The following workshops are scheduled immediately before and after our 2016 Conference in Bloomington, MN. Workshops with No-Ψ indicate that they are not available for APA Continuing Education Credit. WORKSHOPS FOR NASAP 2016 May 12-15, Bloomington, MNThursday Morning, May 12, 8:00 AM-12:00 PMHow the Grinch Brought Back Adler: Teaching Individual Psychology to Children Through Allegory No-Ψ Participants will learn to develop, implement, and consider the impact of an educational intervention designed to explore Individual Psychology through allegory; and, to promote the advancement of Individual Psychology through early development exposure; and, to use these Adlerian concepts in developing self-knowledge and relationships to systems of influence. Life Style Listening Skills No-Ψ Participants will learn to identify life style beliefs, psychological movement, and goals from the language a client uses in an interview and to synthesize hypothesized life style beliefs, movement and goals into a life style summary using the "two points of a line" method. Out of Context Problems No-Ψ In this session we will explore noticeable differences, the perceived conflict that those differences produce and build effective strategies to create networks of inclusive relationships. Born to Create No-Ψ Workshop participants will engage in a hands on experiential connecting to their innate artistic creativity. Practitioners will integrate “The Indivisible Self- Wellness Model” by Meyers & Sweeny (2005) as a way to reflect upon practitioner impairment. Creative self-care strategies will be explored as a wellness tool for practitioners. Participants will learn 3 creative strategies to help prevent practitioner impairment and 3 ways the Indivisible Self- Wellness model (2005) can be used for personal and professional self-awareness. Thursday, May 12, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMHow to Talk So Gamers Will Listen and Listen So Gamers Will Talk Participants will learn to use a general video game vocabulary and how to use terms to communicate with clients in their counseling sessions; identify different kinds of video games and specific characters, plots, relationship patterns, and themes from selected video games and how to use this information /knowledge in communicating with clients and building relationships in counseling sessions. They will be able to describe ways that gaming impacts clients’ lifestyle and to design therapeutic metaphors that use gaming language and plan interventions for clients who are living the “gaming life.” Solving the Mystery of Parenting Teens No-Ψ Would you like to share the life-changing Positive Discipline principles with parents of teens, but worry about whether you’re equipped to support parents who may be dealing with unmotivated or rebellious teens, early sexual activity, or drug and alcohol use? Solving The Mystery of Parenting Teens Facilitator’s Training is designed to help educators feel confident supporting parents of teens. Get familiar with experiential activities and Save time by providing “ready to go” content in a 7 week course. Participants will learn how to use the ready to go content (17 hour course outline) to deliver an effective workshop and they will also learn what parents of teens need to improve relationships with their teens. Materials will be provided. Adaptive Reorientation Therapy Participants will be able to discuss Adler’s Law of Movement and its relationship to other core concepts; identify “realities of social living” as they apply to an identified client; demonstrate ways to elicit personal ambitions from clients and clarify mistaken beliefs and idealistic goals associated with these ambitions and recognize the interpretations (private logic) in these; conduct a retrospective life-style assessment and analysis including family constellation and niche adoption, parental influences (presence/absence, parental values cultural influences (ethnic, racial, religious, regional, etc.)), early recollections and recurrent dreams; assess client’s strengths, assets, liabilities and limitations; identify goals and methods for psychoeducation (group and individual) to develop more optimally effective solutions to life’s challenges. Adlerian Case Conceptualization and Pattern Recognition Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D. & Jon Sperry, M.S.W., Ph.D. Participants will be able to identify at least three myths about case conceptualization and identify the truths dispelling those myths; identify key elements of effective case conceptualization and demonstrate a step-by-step strategy for developing effective Adlerian case conceptualizations and treatment plans based on pattern recognition; demonstrate the relationship between Adler’s concept of “movement” and pattern recognition; identify the role culture and diversity plan in case conceptualization; and, show the relationship to prognosis and identify potential barriers to treatment based on case conceptualization. Lifestyle Live! No-Ψ Les White, Psy.D. Participants will learn the major Adlerian/Individual Psychology concepts, such as holism, teleology, phenomenology, purpose of behavior, the influence of the social field, psychology of use vs. possession, the power of choice, the "Law" of Compensation and striving for significance, inferiority-superiority "movement," the tasks of life, the family constellation, and early recollections and how to gather, understand, and use Lifestyle data as a counseling technique. Thursday Afternoon, May 12, 1:00 PM-5:00 PMConnecting Across Cultures No-Ψ Participants will learn how to put Adlerian principles into action through this integrative process as they explore their own personal, cultural beliefs and hidden bias. Participants will learn how to integrate art therapy processes, Early Recollections and body language (Adler’s “physical speech”) to access cultural and intergenerational patterns. This will enable them to enhance their effectiveness with multicultural clients, colleagues, and family members. Coaching Using MBTI® Personality Type to Achieve the Crucial Cs No-Ψ Participants will learn the Crucial Cs Model of Adler's Core Needs and How the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® assessment can be used to help clients achieve those core needs. Present Like A Pro: Taking Adler to the World with Confident Presentations, Seminars, and Workshops No-Ψ Participants will learn the skills and techniques of great presenters, facilitators, and workshop leaders and how to best present themselves, how to handle their nerves, and how to be confident in their knowledge. Counseling Families with Children who meet ADHD Criteria No-Ψ Participants will learn conclusions of prominent scientists with regard to use of drugs for treatment of children who manifest behavior that meets the criteria for the ADHD diagnosis and a systematic approach to understanding and helping parents and children in a family wherein a child meets the criteria for the ADHD diagnosis. Sunday Morning, May 15, 8:00 AM-12:00 PM'Funtastic’ Adlerian Techniques for Change No-Ψ Participants will learn over twenty techniques for demonstrating Adlerian theory and practice and the theory behind experiential learning, and the power of utilizing humor and metaphor to facilitate the 'change process'. Student Assessment With and Without Social Interest No-Ψ Participants will learn how to apply the concept of social interest to the practice of measuring human performance and hands-on techniques that not only assess but encourage learning and collaboration. Positive Discipline: Tools for Home and School No-Ψ Participants will learn Positive Discipline Tools based on Adlerian Psychology in the Classroom and Adlerian-based Positive Discipline Tools for Parenting in Today's World. Cha-, Cha-, Change: An Overview of the New ACA Code of Ethics No-Ψ This session, presented by a member of the ACA Ethics Revision Task Force, will provide an overview of ethics with particular attention to key changes in the new ACA Code of Ethics. Participants will learn key changes in the new ACA Code of Ethics and ethical issues related to social media, technology, & distance counseling.
Additional information about presenters’ credentials, educational objectives, or target audience of any presentation or workshop can be obtained by calling the office: 260-267-8807. |