Conference Agenda (Draft Version--Subject to Change)
15th Annual VA Psychology
Leadership Conference
“VA Psychology Advancing the Transformation:
New Directions and Technologies for Care”
Co-Sponsored by the APA Practice Directorate, the Association of VA
Psychologist Leaders (AVAPL) and APA Division 18-Psychologists in Public
Service
April 11-14, 2012
The Westin Riverwalk
420 W. Market Street
San Antonio, TX 78205
Phone: 210. 224.6500
www.westin.com/riverwalk
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
5:30 pm -7:30 pm Registration and Informal SocialThursday, April 12, 2012
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:30 am
Welcome and Overview
8:30 am – 9:15 am
Opening Keynote Address
TBA
9:15 am – 10:00 am
Invited Address
TBA
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:45 am Invited Panel – Complex Clinical
Presentations Dialectical
Behavior Therapy (DBT) in the VA
Sara J. Landes, Ph.D., Research Health Science
Specialist Dissemination & Training Division
National Center for PTSD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Laura L. Meyers, PhD, ABPP, Evidence Based
Psychotherapy Coordinator
Primary Care/Mental Health Integration Team
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Addressing Family Issues in Veteran’s Mental
Health Care
TBA
Issues in the treatment of Co-Occurring Chronic
Pain and Substance Use Disorders
TBA
11:45 am- Noon Break
Noon – 1:00 pm
Lunch - Clinical Breakouts
Breakout 1: How to successfully implement
DBT in the VA
Sara J. Landes, Ph.D.
Research Health Science Specialist
Dissemination & Training Division,
National Center for PTSD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Laura L. Meyers, PhD, ABPP
Evidence Based Psychotherapy Coordinator
Primary Care/Mental Health Integration Team
Minneapolis VA Health Care System
Breakout 2: Treatment of Co-morbid Chronic
Pain and Substance Use Disorders
TBA
1:00 pm- 1:15 pm Break
1:15 pm – 2:00 pm
APA Practice Directorate Invited Address
Randy Phelps, Ph.D., Deputy Executive Director
for Professional Practice, American
Psychological Association, APA Practice
Organization
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Update on Psychology Education in VA
Robert Zeiss, Ph.D., Director, Associated Health
Education, Office of Academic Affiliations, VACO
2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 pm -4:30 pm
Invited Panel – Telemental Health: Expanding
Access to Care through Technology
Overview and current status of Telemental
Health in the VHA
TBA
Home Based Telemental Health using MOVI
Technology: Meeting Veterans Where They’re
At
Peter Shore, Psy.D.
Program Manager, Web Services
Office of Mental Health Services, VHA
Acting VISN20 Telemental Health Lead
Expanding Access to Psychotherapy in Rural
Populations through Telemental Health: The
EBP for PTSD Telemental Health Initiative
Tracey Leone Smith, Ph. D.
Psychotherapy Coordinator Office of
Mental Health Services - VA Central Office
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Invited
Address and Presentation of the Patrick
DeLeon Advocacy Award
TBA
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Social Hour/Poster Sessions
Friday, April 13, 2012
7:00 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:15 am
Welcome and Housekeeping
8:15 am – 9:00 am
Keynote Address: APA President
Suzanne Bennett Johnson, Ph.D.
President, American Psychological Association
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Break
9:30 am – 11:30 am
VA Central Office Invited Panel
TBA
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Invited
Panel: Mental Health Metrics: Process and
Outcomes
TBA
2:00 pm -3:00 pm Breakouts Session: New Technologies in
Mental
Health Treatment
Breakout 1: Tools for Recovery Oriented
Treatment Planning: The Mental Health
Suite Treatment Planning Software
TBA
Breakout 2: A Survey Web-Based Mental
Health Self-Help Programs
Ken Weingardt, Ph.D.
National Director, Web Services Office of
Mental Health Services
Breakout 3: TBA
TBA
Breakout 4: TBA
TBA
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Breakouts
Session: New Technologies in Mental
Health Treatment (Repeated)
Breakout 1: Tools for Recovery Oriented
Treatment Planning: The Mental Health
Suite Treatment Planning Software
TBA
Breakout 2: A Survey Web-Based Mental
Health Self-Help Programs
Ken Weingardt, Ph.D.
National Director, Web Services Office of
Mental Health Services
Breakout 3: TBA
TBA
Breakout 4: TBA
TBA
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm Open Discussion
5:15 pm - 6:15 pm Social Hour
Saturday, April 14, 2012
7:30 am - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:00 am -12:00 pm Workshops
Workshop 1: VA Integrated Ethics: Advancing
the Transformation of Ethics Quality in
Health Care
John P. Billig, PhD, ABPP, LP
Psychology Supervisor Minneapolis VA Health
Care System
Workshop 2: Developing and
Implementing a
Telemental Health Program
Peter Shore, Psy.D.
Program Manager, Web Services
Office of Mental Health Services, VHA
Acting VISN20 Telemental Health Lead
Tracey Leone Smith, Ph. D.
Psychotherapy Coordinator
Office of Mental Health Services - VA Central
Office
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