PsyTalk 2015 Issue 1

► Thank you Prof Bowman ► Free directory listing ► Renew your membership ► Member updates ► ICD 10 - Survey ► PsySSA on the move: Restoring credibility to SA Psychology Read Article. Prof Saths Cooper IUPsys President From the President’s Corner Reality dawned on me as I began writing this, the first President’s Corner for 2015: While only two months into the year, the halfway mark of my term as President, in fact, is imminent. Read more... Juan Nel PsySSA President 2015 Is psychology serving humanity? Read article. Santosh Pillay Member PsySSA Community & Social Psychology Division and PsySSA LGBTI Human Rights Project The need for Indemnity Insurance Read article. Dr Ian Opperman & Mr Rafiq Lockhat Guest Editorial: Psychologists recognized in SA 40 years ago Read article. Prof Saths Cooper IUPsys President Cultural competence: An ethical imperative rather than a personal choice in clinical training and practice Read article. M.W. Makgahlela President-Elect, PsySSA Forum for African Psychology PSYSSA and Thought Leader collaboration Read article on writer guidelines for Thought Leader. We want your opinion Read article. ► CaSP (Community & Social Psychology) ► PiPS (Psychology in Public Service) ► DRM (Division of Research & Methodology) ► SASCH (Clinical Hypnosis Division) ► Sexuality and Gender ► FAP - Forum of African Psychology ► 21st PsySSA Congress Strength in Unity - more information - Register Now - Submit an Abstract ► The 4th Southern African Students’ Psychology Conference ► 7th SA AIDS Conference ► SCHP 9th Biennial conference ► Gendered modernities in motion ► The International Congress of Psychology (ICP2016) ► Click here for more information

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The launch of a new initative: Community Psychology in Global Perspective

Community Psychology in Global Perspective publishes work that is of relevance to community psychologists as well as scholars and professionals from a diverse array of other backgrounds with shared interested in community-focused work.

Community Psychology in Global Perspective is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to research, theory and intervention, and review articles exploring human interactions in community settings across the globe. Its special focus is on making explicit the ways in which culture acts as a framework organizing and guiding our experiences, utilizing ecological perspectives to enhance our understanding and promotion of individual and community well-being, and advancing work aimed at the creation of positive social change and social justice.

The journal is international in scope, reflecting the main concerns of social scientists and community practitioners worldwide. Community Psychology in Global Perspective welcomes contributions from a variety of theoretical approaches across disciplines (psychology, sociology, political sciences, urban planning, social work and others), although it especially encourages submissions of field-based, culturally situated research and intervention.

The content of the journal includes:
Research articles that report empirical qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods studies relevant to community psychology theory, method, and practice. The focus on qualitative research within a psychological frame will be a specific innovative contribution to the social science research. 
Review articles that survey theoretical developments or topics of major interest. 
Practice issues that present brief reports by practitioners or action researchers, which describe interesting developments and interventions or which address matters of professional and public relevance.

Contributions are invited on all aspects of Community Psychology, including, but not limited to: Community research methods · Participatory action research · Prevention & Wellbeing · Community program evaluation · Community development · Power & Empowerment · Active citizenship & Collective action · Minorities & Social inclusion · Gender · Migration & Intercultural relations · Social justice · Critical community psychology · Ecological clinical intervention

Community Psychology is an open access journal, free of charge to authors, and published online twice per year.

The link to the website: http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/cpgp

21st South African Psychology Congress - ABSTRACT SUBMISSION AND CONGRESS REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

The Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) enters its third decade as the major representative body of Psychology professionals in the country, with a growing membership, increasing social responsiveness to health and human rights issues, and a record of hosting highly successful congresses throughout the country with international speakers. Very much like our democracy, PsySSA is constantly growing and maturing as an organisation, to provide a professional association that reflects and represents all of its members and the diversity that characterises Psychology as a discipline. In line with its strategic objectives, PsySSA continues in its quest to be more relevant and responsive to the concerns and priorities of the country, the continent and the world. This is in keeping with the Society’s enhanced public profile and professionalisation.

The 21st Annual South African Psychology Congress, with the theme Strength in Unity, to be held in Johannesburg 15 -18 September 2015 focuses on the strength of Psychology uniting within the discipline, and its capacity to forge greater unity in the nation, and beyond. The launch of the Pan-African Psychology Union last year and the highly successful hosting of the International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2012) are examples of PsySSA’s global record of uniting in the face of health, social and humanitarian challenges. To this end PsySSA continues to engage colleagues and organisations in efforts to broaden the horizons for Psychology as a discipline and especially the communities being served.

