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Three Continuing Education workshops will be held at the Doubletree Resort (Conference Hotel) for those who would like to obtain CE Credits. These workshops will be sponsored by the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. Registration forms, which include pricing information, may be downloaded below. The workshops will run from 9:00am to 4:00pm on Wednesday and Sunday, with an hour for lunch.

As an organization approved by the American Psychological Association, the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute is offering each workshop for 6 continuing education credits for psychologists. The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute maintains responsibility for the program.

Accommodations for Disabilities: Persons with a documented disability requesting reasonable accommodations should contact Dr. Randy Otto at FMHI, Mental Health Law and Policy, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612, or (813) 974-9296, or otto@fmhi.usf.edu, at least 21 days in advance of the event.

To register for one or more of the CE workshops, click one of the links below to download a registration form. Once downloaded, print the form and follow the instructions for providing the required information and submitting payment.

Developmental Pathways to Conduct Disorder: Implications for Understanding and Treating Severely Aggressive and Antisocial Youth

This one-day workshop, presented by Paul J. Frick, Ph.D., will focus on recent research investigating the many different pathways through which children may develop a propensity to act in an antisocial and aggressive manner. Antisocial youth are a significant concern for the juvenile justice system, the education system, and the mental health system. Despite the fact that a great deal of research has been conducted with such youth, interventions provided in each of these systems have often not been guided by this research.

The purpose of this workshop is to describe research that has differentiated among groups of antisocial youth, each showing somewhat distinct risk factors. The workshop will focus on understanding the developmental mechanisms that may be disrupted by these risk factors and how these mechanisms may differ across groups. A specific focus of this discussion will be on research conducted by Dr. Frick over the past 14 years that has identified a group of antisocial youth with callous-unemotional traits who seem to have deficits in their conscience development. Many of the characteristics of these youth make them less amenable to many commonly used interventions. The implications of this research for designing more effective prevention and treatment programs for youth with Conduct Disorder will be discussed and examples of such interventions in various settings will be provided.

· to identify the large number of risk factors that have been associated with severe antisocial and aggressive behavior in youth.

· how these risk factors may differ across subgroups of antisocial youth and what developmental processes may be affected within these subgroups.

· the importance of callous-unemotional traits for designating one important subgroup of antisocial youth.

· the implications of the many different developmental pathways to Conduct Disorder for designing more effective prevention and treatment programs for antisocial youth.

Paul J. Frick, Ph.D. is Research Professor of Psychology and Director of the Applied Developmental Psychology Program at the University of New Orleans . Dr. Frick earned his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Georgia . Dr. Frick’s research broadly focuses a) on understanding the many interacting causal factors that can lead children and adolescents to have serious emotional and behavioral problems and b) on how to apply this research to enhance the mental health services provided to youth. He has published over 99 manuscripts in either peer-reviewed journals or as book chapters in edited volumes and he is author or co-author of five books and test manuals. Dr. Frick is currently the Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology which is the official journal of Division 53 of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.

A primary focus of Dr. Frick’s research is on understanding the factors that can place children and adolescents at risk for developing severe antisocial and violent behavior patterns, especially those antisocial youth who show a callous and unemotional interpersonal style. He recently completed a five-year longitudinal study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health investigating the development of severe antisocial and violent behavior in school children. Dr. Frick authored the book, Conduct Disorders and Severe Antisocial Behavior published in1998 by Plenum Press as part of the Clinical Child Psychology Library Series. He has also developed the Antisocial Process Screening Device published in 2001 by Multi-Health Systems to aid in the assessment of children at risk for severe antisocial behavior. A second focus of Dr. Frick’s research focuses on the assessment and diagnosis of children's emotional and behavioral disorders. Dr. Frick was coordinator for one site included in the DSM-IV Field Trials for the Disruptive Behavior Disorders and he was chair of a task force for Division 12 (Clinical Psychology) of the American Psychological Association on Upgrading the Science and Technology of Assessment and Diagnosis. Dr. Frick has co-authored the text, Clinical Assessment of Child and Adolescent Personality and Behavior, with Dr. Randy Kamphaus which was originally published in 1996 with a second edition published in 2002.

This one-day workshop is designed for practicing forensic psychologists. A primary focus will be on the application of detection strategies via both standardized methods and individualized approaches. Participants are asked to bring several very brief case issues for the wrap-up discussion

The morning session will address (1) conceptual issues key to clinical assessment, (2) use of the MMPI-2 and PAI to assess response styles, and (3) application of MMPI-2/PAI to individual cases. The afternoon session will focus on interview-based methods including a demonstration-interview and use of structured interviews (i.e., the SIRS). Next, it focuses briefly on cognitive measures, their validity and forensic applications. Finally, the workshop provides a wrap-up session in which participants bring 1-minute cases, common issues, and impossible questions.

