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CURRENT POSITION

   Private Practice
   Licensed Psychologist

   Member,

   Mental Health Committee
   Maricopa County Family Court
   8-00 to present

EDUCATION and TRAINING

Post-Doctoral

   Mediation Training for Divorce and
   Child Custody (40 hours)
   CDR Institute
   Boulder, Colorado

Pre-Doctoral

   Ph.D. Clinical Psychology
   Illinois Institute of Technology
   Chicago, Il.
   12/83

   M.S. Clinical Psychology
   Illinois Institute of Technology
   Chicago, Il.
   8/80

   NIMH Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow
   University of Wisconsin
   Department of Psychiatry
   Madison, WI  53792
   8/80 – 8/83

Undergraduate

   B.S. Psychology
   University of Illinois
   Urbana, Il
   8/77

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION

   Licensed Psychologist
   License #1164
   Granted by the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners
   6/85 to present

   Licensed Clinical Psychologist
   License # 017.007158
   Granted by the State of Illinois
   Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
   9/30/06 to present

   National Register for Health Care Service
   
Providers in Psychology
   Certificate # 34737
   12/1986 to present

   Diplomate, Board Certified Forensic Examiner
  
American Board of Forensic Examiners
   Certificate #1279
   9/95 to 2004

   Diplomate, Forensic Clinical Psychology
  
American Board of Psychological Specialties
   Certificate # 5524
   6/99 to 2004

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

   American Psychological Association
   Arizona State Psychological Association
   National Register for Health Care Service Providers in Psychology
   Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
   Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Arizona Chapter

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  8/87 to present
  Private Practice
  Licensed Psychologist
  Mesa, AZ

  Child Custody Evaluations by Superior Court Appointment
  1995 to present

   Parenting Coordinator by Superior Court Appointment
  1995 to present

   Therapeutic-Reunification by Superior Court Appointment
   1997 to Present

   Therapeutic Intervention by Superior Court Appointment
   1997 to Present

   Divorce transition counseling for adults, adolescents and children

   Blended family counseling for adults, adolescents and children

   Behavioral health treatment for adults, adolescents, children, couples, and
   families

7/89 – 7/95  Director of Psychology
   Desert Vista Hospital
   Mesa, AZ  85203

8/86 – 7/87  Chief, Mental Health Clinic
   USAF Hospital, SCHMA
   Williams AFB, AZ  85240-5300

   Administrative Responsibilities

  • Directed overall operation of MH Clinic
  • Supervised Clinical Social Worker
  • Supervised Mental Health Technician
  • Coordinated QA Program
  • Clinic policies and procedures
  • Direct and implement programs
  • Member of QA Committee of Medical Staff

   Clinical Responsibilities

  • Consultant to Airsickness Management Program
  • Treatment to Airsickness Management Program
  • Conducted Fitness for Duty Evaluations
  • Conducted substance abuse evaluations
  • Consultant to Substance Abuse Program
  • Consultant to Hostage Negotiation Team
  • Direct/Implement Base Training Program
  • Design/Direct/Implement Smoking Cessation Program
  • Consultant to WAFB Hospital
  • Psychological Evaluations
  • Neuropsychological Evaluations
  • Outpatient behavioral health treatment for active duty members and their families

8/84 – 7/86  Clinical Psychologist
   USAF Hospital/SGHMA
   Luke AFB, AZ  85309-5300

   Clinical Responsibilities

  • Outpatient behavioral health treatment for active duty members and their families
  • Consultant to USAF Hospital
  • Consultant to Squadron Commanders
  • Consultant to USAF Correctional Facility
  • Conducted fitness for duty evaluations
  • Guest lecturer to base agencies
  • Psychological Evaluations
  • Neuropsychological Evaluations
  • Directed/Implemented Parent Training Program

9/83 – 8/84  Clinical Psychology Resident
   USAF Medical Center
  
Wright Patterson AFB, OH  45433

  • A.P.A. Approved Clinical Psychology Internship
  • Four Full-Time Rotations - Outpatient Clinic-adults, adolescents, children
  • Consultation/Liaison-to med/surg hospital
  • Neuropsychology - adults, adolescents, children
  • Inpatient-psychiatric and alcoholism Rehabilitation

