August 7, 2015

General Membership Meeting Agenda

ISPP at Argosy University, Chicago

225 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1300

Chicago, IL 60601

13th Floor, Rooms 1310/11

In Attendance:

Name / School/Agency
Monica Saavedra / VOHE Dept. of Health and Human Services
Rosario Pesce / Loyola Univ. School Psych
Margaret Smith / ISPP-Chicago
Kati Hefferon / South Campus
Crystal Kannankeril / Center on Halsted
Anmol Satiani / DePaul University
Kusha Murarka / Roosevelt University
Erica Schweitzer / City Colleges of Chicago
Misty Mann / TCSPP- Clinical
Bonnie Hassan / Trinity Services
Gina Meyer / Illinois State University
Miki Koyama / NEIU
Reema Obaid Ross / TCSPP – Forensic
Corina Ratz / TCSPP Counseling MA
Kisha Jenkens / Loyola School Univ-School Psycho
Rebecca Resendiz Rodriguez / PrimeCare Community Hlth
Kelli Johnson / ISPP-Schaumburg

Professional Networking Hour (noon-1pm)

Business Meeting (1pm-2pm)

Introduction:

Kelli Johnson, Ph.D. welcomed members to the meeting and expressed her hope for the year: Moving towards greater collaboration between member sites and schools

Announcements

Dr. Johnson thanked Michelle Emerick, Psy.D. and Mary Grigar, Ph.D. for their service on the EC and welcomed new EC members Monica Saavedra, Psy.D. (President Elect), Misty Mann, Psy.D. (Secretary), Kati Hefferon, Psy.D. (Guidelines), and Crystal Kannankeril, Psy.D. (Professional Development).

Committees and Reports

Treasurer Report (Kelli – Peter absent):

  • The current balance for ACEPT is $16,433.00
  • Membership Renewal will be sent to schools and sites in the coming weeks and the dues should be submitted by October 15thto Peter Battista, Psy.D. ABPP

Professional Development Committee (Kelli):

  • No updates at this time

Bylaws Committee (Kelli- Paul absent):

  • Finalized documents from last year with the attorney

Student Executive Board (Kisha):

  • No updates at this time (student EB will be meeting in the coming weeks)

Old Business

May ACEPT conference summary and discussion (Kelli)

  • A brief power point presentation was provided overviewing the feedback from the Conference:
  • Overall people felt the topics were relevant and content was appropriate
  • Logistics overall received positive feedback (location, organization, and food)
  • Qualitative feedback included:
  • Overall positive feedback on speakers (however, a piece of feedback noted that one of the presenters was alarmist and not as informative and the keynote speaker, at times, felt very basic)
  • Recommend that the conference be held on another day other than Friday
  • Members attending the business meeting recommended the following for next years ‘conference:
  • Survey members on preferred day/times of the conference along with if they are willing to do a presentations and if so on what topic
  • Panel of Supervisors and TD from school to open the conference (challenged mentioned was that the keynote would need to meet the guidelines for CEs)
  • Safe place to discuss challenging experiences and hear others experiences and voices (consultation)
  • Cross training for supervisors and TD
  • Multicultural Competency
  • Members were asked to share other ideas for next years’ conference

New Business

Upcoming meeting dates/locations (Kelli):

  • Asked members to check in regarding locations/space for the November 6th and February 5th meetings (May conference).

Practicum Fair location and date (Monica):

  • The practicum fair will take place at Roosevelt University on December 4th 2015. (Please provide any recommendations for improvement of the practicum fair to Monica)

Standardized Reference Form (Kelli-Eunice absent):

  • APPIC will be using new standard reference form for 2015-2016 internship search process. The form was discussed during the Continuing Education discussion portion of the meeting (please see below regarding this discussion)

Practicum Application Date:

  • Kati stated that the timeline for practicum search would be similar to this past year

Master level students:

  • Members discussed the challenges associated with master’s level students submitting applications with the same time line as the doctoral students.
  • Students miss out of opportunities for sites that go earlier
  • Sites miss out on students if they follow ACEPT timeline for their search process
  • Sites have a high rate of no-shows/cancellations for masters students because they have already accepted a position
  • Some schools provide early permission to master students
  • Some sites find it easier to have one date for both master and doctoral applicants

Consultation Groups during ACEPT meetings:

  • Members discussed the need for a safe space for TD to discuss challenging experiences. Ideas included:
  • Round table at the noon hour (e-mail topics and breakout groups beforehand)
  • Formalize the consultation hour because it could be really valuable to the membership
  • Possibly keep it confidential and only limited to TD’s
  • Will create an opportunity to have consultation and bring group closer to being more a community

Continuing Education Discussion(2pm-3pm)

Group discussion facilitated by Kelli Johnson & Crystal Kannankeril

Fouad, N.A., Grus, C.L., Hatcher, R.L., Kaslow, N.J. Hutchings, P.S., Madson, M., Collins, F.L., Jr.& Crossman, R.E. (2009). Competency Benchmarks: A Developmental Model for Understanding and Measuring Competencein Professional Psychology. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. Vol 3(4, Suppl), Nov 2009, S9-S26.

Standardized Reference Form:

  • Members discussed the use of a standardized reference form for the practicum search process. The following were recommendations and feedback from the membership:
  • The form could be adapted from the APPIC form to make it more applicable to the practicum search process
  • The writer could use behavioral examples
  • Create separate sections/Adapt language:
  • multicultural competency
  • therapy presence/empathy/self-care
  • a checkbox for recommend, strongly recommend etc.),
  • unique characteristics that make this applicant stand out from others
  • Optional or Required (some felt the form would be like filling out an additional evaluation) bullet points could be used if required
  • Using form may make it easier when it comes time for students to apply for internship (cut down on work)
  • Add checkboxes for areas not observed
  • The form would allow for weaknesses to be addressed and opens the door for constructive criticism
  • Adapting the benchmarks within the form
  • Can translate from the evaluation to the form (recommend schools make evaluation more in line with the form)
  • Questions for how the form could be adapted for faculty writing for first year students applying for practicum
  • Pilot it for advanced students only
  • Clarifying and re-stating the information as it is relevant for the student’s level of training
  • Comparing to other students not helpful would prefer identifying unique characteristics
  • Have the form be a discussion or a breakout session during the conference
  • Summary:
  • Eunice will work on the standardized Reference Form (e-mail Kelli or Eunice if you want to help with creating this form so we can use it this coming spring semester)

Next Meeting: 11/7/2015, location TBA

Adjourned