February 17 – 19, 2012

Reference Number RT12301

Date:          Friday February 17- Sunday, February 19, 2012

Location:   Tampa Westshore Marriott

1001 N. Westshore

Tampa, FL, 33607

Registration Check In Time: Friday, February 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Daily Program Schedule: Fri 8:30-5:00PM, Sat 8:30-5:00PM, Sun 8:30-3:00PM

Registration Fee:  $575.00

Faculty:   Irving Weiner, PhD and Barry Ritzler, PhD

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is providing 20 hours of Continuing Education credit for psychologists completing this three day Program.  The Society for Personality Assessment is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Society for Personality Assessment maintains responsibility for the progam and its content.  There is no additional charge for receiving this continuing education credit.

Accommodations:

The Marriott Tampa Westshore Hotel is located in Tampa close to the Westshore Plaza Mall and the Raymond James Stadium.  Hotel amenities include a full service restaurant and coffee shop/café.  A bar/lounge is open for drinks and room service is available during limited hours.  Recreation includes an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, sauna, and fitness facility.  There is complimentary airport shuttle service and complimentary self parking.

Guest room rate for Program attendees is $109.00 per night.  Call the National Marriott number 1-800-564-3489 or the Marriott Westshore 1-813-287-2555 to make a reservation (refer to Rorschach Training Programs).  The cut off for the discounted room rate is January 15, 2012.

Program Description:

This Advanced Program is designed to provide a second semester of graduate training in the Rorschach Comprehensive System.  The Program will focus on the use of the Comprehensive System with child and adolescent cases.  There will be some attention paid to coding and administration, but the main emphasis will be on interpretation.  Participants are expected to have one semester of graduate training or its equivalent (e.g. a Beginning Rorschach Training Program).  It is expected that the participants will attain an expert level of competence with the Comprehensive System.

Requirements to Attend an Advanced Program

It is required that attendees will have completed a previous Rorschach Training Program or a Rorschach Workshop Program.  A graduate level university course in the Rorschach will also qualify for acceptance in the Advanced Program.  

February 22-26, 2012

Reference Number RT12101

Date:         Wednesday, February 22 – Sunday, February 26, 2012

Location:  Holiday Inn Fisherman’s Wharf

1300 Columbus Avenue

San Francisco, CA, 94133

Registration Check In Time: Wednesday February 22, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Daily Program Schedule: 8:30 AM – 5:15 PM (last day may end earlier)

Registration Fee:  $875.00   

Faculty: Anthony Sciara, PhD and Anita Boss, PsyD

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is providing 35 hours of Continuing Education credit for psychologists completing this five day Program.  The Society for Personality Assessment is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Society for Personality Assessment maintains responsibility for the progam and its content.  There is no additional charge for receiving this continuing education credit.

Accommodations

The Holiday Inn is located steps away from the waterfront and directly in the middle of Fisherman’s Wharf.  It is the perfect downtown San Francisco destination.  The hotel features large, newly decorated guestrooms with complimentary high-speed internet access.  You can walk to Ghirardelli Square, the Cannery, Pier 39, etc.  The hotel features a 24 hour business center, an outdoor heated pool with sun deck and a fitness center.  Special parking rate for event attendees is $20.00

Guest Room Rate:  Single/Double $119.00. To make a reservation call:  1-800-942-7348 or 1-415-771-9000 (refer to Rorschach Training Programs).  Deadline for the discounted room block is January 12, 2012.

Room rate for Thursday, February 16th is $224.00 (due to weekday rates).  Room rate Friday, February 17- Sunday, February 19, 2012 is $109.  This rate includes Sunday in case attendees want to stay over Sunday

Program Description

This training program provides the equivalent of one semester of graduate training in the Rorschach Comprehensive System (35 hours) – a minimum standard for competence with the method, set by the Society of Personality Assessment.  The program is designed to teach participants adequate procedures for the administration of the method.  It also teaches the criteria and guidelines for coding that take participants to a level of competence near the expert level.  Furthermore, it introduces participants to a knowledge of interpretation procedures that prepares them for a second semester equivalent in training, (e.g. an advanced Rorschach Training Program) that will take them to an expert level of competence in all phases of the method (administration, coding, and interpretation).

Participant Preparation for the Beginning Training Program

Program materials, daily schedule, etc. will be mailed 4-6 weeks prior to the training program.  Reading and pre-training protocol scoring is expected.

Materials Provided to Participants in the Beginning Level Training Program:

1.  The Rorschach Workbook for the Comprehensive System, 5^th Ed. (RW, 2001)

2.  Primer for Rorschach Interpretation (RW, 2000)

(Note:  These texts are sent as a required set.)

