PPA is excited to be using a new, interactive event platform, Whova, to allow attendees to easily attend sessions as well as interact and engage with each other, presenters, and exhibitors. This platform keeps everything for PPA2021 all in one place! PPA attendees MUST download and register in Whova on either their desktop, tablet, or mobile device so that they can experience PPA2021. 

Creating Stability in a Time of Change

2020 was a tumultuous year that required all of us to react quickly and flexibly. PPA strived to provide a stable home for its members while the world changed seemingly overnight. Initially, the focus was helping our members deal with the pandemic, especially the many intricacies involved in converting to virtual workplaces. Later, this expanded to coping with volatile political and social events.

As individuals and organizations, we create stability by strengthening our core. PPA was able to respond effectively to COVID-19’s impact on psychological practice because it had a strong foundation: excellent staff, sound finances, and engaged members.

The goal of this past year was to keep this core strong, so PPA could continue to support our members to better serve their clients, trainees, and the community. 

Use the links below to view information about PPA2021!  

PPA2021 Convention Schedule
Registration Rates
Workshop Listing
Meet our Speakers!
PPA2021 Highlights

Please note - special events are not listed in this registration as they are all included with a Convention registrations (aside from the PennPsyPAC Virtual Wine Tasting) Visit www.papsy.org/PPA2021 or scroll down to view the Convention Highlights!

What is the All-Access Pass? 
Don't miss a thing! PPA's All-Access Pass at the Convention is perfect for Convention attendees who are interested in attending ALL of the offered educational sessions. Registering for the All-Access Pass will automatically give you access to the home study/recording of a session once it becomes available. This is especially important if the attendee cannot attend a live presentation. This rates includes your registration for convention and all the goodies below!

The All-Access Pass includes:

• PPA2021 Registration - all offered continuing education sessions (and the recording if a session is missed)
  
• PPA2021 All-Access Pass Goodie Bag (For those who register by Friday, May 14, 2021)
  • Special PPA Insulated Mug to use during each morning Coffee Networking Session
  • Face mask
  • Coffee/Tea for each morning Coffee Networking Session
  • Snacks for each afternoon Snack Break Networking Session
  • PPA2021 Convention Program
  • PPA Pens
  • Notepad

All this is available at an additional savings of $105 over the regular member price for all sessions. Select "All-Access Pass" during the registration process to take advantage of this great deal!

Don't need ALL the credits offered at PPA2021 but still want a Convention goodie bag? We've got you covered!

Attendees who register for 6 or more credits will receive:

• Face mask
• Coffee/Tea for each morning Coffee Networking Session
• Snacks for each afternoon Snack Break Networking Session
• PPA2021 Convention Program
• PPA Pens
• Notepad

Registering for less than 6 credits? Any attendee registering for less than 6 credits at PPA2021 will receive:

• PPA2021 Convention Program
• PPA Pen
• Notepad

Reminder - To receive your Convention Goodie Bag, you MUST register by Friday, May 14, 2021. Registrations after this date will still be accepted, but goodie bags will not be received.

Please contact the PPA staff with any questions: (717) 232-3817 or ppa@papsy.org.

Other Attendee Types:

A la Carte - This registration allows members and non-members to select which individual sessions they would like to attend during PPA2021.
Non-CE - This registration allows all PPA members, incluuding students, to attend sessions without receiving CE credit, for free! Please note - students who require CE credit for another license must pay member CE price for sessions.

Highlights

Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation Virtual Silent Auction
Please join us for our first ever Virtual Silent Auction to benefit the Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation (PPF). Virtual biding will begin at Noon on Monday, June 14, 2021. Browse through and bid on exciting items donated by fellow PPA members, including wine, artwork, vacation stays, and more! More information coming soon.

Coffee and Snack Break Social Times
All convention attendees will have the ability to attend any of our six designated social times. They will be half-hour time slots structured like a break-out room using the Network Table function in Whova. Each half-hour slot will consist of three, 10-minute shuffles so that attendees can meet and interact with new people each day! Coffee/tea and snacks for each break will be provided to attendees registered for the All-Access Pass or at least 6 credits. Please be sure to register by Friday, May 14, 2021 so that you can receive these items in your goodie bag! Click here to check out our Schedule at a Glance to see when these sessions are scheduled!

Thursday, June 17
PennPsyPAC Virtual Wine Tasting: A Toast to Sam Knapp
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Support our Political Action Committee and celebrate Sam's retirement by participating in our first virtual wine tasting event hosted by PennPsyPAC and Cullari Vineyards & Winery. Participate by donating a minumum of $150 to PennPsyPAC. Wine is sold out - but you may still donate to attend this event.
According to state campaign laws, only individuals and other political action committees are permitted to make contributions. PennPsyPAC contributions are not tax deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

Friday, June 18
Keynote Address - How Can Psychology Flourish as a Profession?
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Please join us for Dr. Sam Knapp's Keynote Address at PPA2021! Professional psychologists undergo extensive training so that they can make informed judgements about hot to promote public health and wellbeing. This workshop reviews the factors that allow professions and professionals to flourish. The presenter contends that flourishing will more likely occur if psychologists - both as individuals and through professional associations - reflect on their strength and weaknesses, conscientiously strive to improve the quality of their services, and cooperatively focus on ways to advance public wellbeing.