In the context of furthering development in South African Psychology and ensuring the inclusion of a wide range of voices, presentations, scholarly and practice-oriented perspectives, the Congress Committee invites you to submit contributions for the 2015 congress. It is hoped that the congress will showcase a broad range of scholarly research and reviews that reflect Psychology as science, profession and practice.

Abstract submission for posters, papers or symposia is now open. The closing date is 17 April 2015.

Register now for an early bird discount. 

International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISHCP) 9th Biennial Conference: 12-15 July 2015, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

The ISCHP brings together health scholars who are interested in exploring ongoing and emerging issues in critical research, critical theory and critical practice in relation to health and health care. This shared interest in critical approaches to healthcare is exemplified in the theme of the 9^th Biennial Conference, ‘Health, Health Care and Social Justice’.

Abstracts

The call for abstracts for the 9th Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP) is open. The final deadline for abstract submissions is 02 March 2015.

Workshops

Workshops will take place on Sunday 12 July 2015.

We are pleased to announce that the following workshops have been finalized for the conference:

1.       Narrative methods for critical health research (presented by Corrine Squire and Floretta Boonzaier)

2.       Doing better qualitative research (presented by Kerry Chamberlain)

3.       Project revision: reflecting on the methodological and pedagogical possibilities of digital storytelling (presented by Carla Rice, Jen Rinaldi and Michaela Hynie)

4.       Balancing the personal, the political and the professional: a reflective workshop (presented by Elizabeth Peel and Gareth Treharne)

5.       ‘Resisting the neoliberal construction of academia’ or, how to survive your PhD in critical health psychology in the face of work, life and pressures to ‘perform’ (presented by Ally Gibson and Jenny Setchell)

Abstract submission forms and details of the workshops are available on the conference website. To find out more about this conference, please visitwww.ischp2015.co.za.

We look forward to seeing you in Grahamstown!

Regards,

ISCHP 2015 Conference Organising Committee

Rhodes University

Email: conference@ru.ac.za

Invitation to Open Webinar: Consultation on Coalition Building & Collaborative Solutions: A Practitioner’s View

Dear Colleagues: 

I hope you are doing great. I am sharing with you an invitation for the Webinar "Consultation on Coalition Building & Collaborative Solutions: A Practitioner’s View".

When: Friday, November 21st, 12.30 p.m. Eastern Time (New York time)

Where: Register free at this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scra-webinar-4-consultation-on-coalition-building-collaborative-solutions-a-practitioners-view-tickets-14154214637

In this e-mail I include information about the Webinar as well as the presenter, Dr. Thomas Wolff. 

Feel free to distribute this invitation among your networks, and let me know in case you have any questions. 

Thank you very much,

Carlos Luis, for SCRA's Online Learning Initiative.

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WEBINAR #4 Details: 

This SCRA online learning opportunity will present an overview of a consultation practice in the area of coalition building, collaborative solutions and community development.  Using specific examples, Dr. Tom Wolff will describe how clients request help and what they want. The Webinar #4 format will be a sample training led by Dr. Wolff, including exercises that are similar to trainings he provides to community coalitions.

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Learning objectives:

1.      Participants will understand core issues in developing a consulting practice focused on coalition building.

2.      Participants will understand the six principles of collaborative solutions.

3.      Participants will explore tools to help coalitions engage the community in their work.

· Register via Eventbrite by Thursday, November 20, 2014 at 5PM Eastern. 

· You will receive an invitation via email from GlobalMeet to log-in on Friday, November 21 at 12:30PM Eastern at https://scra.pgimeet.com/SCRA.

· Log-in as a guest.

Be sure to tweet about this event mentioning @scra and using Hashtag #SCRAsocial

Introducing our presenter:

Tom Wolff, Ph.D., is a community psychologist committed to issues of social justice and building healthy communities through collaborative solutions. A nationally recognized consultant on coalition building and community development, he has a lifetime of experience training and consulting with individuals, organizations, and communities across North America and around the globe.

Tom has published numerous resources to help communities solve their own problems. His most recent book is The Power of Collaborative Solutions – Six principles and effective tools for building health communities published by Jossey Bass-John Wiley in early 2010.His earlier writings on coalition building include From the Ground Up: A Workbook on Coalition Building and Community Development (with Gillian Kaye, 1997) and The Spirit of the Coalition (with Bill Berkowitz, 2000; American Public Health Association).
He presently runs Tom Wolff & Associates- www.tomwolff.com. in Amherst, Massachusetts. Consulting clients include federal, state, and local government agencies; foundations; hospitals; nonprofit organizations; professional associations; and grassroots groups.
In 2014 Tom was awarded the American Psychological Associations’ Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent Practice.