3. Practice Protocol

Recommended reading (not required):

The Rorschach:  A comprehensive System, Vol. I, 4^th Edition

The Rorschach:  A comprehensive System Interpretation, Vol. II, 3^rd Edition

Books are available from:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc

605 Third Avenue

New York, NY, 10158-0012

Requirements to attend Beginning Program:

1.  Doctoral degree in Psychology

2. If not PhD provide Supervisor’s Name

3. If Intern provide name of Internship Site

Graduate Student Discount of $50

To receive the student discount:

1. Go to “Contact Us”

2. Send an email requesting the discount code.

3. In the email state the name of your Graduate Program/Supervisor

A code to use for registration will be sent via return email.

March 30-April 1, 2012

Reference Number RT12302

Date:          Friday March 30 - Sunday, April 1, 2012

Location:   Marriott Dallas/Quorum Hotel by the Galleria

14901 Dallas Parkway

Dallas, TX, 75254

Registration Check In Time: Friday, February 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM

Daily Program Schedule: Fri 8:30 – 5:00 PM, Sat 8:30 – 5:00 PM, Sun 8:30 – 3:00 PM

Registration Fee:  $575.00

Faculty:   Roger Greene, PhD and Barry Ritzler, PhD

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is providing 20 hours of Continuing Education credit for psychologists completing this three day Program.  The Society for Personality Assessment is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Society for Personality Assessment maintains responsibility for the progam and its content.  There is no additional charge for receiving this continuing education credit.

Accommodations:

The Marriott Dallas/Addison Quorum Hotel by the Galleria is located in North Dallas, close to many restaurants and shopping.  It is a full service hotel with indoor/outdoor pool, restaurants, internet access, etc.  Complimentary parking is available for attendees.

The hotel is 14 miles from the Dallas Fort Worth Airport and 10 miles from Dallas Love Field Airport.  A shuttle from these airports can be arranged by calling Super Shuttle at 800-258-3826.

Guest room rate for Program attendees is $104.00 per night.  Call the Marriott to make a reservation at 1-800-228-9290 (refer to Rorschach Training Programs).  Cut off for the discounted room rate is March 9, 2012.

Program Description:

This three day Advanced Program is open to those with prior Rorschach and MMPI-2 experience. The focus of the Program is on strategies of interpreting and integrating test data to better understand psychological structure and functioning and address matters of appropriate diagnosis and specific treatment models.  Participants must be familiar with the MMPI-2 and the format for the Comprehensive System.

Requirements to Attend an Advanced Program

It is required that attendees will have completed a previous Rorschach Training Program or a Rorschach Workshop Program.  A graduate level university course in the Rorschach will also qualify for acceptance in the Advanced Program.  

Reference Number RT12102

Date:         Monday, June 11 – Friday, June 15, 2012

Location:  University of Hartford, 84 Bloomfield Avenue, Hartford, CT

Registration Fee:  $875.00   

Faculty: Barry Ritzler, PhD and Anthony Sciara, PhD

The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is providing 20 hours of Continuing Education credit for psychologists completing this three day Program.  The Society for Personality Assessment is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  The Society for Personality Assessment maintains responsibility for the progam and its content.  There is no additional charge for receiving this continuing education credit.

Accommodations and Program Site

To Be Determined

Program Description

This training program provides the equivalent of one semester of graduate training in the Rorschach Comprehensive System (35 hours) – a minimum standard for competence with the method, set by the Society of Personality Assessment.  The program is designed to teach participants adequate procedures for the administration of the method.  It also teaches the criteria and guidelines for coding that take participants to a level of competence near the expert level.  Furthermore, it introduces participants to a knowledge of interpretation procedures that prepares them for a second semester equivalent in training, (e.g. an advanced Rorschach Training Program) that will take them to an expert level of competence in all phases of the method (administration, coding, and interpretation).

Participant Preparation for the Beginning Training Program

Program materials, daily schedule, etc. will be mailed 4-6 weeks prior to the training program.  Reading and pre-training protocol scoring is expected.

Materials Provided to Participants in the Beginning Level Training Program:

1.  The Rorschach Workbook for the Comprehensive System, 5^th Ed. (RW, 2001)

2.  Primer for Rorschach Interpretation (RW, 2000)

(Note:  These texts are sent as a required set.)

3. Practice Protocol

Recommended reading (not required):

The Rorschach:  A comprehensive System, Vol. I, 4^th Edition

The Rorschach:  A comprehensive System Interpretation, Vol. II, 3^rd Edition

Books are available from:

John Wiley & Sons, Inc

605 Third Avenue

New York, NY, 10158-0012

Requirements to attend Beginning Program:

1.  Doctoral degree in Psychology

2. If not PhD provide Supervisor’s Name

3. If Intern provide name of Internship Site

Graduate Student Discount of $50

To receive the student discount:

1. Go to “Contact Us”

2. Send an email requesting the discount code.

3. In the email state the name of your Graduate Program/Supervisor

A code to use for registration will be sent via return email.