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afternoon half-day workshops 1:00–4:50 p.m. 137 Best Practices in Gifted Assessment: Debunking Prevailing Myths 4 CE CrEdits This intermediate workshop informs participants on new neuroscience literature and best practices in gifted assessment and debunks prevailing myths regarding the gifted (e.g., gifted is the same as high IQ; there is a silver bullet to identify gifted kids). 40 EnrollmEnt limit IntermedIate Leader: Steven I. Pfeiffer, PhD, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 138 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Integrating Screening and Evaluation Into Clinical Practice 4 CE CrEdits This intermediate program advances clinicians’ skills in: understanding fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) in children and integrating screening and evaluation procedures into clinical practice. An overview of the neurocognitive effects of prenatal alcohol exposure, training on screening and 30 EnrollmEnt limit IntermedIate assessment methods, and treatment approaches across the life span are highlighted. Leaders: Julia L. Conkel Ziebell, PhD, Human Services Inc., Oakdale, MN; Stefanie Varga, PhD, HealthEast Care System, Pediatrics, Maplewood, MN 139 Insomnia Across the Adult Life Span: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment 4 CE CrEdits This introductory workshop surveys evidence-based insomnia treatments—sleep hygiene, stimulus control, sleep restriction, relaxation, and cognitive therapy—as applied to primary insomnia and special populations, including older adults, and comorbid insomnia. 40 EnrollmEnt limit introductory Leader: Kenneth L. Lichstein, PhD, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 140 Practical Knowledge About Auditory Processing Disorders Psychologists Need to Know 4 CE CrEdits This introductory workshop discusses auditory processing disorders (APD), how they affect children, and how they are assessed by a multidisciplinary team. Comparisons between APD and other difficulties such as language processing difficulties, attention deficit disorders, executive functioning 30 EnrollmEnt limit introductory problems, and autistic spectrum disorder are presented. Leaders: Jay Lucker, EdD, Howard University, Washington, DC; Loraine Alderman, PsyD, Independent Practice, Mineola, NY For full workshop descriptions and to enroll: www.apa.org/convention/ce-workshops 27

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - May 2012

Monitor on Psychology - May 2012
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Math + science + motherhood = a tough combination
The rights of indigenous people take center stage at AAAS meeting
Interdisciplinary programs that are leading the way
Good Governance Project moves into its next phase
APA publishes third edition of seminal ADHD book for kids
Government Relations Update
In Brief
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Psychology’s first forays into film
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Presidential programming
Obesity researchers receive lifetime achievement awards
Top speakers for psychology’s top meeting
Science Watch
Homing in on sickle cell disease
Psychologist Profile
Alone in the ‘hole’
Public Interest
State Leadership Conference ‘12
Perspective on Practice
Education tops council’s agenda
Meet the candidates for APA’s 2014 president
Presidential election guidelines
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Support for sexual miniorities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - May 2012