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PsychContinuingEd.com Call for Speakers

Todd Finnerty, Psy.D. has applied to become approved by the APA to sponsor CE on behalf of PsychContinuingEd.com. We expect to hear whether our application was approved in November, 2010. In addition, we also have the option to file applications as one course providers with the Ohio Psychological Association if desired (http://www.ohpsych.org/mceproviders.aspx), and we will also apply for single program approval (course by course) with the Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and MFT board [we will eventually be applying to be an approved provider from them as well (http://cswmft.ohio.gov/FormsCE.stm)].

If you are curious you can learn more about the APA sponsor Approval system as well as requirements for the CE program on their website. They also have resources such as guidelines for writing learning objectives.

http://www.apa.org/ed/sponsor/index.aspx

Dr. Finnerty will take primary responsibility for filing paperwork and ensuring that administrative requirements and policies are followed. He will also be available to consult with speakers on any aspect of development of their presentations.

We are currently interested in mental health professionals willing to offer presentations in the central Ohio area in Spring/Summer, 2011. We are also willing to discuss offering programs in cities throughout Ohio as well as neighboring cities such as Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, etc. in the near term depending on interest and opportunity. As we grow moving forward, PsychContinuingEd.com will also pursue nationwide opportunities to sponsor or cosponsor programs.

At this time we are gauging interest from individuals to present 3 hour and 6 hour live CE programs primarily in the greater Columbus, OH area. Given the typical conference center rate structures in the area, if you plan to present a 3 hour presentation we will attempt to pair your 3 hour course with another 3 hour course the same day (one morning course before a lunch break and one afternoon course following the lunch break). We are targeting the months of April, May and June, 2011 for our first live courses, though we may do one as early as March, 2011. We would like lead time to get single course approvals from the counselor/social worker/MFT board as well as allow ample time for promoting the programs.

If you do not have one we will provide a PC laptop w/ remote for PowerPoint slides and will rent a projector via the conference center. Your main concern as the speaker would simply be developing a quality presentation, we would take care of the rest. Speakers would not be asked to cover any costs of the venue, etc. Given that we are also still new at the business we would prefer to offer a generous profit-sharing arrangement to our speakers where they share in the profits of the course. The more successful the program is, the more successful the speaker is and vice versa. We will also be able to adapt the live course content for online delivery and will also pay speakers royalties on the online course offerings.

Name:_______________________________________________________________

If you are able to offer courses in Columbus, OH in any of the following months please check that month

March___________

April____________

May_____________

June_____________

Are there any Fridays during those months that you would prefer not to perform a presentation? ___________________________________________________________

(We will also confirm any speaking dates together prior to any actions being taken)

Would you be interested in presenting your course(s) in cities other than Columbus, OH in the future? (Yes_______ NO________ Maybe________)

What topics would you like to present on (and would you be interested in doing more than one course?)

Please feel free to mention this Call for Speakers to other friends and colleague who might be interested in presenting. Dr. Finnerty can be contacted at toddfinnerty@toddfinnerty.com or (330)495-8809.

Feel free to check out the website at http://www.PsychContinuingEd.com

“2.03 Maintaining Competence
Psychologists undertake ongoing efforts to develop and maintain their competence”

For some reason I thought the APA ethics Code was more “wordy” about CE credits. But what more do you have to say? Actually, it doesn’t make much sense to pay for CE credits if you don’t have to pay for CE credits. So all of you psychologists and other mental health professionals in states where you don’t have a required amount or type of continuing education to maintain your licensure, feel free to brag while reading courses for free on our site to “maintain competence” after we launch this fall (you’d only pay for the CE credits if you needed them). You of course would have to pay for a live workshop if you went to one or a book unless you got it from the library (I recommend inter-library loan if you’re not sure about the book, it still exists).