11th Annual Professional Training Workshop:
“Developing Your Knowledge, Skills, and Practice in Sport Psychology”

June 25-26, 2010 (Friday-Saturday)
9:00 to 4:30 each day

Hampton Inn/Cleveland Hopkins Airport
7074 Engle Road
Middleburg Hts., OH 44130
Phone (440) 234-0206
 

Presenter
Jack J. Lesyk, Ph.D., CC-AASP

Dr. Lesyk is the Director of the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology and an Adjunct Asst. Professor of Psychology at Cleveland State University. As a clinical and sport psychologist, he completed his undergraduate work at Penn State and his graduate studies at Case Western Reserve University. Since 1981, he has worked intensively with athletes from over 25 different sports, at competitive levels ranging from scholastic to college, Olympic and professional. He is the author of Developing Sport Psychology Within Your Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals.  Dr. Lesyk is a Certified Consultant, Association for Applied Sport Psychology and is listed in the U. S. Olympic Committee’s Sport Psychology Registry. He has served on the Executive Committee of the American Psychological Association’s Division 47 (Sport and Exercise Psychology) and on the Executive Board of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.

Principal Guest Presenter
Burt Giges, M.D.

Burton Giges M.D. is Clinical Professor in the Athletic Counseling Program, Department of Psychology at Springfield College, MA, Past-President of the Association for Applied Sport Psychology, and a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He serves as Special Consultant to the USA Track and Field Sport Psychology Program, and is on the Editorial Board of The Sport Psychologist. Formerly, he was Consultant to the Westchester Track Club in NY, the Women's Track and Field team at Springfield College, and team physician for a high school football team in NY.

His special interests in sport psychology include: consultant’s self-awareness, psychological barriers to performance excellence, and brief contact interventions. He has conducted workshops on these issues in many different universities around the country, has been a keynote speaker at sport psychology conferences, and for many years taught a Lab in Counseling Athletes at Springfield College, MA.
 

Tentative Guest Presenter
Katie Spotz

On January 3, 2010 Katie embarked on the adventure of a lifetime - a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean!  After 2,500 miles at sea, she will become the youngest person ever to row an ocean solo and the first American to row from Africa to South America.  Besides the personal challenge, Katie is dedicating her row to raising funds for the Blue Planet Foundation to provide safe drinking water all over the world.  Katie will discuss the mental challenges and her mental preparation for this extraordinary adventure.

Intended Audience
The program is designed for mental health and sport science professionals and students who are interested in starting or expanding practices in sport psychology

Content

Overview of sport psychology
Your practice goals
What you need to know
What you already know
American Psychological Association's Proficiency in Sport Psychology
Association for Applied Sport Psychology Certified Consultant program
Developing your knowledge and skills
Developing your credentials
Ethical issues
Working with specific populations: young athletes, women, injured athletes, athletes in transition
The Nine Mental Skills of Successful Athletes - A performance    enhancement assessment and intervention model
Marketing your practice

Continuing Education
All participants who attend the full workshop will receive a certificate of completion. For a nominal fee ($20), psychologists can earn 13 APA CEU's.  In order to earn these CEU's the participant must attend the full two days of the workshop.

Workshop Site
The Hampton Inn - Cleveland Hopkins Airport/Middleburg Hts. is located twelve miles from downtown Cleveland.  It features comfortable rooms with high-speed internet connection, free breakfast buffet, exercise room, indoor swimming pool and whirlpool.  Only ten minutes from the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the hotel provides complimentary shuttle transportation to and from the airport.  We have reserved a limited block of rooms for workshop attendees at a special rate of $79 a night per room.  The special rate is available for the nights  of June 24, 25, and 26. 

                                    
 

Please make your room reservations directly with the Hampton Inn (440) 234-0206 as soon as possible. Be sure to identify yourself as a workshop participant in the "sport psychology workshop" (code CHXOCS) in order to receive this special rate. These rates are for a limited number of rooms with reservations placed through June 22, 2010.  After that rooms, if available, will be charged at the usual rates.

Nearby attractions include Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Workshop Fees
Professionals $295
Early Professional Registration $270 (prior to April 1)
Full-time Students $200 - please include photocopy of ID
Professionals who have attended our previous workshops - $150
APA 13 CEU credits $20 (optional)

These fees include an abundant handout package. Lunch each day is on your own.

Checks should be made out to the "Ohio Center for Sport Psychology" and mailed to the Ohio Center for Sport Psychology, 21625 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 200, Beachwood, OH 44122.  All registrations must be received on or before June 19.  PayPal payments can be sent to jjlesyk@SportPsych.org.

Refund Policy
Conference fees will be refunded (minus a $25 handling fee) if you cancel in writing on or before June 19, one week before the workshop.

For Additional Information
Contact Jack J. Lesyk, Ph.D., Director, Ohio Center for Sport Psychology
Phone: (216) 575-6175
jjlesyk@SportPsych.org

Comments from Previous Workshop Participants

"This workshop sets a gold standard! Quite a unique and stimulating blending of acquisition of knowledge and application of principles. In addition to Jack Lesyk's extremely generous sharing of information and of materials and handouts, the presentation really fulfills its promises. Jack's personality, authenticity, enthusiasm, and availability are delightful, compelling, and not to be missed. A must attend! A must see!"

Jane Wilkins, Ph.D., Private Practice, New York, New York

Tiffany R. Jones, M.S., X-Factor Performance Consulting, Enfield, CT

Sandy Dunn, LCSW, Private Practice, Jacksonville, FL

Christine Campbell-Shettsline, M.A., Green Lane, PA

Kristine M. Eiring, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Rodney Wild, Ph.D., Maximum Performance Hockey Schools, Chugiak, Alaska

Gerard A. Banez, Ph.D., Director, Pediatric Behavioral Medicine Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Rationale

With the recent growth of interest in applied sport psychology there has been considerable debate over who is qualified to work in this area. With the exception of small numbers of recent graduates from universities that offer specific programs in sport psychology, others who practice this specialty have been primarily trained in more traditional applied behavioral sciences disciplines such as clinical and counseling psychology. There is a growing consensus that such training and experience alone does not adequately prepare a professional for working competently with athletes, especially in the area of performance enhancement. On the other hand, the experienced practitioner does not need to close his/her practice and return to full-time university studies in order to become qualified in sport psychology.

With guidance from colleagues, experienced practitioners can acquire the additional knowledge and skills necessary for working in sport psychology through self-study that includes such elements as reading, being mentored, and attendance at intensive workshops and conferences.

With these issues in mind, I wrote the book, "Developing Sport Psychology within your Clinical Practice: A Practical Guide for Mental Health Professionals" (Jossey-Bass, 1998). This workshop is a direct result of feedback and requests that I’ve received from readers of the book and other behavioral science professionals seeking specialized training in sport psychology to augment their current skills and training.

It is my expectation that this workshop will comprise one element in the continued, self-directed learning process of its participants.

Workshop Registration Form

Print and mail with check to

 
Ohio Center for Sport Psychology,
21625 Chagrin Blvd., Suite 200,
Beachwood, OH 44122.

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