2011 APA Conference

Featured Programming

Invited Symposium: Responding to Emergent Issues for Combat Veterans Involved in the Criminal Justice System
8/04 Thu: 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM  Convention Center, Room 206
Chair: Patricia A. Griffin, PhD, Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence, Wyndmoor
Papers:

• Why This Is Different Henry J. Steadman, PhD, Policy Research Associates, Inc., Delmar, NY
• View From the Bench: A Veterans Trauma Court The Hon. Ronald G. Crowder, JD, District Court, Colorado Springs, CO
•  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Responds: The Veterans Justice Outreach Initiative James McGuire, PhD, LCSW, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
• Connecticut’s Jail Diversion Efforts for Veterans Dave Kennedy, Southeastern Mental Health Authority, Norwich, CT

Presidential Address: Patricia A. Griffin, PhD, Pennsylvania Mental Health and Justice Center of Excellence, Wyndmoor
8/04 Thu: 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM   Renaissance Washington Hotel, Mount Vernon Square Room A
Title: Diverting Veterans With Behavioral Health Problems From the Justice System

Invited Address: Eric Elbogen, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
8/06 Sat: 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM  Convention Center, East Overlook Room
Title: Assessing and Managing Violence Risk Among Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Eric B. Elbogen, PhD

Invited Address: Annette Christy, PhD , University of South Florida
8 8/06 Sat: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM  Convention Center, Room 204B
Title: What Is a Veteran? Why Identification of Veterans in the Criminal Justice System Is Important to Research, Policy, and Clinical Practice

Invited Symposium: American Academy of Forensic Psychology
8/05 Fri: 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM     Convention Center, Room 152B
Chair: Anita Boss, PsyD, Independent Practice, Alexandria, VA
In 2007, Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) initiated both a two-year postdoctoral training program in forensic psychology and a Forensic Psychology Service.  The scope of forensic psychological training opportunities, forensic consultation, and forensic research opportunities in the military will be discussed.  WRAMC forensic psychologists and postdoctoral fellows have consulted on courts martial cases worldwide, and the training program offers rotations with the FBI, US Marshals, and other federal agencies along with a placement at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington DC.  Differences between military and civilian forensic practice will be discussed, along with new opportunities that will occur with the opening of the Center for Forensic Behavioral Sciences at the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Participants:

• Michael Sweda, PhD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
• Paul Montalbano, PhD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
• Maj. Samantha Benesh, PhD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
• Maj. Raymond McClenen, PsyD, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC

Paper Session: Veterans, Military Service Members, and Criminal Justice Programming--I
8/04 Thu: 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM  Convention Center Room 102A
Chair: Annette Christy, PhD, University of South Florida
Papers:

• Rebuilding the Forensic Criminal Justice System in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Development of a Veterans Treatment Court Gina M. Manguno-Mire, PhD, Tulane University School of Medicine; John W. Thompson, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine; Arthur L. Hunter, JD, New Orleans Criminal District Court, LA; Lilia Valdez-Lindsley, LCSW, Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, New Orleans
• Veterans on Trial: Juror Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Jennifer O. Kelly, MA, University of Alabama Stanley L. Brodsky, PhD, University of Alabama
•  Veteran Peer Mentors in Florida's SAMHSA Justice Diversion Trauma Recovery Initiative Annette Christy, PhD, University of South Florida; Colleen Clark, PhD, University of South Florida; Sarah Rynearson-Moody, MS, University of South Florida; Autumn Frei, MS, University of South Florida

Paper Session: Veterans, Military Service Members, and Criminal Justice Programming--II
8/05 Fri: 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM     Convention Center, Room 103A
Chair Christopher M. Weaver, PhD, MA, Palo Alto University
Papers:

• Distinguishing Between Authentic and Feigned PTSD in Veterans Seeking Disability Status Erika L. Liljedahl, PsyD, NCS, Inc., Chicago, IL
• Understanding the Transition of Military Veterans Into Law Enforcement Careers Laura A. Zimmerman, PhD, Applied Research Associates, Arlington, VA Arnold Daxe, MA, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, VA
•  Police and Veteran Interaction Training: Impacting Police Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes at Post-Training and Follow-Up Christopher M. Weaver, PhD, MA, Palo Alto University; Alexandra Garber, BA, Palo Alto University; David Joseph, PhD, Oakland Veterans Center, CA; Shara N. Dongon, BA, Palo Alto University; Amy Fairweather, JD, Swords to Plowshares, San Francisco, CA; Michael van Derwood, MA, Swords to Plowshares, San Francisco, CA

 

Conference Information

A booklet containing registration, hotel, airline, and other information was mailed with the April 2011 issue of the APA Monitor on Psychology and is posted on the APA website at www.apa.org/convention.

A full schedule of Division 41 programming is available here (as a PDF file).

For more information about the 2011 APA Convention, please contact the Division 41 Convention Co-Chairs, Dr. Lora Levett (llevett@crim.ufl.edu) and Dr. Chris Finello cfinello@pmhcc.org).

More information will be posted here when it becomes available.