AFTA - 37th Annual Meeting & 4th Open Conference

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015 - 5:45PM - 8:15PM

Thursday, June 4, 2015 - Plenary I - 8:15AM - 10:15AM

Thursday, June 4, 2015 - Interest Groups - 10:30AM - 12:00PM

Thursday, June 4, 2015 - Paper Presentations - 1:30PM - 3:00PM

Thursday, June 4, 2015 - Plenary II- 3:30PM - 5:30PM

Friday, June 5, 2015 - Plenary II - 8:30AM - 10:30AM

Friday, June 5, 2015 - Interest Groups - 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Friday, June 5, 2015 - Dialogues - 11:00AM - 12:20PM

Friday, June 5, 2015 - Paper Presentations - 2:00PM - 3:30PM

Friday, June 5, 2015 - Joint Forum - 4:00PM - 6:00PM

Saturday, June 6, 2015 - Presidential Plenary IV - 8:30AM - 10:30AM

Saturday, June 6, 2015 - Interest Groups - 11:00AM - 12:30PM

Saturday, June 6, 2015 - Plenary V - 3:00PM - 4:30PM

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Please rate the speaker(s) as a group. You will have the opportunity to elaborate on an individual speaker in the following question.

Please rate the following:

The program was relevant to my work.

Content matched stated objectives.

Usefulness of handouts/AV.

Quality of facilities.

How well did the educational sessions give a balanced view of therapeutic options, including the use of generic names?

If you rated any of the above questions with 'fair,' 'poor,' 'disagree,' or 'strongly disagree' please explain in detail (e.g. session title, speaker name, situtation):

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

If you have additional comments regarding the session or individual speaker(s) - e.g. teaching ability, expertise, organization of materials, etc. - please use the space below:

Objective 2: Engage in a gentle self-interrogation and reflection in relation to our values, beliefs, and clinical practices

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Objective 3: Understand the relationship and healing practices between suffering and healing at the individual, family, and community level

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Promotes cross-generational transmission of ideas and discoveries in the field of family therapy

Increases knowledge of critical moments of the history of the field of family therapy

Connects the history of family therapy with the history of the pioneers who have shaped the field

State the nature of connecting, disconnecting and reconnecting with self and others in international work

List dynamics of colonization inherent to sharing Western family therapy knowledge in non-Western setting

Highlight that when professionals and families meet, they might be relying on different constructions of "family" and "therapy".

Illustrate how we can draw on a few enduring systemic principles to create polyphone in our work with transnational couples and families

Learn about the process of developing international systemic research collaboration

Examine and discuss their own ideas of developing collaboration

Discuss what they regard as â€œsystemic research"

Learn more about the EFTA and the work of EFTRG

Have dual relationships to illness, death, and dying--personal and professional

Apply this knowledge to clinical situations

Use this knowledge in their teaching and supervisory roles

Recognize how the dominant discourse of White racial superiority influences experience and action

Learn how to manage distressing emotions and stay in difficult conversation

Develop new understandings of self and others when the unspoken is named and explored

Recognize the connections among the body, mind, and spirit

Discuss how these connection can inform couples/family therapy

Distinguish between intuitive knowing and rational knowing

Demonstrate the unique uses of Bowen theory in practice

Recognize Bowenâ€™s theory from the original source

Translate theory into practice techniques

Provide ways to evaluate programs and the nature of evidence when examining therapies with marginalized populations in community settings

Analyze fatherhood from a multicultural perspective

Discuss fatherhood in relationship to other family roles

Apply the concepts of fatherhood as an evolving dynamic to practice

Discuss innovative techniques for teaching oppression theory

Adapt teaching methods with regard to oppression theory depending on the level of expertise of their students and supervisees (i.e. graduate students vs. early career therapists)

Apply Laurel Salmonâ€™s LMFTâ€™s method for discussing oppression as it relates to practice.

Identify ways parent of Black, White, and Latino YGBM can influence their sons to avoid high-risk sexual behavior

Explain how to introduce the topic of HIV-risk during family therapy sessions in a way that is effective and respects family boundaries

Present a multifamily group intervention for families of trans youth

Explore best practices with communities across racial, cultural and socio-economical lines

Explain how racial discriminations negatively associated with relational support for African American newlyweds

Summarize the associations between racial discrimination, relational support, and marital stability differ based on gender

Develop knowledge of which practical skills CFT trainees may require to address social justice concerns

Identify how therapy discourse may be linked to trainees' social justice competencies

Apply cultural equity and cultural humility in international training

Examine key elements for developing transnational social responsibility

Gain insight into critical geography and its potential application in family therapy

Explain how to increase awareness of space as a social justice issue

Participate in discussion of research and training implications of this study

Name specific elements of the therapeutic relationship that have been linked to positive therapeutic outcomes

