{"id":45,"date":"2018-09-24T22:51:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T22:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/cshb\/?p=45"},"modified":"2021-04-07T06:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T06:45:28","slug":"apa-convention-highlights-summer-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.calbaptist.edu\/cshb\/2018\/09\/24\/apa-convention-highlights-summer-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"APA Convention Highlights – Summer 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weekend of August 8-12, thousands of psychologists converged on the Moscone Center in San Francisco. We crowded the airports, hotels and the downtown restaurants. Poster tubes hung on the shoulders of what seemed like every other person passed by. (Fortunately, I\u2019d used Spoonflower.com to print my FABRIC<\/a><\/strong> poster, so I was feeling pretty breezy walking around without that worry!) But, it did feel kind of strange knowing that every other person I walked by was likely a psychologist of some sort (health psychologist, neuropsychologist, developmental psychologist, clinical psychologist\u2026you get the idea).<\/p>\n

The excitement on the first day of the convention was palpable. Researchers readied to present their posters, presenters clipped on mics and the new APA presidential hopefuls passed out badges and literature around every corner.<\/p>\n

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Did you say Bryan Stevenson?<\/strong><\/p>\n

For me, the highlight of the convention was sitting in sessions and listening to well-known psychologists speak about their research and passions. Bryan Stevenson<\/a> (attorney and author of Just Mercy<\/em>\u2026.you\u2019ve got to read it), provided the keynote address. (Can I say that I was doing a bit of \u201cfan-girling\u201d when I heard!)<\/p>\n

AND Aaron Beck<\/a>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve put together some quotes from the sessions I attended with some of these amazing people. To see them in person and hear directly from them was a great honor\u2013especially since I teach about their work every semester. Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n

Aaron Beck<\/u> (Cognitive Therapy\/Cognitive Behavioral Therapy developer). First of all, did you know that he goes by \u201cTem\u201d (from his middle name Temkin)? At 97 years old he continues to research and write. He\u2019s currently researching cognitive interventions for individuals with Schizophrenia. He was asked how many more years he\u2019ll plan to do a video conference for the APA convention. He said, \u201cI plan to do it for the next three years. After that, I\u2019ll re-evaluate.\u201d He\u2019ll be 100 at that time!<\/p>\n

Jon Kabat-Zinn<\/u> \u2013 (Mindfulness Based-Stress Reduction developer). When asked about his approach, he said, \u201cMindfulness is not a therapy, it is a way of being.\u201d He also stated, \u201cHealing is not fixing but coming to terms with things as they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brad Bushman<\/u> (previous member of President Obama\u2019s committee on gun violence and researcher on violence and aggression). When speaking of media violence (tv, video games, etc) and its impact on kids and teens he said, \u201cHow can kids do something 7.5 hours per day and not be influenced by it?\u201d He stated that he\u2019s found, \u201cWhen parents provide limits to media exposure, it decreases aggressive behavior.\u201d He notes that he gets hate mail from teens about these assertions all the time! For example, \u201cVideo games don\u2019t make me want to be violent but you do!\u201d<\/p>\n

Patricia Deegan<\/u> (a major influencer of the mental health recovery movement and developer of the Schizophrenia \u201cHearing Voices\u201d simulation). For people with Schizophrenia (and other sufferers of mental health issues), she encourages figuring out what your \u201cpersonal medicine\u201d is \u2013 things that we do that \u201cput a smile on our face\u201d and can potentially help decrease symptoms. For example, your personal medicine could be playing an instrument, petting a dog or gardening.<\/p>\n

James Garbarino<\/u> (researcher in child and adolescent development, particularly juvenile delinquency and childhood aggression). According to his research, the average number of Adverse Childhood Experiences<\/a> (ACES) for teen killers is 7+ out of 10. For the average American youth, the average is 1-2.<\/p>\n

Next year the APA Convention will be in Chicago, IL. Want to go?<\/p>\n

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Dr. Veola Vazquez is a licensed psychologist and a professor of psychology at California Baptist University. To find out more about her ongoing research, check out her Culture and Character Lab<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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