October 2024 | Newsletter Updates
E-Learning Center | Grand Rounds | Convention Proposals | Proposal Reviewers | Grants | Expert Insights | JPA Special Issue | Poster Proposals | Convention Scholarships | Workshop Notifications | EISJ Grant | Membership Renewals | Community Events & News | Job Postings
SPA Online E-Learning Center
NEW SPA MEMBER RESOURCE!!!
In case you missed it, we now have a new resource for you to use! Our SPA E-Learning Center has on-demand webinars and training. You will be able to access this free and paid content at anytime AND earn APA approved continuing education credits. Please keep in mind, this content is NOT live. See a full catalog of available content below.
Grand Rounds
November Grand Round
Personality Functioning, Problems in Living, and Personality Traits
November 6th | 12:00pm | 1 CE
Presenter: Dr. Christopher Hopwood
A significant portion of research has focused on narrow issues and appears to be driven in part by ideological differences between scholars who prefer Criterion A (personality functioning) or Criterion B (maladaptive traits). This webinar will talk about one perspective on how these issues trace to ambiguity about the concept of personality functioning as defined in the AMPD and its conceptual distinction from personality traits and problems in living. For more information and to register, click on the button below.
Convention Proposals
Deadline is October 7th
This is your LAST CHANCE to submit your program proposals for our 2025 SPA Convention. Next year's Convention will be hosted in Denver, CO from March 26th-30th. As a presenter, you will get the opportunity to share your work and insights with the community. Submit your proposal for any of the following program types:
- Symposia
- Case Discussion
- Rountable Discussion
- Individual Paper
For more information, click the button below.
Call for Proposal Reviewers
Deadline to Sign Up is October 7th!
We're calling on all members and non-members who would like to be involved in Convention planning! As a reviewer, you will use your expertise and background to review program submissions for the 2025 SPA Convention to ensure high quality sessions will be presented. There will be TWO review periods this year, please view the dates below. NOTE: Attendance at the Convention is NOT required to be a part of this team.
The first review period is for Papers, Symposia, Roundtables, and Case Discussions.
- October 7: Deadline for Reviewer Application
- October 11: Programs Assigned to Reviewers Selected
- October 24: Deadline for Program Reviews to be Submitted
The second review period is for Posters.
- October 7: Deadline for Reviewer Application
- November 12: Programs Assigned to Reviewers Selected
- November 22: Deadline for Program Reviews to be Submitted
Grants
Deadline for both is October 15th
Dissertation Grant
The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) will be making grants to support dissertation research in the area of personality assessment. These awards of up to $800 dollars must have an approved dissertation proposal before applying for the grant. Although not required at time of application, to receive the grant, the student must hold an active student membership for the 2025 calendar year. It is expected that the findings of the dissertation will be presented at a forthcoming Annual Convention of SPA.
Student Research Grant
The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) will be making grants to support all types of student research in the area of personality assessment. These awards of up to $500 dollars are open to undergraduate or graduate students in psychology or related fields. Although not required at time of application, to receive the grant, the student must hold an active student membership for the 2025 calendar year. It is expected that the findings of this research will be presented at a forthcoming Annual Convention of SPA.
Expert Insights
October 31st - November 2nd
Expert Insights on Psychological Assessment: Enhancing Skills Based on Recent Developments is out mid-year virtual experience focused on solutions to common challenges in psychological assessment. This conference hopes to expand the range of tools and frameworks accessible to clinicians in their daily practice. Our expert presenters are listed below. Click the button below for more information on the schedule and to register.
This year our speakers include the following (Speakers Listed in Alphabetical Order):
- Dr. Ksera Dyette
- Dr. Stephen Finn
- Dr. Katherine Jonas
- Dr. Greg Meyer
- Dr. Abby Mulay
- Dr. Sharon Nelson
- Dr. Lisa Suzuki
- Dr. A. Jordan Wright
Call for JPA Special Issue
Deadline is October 31st!
There is currently a call for papers for the JPA Special Issue on Applications of Personality Assessment to Traumatic Stress.
