Fri 8/21
9-11AM
2 CE Hrs           

Beyond the Binary:  Gender Identity – Best Practices & Clinical Considerations – presented by Sarah Burgamy, PsyD

This workshop will focus on the current psycho-social landscape of gender diverse identities, evolving nomenclature, developmental considerations, as well as the role of mental/behavioral healthcare in navigating gender identity and the diagnostic category of gender dysphoria. Assessment, treatment, support, advocacy, and multi-disciplinary care with gender diverse individuals and communities will be discussed.

Sat 8/22
9-11AM
2 CE Hrs

Navigating the Binary Edge:  Case Conceptualization, Treatment Planning, & Professional Guidelines - presented by Sarah Burgamy, PsyD

This workshop will focus on the prevailing clinical and professional guidelines (e.g. APA Guidelines), standards of care (e.g. WPATH) and applied approaches pertaining to mental/behavioral healthcare with gender diverse individuals.

Fri 8/28
9-11AM
2 CE Hrs

Achieving Health Equity:  Psychology’s Role - presented by Jennifer F. Kelly, PhD,  ABPP-Clinical Health Psychology

The US Centers for Disease Control defines health disparities as preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. Health disparities related to race are often the result of persistent unjust policies and discriminatory practices that increase the risk of Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) populations for poor health. Heath disparities have been observed across virtually all indicators of poor health (e.g., morbid obesity, cardiovascular disease, decreased life expectancy). Environmental, social and behavioral factors— all areas of psychology’s expertise— contribute to health disparities in interacting ways.  Psychology must position itself as a force for achieving health equity by finding ways to make concrete improvements in overall health of populations affected by disparities, and APA needs to support individual practitioners’ ability to do so in their own communities. This presentation will examine social determinants that contribute to health disparities, including, but not limited to, race, SES, gender and geographical location. The unique contribution that psychological science and practice can offer in achieving health equity will be discussed.

Sat 8/29
9-11AM
2 CE Hrs

Two-Part Local Perspectives in Idaho’s Primary Care Setting: 
1. Transgender Health & 2. Opioid Use Disorder - presented by 
J. Neil Ragan, MD

This session will focus two separate topics, Transgender Health and Opioid Use Disorder (OUD), from the perspective of a local primary care setting.  Dr. Ragan will cover each topic for approximately 45 minutes with a 15-minute question and answer session at the end of each presentation. 

In one part of this session, Dr. Ragan will discuss common comorbidities and barriers to care in transgender health.  In addition, he will cover the basics of medical transition and make suggestions on how to create a safe and welcoming clinical environment.

The other session will examine the extent of the opioid epidemic, recognize the importance of managing OUD in primary care and explain the basics of OUD/MAT management. 

Fri 9/11
9-10AM
1 Ethics
CE

2020 Updates to Rules and Procedures, Frequently Asked Questions, & Ethical Violation Issues - presented by Helen Napier, PhD, ABPP,  Linda Hatzenbuehler, PhD, ABPP, & Theresa Ross, PhD

This program will summarize IBOL responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in providing services and supervision via telehealth in Idaho and across state lines.  We will discuss options for safely meeting Idaho’s CE requirements, service extender rule changes and PSYPACT.  In addition, the audience will be briefed on the status of credentialed prescribing psychologists and related.  Finally, recent themes of Board complaints will be discussed using vignettes and audience participation.

IPA Annual Membership Meeting (members only activity)

Update on the state of the association and officer election.  Plus some fun & door prizes!

Sat 9/12
9-11AM
2 CE Hrs

Medication Considerations for the Practicing Psychologist -  presented by Gwendolyn Lucy Wilkening, PharmD

This program aims to provide psychologists with an overview of psychotropic treatments and updates in current practice. This program also aims to equip psychologists with the resources to assist clients with questions about their medication, improve clients’ adherence to treatment, and consult with interprofessional team members for identified concerns.

Sat 9/12
11-12PM
1 CE Hr

What Psychologists Need To Know About Psychopharmacology - Panel discussion presented by:  Eric Silk, PhD, MSCP; Page Haviland, PhD; Autumn Keefer, PhD; & G. Lucy Wilkening, PharmD

This panel discussion will focus on education and training programs in clinical psychopharmacology. The panel will discuss the history of clinical psychopharmacology training programs and the development of the training program at Idaho State University. Information will be presented on the development of curriculum based on APA recommendations for training and Idaho law. Current students will share their educational experiences. Discussion will conclude with examples of how training in clinical psychopharmacology can be integrated with practice as a clinical psychologist.

