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2009 THEME: PRACTICAL ISSUES IN FORENSIC
PSYCHOLOGY
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY
25th Annual Symposium
March 26-29, 2009
San Diego, California -- The Westgate Hotel
SUGGESTED AREAS OF INTEREST
- Neuropsychology in court: traumatic brain injury, test administration and interpretation
- Tests in court, including misuse of tests
- Civil issues: disability, employment law, fitness for duty, workers' compensation
- The psychologist as expert witness in civil and criminal courts
- Expanding your forensic psychology practice
- What do attorneys and judges look for when retaining a psychologist? How do they find them? And what don't they want?
- Cases involving aggression and violence: risk assessment
- Juvenile and adult competency issues
- Malingering
- Ethical and practice issues that face the forensic psychologist
- Practice of psychology in correctional settings
- Family law, child custody
- Malpractice and risk management
- Working with attorneys
- Psychological trauma associated with vehicular accidents: evaluation, testimony
- New case laws relevant to forensic psychology
Included in the 2009 meeting will be:
a three-hour civil and criminal forensic skills panel--designed for attendee involvement.
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Deadline for Submission: September 5,
2008
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: SEPTEMBER 5,
2008
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(please type in both lower and upper case text, not only upper case)
In general, individual presentations will be alloted 40 minutes,including 10 minutes
for discussion.
Panels/workshops will be allowed more time.
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Learning Objective 1
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presentation?
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Learning Objective 3
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area of your submission..
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Journal of Forensic Psychology and/or in other scholarly publications
of ACFP. Proceeds from the sale of journals and recordings offset costs
of publishing and recordings and organizing the annual meetings.
IMPORTANT: A $100.00 honorarium
is given to symposium speakers whose presentations have been accepted
and is to be deducted from the 4-day meeting registration fee
(approximately $495). Speakers must register for the entire meeting
(not just for the day of their presentation) and remit payment
of the meeting fees by January 30, 2009. Once presentations have
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American College of Forensic Psychology
PO Box 130458, Carlsbad, California 92013
Telephone:
(760) 929-9777
Fax: (760) 929-9803
CLICK HERE IF YOU NEED HELP
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The
American College of Forensic Psychology is
approved by the American Psychological
Association to sponsor continuing education
for psychologists. The American College of
Forensic Psychology maintains responsibility
for this program and its
content.
Goal:
The goal of this symposium is to keep forensic psychologists
abreast of important issues which lie within the interfacing fields of psychology and law, recent developments in psychology requiring new
knowledge for expert witnesses, and new case law affecting
forensic practice.
Target audience: Practicing forensic psychologists, psychologists
in other subspecialties, and attorneys who litigate civil
and criminal cases involving psychological evaluations and
expert testimony.
Objectives: The expected results of the Symposium are that participants will improve their competence and performance by increasing their knowledge and skills in the areas of: (a) evaluation or treatment of forensic litigants and individuals with other forensic psychological issues; (b) new and ongoing research and developments in the field of forensic psychology; (c) relevant concepts useful in testifying and educating the court on mental health issues, and in working within the legal system; (d) changes in the law that affect clinical and forensic practice; and (e) legal and psychological aspects involving the mentally disordered inmate in correctional facilities.
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