Presented by Sabrina Brandon Ricks, Ph.D. This program was recorded on March 17, 2021 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Suicide rates have risen in recent years among adolescents to the second leading cause of death in the United States. Although there have been multiple interventions introduced since 2010, one of the newest forms of intervention is via text…
Presented by Dr. Shelby Forbes This program was recorded on July 21, 2022 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Operating from the premise that effective patient-provider communication is essential to the efficacy of health related interventions, this multi-part presentation will cover a variety of topics in health communication. The first part, entitled Narrative & Medicine will discuss strategies for…
Presented by Dr. Stacey Diane Arañez Litam This program was recorded on Friday, March 17, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Asian Americans exist at the unique intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in ways that contribute to the presence of harmful sexual stereotypes. This engaging workshop outlines the origin of sexual stereotypes among Asian Americans and illuminates how these attitudes negatively impact the psychological and sexual wellbeing of API community members. Attendees…
Presented by Jose Rios, BCBA, CalABA President This program was recorded on April 13th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page "My initial forays into ABA came in the 70s and while never facing overt hostility in our field, I have been targeted with many micro-aggressions over the many decades. I will elaborate on the topic of micro-aggressions and…
Presented by Dr. Sarah Casella-Jones, BCBA-D, LBA (MD & VA) Recorded on Saturday, August 12, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses" page Take a journey with Dr. Sarah Casella-Jones as she explores her interaction with Organizational Behavior Management (OBM) and how her focus has changed throughout her career from Behavior-Based Safety (BBS) on an airport tarmac and autism therapists to…
Presented by Julia Albro, BS, Ph.D. Student in Clinical Psychology, and Robert D. Friedberg, Ph.D. Recorded on Friday, November 17th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page Following the COVID-19 pandemic, prevalence rates of psychiatric diagnoses among children and adolescents are rising. Multiple variables including individual psychological characteristics, pandemic-related stressors and systemic factors conspire to catalyze anxiety spectrum disorders.…
Presented by David B. Reid, Psy.D. This program was recorded on Friday, December 11th, 2020 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page What does your hypnosis treatment plan look like? Do you have one? Some clinicians tend to “wing it” or rely on scripts from clinical hypnosis textbooks for treating specific medical and psychological conditions. If you struggle with generating…
Presented by Martha Stark, MD Recorded on Friday, November 17th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page There are clients who, never having fully confronted – and grieved – the pain of their early-on heartbreak, cling tenaciously to their hope that perhaps someday the object of their desire will be forthcoming. But there are others who, in the…
Presented by Jennifer Fullick, Ph.D. and Breeda McGrath, Ph.D. Recorded on Thursday, November 16th, 2023 Access provided upon registration on "My Courses” page What occurs before, during and after the journey of a student studying abroad can have a significant impact on mental health. Planning for this journey can include many partners in exploring best options for a successful experience…
Presented by Steven Jay Lynn, Ph.D., ABPP This program was recorded on Friday, January 14, 2022 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page Over the past five decades or so, Dr. Lynn has used hypnosis in clinical practice and studied hypnosis in the laboratory. In this presentation, he will share what he has learned from his ongoing fascination with hypnosis and how…
Presented by Martha Stark, MD Recorded on Friday, July 21, 2023 Access provided upon registration on “My Courses” page "Pretending that it can be when it can't is how people break their hearts." -Elvin Semrad Relentless hope is a defense to which clients cling in order not to have to feel the pain of their disappointment in the object – the…