Sarah Burgamy, Psy.D. is the founder of a private practice in Denver, Colorado, PhoenixRISE, with specialty offerings in identity development (considering intersections of target and non-target status identities), sexual minority competency as well as transgender and gender diverse issues with adults, adolescents and children. She is also the integrated psychologist in the TRUE Center for Gender Diversity at Children’s Hospital Colorado. After receiving her degree from the University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology, in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis on child and adolescent development, Dr. Burgamy instructed courses as an adjunct assistant professor at DU in the Psy.D. program and the International Disaster Psychology Master’s program focused on arenas of development and culture, LGBTIQQ+ cultural competency, and cross cultural analysis.

Dr. Burgamy previously served as the Colorado Representative to the American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives (2014-2019) and as a member, and 2019 chair, of the APA Committee on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity (2017-2019). She is a Past-President of Colorado Psychological Association and has previously served as the Diversity Division Chair of CPA. Dr. Burgamy has been a member of the Board of Directors for Urban Peak, a non-profit organization in Colorado serving youth experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless, since 2008, and recently joined the Board of Trustees at Stanley British Primary School in Denver, Colorado. 

Dr. Jennifer F. Kelly is a licensed psychologist and is Board Certified in Clinical Health Psychology.  She has been the director of the Atlanta Center for Behavioral Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia since 1994.  She has been elected the 2021 President of the American Psychological Association.  As a Clinical Health Psychologist, Dr. Kelly addresses a variety of mental health concerns in her practice, with expertise in treating disorders that involve the relationship between physical and emotional conditions.

A native of Gulfport, Mississippi, Dr. Kelly earned her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University in 1987.  She earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology and her master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi.   

In addition to her independent practice in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Kelly is actively involved in numerous professional organizations.  In addition to election as the 2021 President of the American Psychological Association, she most recently served as Co-Chair of the Advocacy Coordinating Committee of the American Psychological Association Services, Inc.  She served on the Board of Directors as Recording Secretary for APA from 2013-2018.  Prior to that, she served on the Board as a member-at-large.  Other leadership positions within APA include Council of Representatives six years, Past-Chair of the Board of Professional Affairs, member of the Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice (CAPP), Past-Chair of the Committee of State Leaders, Past-President of the Division of State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs (Division 31), Division 29 Member-at-large, and numerous task-forces. She served on the Board of Trustees of the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (PAC) and was Chair of the Board 2008-2009.

A past president of the Georgia Psychological Association, Dr. Kelly has served as the Federal Advocacy Coordinator of the Association for 21 years.  She has been the Treasurer of the GPA Political Action Committee 21 years.  Other past positions held within GPA include Chair of Membership and Ethnic Minority Affairs Committees. 

Dr. Kelly was recognized at the 2019 APA Services, Inc. Practice Leadership Conference for her Leadership in Advancing the Profession of Psychology through Federal Advocacy.  Other Advocacy recognitions include the 2011 State Leadership Award, Karl F. Heiser Advocacy Award and Legislative Award of the Georgia Psychological Association in 2000, and the Federal Advocacy Award by the APA Practice Organization in 2004.  She was the 2012 recipient of the APA Division of Health Psychology/American Psychological Foundation Timothy B. Jeffrey Award for Outstanding Contributions to Clinical Health Psychology. In 2011 she was presented with the Diversity Award from the Committee of State Leaders of APA. She received the Outstanding Psychologist Award from Division 31 of APA in 2006. 

Dr. Kelly served as a member-at-large of the American Board of Professional Psychology Foundation from 2014-2019. She is a graduate of the 2003 class of Leadership Atlanta.  She is a member of Lions Club International. She served on the Board of Directors of ChrisKids and Project Interconnections, in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Kelly belongs to numerous professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association (Fellow), Georgia Psychological Association (Fellow), International Association for the Study of Pain, and American Pain Society. She was an Associate Editor of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice from 2006-2011.

J. Neil Ragan, MD

Medical Director, Health West/Idaho State University Family Medicine Residency Clinic; Family Physician, Health West, Inc., Pocatello, ID

Dr. Wilkening is an active member of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP), and serves as an editor for CPNP’s peer-reviewed publication, the Mental Health Clinician. Her other professional affiliations include the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society, Phi Delta Chi, and the Rho Chi Pharmacy Honor Society. Her clinical research interests include evaluating clinic dynamics to improve community-based clozapine access, the impact of long-acting injectable antipsychotics on treatment outcomes in first-episode schizophrenia, and the utilization of prescribing clinical psychologists in improving treatment adherence.

Members of Idaho's Board of Psychologist Examiners:

 Theresa Ross, PhD

 V. Page Haviland, PhD
 Autumn Keefer, PhD
 G. Lucy Wilkening, PharmD