8/80 – 8/83  NIMH Pre-Doctoral Fellow
   University of Wisconsin
   Department of Psychiatry
   Madison, WI  53792

  • Research and clinical applications in the use of computers in psychiatry - Dissertation on the use of computers in the treatment of depression
  • Psychiatry Residency training coursework

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

01/16/04   Chairperson
   Annual Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court
   Maricopa County, Family Court Division

3/03 – 9/03  Member

  • Task Force, Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners to Review Statutes, Rules and Procedures

01/10/03   Co-Chair

  • Annual Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court Maricopa Country, Family Court Division

1/81 – 9/82  Clinical Psychology Trainee
   Mendota Mental Health Institute
   Madison, WI  53792

   Forensic Rehabilitation Service

  • Inpatient treatment unit for men found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect
  • Conducted Psychological Evaluations
  • In-service training lectures to nursing staff
  • Supervised master’s level intern
  • Inpatient behavioral health treatment to patients and their families

5/81   Psychology Trainee
   Intensive Training in Cognitive-Behavior
   Therapy with Brian Shaw, Ph.D.
   University of Western Ontario

2/81 – 3/81  Psychology Trainee
   University of Wisconsin
   Department of Psychiatry

   Madison, WI  53792

  • Research Diagnostic Criteria (RDC) and Schedule for Affective Disorders and   Schizophrenia (SADS)

1/80 – 5/80  Psychology Trainee
   Ravenswood Hospital Community Mental Health Center

   Chicago, Il

  • Administration and Program Evaluation Research Supervised by Paul Sherman, Ph.D.

5/79 – 8/79  Psychometrist
   Institute for Psychological Services
   Chicago, Il  60616

  • Administered intellectual, vocational, and personality tests
  • Provided provisional results

1/78 – 8/80  Teaching Assistant
   Illinois Institute of Technology
   Chicago, Il  60616

  • Instructed course in clinical interviewing and psychotherapy
  • Taught introductory course in psychology

1/78 – 8/80  Clinical Psychology Trainee
   Illinois Institute of Technology
   Student Counseling Center

   Chicago, Il  60616

8/74 – 6/76  Counselor
   Champaign Community Mental Health Center
   Champaign, Il

  • Hotline telephone counselor for suicide prevention

8/74 – 6/76  Research Assistant
   Department of Psychology
   University of Illinois

   Urbana, Il

  • Conducted research projects in behavioral self -control under the direction of Professor Frederick H. Kanfer

6/74 – 8/74  Teacher’s Aide
   Dixon Developmental Center
   Dixon, Il

  • Implemented behavioral management programs for severely developmentally challenged children

 

PRESENTATIONS

Selmi, P.M. Roles of Mental Health Professionals and the Family Court. Presented with Honorable E. Ballinger at the Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court Department Annual Training for Mental Health Providers. December 8, 2006

Selmi, P.M. Research Update presented at the Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court Department Annual Training for Mental Health Providers. January 21, 2005

Selmi, P.M. The basics of conducting child custody evaluations. Presented at the Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court Department Annual Training for Mental Health Providers. January 26, 2001

Selmi, P.M. Clinical Computer Applications. Presented at the Missouri Institute of Psychiatry. April 30, 1983.

Selmi, P.M., Klein, M.H., Greist, J.H., and Harris, W.G. An Investigation of Computer-

Assisted Cognitive-Behavior Therapy in the Treatment of Depression. Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the National Conference on the use of On-Line Computers in Psychology. Philadelphia, PA. November, 1981.

Selmi, P.M. and McPhee, D. Expanding Your Practice: Do You Have to be Crazy to do Family Forensics? Presented at the Arizona Psychological Association Conference, Scottsdale, AZ. October, 2003.

