Upcoming Events for ACPA Members


Shrink Drinks
Date: February 24, 2012
Time: 6:00 pm.- ?
Description: An informal way to meet colleague, network, and develop a community of professional support.
Location: Lake Chalet Seafood Bar & Grill, 1520 Lakeside Dr., Oakland. Contact Jessica Michaelson, 510-545-2147, jmichaelsonpsyd@gmail.com

Board Meetings


February 5, 2012
Time: 10 am - 12 pm
Description: Board Meeting
Location: not yet scheduled
Contact: Madeline Feingold, mlfeingold@gmail.com
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THE 2010-2011 CONTINUING EDUCATION SERIES
FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS, LMFTS, LCSWS AND NURSES

Below is a schedule of upcoming Continuing Education events.
For additional information, please download the Adobe Acrobat version of the Schedule.

To register for one or more of these events, please download the Registration Form (PDF format).


Digital and Social Media Ethics for Psychologists
Date: January 21, 2012
Time: 1:00pm-4:00pm
Instructor: Keely Kolmes, PsyD
Description: The Internet and social media are offering a number of new clinical and ethical challenges for those who provide face-to-face mental health services. These challenges include extratherapeutic contacts between therapists and their clients, questions about what distinguishes personal and professional activities online, and a lack of clearly developed policies related to our online behaviors and interactions.

This course offers an introduction to digital ethics and to various social networking sites and activities. It provides guidelines for anticipating and managing the problems that may arise for practitioners who are using these sites. Applicable ethical standards will be addressed. The instructor will also incorporate vignettes and discussion items that address not only the clinical, but how to explore these issues in a training and teaching environment. While this course focuses on issues that may be of concern to clinicians who provide online therapy and who also maintain a presence on social media sites, online treatment (via text- based or video-chat) will not be specifically addressed in this course.

In this workshop, Dr. Kolmes will teach participants to:
  • Describe social media and summarize several popular social media sites and services.
  • Distinguish between one’s personal and professional activities on the Internet.
  • Identify the ethical challenges that may arise from engaging in activities on the Internet.
  • Construct a social media policy for one’s office to address potential boundary issues with clients.
For additional information, see the Event Flier
CE Units: 3.0
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley
Geneva Hall Room G206
2407 Dana Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
To register: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=cmsqs
Contact: Wright Institute Continuing Education
510-841-9230, x172
Email:
CE Website: http://www.wi.edu/continuinged.html

The Alameda County Psychological Association Programs:

  1. Present high quality, convenient continuing education courses that meet re-licensing requirements for psychologists, including law and ethics, mandated reporting of elder and child abuse, substance abuse, and the like.
  2. Provide up-to-date information on research and clinical theory that bear directly on clinical practice and teaching.
  3. Provide a forum for psychologists to present their own programs to their colleagues.
  4. Allow members to request and help develop education programs in which they are interested.
  5. Provide opportunities to meet other psychologists, network, and renew acquaintances.