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Registration Advance registration is requested. To register, please call PCOM Department of Psychology at 215-871-6442. Parking PCOM has a parking garage that can be entered from the PCOM driveway off Monument Road, from Stout Road, or from City Avenue. Cost: $5.00

Criteria for Earning CE For those attending, you must sign into each session, attend each session in its entirety and complete and submit the evaluation form at the conclusion of each session to be awarded Continuing Education credits. Partial credits are not available.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: 1.5 CE hours/credits per event (except for Dr. Johnson’s presentation for which 2.0 CE hours/credits are available). The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Department of Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PCOM Department of Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

NBCC COUNSELORS: 1.5 CE hours/credits per event (except for Dr. Johnson’s presentation for which 2.0 CE hours/credits are available). The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Department of Psychology is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events that meet NBCC requirements. The ACEP solely is responsible for all aspects of the program. Provider Number: 5672.

LICENSED SOCIAL WORKERS: 1.5 CE hours/credits per event (except for Dr. Johnson’s presentation for which 2.0 CE hours/credits are available). The Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (PCOM) Department of Psychology is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The PCOM Department of Psychology maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The Pennsylvania Board of Social Work Examiners recognizes and accepts the psychology continuing education hours/credits for social workers. Social workers who meet the CE criteria will receive the Certificate of Attendance.

One of the greatest barriers to ending racism and other forms of privilege is that we are trapped in cultural ways of thinking. These things turn conversations about privilege and oppression into occasions for members of dominant groups to feel guilt and become defensive. As a result, the conversations we need to have either happen badly or, more often, don't happen at all. This presentation is designed to help participants to overcome that barrier by providing alternative ways of thinking about difficult issues of privilege. Dr. Johnson's books, The Gender Knot (revised edition, 2005) and Privilege, Power, and Difference(2nd edition, 2005) will be used as a basis for describing these important issues. The presenter will use the clinical and empirical literature as well as practice knowledge in this area to inform guidelines for Best Practices.

Educational Objectives: Based on the presentation, the participants will be able to:

I. Describe issues of racism and privilege. II. Discuss thoughts and ways of thinking that negatively impact discussion of privilege and oppression. III. Describe some new and alternative ways of thinking about privilege and oppression that will foster effective discussion of these matters.

Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners Level of Instruction: Basic Number of CE Credits Offered: 2.0 Cost: Free

About the Speaker: Dr. Allan G. Johnson is a nationally recognized sociologist, nonfiction author, novelist, and public speaker and is best known for his work on issues of privilege and oppression, especially in relation to gender and race. He received his B.A. from Dartmouth College and his Ph.D. in Sociality from the University of Michigan. He has been a visiting lecturer at Dartmouth and a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University. He also served as Professor of Sociology and Woman’s Studies at Hartford College. He has spoken at more than 200 universities, colleges, corporations, and other organizations. He is the author of numerous books, including The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy and Privilege, Power, and Difference. His nonfiction books have been translated into several languages and excerpted in numerous anthologies. His novel, The First Thing and the Last, after meeting with considerable resistance from mainstream publishers because of its realistic portrayal of domestic violence, was named a notable debut work of fiction by Publisher’s Weekly and a “Great Read” by O Magazine. His second novel, Nothing Left to Lose, is the story of an American family in crisis during the Vietnam War.

This workshop will provide a sense of the common ways and reasons that clinicians may experience a “disconnect” with their clients based on diversity-related differences. Participants will learn how to consider universal/dominant and specific/local views of what is normal and abnormal and learn a framework with broad examples for addressing those differences, toward considering both “treatment as usual” and appropriate alternate diversity-related hypotheses in addressing differences. In particular, attendees will be exposed to examples of the key cultural competence factors of knowledge, skills, awareness, and dynamic sizing, with vignettes derived from real cases, so that service providers can experience better understanding of and rapport with their clients, and be exposed to skills that can increase their ability to provide strengths-based assistance to their clients. The presenter will use the clinical and empirical literature as well as practice knowledge in this area to inform guidelines for Best Practices.

Educational Objectives: Based on the Presentation, the participants will be able to:

I. Describe at least three reasons why issues arise in cross-cultural interactions II. Describe examples of universal/dominant and specific/local views of what is normal and abnormal III. Describe examples of the key cultural competence factors of knowledge, skills, awareness, and dynamic sizing IV. Describe the steps in applying diversity concepts to cases

Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners Level of Instruction: Basic Number of CE Credits Offered: 1.5 Cost: Free

About the Speaker: Dr. Shalonda Kelly is an Associate Professor in the clinical psychology department of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. She received her BA from Pomona College in psychology and her MA and Ph.D. from Michigan State University in clinical psychology – urban studies. Dr. Kelly publishes empirical and clinical work related to racial, ethnic and cultural issues, and couples relationships. She has received NIH and Rutgers University funding to study racial and cultural factors in clinic-referred and university populations. She also has consulted with colleagues and conducted workshops with organizations toward better understanding the needs of African American and other ethnic minority clients. She is a New Jersey licensed psychologist who conducts and supervises couples and family therapy from a cognitive-behavioral and systems theoretical orientation. She has had extensive experience in conducting outpatient, residential, emergency, and inpatient therapy with children, couples, families, and adults, predominantly of ethnic minority and other diverse backgrounds. She teaches courses on couple’s therapy and diversity and supervises graduate student clinicians.