Zarr, M.L., Selmi, P.M., and Baer, L. Computer-Aided Therapy: Machine Helping Therapist. Presented at the American Psychiatric Association Meeting. Washington D.C. May, 1992.

 

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Editorial Board. Computers in Human Services.  Dick Schoech, Ph.D., Editor. The Hayworth Press, Inc. 1984 – 1992.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Selmi, P.M., Klein, M.H., Greist, J.H., Sorrell, S.P. and Erdman, H.P. Computer-assisted cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression. American Journal of Psychiatry. 1990, 147, 51-56.

Selmi, P.M., Computer-assisted cognitive-behavior therapy in the treatment of depression. Doctoral Dissertation, Illinois Institute of Technology, December, 1983

Selmi, P.M., Klein, M.H., Greist, J.H., Johnson, J.H., and Harris, W.G. An investigation of computer-assisted cognitive-behavior therapy in the treatment of depression. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation. 1982, 14, 181-185.

Selmi, P.M. An investigation of causal attribution, self-reinforcement, and social comparison in depressed and non-depressed subjects. Master’s Thesis, Illinois Institute of Technology. August, 1980

Sorrell, S.P., Selmi, P.M., and Johnson, J.H. An on-line computer-based system for determining social costs and benefits. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation. 1982, 13, 511-514.

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION

2007

The Psychologists Legal Update 14: Psychology in the Electronic Age, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology Continuing Education Course, Christian Holland, Esq. presenter. September 10, 2007. (2 CE credits Ethics and Legal Issues).

Confidentiality in Psychotherapy: Ethics, Legal, and Clinical Issues. Zur Institute, on-line course. September 6, 2007. (6 CE credits Ethics and Legal Issues).

AFCC Arizona Chapter Annual Conference, AzAFCC Rolls Out the Ted Carper Sedona, AZ  Feb 2 - 4  (14.5 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute: Till Meth Do Us Part. Nicholas Taylor, Ph.D., presenter.
     
  • Why Won’t Anyone Listen? Children’s Contributions to Custody Decisions, Richard A. Warshak, Ph.D., presenter.
     
  • The Brady Bunch Meets Cinderella: Untangling “Blended Family” Relationships, Patricia L. Papernow, Ed.D., presenter.
     
  • The Burning Bed: A Look at Domestic Violence from Inside the Emergency Room and the Implications for Mediation, Honorable Steven D. Sheldon and Christie del Castillo, M.S., presenters.
     
  • Untangling Blended Family Relationships: Working With People in Stepfamily Relationships, Patricia L. Papernow, Ed.D.
     
  • Not Without My Daughter: Understanding Pathologically Alienated Children, Honorable Steven D. Sheldon, Ann Haralambie, J.D., Donnalee Sarda, M.C. and Craig Everett, Ph.D., presenters
     
  • Mental Health Ethics: Analyze This: Ethics Update for Mental Health Providers, Connie J.A. Beck, Ph.D., John Moran, Ph.D., Diana Vigil, M.A. and David Weinstock, J.D.. Ph.D., presenters.

2006

Mental Health Providers Annual Training Superior Court of Maricopa Country Family Court, Phoenix, AZ.  Jan. 6, 2006 (6.5 CE Credits)

  • Roles of Mental Health Professionals and the Family Court: New Provider Orientation. Honorable E. Ballinger and Paulette M. Selmi, Ph.D., presenters
     
  • Beyond Guidelines: Using Divorce and Child Development Research to Craft Appropriate Parenting Plans for Children, Joan Kelly, Ph.D., presenter
     
  • Provider Update: Issues, Ethics, and Research, Faren Akins, J.D., Ph.D. and John Moran, Ph.D., presenters

AFCC Arizona Chapter Annual Conference, Sculpting Healthy Families. Sedona, AZ  Feb 3 0 5, 2006  (17 CE Credits)

Pre-Conference Institute: Child Abuse: What You Need to Know. Leslie Drozd, Ph.D., presenter.

  • Long-Term Consequences of Divorce for Children. Paul Amato, Ph.D., presenter.
     