Explain how family of learning influences their conflict intervention

State emotions and how to recognize when feelings are blocking progress

Identify seven patterns of family resilience

Explain a map of family resilience that is sensitive to social contexts and collectively held values

Differentiate shame, humiliation and guilt from one another

Develop treatment orientation for each of them

Describe the resiliencies of National Guard and Reserve children

Describe the challenges National Guard and Reserve children face

Explain the process of developing and delivering relationship and parenting education series tailored to the needs of a specialized population

Summarize student veteran's exploration of interpersonal communication

Describe the essential blueprint of the Collaborative Change Model

State the field of trauma in a way that contextualizes it and grounds it in relational/systemic/cultural context while paying attention to self of the therapist variables

Name a model for workforce development and systems change that focuses on common language and implementation science

Develop and evaluation that can effectively assess the impact of the initiative

Identify some of the challenges to intimate relationships that stepfamily structure creates

Name some of the things that "work" to meet these challenges

Discuss the impact of culture and social policy on the intensity of these challenges

Describe some findings about stepfamily dynamics that hold across cultures

Discuss the potential protective role that siblings can play in the lives of youth in foster care

Apply the information presented into their clinical work with families

Identify when cultural biases enter the realm of therapy, and hinder outcomes of treatment

Teach oppression theory to early career Marriage and Family Therapists

State how the politics of oppression play out in the therapeutic relationships between us as therapists and our clients

Name effective supervision/training programming that is essential for enhancing and maintaining mental health clinician competencies

Learning about developing future trainings for clinical supervisors and CFT instructors on ways to enhance and incorporate our approaches to multicultural and social justice issues in therapy

Describe literature to cultural sensibility and MedFT

Provide recommendations for Medical Family Therapists integrating cultural sensibility into health care

Evaluate how medicalization discourses enable/constrain family relationships and experiences into heir own family therapy practice

Engage in critical discussions on how expert therapeutic discourse capture people's understandings and ways of being

Examine the racialization of religion as it pertains to South Asian communities

Understand the lived experiences of South Asians by examining evidence of ongoing assaults and the impact this has had on their lives

Employ strategies for working with South Asians in an effort to promote resiliency and empowerment.

Explain the definition of MBIâ€™s

Discuss the evidence base for regular mindfulness practice, including psychological, physical health, and relational benefits

Discuss neurological changes and benefits related to mindfulness practice

Discuss issues of concern and developing issues concerning MBIâ€™s.

Practice and reflect on two brief mindfulness practices that can be used with couples and families

Share their own and learn new strategies from one another for incorporating mindful awareness practices with couples and families

Describe two ways of integrating mindfulness awareness practices that they learned from the discussion and practice in the meeting

Create an interchange of perspectives within and between student/early career professionals and seasoned career professionals

Explain the publication process

Tell how papers are submitted and reviewed

Describe the types of microaggressions gay parents and their children encounter in their schools, social networks, and other community, as well as the impact of these experiences on parenting processes and children's psychological well-Â?being.

Focus therapy sessions on emotional, cognitive, and behavioral ways of coping with a gay microaggressions

Understand that forgiveness can be a therapeutic topic for the populations of LGBT and Interracial couple relationships

Understand the usefulness and importance of this model with LGBT and Interracial couple populations

Draw on illustrations from transcripts of therapy sessions to recognize how positioning theory and neurobiology may be applied in couple therapy

Discuss specific clinical interventions suggested by the Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy model

Learn of conversational practices therapists use to navigate social justice conversations in the context of DSM?5 informed work with families

Identify "openings" in therapy where social justice conversations might occur, and discuss how to invite such conversations

Develop awareness of the diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds that comprise Latinos living in the United States

List the role of racial identity develop and parental racial socialization for Latinos mental health

State specific societal changes affecting Chinese families in 21st century

Identify culturally sensitive therapeutic strategies for improving family therapy

Summarize the relevance of Fat Studies, and SA/HAES, to an intersectional, social justice approach to training students in mental health disciplines

Identify opportunities and strategies for incorporating HAES and SA principles into teaching and training about social justice and mental health

Identify self issues that arise when teaching and training about issues of weight, body size, dieting, and self-Â? acceptance

Create roadmap for sequencing these categories of interventions

Explain how to vary this recommended sequencing based on the problems couples present

Articulate some of the salient clinical issues when working with Cambodian refugee clients

Describe the Restoration Therapy (RT) model

Explain the application of dialogical practice to a highly polarized, collectively traumatized, group of adolescents from Israel and Palestine, as well as the U.S

Summarize the qualitative interviews and quantitative measures used in the study, as well as key findings from the research

Name the processes of research and processes of practice largely overlap

Explain how to restore confidence in family therapists that they are "inquirers" into the lives of their client families and in their practices

State examples of meditation as a relational practice

Tell how meditation and social justice can be integrated

Discuss the implications of the finding to practice in the micro and macro level

Discuss the contribution of an action research with excluded populations

Understand therapeutic challenges when working with court mandated clients

Identify ways to navigate this therapy from a social justice perspective.