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Invitation to the HSRC Seminar Series in collaboration with PANSALB: Children think knowledge is bliss; mothers think ignorance is bliss: undisclosed father identity in South Africa

Invitation

 The HSRC Seminar Series in collaboration with PANSALB

Children think knowledge is bliss; mothers think ignorance is bliss: undisclosed father identity in South Africa

Speaker: Dr Mzi Nduna, Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand

Venues in Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town (Videoconferencing facilities: see below)

Date: 11 November 2014

Time: 12H15 for 12h30  – 13H30   

Life trajectories of children with no connection and support from their fathers have received research attention. Within this group is a sub-group who do not know their fathers. This presentation is based on four studies conducted by the presenter and her colleagues in an attempt to better understand this phenomenon. The studies were based in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape provinces.

Kindly RSVP by 9 November 2014

Cape Town : HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building (Opposite Revenue Office), Plein Street, Cape Town. Contact Jean Witten, Tel (021) 4668004, Fax (021) 461 0299, or JWitten@hsrc.ac.za

Durban :  First floor HSRC board room, 750 Francois Road, Ntuthuko Junction, Pods 5 and 6, Cato Manor, Contact Ridhwaan Khan, Tel (031) 242 5400, cell: 083 788 2786 or RKhan@hsrc.ac.za

Pretoria : HSRC Video Conference, 1st floor HSRC Library Human Sciences Research Council, 134 Pretorius Street, Pretoria. Arlene Grossberg, Tel: (012) 302 2811, e-mail: acgrossberg@hsrc.ac.za

7th South African AIDS Conference at the Durban ICC from 9-12 June 2015: Abstract submission is now open

Abstract submission is now open for the 7th South African AIDS Conference 2015

We invite you to present your research, your successful programmes and innovative interventions and best practices for consideration to  be part of the programme at the South African AIDS Conference at the Durban ICC from 9-12 June 2015. The Conference  provides a platform for researchers and practitioners to share their work and ideas and creates collaboration and partnerships.

Submit a 300 word concept paper or abstract that describes your research, your projects and the results before the 20 January 2015 deadline. And invite your fellow partner organizations or community projects that have shown positive (or negative) results. Join us and exchange ideas with funders, scientists, medical practitioners, social scientists, economists and the community as well as representatives from the public sector, NGOs, the faith-based sectors and the corporate sector.

The Conference theme is “Reflection, Refocus and Renewal” and will cover the following tracks:

Track 1: Basic and Clinical Sciences
Track 2: Epidemiology, Prevention and Public Health
Track 3: Social, Economic Sciences and Human Rights
Track 4: Best Practices, Programmes and Ethics
Track 5: Community Exchange Encounters

You are invited to submit abstracts to become part of this all important Conference via the Conference website at www.saaids.com

Submitting abstracts for either oral or poster presentation at the Conference gives you a unique opportunity to play a leading role in setting the HIV and AIDS agenda going forward. This Conference creates a platform wherein all scientists (basic and social), clinicians, activists and community workers can showcase their significant contribution towards curbing the dual TB and HIV epidemics. We encourage you not to miss out on the chance to provide a meaningful contribution to debates on the impact of HIV infection on other infectious diseases, social and ethical issues as well as provision of healthcare in general.

We believe that the cross-pollination of ideas and best practices between research and practice is critical to solving our challenges. The Programme Committee reflects this diversity and includes twenty-four education experts from the research and practice community who will select the best papers for inclusion in the final programme.

Please take advantage of the early registration discount that is now available at R4560 (incl VAT)

To view the Conference Programme outline click here

To view the Conference Track descriptors click here

To submit an abstract click here 

For booking of any Travel Arrangements you can visit the website at www.saaids.com or simply click on any of the following links:
• Accommodation
• Transfers
• Flights

For more information on the Conference, please visit  www.saaids.com and link to our social networks for discussions and updates at:



We look forward to your contribution towards the Conference

With kind regards

Dr Nono Simelela
Conference Chairperson                                       
Advisor to the Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa

Ms Mary Crewe
Conference Co-Chairperson
Co-Director, Centre for the Study of AIDS