Click below to download procedures and foms for requesting co-sponsorship of education programs. Questions can be emailed to NPA at npa@nebpsych.org.

NPA Request to Co-Sponsor CE Program Procedures and Information

*****2013 Programs*****

NPA 2013 Spring Conference

"An Insider's Guide to DSM-5: Understanding Changes with Emphasis on Anxiety & Related Disorders"

Friday, June 14, 2013

University of Nebraska

Student Union, City Campus, Lincoln

Michelle Craske Ph.D

Whether you love or hate the DSM approach, best practice requires being able to apply the criteria accurately and a better understanding of the underlying rationale will be helpful. This presentation will update you on the changes in the diagnostic criteria and also give an insider’s view on the process that got us here.

Register online at: www.regonline.com/2013NPASpringConf

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NPA 2013 Fall Conference

Hot Topics in Ethics and Risk Management in Psychological Practice

Friday, September 13, 2013

Scott Conference Center, Omaha

Jeffrey Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP

More details to be announced.

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***Previous NPA Workshops***

NPA 2012 Fall Conference

"ADHD From A to Z: Advances in the Understandig and Management of ADHD in Children adn Adolescents"

Friday, September 21, 2012 – Omaha

Russell Barkley, Ph.D.

This workshop was intended as an overview of major advances of the past decade in understanding the nature, causes, life course, and management of ADHD in children and teens. It provides an overview of many of the most important topics on the disorder concerning nature, diagnostic criteria, subtypes, prevalence, comorbid disorders, life course impairments, etiologies, the empirically supported treatments, disproven remedies, parent counseling, parent training, school management, and medication management. The program is designed to acquaint participants with what is currently known about these various topics providing a state-of-the-art summation about the disorder.

The Nature and Theory of ADHD as a Disorder Of Executive Functioning and Self-Regulation
Substantial research has accumulated to show that ADHD is more than simply a problem with attention, hyperactivity, or even impulse control. Many of the cognitive deficits associated with ADHD lie in the domain of executive functioning in neuropsychology. Since the executive functions provide for human self-regulation, all this suggests that ADHD is a disorder of self-regulation. This presentation will review a theory of ADHD that integrates these concepts into a more coherent and unifying model of ADHD. This model provides for a deeper understanding of the nature of ADHD and its associated cognitive and social deficits along with numerous implications for the management of the disorder.

Sponsored by the Nebraska Psychological Association, and conducted in cooperation with the University of Nebraska Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, The Creighton University Department of Psychiatry and the Nebraska School Psychologists Association

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NPA 2012 Spring Conference

"If you don’t know where you’re going,
you’ll probably end up somewhere else:

New Directons in Court-Involved Psychological Evalutations"

Thursday and Friday, April 12 – 13, 2012

Scott Conference Center, Omaha

Jonathan Gould, Ph.D, ABPP and David Martindale, Ph.D., ABPP

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NPA 2011 Fall Conference

"Adventures on the Electronic Frontier:

Ethics and Risk Manage in the Digital Era"

Friday, October 14, 2011

Scott Conference Center, Omaha

Jeffrey Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP

Sponsored by NPA and the American Psychological Association Insurance Trust

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NPA 2011 Spring Conference

"The Art & Science of Mindfulness: Integrating Mindfulness

into Psychological Practice"

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Jackie Guahn Multicultural Center

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Shauna Shapiro, Ph.D.

Santa Clara University

Mindfulness is defined as the awareness that arises out of intentionally paying attention in an open, caring, and non-judgmental way. Hundreds of empirical studies demonstrate the beneficial effects of mindfulness mediation in treating depression, anxiety, chronic pain, insomnia, substance abuse, heart disease, eating disorders, and cancer. Dr. Shapiro would like to broaden the paradigm for research in meditation that includes a vision of optimal health across diverse populations. In particular she is exploring the precise mechanisms of action involved in mindfulness practice, determining mediators through which the transformational changes occur.

Dr. Shapiro lectures and leads mindfulness training programs nationally and internationally.