Describe the impact of marginality and being bi-Â? cultural in graduate training and educational settings

List the orders of love underpinning constellation work

Use representatives or floor markers to help identify emotional bond between clients and significant members or issues in their system

Assess possible entanglement using genogram interviewing for unresolved losses, traumas and tragedies in family systems

List specific areas in the family therapy literature where more research is need regarding transgender persons

Describe case examples of successful approaches to working with transgender client by therapists new to working with the population

Explain the issues associated with the current definitions of transition

Summarize the research ethics associated with studying historically and currently marginalized populations, in particular, transgender individuals

Review distinct cultural factors related to the LGBTQ community

Review two possible interventions for couple work with members of the LGBTQ community while assuming a non?pathologizing stance

State a systemic?relational conceptualization of the couple's impasse

Name multi?dimensional collaborative way to solving the couple's explosive interactions

Discuss the implications of racism for family therapy and interventions and highlight the importance of serving disenfranchised populations

Discuss racism as the backdrop for enforcement and imprisonment

Learn about the implications of social policy and its effect on these populations and interventions

Explore potential opportunities for AFTAâ€™s involvement.

Explore a practical application of Batesonâ€™s ideas in todayâ€™s world

Apply a â€œcomplexityâ€ approach to thinking about activism

Evaluate afresh the concept of the double bind and its usefulness as an analytical tool for getting unstuck

Understand the use of metaphor in further understanding of relational and ecological thinking

Reflect on the value of contextual and relational ideas across disciplines

Analyze the use of personal, creative, and archives, in the design of documentary film.

Describe an increase in understanding of the manifestation of power in our personal and professional lives

Demonstrate their awareness of power dynamics between groups and in interracial interactions

Identify our intersectionality and impact on group interactions

Identify strategies among men of color and their families as well as communities to achieve equity, social justice, increased safety and abilities to thrive.

Demonstrate the core principles of narrative therapy with couples

Describe the key issues in working with stepfamilies

Describe effective ways to integrate interpersonal neurobiology in couple therapy

Understand major issues in decision-making about genetic testing, communication with partners and family members, and living with risk information across the life cycle

Develop new understandings about key themes related to cultural/belief conflicts, ethical issues and decisions (e.g. privacy vs. right to know by others at risk, fetal information); couples to childbearing; and behavioral genetics

Identify family therapistsâ€™ role in the â€œgeneticsâ€ healthcare team

Discuss ways to foster visibility and give voice to elders, pulling them out of isolation and creating meaning in their lives

Describe how family and caregiver support groups increase well-being among elders and their families

Discuss aging and long-term care education and training models

Define the dangers of chopping up the ecology, literally and metaphorically

Examine why the field of family therapy, despite its systemic foundations, has not played a more active role in connecting the suffering of the planet with more micro- level suffering

Identify the original trauma and ensuing addictive responses that underpin our destructive ecological behaviors

Describe how family therapists can adopt an eco-informed approach to clinical practice that focuses on healing the trauma wounds that underpin our abuse of our planet and promoting healthier new ways of being

List a comprehensive overview of the subtle but pervasive ways in which the centrality of whiteness permeates our lives

Provide a deconstruction of ho the centrality of whiteness undermines our quest for racial and social justice

Name strategies for de-centering whiteness as an act of social justice

Objective 4: Create a conference community, which is inclusive, increases diversity, and respects the sharing of all voices.

By meeting the above objective my professional competence will increase because I have acquired new strategies to use in my practice.

By meeting the above objective my professional performance will improve because I should be able to implement the new strategies.

By meeting the above objective my patient outcomes should improve due to the implementation of newly-learned strategies.

Please answer the following:

Do you believe this activity was appropriate for the scope of your professional activities?

Was the educational content scientifically sound?

If faculty spoke about off-label or investigational uses of a product, was that information disclosed to you?

Was the mode of education effective to learning?

If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, please explain.

Did you perceive any product/service/company/commercial bias in any educational session you attended or materials you received?

If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please detail the situation below (e.g. session title, speaker name):

Were you solicited by sales personnel in an educational room (other areas do not matter) while you attended this educational activity?

If you answered "Yes" to the above question, please explain in detail (e.g. who, when, where):

How much did you learn as a result of this education program?

What specifically did you learn during this activity that you intend to integrate into your practice?

What questions have arisen in your practice for which you need answers/strategies that you can implement?

What patient/client problems or patient/client challenges do you feel you are not able to address appropriately or to your satisfaction?

What problems are your patients/clients communicating to you that need attention or follow up?

Are you interested in basic, intermediate or advanced level trainings?

Basic

Intermediate

Advanced

What barriers might you have that would interfere with implementation of new information learned from this training?

How can this training (the overall meeting) be improved to better impact competence, performance and/or patient/client outcomes?

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