  • Clearing the Unique Hurdles in “Never-Married” Divorce Cases.
     
  • Domestic Violence and Parenting. William Austin, Ph.D., presenter.
     
  • Parental Insightfulness. Leslie Drozd, presenter.
     
  • Hot Topics and Ethics for Mental Health Professionals.
     
  • Stalking Behavior. Mindy Mechanic, Ph.D. and Maureen O’Conner, Ph.D., presenters.

AFCC 43rd Annual Conference, Judging Conflicts, Crises and Clients in Family Court.  Tampa Bay, Florida, May 30- June 3, 2006 (22 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute: Controversial Issues in Child Custody Evaluations presented by William Austin, Ph.D., Lorraine Martin, MSW, David Martindale, Ph.D. and Nancy Olesen, Ph.D. (7 hours)
     
  • In Whose Best Interests? Juggling the Rights, Needs and Interests of Children, Parents, and Families presented by Hon Susan Carbon, David Hoffman, Ph.D., and Isolini Ricci
     
  • Preventing Abduction in Child Custody Disputes presented by Linda Elrod, J.D. and Janet Johnston, Ph.D.
     
  • How Attachment Relationships Inform Custody Evaluators presented by Ginger Calloway, Ph.D., Nancy Grace, J.D. and S. Margaret Lee, Ph.D.
     
  • A National Survey of Psychologists’ Testing Practices in Custody Evaluations presented by James Bow, Ph.D., James Flens, Ph.D. and Jonathan Gould, Ph.D.
     
  • Juggling for Judges: It’s Not Just Decision Making Anymore presented by Barbara Babb, J.D., Hon. Denise McColley, and Hon. R. James Williams.
     
  • What’s Wrong With Children’s Rights? Presented by Martin Guggenheim, J.D., Linda Elrod, J.D. and Marsha Klein Pruett, Ph.D.
     
  • Expert Testimony and the Admissibility of Psychologist Testing presented by Hon. William Fee, Linda Fidnick, J.D., Dianna Gould-Saltman, J.D. and David Medoff, Ph.D.
     
  • Criteria for Psychopathy or Dangerousness presented by Larry Fong, Ph.D. and Arnold Sheinvold, Ph.D.
     
  • Listening to Voices of Children of Separation and Divorce presented by Sandra Demson, Deborah Graham, Judith Huddart, LL.B. and Hayley MacPhail, M.Ed.
     
  • Family Restructuring Therapy for High Conflict and Estranged Children presented by Steven Carter, Ph.D., Bonnie Haave, Ph.D. and Shirley Vandersteen, Ph.D.

2005

Mental Health Providers Annual Training Superior Court of Maricopa Country Family Court, Phoenix, AZ.  Jan. 21, 2005 (6.5 CE Credits)

  • Family Court Advising
     
  • Custody Evaluation Procedures and Report Writing
     
  • Case Law/Legislative and Research Updates
     
  • Domestic Violence Issues: Death Review Panel (2 hrs)
     
  • Sexual Abuse Allegations (1 hr)

AFCC Arizona Chapter Annual Conference, Decisions Decisions Decisions: Better Decision Making for Children. Sedona, AZ  Feb 4 – 5, 2005  (10 CE Credits)

  • When Are Overnights Overmuch for Young Children After Divorce? The Collaborative Divorce Project. Marsha Kline-Pruett, Ph.D., M.S.L.
     
  • Vision for Arizona Family Courts, Vice Chief Justice Ruth McGregor, Arizona Supreme Court, Plenary Session
     
  • DES and CSP Reform—Vision for the Future, DES Director, David Burns’
     
  • Is it Abuse or Alienation: What is a Court to Do? Nancy Olesen, Ph.D., Plenary Session
     
  • Parenting Under the Influence, Joel Glassman, Ph.D.
     
  • Mediating Beyond Custody and Parenting Time. Honorable Norman Davis, Honorable James McDougall, Attorney Jeffrey Pollitt
     
  • Creative Consequences/Family Court Advisors and Special Masters. Honorable Jan Kearney, Lynne Kenney-Markan, Psy.D., Attorney Eileen Bond, Vicki Newsom, M.S.W.
     