· knowledge of current myths and misconceptions about malingering and secondary gain

· in-depth review of two multiscale inventories (i.e., MMPI-2 and PAI) and their usefulness in for the detection of feigning, irrelevant responding, and defensiveness

· introduction to the SIRS and interview-based approaches to the assessment of feigned mental disorders

Richard Rogers, PhD, ABPP is a nationally recognized expert on malingering and response styles. His book, Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception, was honored by the American Psychiatric Association as an outstanding contribution to forensic psychiatry. Dr. Rogers is the primary author of the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS), widely recognized as the best validated measure of feigned mental disorders. As a prolific researcher and seasoned expert, Dr. Rogers is frequently asked to consult across North America on prominent cases of potential malingering.

Dr. Rogers has published over 130 refereed articles, including more than 20 refereed articles since 2000, and more than 15 chapters. He has received numerous national awards including being recognized by the American Academy of Forensic Psychologists as the First Recipient of the annual Distinguished Contributions to Forensic Psychology Award and receiving the Amicus Award from the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law for distinguished contributions to the Academy and forensic psychiatry. His recent books include the aforementioned Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception, as well as the Handbook of Diagnostic and Structured Interviewing, and Conducting Insanity Evaluations. The psychological tests that he has published include the Structured Interview of Reported Symptoms (SIRS), and the Rogers Criminal Responsibility Assessment Scales (RCRAS), as well as the forthcoming Evaluation of Competency to Stand Trial–Revised (ECST-R).

Assessing Psychopathy in Youth: Clinical and Forensic Applications of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version

This is a one-day workshop focusing primarily on the manifestation of psychopathy in youth using the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV: Forth , Kosson, & Hare, 2003). The PCL:YV is a 20-item expert-rating scale for the assessment of psychopathic traits in adolescents and was adapted from the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (Hare, 2003) the most widely used measure of psychopathy in adults. There is growing theoretical and applied interest in the construct of psychopathy as it applies to adolescents. This attention is due in part to research with adults that has demonstrated a strong relationship between psychopathy and serious repetitive crime, violent behavior and a poor treatment response. The lack of evidence for successful intervention with adult psychopaths highlights the importance of identifying psychopathic traits early in development. There is also increasing interest in distinguishing among youth who commit delinquent and violent acts. Legitimate concerns exist over the potential for misuse of any scale designed to assess psychopathy in youths, in particular with respect to labeling and access to treatment.

The morning session will address 1) conceptual and theoretical issues, 2) the different methods for assessing psychopathy in adolescents, 3) the development and reliability of the PCL:YV, and 4) the overlap between the PCL:YV and DSM-IV disruptive disorders. In the afternoon session the focus will be on the implications of the PCL:YV to the mental health and juvenile justice systems. In addition, ethical issues and potential misuses of the PCLP:YV will be reviewed.

The workshop is intended for professionals in the mental health and juvenile justice systems whose work requires, or would benefit from, knowledge about the manifestation of psychopathy in adolescents, its measurement, and implications.

· a description of the conceptual and theoretical issues related to psychopathy

· knowledge of the association between DSM-IV disruptive disorders and psychopathy

· differentiate between the different methods of assessing psychopathic features in youth

· review of the association between psychopathy and offending patterns, institutional violence, general and violent recidivism, and treatment effectiveness

Dr. Adelle Forth, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at Carleton University in Ottawa , Ontario . She worked with Dr. Robert Hare to develop the Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) and is the senior author of the Hare Psychopathy Checklist: Youth Version (PCL:YV; Forth , Kosson, & Hare, 2003). The PCL:YV manual provides information on reliability and validity from data collected from 2,438 youths in three countries (Canada, United Kingdom, United States) across 19 different samples spanning three types of settings (institutionalized offenders, offenders on probation and youths in the community). She is also the co-author on the Structured Assessment of Violence Risk in Youth, a risk scale for adolescent violence. Her work over the past 15 years encompasses both basic and applied research. She devotes her time to teaching and research on the assessment of psychopathy, the relationship between emotional and cognitive processes and psychopathy, and violence risk assessment. She has extensive experience training a wide variety of professionals on the administration, scoring, and use of the PCL-R and PCL:YV throughout North America and Europe . She has also served as a consultant to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the National Parole Board, Her Majesty’s Prison Service, the Pennsylvania Sex Offender Board, and has testified in various court proceedings on the construct of psychopathy. Dr. Forth is noted for her organized, engaging and interactive presentational style.