Veronica T. Rowe, a clinical instructor with the Department of Occupational Therapy, was recently certified as a brain injury specialist trainer by the Academy of Certified Brain Injury Specialists (ACBIS). The ACBIS offers a nationally recognized credential for experienced professionals working in brain injury services, through a training program, followed by a national certification examination. Rowe’s new certification qualifies her to provide training courses for individuals who are preparing for the brain injury specialist examination. To achieve certification as a trainer, she demonstrated skills in the areas of training, supervision, and teaching within the brain injury field.
Dr. Jacquie Rainey, a professor in the Department of Health Sciences and associate dean of the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences, recently presented a lecture entitled “What can you do about low health literacy as a health professional”. The lecture was part of the video-teleconference series sponsored by the Arkansas Geriatric Education Center, the GRECC at the Arkansas VA hospital, and the Reynolds Institute on Aging at UAMS. The lecture was intended to teach strategies for improving health communication with low literate populations. There were over 30 sites within the state and region signed up to receive the telecast. The University of Central Arkansas is a partner in the Arkansas Geriatric Education Center.
Nina Roofe, a clinical instructor in the Department of Family and Consumer Services, made a presentation entitled “Early Intervention: Overcoming Developmental Delays of Prematurity” at the 61st annual Southern Early Childhood Association meeting in Little Rock on Jan. 22.
Dr. John Murphy, professor of psychology was an invited speaker by the U.S. Department of Defense/Adolescent Substance Abuse Counseling Services (ASACS) at a an event where he provided training to psychotherapists and counselors in the ASACS program in Bad Kreuznach, Germany. The title of his presentation was “Brief Intervention in Schools: Addressing Risk and Protective Factors in Substance Abuse Counseling.”
Paul Nail, assistant professor of Psychology , had the following articles published in 2009:
Nail, P. R., & McGregor, I. (2009). Conservative shift among liberals and conservatives following 9/11/01. Social Justice Research, 22, 231-240
Nail, P. R., McGregor, I., Drinkwater, A. E., Steele, G. M., & Thompson, T. W. (2009). Threat causes liberals to think like conservatives. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 45, 901-907.
Nail, P. R. (2009). Anticonformity. In John M. Levine & Michael A. Hogg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of group processes and intergroup relations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
And the following papers or posters:
Nail, P. R. (2009, October). Influencing difficult people: The strategic self-anticonformity technique. Invited address, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Portland, Maine.
Son Hing, L., Zanna, M. P., & Nail, P. R. (2009, October). Using implicit attitudes to disambiguate prejudice on the right and on the left. Invited address, Society of Experimental Social Psychology, Portland, Maine.
Nail, P. R., Broussard, B. G., & Edgin, G. (2009, April). Mortality salience causes anti-gay sentiment among psychological liberals. Poster presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Zunick, P., & Nail, P. R. (2009, April). Effects of modern racism and political orientation on voting intentions in 2008. Poster presented at the meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Shane Irgens, Department of Physical Therapy Class of 2010, was recently elected to the 2009-2010 American Physical Therapy Association’s Student Assembly Board of Directors. Irgens attended APTA National Student Conclave held in Miami on Oct. 30- Nov. 1, 2009 during which he campaigned for the national office. The Student Assembly is a component of the American Physical Therapy Association comprised of all student members currently at 15,775 members.
Several first, second, and third year students attended APTA National Student Conclave held in Miami on Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009. This national conference is held annually specifically for students of physical therapy for programming, workshops and social events as well as Student Assembly elections. Upon return, students reported that it was amazing to meet so many PT students, attend workshops that they actually understood and meet APTA leaders.