  • Alternative Judicial Approaches to Custody Resolutions. Honorable Nancy Flatters.
     
  • Research Findings: Long-Term Effects of Custody Mediation and Mediation with Couples with Domestic Violence. Connie Beck, Ph.D., Dave Sbarra, Megan Hunter. Plenary Session.

AFCC 42nd Annual Conference, Solving the Family Court Puzzle: Integrating Research,

Policy & Practice.  Seattle, Washington, May 18 - 21, 2005 (20 CE Credits)

  • Relocation Cases: An International View from the Bench. Honorable Mary Lou Benotto, Honorable Peter Boshier, Honorable Diana Bryant, Honorable Dennis Duggan. Plenary Session.
     
  • Shattering the Myths: What the Research Shows about Lawyer Negotiations. Andrea Schneider, J.D., R. John Harper, L.L.B., and Honorable Linda Dessau. Plenary Session.
     
  • Parenting Coordination Consultation: Nightmare Cases, Trials and Tribulations. Matthew Sullivan, Ph.D.
     
  • Parenting Coordination Standards of Practice. Christine Coates, M.Ed., J.D.
     
  • Custody Evaluations Standards Task Force. William Austin, Ph.D., Lorraine Martin, M.S.W. and David Martindale, Ph.D.
     
  • Considering Children’s Preferences in Custody Disputes. William Austin, Ph.D., Dianna Gould-Saltman, J.D. and Lyn Greenberg, Ph.D.

Parenting Coordinators…2006 & Beyond. Scottsdale, Arizona, October 14, 2005 Sponsored by AFCC Arizona Chapter. Christine A. Coates, M.Ed., J.D. (6.5 CE Credits)

2004

Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court, Phoenix, AZ.  Jan 10, 2004 (7.5 CE Credits)

  • Domestic Violence (2 hrs)
     
  • Ethics (1 hr)
     
  • Family Court Advising

AFCC Sixth International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Nashville, TN October 14 – 16, 2004

  • Pre-Conference Institute: Abuse and Alienation (Drozd, Kuehnle, Olesen) (7 hr)
     
  • Plenary Session: Should Evaluators Recommend? The Ultimate Question
     
  • Plenary Session: Negotiating the Ultimate Question
     
  • Plenary Session: The Trial—The Ultimate Question
     
  • Review of the Empirical Research on Child Custody Practice (Bow)
     
  • A Pragmatic Approach to Visitation Resistance (Deutch, Fee, Ward)
     
  • The Investigative Component in Child Custody Evaluation (Gould and Martindale)
     
  • Post Evaluation Procedures and Ethical Considerations (Martindale, Steinberg, Tyler)

(17.0 CE Credits total for conference)

Legal and Ethical Risks and Risk Management in Professional Psychological Practice, Jeffrye N. Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP, presenter, December 3, 2004, Scottsdale, AZ., AzPA (6 CE Credits)

2003

Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court, Phoenix, AZ  Jan 10, 2003 (7.5 CE Credits)

  • Domestic Violence
     
  • Ethics
     
  • Family Court Advising

AFCC Arizona Chapter Annual Conference, Sedona, AZ  Feb 7 – 9, 2003: Working on the EdgeChallenges in Family Law (13.25 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute: How to Practice at the Intersection of Law and Behavioral Health
     
  • Domestic Violence and Society’s Response
     
  • Hell No, I Won’t Go
     
  • New Thoughts on Relocation

The Abusive PersonalityNew Perspectives on Domestic Violence, Donald Dutton, Ph.D., presenter, February 12 – 13, Mesa, AZ, Specialized Training Services, Inc. (14 CE Credits

Custody Evaluations and Risk Management. David Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP, presenter, September 20, 2003, Cincinnati Ohio, American Academy of Forensic Psychology (7 CE Credits)

Arizona Psychological Association Annual Convention, Scottsdale, AZ  October 10-111, 2003: Surviving and Thriving in Turbulent Times (14 CE Credits)

  • Keynote Session with Stanford Perlman, Ph.D. Changes in Psychology: That Was Then, This is Now
     
  • Visions of the Future: Payment, Parity, Prescriptive Authority, and Practice Focus with Pat DeLeon, Ph.D., J.D.
     
