her the very best in the years ahead.

Bob Hatcher

Cool Little Reviews of Stuff

Edited by Don Morgan, Psy.D.

Please keep sending these reviews. When you think of something you really like and use, send a note to share with us all! - Don

Cool Stuff Department

Colleen Byrne: I've used the website www.officeplayground.com to find all sorts of cool, inexpensive stuff for my office. I like the "liquid motion" toys section. Clients and grad students really seem to like checking them out. The "stress relievers" section has dozens of options, going way beyond the usual squishy ball. Check it out.

Books

Jennifer Callahan: I picked up a copy of “Bad Therapy: Master Therapists Share Their Worst Failures” (Kotter & Carlson). This is the counterpart to a book by the same authors called “Their Finest Hour: Master Therapists Share Their Greatest Success Stories”.  I was weighing which one to get and decided I’d be more inspired to read about “bad” therapy. I’ve heard enough about how wonderful people think they are....the risk of working in academia I suppose. Anyway, the book had some wonderful moments in it that prompted self-reflection and pride in what our profession can offer to individuals in distress.  Unfortunately, there were other moments were I was disappointed to learn that some of the “masters” were so removed from the process that they have actually convinced themselves, and were willing to commit to in print, that they have never done a bad job clinically.  Personally, I’ve got bad moments in even my best sessions.  While I have a lot to learn, my suspicion is that some of these folks do too.

http://www.amazon.com/Bad-Therapy-Master-Therapists-Failures/dp/0415933234/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1238160153&sr=1-1

Technology

Don Morgan: FileHippo.com is a download site where you can get many of the updates you need, great freeware, and it is extremely safe from viruses and other troubles. Best and safest download site on the net, says McAfee. Try the update checker at www.filehippo.com/updatechecker which will scan all your software and find any that need updates, display them and offer to download. Also check out ccleaner at www.FileHippo.com/ccleaner which will scan your hard drive and remove lots of junk, but you can tell it what to do and what not to do.

For those of you who want to establish some biofeedback therapy in your clinics without having to buy expensive equipment, become experts, and invest in a lot of training, check out the heart-rate variability units from Heartmath Institute called the emwave system [http://www.heartmath.com/health-professional-/health-professional-overview.html ]. Training HRV is the simplest and most powerful way to regulate the autonomic nervous system. This system is inexpensive and easy to learn and use with patients. There is a small home trainer that augments the laptop or desktop system. Excellent data on efficacy, good electronics, and user friendly.

Finally, have any of you considered backing up your laptops and desktops “on the cloud?” You can get 2 gigs of backup space free on www.Mozy.com, or unlimited for $4.99 per month. It automatically finds everything you want backed up every few minutes and makes updated backups. In the event of a crash or accidental deletion, you can restore immediately. Everything is encrypted, and I have seen excellent reviews of Mozy in the NY Times. Very highly rated.

Entertainment:

Phyllis Terry Friedman

The Onion - It's satirical, irreverent and hilarious. Headlines like "Conspiracy Theorists Exchange Small Talk About Who Controls The Weather." I get the paper, but it's also available online. Makes a great Christmas gift! www.theonion.com

Don Morgan

The Sun – a literary magazine from Chapel Hill, NC. I’ve been reading it every month for over twenty-five years, and every month I look forward to its very human, deep and beautiful stories, poetry, interviews, memoirs, and photography. It was started on a pushcart by Sy Safransky and has a circulation of 80,000 with no advertising! The monthly feature, “Readers Write” will always make you laugh or cry, and it ends with a page of quotations that leave you feeling deep and ready to sound very profound if you can remember several of them. www.thesunmagazine.com

Lie to Me – TV worth watching. Weds at 8 or 9 on Fox [!] Science meets the search for the truth. Instead of Columbo scratching his head and mumbling about how he just doesn’t get it… We have a group of experts who can detect microemotions and therefore know when something is fishy. Based upon the amazing work of psychologist Paul Ekman [who is listed as a consultant to the show], the characters are armed with their video recorders and deconstruct people’s facial expressions and body language in order to find out what REALLY happened. Quirky, funny and never violent or disgusting, it will appeal to fans of good mystery writing. Seems like a saner take on the never-ending insulting exposes of everyone’s motives that we’ve come to love on “House.”

Kim and Erica suggest stimulus money for ADPTC.

Quinn and Hazel. Resemblance to Bob Hatcher is not by accident. Unless you’re looking at Hazel.