Benefits of Group Membership: What Psychological Science Tells Us About Strengthening Our Professional Association
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Human beings have a fundamental need for affiliation, which underlies the formation of many types of groups including professional associations. Research shows that group membership improves performance and health, both physical and psychological. Using PPA as an example, we will explore the ways that groups can best enhance the well-being of its members, and how this information helped PPA respond to the challenges of the past year and plan for those ahead.

Presidential Addresses including presentation of Distinguished Service and Public Service Awards
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Hear from outgoing president, Dr. Dea Silbertrust as she wraps up her presidential year, and incoming president, Dr. Brad Norford, as he highlights his goals for 2021-2022. We will also be celebrating the recipients of this years Distinguished Service Award and the Public Service Award. Concluding the event is the "passing of the gavel" from Dr. Dea Silbertrust to Dr. Brad Norford.

Dr. Dea Silbertrust's 2020-2021 Presidential Theme
Creating Stability in a Time of Change
2020 was a tumultuous year that required all of us to react quickly and flexibly. PPA strived to provide a stable home for its members while the world changed seemingly overnight. Initially, the focus was helping our members deal with the pandemic, especially the many intricacies involved in converting to virtual workplaces. Later, this expanded to coping with volatile political and social events.

As individuals and organizations, we create stability by strengthening our core. PPA was able to respond effectively to COVID-19's impact on psychological practice because it had a strong foundation: excellent staff, sound finances, and engaged members.

The goal of this past year was to keep this core strong, so PPA could continue to support our members to better serve their clients, trainees, and the community.

Dr. Brad Norford's 2021-2022 Presidential Theme
"Being in the Room Where It Happens"
Emerging from an unprecedented year of isolation, we'll explore what psychologists have gleaned from this experience and how PPA can help forge new social and professional connections for all our members. Satisfying or not, all of us spent significant time meeting, educating, and training in virtual rooms. PPA will be providing you ways to enhance the benefit of our virtual platforms to further build connections.

At the onset of the outbreak, COVID-19 presented as an "equal opportunity destroyer" of lives, employment, finances, and student education. With each passing month, though, the advantage of "privilege" became more apparent in its intersection with diversity and survival. We'll consider Hamilton's "The Room Where it Happens" as it applies to PPA leadership and initiatives, the pandemic response, and how all of us benefit from furthering diversity and inclusion in its many forms, to add new voices toward goals of reducing health inequities and other disparities.

Saturday, June 19
Virtual Student Awards Ceremony and Closing of the Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation Silent Auction
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Join us as we honor the winners of the Pennsylvania Psychological Foundation Student Education Awards and the Student Multiculturalism Research Award. All Convention attendees will have access to attend this event though Whova. Those not attending Convention, including parents, professors, friends, and colleagues of the award winners will have the ability to register separately for this FREE event! Attendees will have the opportunity to make donations to the Foundation as well as make any final bids on auction items, as the PPF Virtual Silent Auction will close at the conclusion of this event. *Bidding for the PPF Virtual Silent Auction will begin at Noon on Monday, June 14, 2021.

Cancellation Policy

All workshop registration cancellation requests must be made in writing to Iva Brimmer, Business Manager (iva@papsy.org) - no phone cancellations will be accepted. Cancellation requests made more than 72 hours before the workshop will result in a 50% refund of the registration fee. PPA cannot postpone registrations and/or transfer fees to future events. PAC Wine Tasting event tickets are non-refundable.

Cancellations made less than 72 hours before the workshop and no shows for the Convention will result in forfeiture of the entire registration fee.

PPA recognizes that serious issues, out of the attendee’s control, may arise and could prevent an attendee from cancelling their registration by the by the cancellation deadline. Please contact PPA within one week of the final date of the conference if you have any questions about your cancellation.

Continuing Education Credits

PPA2021 Annual Convention is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association.

Workshops that qualify for the ethics requirement as mandated by the Pennsylvania State Board of Psychology are noted in the workshop descriptions. Certificates of Completion will be available online to participants who attend the entire workshop and complete the evaluation form. Partial credits will not be given.

IMPORTANT REMINDER! A participant may arrive no more than 10 minutes late nor leave more than 10 minutes early to receive credit for a program. There will be no exceptions.

APA: The Pennsylvania Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PPA maintains responsibility for the program and its content.

Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors in Pennsylvania can receive continuing education from continuing education providers approved by the American Psychological Association. Since the Pennsylvania Psychological Association is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education, licensed social workers, licensed clinical social workers, licensed marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselors will be able to fulfill their continuing education requirement by attending PPA continuing education programs.

Program Categories

Introductory: Participants need no prior knowledge of your specific topic or content to participate fully and effectively in the program. The information you are presenting or the skills you are teaching will be unfamiliar to those enrolled although they will be practicing mental health providers or active teachers/researchers.

Intermediate: Participants should have some basic knowledge of the specific content you will cover, but need not have in-depth knowledge or skills. The program will provide information at a level beyond the basic knowledge of the topic.

Advanced: To participate fully, those enrolled must possess a substantial working knowledge or skill level in your specific content area. Generally, the knowledge or skill involved is currently used by the participant in his/her job. At this level, advanced techniques or knowledge would be offered to refine and expand current expertise.