  • Clinical Psychopharmacology: A Practitioner’s Approach with Robert Wales Garrett, M.D.
     
  • Plenary Session with AzPA’s Legislative Committee, Arizona Legislators: Creating Positive Political Partnerships
     
  • Expanding Your Practice with Mary Genredon , Ph.D. speaking on Organizational Development Business Practices
     
  • Expanding Your Practice with Paulette Selmi, Ph.D. and David McPhee, Ph.D. speaking on Do You Have to be Crazy to do Family Forensics?
     
  • Your Practice: From Ramp Up to Wrap Up presented by Larry Cohen, J.D., Ph.D.

2002

Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court, Phoenix, AZ  Jan 11, 2002 (6.5 CE Credits)

Arizona Mental Health and the Law 2002, Jan. 25, 2002, Mesa, AZ (6 CE Credits/includes 2 hours of ethics)

AFCC AZ Chapter Annual Conference, Sedona, AZ  Feb. 8 – 10, 2002. Developing A Child- Centered Approach To Custody Disputes (14 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute—Invisible Trauma: Cultural Considerations and Relationship Violence
     
  • The Child’s Temperament: Implications for Parenting Plans
     
  • Love Attachments and Terror Attachments: Implications for Parenting Plans With Young Children
     
  • Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: Immediate and Long-Term Effects
     
  • Special Needs Children in Mediation and Evaluation
     
  • Model Parenting Time
     
  • Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire—Use of Lie Detectors
     
  • What the Courts Can and Should Do For Families

Homicide: Behaviors, Motives, and Psychology, March 11 – 12 2002, Las Vegas, Nevada, Specialized Training Institute (16 CE Credits)AFCC 39th Annual Conference—Looking Over the Rim: New Horizons for Families, Courts, and Communities, Big Island of Hawaii, June 5 – 8, 2002 (17 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute: relocation Cases Involving Young Children: Current Developmental and Legal Issues
     
  • Group Interventions for Children from High Conflict, Violent, and Separating Families
     
  • Resiliency in Children of Divorce
     
  • The Art and Science of Parent-Child Observation in Custody Evaluations
     
  • Troxel v. Granville Revisited
     
  • Building Resilience in Alienated Children
     
  • Reconnecting Children with Absent Parents
     
  • He Said, She Said: Gender, Custody and Communication

HIPPA Compliance Training for PsychologistsCountdown to 2003, November 15, 2002, Arizona Psychological Association (4 CE Credits)

AFCC Fifth International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Tucson, AZ November 7 – 9, 2002

  • Pre-Conference Institute: A Practical Approach to Relocation Cases
     
  • Addressing Allegations of Abuse: Early Intervention
     
  • Domestic Violence in Contested Custody Cases
     
  • Children Exposed to Violence
     
  • Effective Collateral Sources of Information
     
  • Expert Testimony: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
     
  • Addressing Allegation of Abuse: Options for Interventions and Resolution (14.5 CE Credits)

Trauma Bonds, November 18, 2002, Scottsdale, AZ, The Meadows Institute (2 Credits)

2001

Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court, Phoenix, AZ  Jan 11, 2001 (6.5 CE Credits

AFCC Arizona Chapter Annual Conference, Feb 9 – 11, Sedona, AZ Picking Up the Pieces: A Team Approach to Strengthening Families (14 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute Collaborative Divorce
     
  • Mediation Research: Long-Term Outcomes and Some Implications for Practice & Policy
     
  • High Conflict Families
     
  • Sexual Abuse Allegations: Assessment and Treatment
     
  • Psychological Testing: What It’s All About

Divorce and Custody Mediation Training, CDR Institute, Boulder, CO, April 23- 27 (40 CE Credits)