They invite papers that offer novel approaches to studying the overlap between personality assessment and trauma, including (but perhaps not limited to) empirical articles, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, and high-quality clinical case studies that meet the journal’s requirements (see JPA’s Aims and Scope; see also Sellbom, 2019). The goal of this special issue is to highlight the most recent scholarly thinking on applying personality assessment to the area of trauma with the hope that personality assessment will become more common (even routine) in the future. For more information on how to submit abstracts, click the button below.
Poster Proposals
Deadline is November 7th!
Submit your poster proposal for the 2025 SPA Convention.
Poster presenters will prepare a visual depiction of a research study, case analysis, or other type of material relevant to personality assessment, typically including descriptive text along with tables and/or figures. Poster sessions may be for a completed study or a proposed study, so no need to have your research complete to present. Posters are either presented on Thursday evening or Saturday evening. Click the button below to submit proposal.
SPA Convention Scholarships
Deadline is November 24th
Our three scholarships to monetarily assist in your attendance to our 2025 SPA Convention are now open. Each scholarship offers slightly different awards so make sure you read the details. You are able to apply to more than one scholarship, however, you will only be granted one scholarship. If you're planning to apply, please DO NOT register for the convention until notifications have been sent out in mid-December. Click the button below to learn more about each scholarship.
- Student Scholarship
- Diversity Scholarship
- Early Career Scholarship
Workshop Notifications
If you submitted a workshop proposal for our 2025 SPA Convention in Denver, CO, notifications have already been sent out. If you did not receive a notification, please contact out office. For those that were approved the deadline to confirm titles and submit additional information requested was due on October 3rd unless you have already communicated with our office.
EISJ Grant
Deadline is December 10th
The EISJ Grant is accepting applications. The grant can award anywhere between $500 to $10,000 to support research that advances equity, inclusion, and social justice. Submit your application below.
Membership Renewals
Deadline is December 31st
Renewal season has started back up again! Avoid a disruption in your membership and avoid all the additional reminders. Renew Today!
Community Events & News
- Training: A virtual training sequence for the Crisi Wartegg System (CWS) will begin in September! The CWS is an empirically validated and standardized methodology (administration, scoring, interpretation) for the clinical use of the Wartegg Drawing Completion Test (WDCT)—an easy, efficient, and non-overwhelming performance-based personality measure that can be completed in 5-10 minutes and is appropriate across the lifespan. The CWS is recognized as a valid performance-based personality test that can be used for certification in Therapeutic Assessment. The Level 1 workshop focuses on history and statistical foundations, reviews standardized administration procedures, and builds proficiency in the normative scoring system. Following completion of Level 1, clinicians are able to independently administer the test with clients but require consultation for accurate scoring and interpretation. Levels 2 and 3 of the training sequence are described within this flyer. Online registration can be made at: https://sc-cca-com.3dcartstores.com/.
- Event: The Symptom Validity Assessment (SVA) Conference will be held in Italy October 10- 11, 2024. This conference is organized for everyone with an interest in the latest research and state-of-the-art clinical practice of symptom and performance validity assessment. For more information, click here.
- Survey on MMPI-3 and Forensic Assessment: We need your expertise for a research study on psychological assessment and MMPI interpretation. Your insights will help advance our understanding of how test scores are interpreted across different contexts.
It will take less than 5 minutes of your time to respond to a few brief questions. Your contribution is invaluable to our research efforts!
Plus, we're excited to announce that the survey is available in multiple languages to ensure inclusivity and accessibility.
Interested in participating? Click here to access the survey
Your participation will make a significant difference in shaping the future of psychological assessment. Thank you for your support! THANK YOU!- Emre Akca, Irena Boskovic, Luciano Giromini, Paul Ingram, Martin Sellbom, et al. - Training: You're invited to a 2-day (Helsinki) and 4 half-day (Zoom) Training and Update for CS Experts. The Rorschach Comprehensive System- Revised (CS-R) and Supplementary Scales training May 23-24 and October 10,17, 24 & November 7, 2024. Click here for more information.