[Commpsych] APS Conference Highlights for Community Psychologists

[Heather Gridley]

Hi Everyone

 

Just drawing your attention to some CP highlights of the upcoming APS COnference in Hobart, September 23rd-27th. In particular there are two workshops that should attract Community Psychology PD points (this information doesn't appear to be listed on the website). The conference will also feature the launch of the newly formed Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association, under the auspice of APS. So do come to Hobart and join the celebrations! http://www.apsconference.com.au/

 

Saturday 27th September

Workshops:

 

Full-day - Uzzell, D. Environmental Attitudes and Actions in Context

David Uzell is the featured keynote speaker at the conference, and the author of the lead article in the current issue of InPsych that has been devoted to Climate Change issues. 

This workshop will provide a review of research methodologies and findings on environmental behaviour change, including social marketing techniques, identity theory and social norms. There will be interactive sessions to collect data from workshop participants on their perceptions of environmental issues, followed by analyses of this material using co-orientation analysis, discourse analysis, and Boal's conflict resolution techniques to understand socially situated environmental attitudes and practices. The workshop will especially interest psychology researchers; psychologists working in policy settings (e.g. national, federal and local government); psychologists working on behaviour change programmes; and doctoral students especially from environmental, social and political psychology. 

 

Half-day - Smith, M. Personal, professional and political: Personal experiences in the context of research, professional development and community psychology practice

Meg is well known to community psychologists in Australia and New Zealand. 

Personal experience as a basis for the development of research questions and data for research has previously been viewed with some suspicion in psychological research. Social action movements by people with disabilities, women and indigenous communities have pushed the research agenda to encompass the lived experience of their constituencies. Research projects with such communities now demand that the voices of the participants be heard and that the researcher has some personal empathy with the research questions. This workshop will explore the issues faced by researchers and practitioners who have a lived experience of a particular issue and have incorporated this knowledge into research and community practice. Life experiences such as personal experience of child abuse or mental illness or disability or institutionalisation can bring unique and innovative insights into the needs of community groups facing similar issues. Some examples of positive inclusion and respectful recognition of personal experience will be explored in this workshop.

 

Highlights of the APS Conference program for Community Psychologists

 

Tuesday 23rd September

Keynote Speaker: David Uzzell

The challenge of climate change; the challenge for psychology

 

Environment Individual Papers  Reser, J., Rathzel, N, Bagot, K., Burke, S.

Climate Change Forum   Reser, J., B. Pittock, B. Raphael & D. Uzell - How crucial is psychology in addressing the challenges of climate change?

Wednesday 24th September 

Symposium - Gridley, H. (Convenor)  Psychologists' social responsibility: responding as researchers, practitioners and citizens to refugees and asylum-seekers

 

(CCOM) Consumer Issues  Individual Papers - D. Rickwood, G.Rose

 

Thursday 26th September

 

CCOM) Psychology and Women Symposium Gridley, H. (Convenor)

Leading change at the margins: doing feminist research with social justice in mind

 

CCOM Community College Individual Papers

Zinkiewicz, L.; Tutchener, C.; O'Grady, L.

 

Friday 26th September 

 

(CCOM) Community College Symposium - Khawaja, N.

Refugees: their journey from stress to growth

 

CCOM Community College Individual Papers Refugee issues

 


Public Sector & NGOs Forum - Duffy, C.


 

Saturday 27th September

Workshops:

 

Full-day - Uzzell, D. Environmental Attitudes and Actions in Context

 

Half-day - Smith, M. Personal, professional and political: Personal experiences in the context of research, professional development and community psychology practice

 
Heather Gridley 
School of Psychology 
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Email: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au
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