Visions For Children, May 4, 2001, Phoenix, AZ. Presenter—Janet Johnston, Ph.D. (6 CE Credits)

AFCC 38th Annual Conference: Conflict Resolution, Children, and the Courts, May 9-10, Chicago, IL (20CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institutes: 1)The ABC’s of High Conflict Families and Alienated Children 2) Special Masters and Parenting Coordinators: Tailoring Services for High Conflict Families
     
  • Restoring Relationships Between Alienated Children and Their parents
     
  • Assessing Sexual and Physical Abuse
     
  • Crafting Developmental Appropriate Parenting Plans
     
  • Screening for Domestic Abuse and Other Impairments to Mediation
     
  • The Impact of Romantic Relationships in Post-Divorce Families
     
  • The Child’s Voice in Relocation Disputes
     
  • Empirical Advances in Child Custody Evaluations
     
  • The Role of the Treating Expert in Custody and Visitation Disputes
     
  • How To’s in Family Law Cases Involving Domestic Violence

2000

Mental Health Providers Annual Training, Superior Court of Maricopa County Family Court, Phoenix, AZ  Jan 11, 2000 (6.5 CE Credits)

AFCC AZ Chapter Annual Conference, Feb 4 – 6, Sedona, AZ Redefining Families Controversy and Consensus (14 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute Expert Assistance and Testimony in Custody Cases
     
  • The Essential Parent
     
  • The Relationship Between Domestic Violence and Co-Parenting Issues and Resolutions
     
  • Gender Bias in Custody Decision Making
     
  • Current Legislative Issues and Trends

A View from the Bench, National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, March 15, 2000 (1 CE Credit)

AFCC 37th Annual Conference May 31 – June 3, 2000, New Orleans, IL (20 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute Rethinking Alienation
     
  • Early Intervention in Child Alienation Cases
     
  • Conducting Custody Evaluations in Cases Involving Family Violence
     
  • Case Management and the Alienated Child: A Team Approach to Entrenched Cases
     
  • Child Sexual Abuse: Myths and Reality
     
  • Custody Evaluations and the Alienated Child
     
  • Shared Parenting: In Whose Best Interests
     
  • Controversies About Alienated Children
     
  • Children’s Grief and Divorce: A Developmental Approach
     
  • Domestic Violence: Assessing Risks

AFCC 4th International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, November 9 – 10, Kiawah Island, South CA. (17 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute—Addressing Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse, Kathryn Kuehnle, Ph.D., presenter
     
  • Parenting Coordinators and Special Masters
     
  • Ethical Challenges in Child Custody Evaluations
     
  • Psychological and Legal Considerations in Relocation Cases
     
  • Alienation or Abuse?
     
  • How to Fortify Your Custody Evaluations to Stand Up in Court
     
  • Early Intervention in Complex Cases: Addressing Immediate Risk
     
  • Custody Evaluations and the Alienated Child

Custody Evaluations in Cases of Domestic Violence: Assessing the Needs of Children

1999

Jeopardy in the Courtroom, Jan 25, 1999, American Psychological Association Independent Study (10 CE Credits)

Digital Medicine, Jan 18, 1999

AFCC AZ Chapter Annual Conference, Feb 12-14, Sedona, AZ When Good Parents SeparateProfessional Dilemmas In Facilitating the Good Divorce (10 CE Credits)

AzPA Annual Convention, Sept 24 – 25, 1999, Mesa, AZ (6 CE Credits)

  • Working Successfully With Stepfamilies

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing April 23 – 25, 1999, Austin, TX. (17 CE Credits)

AzAMFT Spring Conference, April 30, 1999, Phoenix. (6 CE Credits)

  • What Therapists Need to Know About Divorce Law in Arizona
     
  • Collaboration With Court Appointed Counselors
     
  • Deciding To Divorce: When to Hold ‘Em and When to Fold ‘Em
     
  • Marriage Closure Therapy
     
  • Becoming Forensically Informed
     
  • Children in Divorce
     
  • Parental Alienation, Games People Play, Developing Parenting Plans

1998

The InternetA Guide for Health Professionals Part I, Feb 14, 1998 ((6 CE Credits)

