The training and public service opportunity is sent to you courtesy of the Committee on Women in Psychology. Please circulate as you see fit.
-Nancy
Nancy A. Piotrowski, Ph.D.
Core Faculty, General Psychology
Harold Abel School of Social and BehavioralSciences
Department of Psychology, Capella University
President, Napa Solano Psychological Association
Federal Advocacy Coordinator, Division 50, American Psychological Association
Federal Advocacy Coordinator, Division 50, American Psychological Association
Website Chair, San Francisco Psychological Association
3450 Geary Boulevard, Suite #107
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone & FAX by request
Email: napiotrowski@yahoo.com
Skype: napiotrowski
"Not all those who wander are lost..." -J.R.R. Tolkien, 1954.
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Improve your practice and help your community:Become a Volunteer HIV Trainer!The American Psychological Association's (APA) HIV Office for Psychology Education (HOPE) Program seeks doctorial psychology students and doctoral-level psychologists to become volunteer HIV/AIDS mental health trainers. Candidates should have HIV-related research, clinical, and training experience.HOPE trainers are leaders within their respective fields, and have significant experience working with HIV infected or affected individuals. HOPE trainers are psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health clinicians who volunteer their time to provide their communities with the knowledge and skills necessary to better serve their clients.This program is funded under a five-year contract (280-09-0290) with the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and the SAMHSA Minority AIDS Initiative Targeted Capacity Expansion (MAI-TCE) 12 Cities Program.Selected applicants must commit to attend a training-of-trainer workshop in Chicago, IL, on May 31 – June 3, 2012.The training-of-trainers will prepare volunteer trainers to use the HOPE Program's state-of-the-science training materials to train mental health providers and paraprofessionals. In addition, newly recruited volunteer trainers will join current trainers in experiencing two recently launched training curricula: Short Term Evidence Based Interventions for People Living With or at High Risk for HIV; and HIV Integrated Care: Integrating Mental Health, Substance Abuse Screening, Brief Assessment, and Referral to Treatment into HIV Prevention.APA Continuing Education credit and up to a $200.00 reimbursement of receipted travel expenses to volunteers who successfully complete the training-of-trainers.Volunteer trainers must commit to training at least 30 mental health professionals within one year of their completion of the training-of-trainers. HOPE Program staff will assist volunteer trainers in fulfilling their commitment by offering training design, marketing, and promotion support.BENEFITS FOR PSYCHOLOGIST TRAINERS§ Deeper understanding of HIV-related mental health issues and their impact on access to services, retention in care, adherence to treatment;§ Improved training design and delivery skills;§ State-of-the-science training resources;§ Access to a national network of HIV/AIDS related mental health providers;§ National recognition as an APA HOPE Program HIV/AIDS trainer;§ Opportunities to be a leader in training mental health, health care, and social service professionals regarding the psychosocial needs of people at risk for, and living with HIV; and§ Opportunities to collect fees for training events offered by you.APPLICATION PROCESSComplete the online application http://forms.apa.org/pi/hope/ which includes submission of your vita and a letter that outlines your HIV-related clinical, research, and training experiences.Applications must be received by April 25, 2012.Qualified applicants will be chosen to reflect the diversity of the AIDS epidemic in terms of gender, ethnicity, populations served, and geographic proximity to one of the 12 metropolitan regions with the highest prevalence of HIV in the United State. Email notification of selection will be made on April 26, 2012.More information http://www.apa.org/pi/aids/programs/hope/index.aspx For questions, or to request a paper application, contact David DeVito, HOPE Program Training Director; telephone: 202-216-7603; email: ddevito@apa.org.
Tel: (202) 216.7603 | Fax: (202) 336.6198
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