MICI schedule

August 7-12, 2008

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6

1:00-7:00 p.m. Housing check-in and registration

7:30-9:00 p.m. Informal gathering
Mary McEvoy Seminar Room, 325 Education Sciences Building
 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

9:00-10:15 a.m. Opening keynote address
Searching for standards of professional competence: The relevance of culture and context

Dr. Linda Forrest
President, Society of Counseling Psychology
Division 17 of the American Psychological Association
Professor and Department Head
Counseling Psychology and Human Services, College of Education, University of Oregon, Eugene.

Dr. Linda Forrest is a full professor and serves as the head of the Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services. Dr. Forrest's scholarship focuses on ethics and professional training issues, specifically, educators' responsibility for addressing and working with trainees who are struggling to develop adequate professional competencies. Dr. Forrest currently serves as the president of the American Psychological Association’s Division 17, Society of Counseling Psychology and as the co-coordinator of the 2008 International Counseling Psychology Conference. Previously, she has served a six year term on the APA Council of Representatives and as a member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs. She served as the associate editor of The Counseling Psychologist, and has served on the editorial board of the Journal of Counseling Psychology. Dr. Forrest is a fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), in three divisions: Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women, and Division 44, the Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian and Gay Issues.

10:15-10:45 a.m. Break

10:45-11:45 a.m. Opening keynote global discussion*

*Global discussions occur throughout the institute to encourage dialogue and exchange between participants, MICI faculty, and presenters. After keynote addresses and presentations, institute participants meet in small groups to discuss the implications and application of the material presented for their various country/practice contexts.

Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30-3:00 p.m. Building multicultural teams
Dr. Kay Thomas, MICI Faculty

3:15-4:30 p.m. Site visit: University of Minnesota Counseling and Consultation Services
 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

9:00-10:30 a.m. Invited address
Psychological effects and treatment issues in working with survivors of torture and war trauma

Dr. Andrea Northwood
Director of Client Services, Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis.

Since 1995, Dr. Northwood has worked at the Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) providing psychological evaluation and psychotherapy to survivors of politically motivated torture and their family members. Since 2006, she has been the director of Client Services. In her current role, she directs and implements the development, delivery, and evaluation of services to clients, and she oversees the performance, management and functioning of the client services program in CVT’s Minneapolis and St. Paul clinics. She also maintains an active caseload. She has conducted research and has clinical experience in the assessment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, cross-cultural issues in assessment, and adolescent identity issues in trauma survivors. She has provided training on working with torture survivors to lay and professional audiences at local, national, and international levels. She has also been responsible for providing discipline-specific expertise and leadership in client services and in organizational decision making where clinical expertise in torture rehabilitation is needed. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and Child Development from the University of Minnesota.

10:30-11:45 a.m. Global discussion

Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30-2:45 p.m. Panel
Moderator: Dr. Michael Goh

• Pei-Chun Tsai: East Asian international college students' participation in social organizations
• Maria Jorge Rama Ferro: African and Timorese students in Coimbra: Some distorted stories–Toward a new multicultural counseling model
• Hitomi Takaki: Empowering students through International Peer Support Programs: The case of Nagoya University

3:00-4:15 p.m. Global discussion

5:00 p.m. Pick-up from dorm or hotel for transportation to White Bear Lake

6:00-10:30 p.m. Social activity at the home of Dr. Sunny Sundal Hansen (White Bear Lake)
 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

9:00-10:15 a.m. Panel
Moderator: Dr. John Romano

• Victoria Christofi: You cannot go home again: A phenomenological investigation of returning to the sojourn country after studying abroad
• Stephen Okiyama: Acculturation, enculturation, psychological distress and help-seeking preferences among Asian-American college students
• Biji Mathew: Stress and coping styles among Asthma patients: efficacy of intervention. Study no. 2

10:30-11:45 a.m. Global discussion

Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30-2:45 p.m. Panel
Moderator: Dr. Sunny Sundal Hansen

• Sherri Turner: Counseling to overcome barriers and provide supports for urban adolescents’ career development
• Eunha Kim: The importance and the developability of interpersonal competency at work: Implications for higher education
• Yoon-Jung Choi: The current trends of Korean counseling psychology research-- Overview of concept mapping methodology

3:00-4:15 p.m. Global discussion

4:30 onwards Optional: Mall of America
 

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

Morning Explore and experience Minnesota

Places of Worship (Your Choice): Lake Harriet Outdoor Worship Service, Minneapolis Chain of Lakes Walk, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota State Capitol, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden

3:00-5:00 p.m. Invited panel discussion: On becoming culturally competent clinicians: An interview and counseling demonstration

Kathryn McGraw Schuchman
Fraser Child and Family Center

David McGraw Schuchman
People Incorporated

Kathryn McGraw-Schuchman, MA, LP, specializes in providing multicultural, integrated health services. Most of her clinical work has been with new immigrants and refugees. Kathryn consults and provides training to health and mental health organizations to assist them in adapting their practices to more effectively serve diverse communities. Kathryn has developed and adapted clinical services for multicultural groups, most recently as the executive director of the Multicultural Center for Integrated Health. Kathryn has facilitated and conducted research on cross cultural mental health concepts and interventions and language interpretation. She is the past chairs of the Hmong Mental Health Research Group and the Hmong Mental Health Providers Network and has acted as the clinical project manager for the Southeast Asian Problem Gambling Consortium. In 2002, Kathryn was honored with the Champion of Health Award from Blue Cross Blue Shield. Her work was recognized for overcoming obstacles to break down language, attitude and political barriers to successfully help Hmong people receive quality mental health services.

David McGraw Schuchman, MSW, LICSW, has been in the mental health field for over 30 years, 26 of which have been as a supervisor and manager. He was a mental health supervisor at Community University Health Care Center in Minneapolis for 14 ½ years. His primary role there was directing the provision of mental health services to Southeast Asians, Latinos and Somalis. For the last nine years he developed and managed the Center’s Somali Mental Health Program. He has given numerous presentations on refugee and immigrant mental health with an emphasis on Somali mental health. He has also presented on cross cultural health, communication and supervision. David was on the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota for six years and is currently Clinical Supervisor at People, Incorporated and an organizational consultant with the Management Assistance Project for Nonprofits in St. Paul.

6:00-10:30 p.m. Top of Saint Paul: Social event hosted at the home of Jim Rustad
 

MONDAY, AUGUST 11

9:00-10:15 a.m. Panel
Moderator: Dr. Tom Skovholt

• Tania Bageri: Mothers and separation in midlife: An Inquiry into the experience of middle-aged Greek mothers who co-reside with their adult children
• Humoud Alqashan: Enrichment training progra.m. and successful marriage In Kuwait: Field study on Kuwaiti couples

10:30-11:45 a.m. Global discussion

Noon-1:30 p.m. Lunch on your own

1:30-2:45 p.m. Panel
Moderator: Dr. Kay Thomas

• Linda (Lee-Chou) Chen: Research on personal trait measurement and adaptive index of junior high school students in Taiwan
• Steven J. Sandage: Intercultural development and relational spirituality: Research, training, and counseling practice

3:00-4:15p.m. Global discussion

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

9:00-10:00 a.m. Check-out of dorm or hotel

10:15-11:30 a.m. MICI Global town hall meeting – 10th anniversary MICI faculty and participants

Noon-2:00 p.m. Closing ceremony and lunch