The Health Professional’s Guide to the Internet, Part II, March 4, 1998 (2 CE Credits)

The InternetA Guide for Health Professionals, March 4, 1998 (6 CE Credits)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorders April 27, 1998, Phoenix, Az (5 CE Credits)

1997

Risk Management With Potentially Dangerous Patients, Dec 2, 1997 Independent Study by American Psychological Association (9 CE Credits)

AFCC 3rd International Symposium on Child Custody Evaluations, Sept 11 – 13, 1997 (17 CE Credits)

  • Pre-Conference Institute Advanced Applications Working With Children in Custody Evaluations
     
  • Parental Alienation: Assessing and Addressing the Challenge
     
  • Interviewing Children
     
  • Challenging Relocation Cases
     
  • In Who’s Best Interest? Evaluators in Cases of Domestic Abuse
     
  • Advanced Issues in Interviewing Children
     
  • Ethical Issues for Evaluators
     
  • To Test or Not to Test?
     
  • Working With Pre-Teens and Adolescents

Young Lives in DangerProtection Starts With You (child abuse prevention, recognizing sexual abuse in children, medical evaluations of children alleging sexual abuse, child abuse dynamics and investigations, identifying markers of child abuse) April 25, 1997, Phoenix AZ, Legal Education Institute (6 CE Credits)

1996

How to Testify in Child Custody and Divorce Cases, June 25, 1996, Phoenix, AZ, Legal Education Institute (6.5 CE Credits)

MMPI-II & MMPI-A in CourtA Practical Guide for Expert Witnesses, July 8, 1996, Independent Study, American Psychological Association (10.5 CE Credits)

16th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Neuropsychology, New Orleans, LA Oct 30 – Nov 2, 1996 (16 CE Credits)

  • Expert Witness Testifying Tips for Neuropsychologists: Avoiding the 101 Most Common Mistakes
     
  • How to Manage ADHD Referrals of Children, Adolescents, and Adults
     
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults
     
  • Behavioral Assessment in Neuropsychological Assessment: The BASC Approac

1995

When Once is Not Enough, March 29, 1995 (1 CE Credit)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder, April 3, 1995 (2 CE Credits)

Risk Management in the Evolving Health Care Market, May 19, 1995, Arizona Psychological Association (7 CE Credits)

Vulnerabilities of Psychologists as Expert Witnesses , June 3, 1995, Phoenix, AZ, Jay Ziskin, Ph.D. presenter

Home Study on Psychopharmacology , July 27, 1995 (16 CE Credits)

How to Testify in Court , October 3, 1995, Legal Education Institute, Phoenix, AZ (6 CE Credits)

1994

Short-Term Therapy With Children March 1, 1994, Phoenix, AZ, Lawrence C. Shapiro, Ph.D., presenter (6 CE Credits)

Managed Care and Short-Term Therapy, April 22-23, 1994, Scottsdale, AZ (14.4 CE Credits)

How to Avoid MalpracticeUseful Clinical Strategies, Sept, 26, 1994, Independent Study Course (12 CE Credits)

Advances in Primary Prevention, Oct 10, 1994, Mesa, AZ (6 CE Credits)

A Practitioner’s Guide to DMS-IV, Oct. 28, 1994, Chandler, AZ (7.8 CE Credits)

Identifying and Managing the Consequences of Sexual Abuse Oct. 31, 1994, Independent Study Course (18 CE Credits)

1993

MMPI-A Workshop, Phoenix, AZ, University of Minnesota Dept of Psychology, James Butcher, Ph.D. Presenter (6 CE Credits)

Child Custody and Visitation in Arizona Feb 23, 1993, Phoenix, AZ (6.5 CE Credits)

Benzodiazepines : Use and Abuse, April 28, 1993 (1 CE Credit)

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