The 2009 Retreat was held May 14 - 15, 2009.
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Retreat Topic: Incorporating Professional Ethics into the Curriculum
Presenter: Dr. Mitchell Handelsman, University of Colorado - Denver
Mitch Handelsman received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Kansas in 1981. He is currently professor of psychology and a CU President’s Teaching Scholar at the University of Colorado Denver, where he has been on the faculty since 1982. He served for a year (1989-1990) in Washington DC as an APA Congressional Science Fellow. In 2003-2004 he was president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. He is a licensed psychologist and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Mitch has won numerous teaching awards, including the 1992 CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) Colorado Professor of the Year Award, and APA’s Division 2 Excellence in Teaching Award in 1995. He has published several book chapters and over 50 articles in journals ranging from the Professional Psychology: Research and Practice to the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity. His major research area is professional ethics; he has published widely in ethics and is the co-author (with Sharon K. Anderson) of a forthcoming text on ethics in psychotherapy (Ethics for Psychotherapists and Counselors: A Proactive Approach) from Blackwell Publishing. He has served on numerous professional and community ethics committees, and is a past chair of the Colorado Psychological Association Ethics Committee and the Rose Medical Center Ethics Committee. Mitch is also a trumpet player and plays jazz and blues in the Denver area.
2009 Retreat Schedule
Thursday, May 14, 2009
5:00 – 6:00 pm: Retreat Registration
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Evening meal
7:00 – 8:30 pm: General presentation/discussion on topic (facilitated by Handelsman)
Friday, May 15, 2009
9:00 am: “Keynote” Presentation (facilitated by Handelsman)
10:00 am: break
10:30 – 12:00: Activity-based sessions (facilitated by Handelsman)
12:00 -1:00 pm: Lunch
1:00 – 3:00 pm: Activity-based sessions (facilitated by Handelsman)
3:00 - 3:30 pm: Break
3:30 – 5:00 pm: Activity-based sessions (facilitated by Handelsman)
5:00 -6:00 pm: Dinner
6:00 – 7:00 pm: Wrap-up, Celebration, and Sharing (facilitated by Handelsman)
7:00 pm: Post retreat fun (off campus) (facilitated by Janet Secrest)
Send ideas for new workshops or comments to: Karen I. Adsit, EdD
Last modified: May 19, 2009