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NPA 2010 Fall Conference

"Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents

Friday, October 8, 2010

Scott Conference Center, Omaha

Eric A. Youngstrom, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology at
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Bipolar disorder is controversial in children and adolescents. This workshop discusses key issues, including: how bipolar appears differently in children versus adults, how often bipolar occurs in youths in different settings, what issues make accurate diagnosis especially challenging, how to use specialized self-report and parent-report measures to diagnose it more accurately, and how to use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques to treat pediatric bipolar disorder. New and updated content includes new measures and treatment implications of mania versus depression..

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NPA 2010 Spring Conference

Cognitive-behavioral Case Formulation and Progress Monitoring

Friday, May 21, 2010

UNL - Nebraska Student Union, Regency Suite, City Campus

Jacqueline Persons, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Persons provides the clinician a approach to use empirically supported treatments in real-world clinical contexts. There are several common situations where ESTs do not provide adequate guidance for decision making; for example, when a client presents with multiple problems or fails to respond to standard treatment protocols.

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When Parents Part: The Truth About Children and Divorce

Friday, February 19, 2010, Scott Conference Center, Omaha, NE

Robert Emery, Ph.D.
Professor of Pyschology and Director of the Center for Children,

Families and the Law at the University of Virginia

Featuring an afternoon Discussion Panel with:

• Attorney Lorin Galvin, Head of the Douglas
County Conciliation Court System

• The Honorable Patricia Lamberty, from the Douglas
County District Court

• Glenda Cottam, Ph.D., J.D., dually licensed
psychologist and attorney

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NPA 2009 Fall Conference

Ethical Decision Making and Risk Management in Clinical Practice

Jeffrey Younggren , Ph.D., ABPP
Sponsored by: The American Psychological
Association Insurance Trust

Friday, October 9, 2009

Scott Conference Center , Omaha, NE

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NPA 2009 Spring Conference

Integrating Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology

Morgan Sammons, Ph.D., ABPP
California School of Professional Psychology at
Alliant International University

Friday, May 22, 2009

Primary Location: BryanLGH West, Lincoln, NE

Broadcast over the Telehealth Network to locations in:
Norfolk, North Platte, Scottsbluff, Omaha,,Kearney

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NPA 2008 Annual Fall Conference

Introducing the MMPI-2-RF

Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Friday, October 3, 2008

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Cognitive Assessment Conference

Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale – IV
Wechsler Memory Scale – IV
Delis-Kaplan Executive Functioning System (D-KEFS)

John Hanson, Ph.D.

Clinical Measurement Consultant
The Psychological Corporation
A Division of Pearson Assessment and Information

Friday, September 19, 2008

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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NPA 2008 Spring Conference

A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Practice  

That Prevent Treatment Failures

Michael Lambert, Ph.D. - Brigham Young UniversityFriday, May 16, 2008 UNL Student UnionCity Campus

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Substance Abuse Disorders: Evidence-Based Practice and  

Supervision Skills

Dennis McChargue, Ph.D.

John Herdman, Ph.D., LADC

March 21, 2008

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

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Comprehensive Assessment and Treatment of Adolescents

Who Have Offended Sexually

James Worling, Ph.D., C.Psych.

Sexual Abuse: Family Education & Treatment Program (SAFE-T)

Toronto, Canada

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Legal and Ethical Risks and Risk Management

in Professional Psychological Practice

Sequence II: Risk Management in Specific High Risk Areas

Jeff Younggren, Ph.D., ABPP

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Motivational Interviewing

Steve Martino, Ph.D.

Yale University

Without Conscience: Science and the Psychopath

Robert Hare, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of British Columbia

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Violent Video Games: Theory, Research, and Public Policy

Craig Anderson, Ph.D.

Iowa State University

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The Nature and Origins of Anxiety Disorders

and

Defining a Role for Psychologists in Emerging Health Care Systems 

David Barlow

Boston University

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Rethinking Risk Assessment and Risk Management: What Mental Health Professionals Need to Know

John Monahan

University of Virginia

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School Violence: Risk and Threat Assessment

Randy Borum

University of South Florida

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Stanford Binet Intelligence Scales, 5th Edition

and the

Woodcock-Johnson III Tests of Achievement

Joseph Claeys