Do you seek to understand your patient (and yourself) holistically – as full human beings? Every patient deserves our best and most professional treatment; every clinician deserves the opportunity to practice from her/his own best self. The likelihood and expectations of sexual minority group members for such treatment and opportunities range widely, are often age- or culture-related, and strongly influence the willingness to be open about our identities in the clinical setting. On either side of the desk – as patient or practitioner – sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, are often the unaddressed elephant(s) in the room, complicating medical treatment and the patient/practitioner relationship. Intolerance is increasingly socially unacceptable and often springs from a lack of understanding. Yet, for either patient or practitioner, tolerance alone is not enough. Tolerance does not equal acceptance. Further still, a grudging acceptance falls far from approval – far from the compassionate warmth of a good ‘bedside manner’ that allows for a true, therapeutic, clinical interaction and a complete understanding of the complex mosaic of sex, gender, and orientation – in yourself and in your patients. The presenter will use the clinical and empirical literature as well as practice knowledge in this area to inform guidelines for Best Practices.

Educational Objectives: Based on the presentation, the participants will be able to:

I. Discuss the differences between sex, gender identity, presentation of the mind, and affectional/sexual orientation. II. Describe strategies to allow patients (or, when called for, they themselves) to disclose personal information about their sex/gender/orientation in the clinical setting for a therapeutic purpose. III. Discuss ways in which sex/gender/orientation are viewed differently within different age-groups, ethnicities, and cultures, that further complicates disclosure.

Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners Level of Instruction: Basic Number of CE Credits Offered: 1.5 Cost: Free

About the Speaker: Nadine Rosechild Sullivan, Ph.D. is a lecturer, book author, and ordained minister. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D in Sociology from Temple University with concentrations in Women’s Studies, Gender, Sexuality, Racial and Ethnic Identity. Since 2004 Dr. Sullivan has taught as Temple University, Rowan University and Ursinus College. Throughout her career she has been the recipient of many honors, distinctions and scholarships. She maintains a counseling practice in Chestnut Hill, PA. and is a faculty member of the Sociology, Women’s Studies, and LGBT Studies Departments at Temple and Rowan Universities, where she teaches courses on diversity. She is the author of, “I Trusted You: Fully and Honestly Speaking of Gendered Assault” as well as “The Real Gay Agenda: What Gay (Bi & Trans) People Want – and Why.”

This leadership excellence session will explore the power and productive potential of diversity –led, aligned, integrated, and reinforced strategies –for personal, partnership, and institutional success. It defines pluralistic leadership (PL) as a healthy inclusion essential, and offers high value strategies and tactics for challenging meritless exclusions, structural divisiveness and inequities, partnering dysfunctions, mass media-scripted distortions, and crippling collusion This presentation builds rapid capacity and comfort to harvest diversity’s problem-solving and positive energy potential. It challenges inclusion charades, cosmetics, tourism, and inertia. It prepares the audience to lead PL change –to promote credible, merit-centric selection and utilization of significant, visible and subtle diversity throughout all institutional levels, arenas, and endeavors. The presenters will use the clinical and empirical literature as well as practice knowledge in this area to inform guidelines for Best Practices.

Educational Objectives: Based on the presentation, participants will be able to:

I. Define diversity, inclusion, collusion, and pluralistic leadership (PL) and important key indicators II. Describe systemic-, collective-, mass media-, and self-mastery PL challenges as well as PL change impediments and opportunities III. Discuss PL best practice models, action accountabilities, impact metrics, and reinforcements IV. Discuss PL systemic and self-mastery principles to promote and sustain more robust inclusion

Target Audience: Doctoral Level Psychologists and Other Mental Health Practitioners Level of Instruction: Basic Number of CE Credits Offered: 1.5 Cost: Free

About the Speakers: A licensed psychologist, Dr. Gordon graduated cum laude from Harvard University; earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan; and completed post-doctoral mass media, group dynamics, and conflict resolution study at the University of Pennsylvania/Annenberg School of Communications.

Dr. Gordon’s career spans 35+ years – as college professor, health and mental health systems manager, psychotherapist, leadership coach, and organizational advisor. His faculty affiliations have included: University of Michigan, Temple University, University of Pennsylvania, Antioch College, Goddard College, Department of Psychiatry/Thomas Jefferson University, Family Medicine/Medical University of South Carolina, and the Federal Executive Institute. He serves on the Health Promotion Council’s Board of Directors. Dr. Maya Gordon is a specialist in self-concept, identity formation, women’s health/empowerment, and mass media. She is a developmental psychologist, former Temple University and St. Joseph’s University faculty, and Cabrini College Assistant Professor. Dr. Gordon graduated from Spelman College magna cum laude and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan. She completed Wellesley College post-doctoral mass media and women’s identity research. Dr. Gordon is married and the mother of 4 children.