Philadelphia 2010
June 3 - 6, 2010
"CONTINUITY AND CHANGE:
GESTALT THERAPY NOW"
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Dear Colleagues and Friends, We are excited to tell you about AAGT’s 10th International Gestalt Therapy Conference,Continuity & Change: Gestalt Therapy Now that will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, June 3-6, 2010. Many of us are already involved in the early stages of planning for the conference. At this time, we invite you to submit a proposal for a presentation to be offered at the conference. We encourage innovative and creative presentations that relate to the theme of the conference and are grounded in gestalt theory. Presentations may be theoretical, clinical, and/or experiential in the form of workshops, demonstrations, panels, videos and/or discussions. They will be two hours in length. Presentations will be selected by the Presentations’ Committee following a blind peer review. Your proposal will be considered in compliment with other proposed presentations and plenaries. Our intention is to be inclusive and expansive, offering presentations from newcomers and veteran presenters as well as from a broad cross-section of AAGT members. Once accepted, registration for the conference will be required of all presenters. Please fill out the Cover Letter and Proposal Information on the appropriate forms (link). Since we do blind peer review, please do not put any identifying information beyond the cover letter. Send both to: peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org
DEADLINE FOR SUMBITTING PROPOSALS
The Presentations’ Committee will notify you by December, 2009 about your proposal. We look forward to hearing from you! Best Wishes, _________________________
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION PROPOSAL COVER LETTER The theme of this conference, Continuity & Change: Gestalt Therapy Now, is an attempt to bring the Gestalt community, and the world of psychotherapy in general, up-to-date on what aspects of our theory and practice remain stable or static and what is shifting or changing. In what ways is “continuity” a valued aspect of the Gestalt approach? What do we cling to? In addressing the concept of “change,” we are interested in proposals that speak to Gestalt therapy’s theories, philosophies and methods of change. For example, in what ways are we “agents of change,” as contrasted with therapeutic approaches that advocate the therapist being a “change agent?” We encourage all types of program presentations – experiential workshops, demonstrations, standard lectures with discussion, pedagogical papers, innovative and creative presentations, student papers, and workshops on various dimensions of gestalt therapy applications. Proposals are welcome on mind-body connections, clinical practice, teaching and training, neuroscience, transpersonal dynamics, spiritual and religious experience, social justice and organizational change. Presentations may be theoretical, clinical, or experiential, introductory or advanced. They may be demonstrations, panels, video presentations, or discussions. Presentations will be selected by the conference planning committee following blind peer review. We are attempting to handle all conference presentation proposals via Internet. You can copy and paste these two forms from the web site into your word processing program (e.g. Word, Notepad, WordPad), or you can download them in MS Word format (see below in this paragraph). You can also request an email version of the forms by sending your request to proposalcoverandform@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org. Then, complete both forms. When finished, either copy and paste them into an email message to the Peer Review Committee, or, if you already have the email version of the form, just fill in the address of the Peer Review Committee and identify your post in the subject line as being a "conference presentation proposal." Download MS Word Format:ProposalCover&Form Please complete this Cover Letter, which has personally identifying information about you, the presenter (or presenters). Then, please complete the following pages which have the information specific to your presentation proposal. As we do a blind peer review of all proposals, we ask that you do not put any personally identifying information on the actual Proposal Form. When finished, send the completed forms (Presentation Proposal Cover Letter and Proposal Form) by August 15, 2009 to our Peer Review Committee: peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org Thank you for your patience and cooperation in providing all this information. If you have questions, please contact: marlene@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org or The Presentations’ Committee will notify you by December, 2009, about your proposal. TITLE OF PRESENTATION: PRESENTER(s) NAME(s) with HIGHEST DEGREE: COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS(es): TELEPHONE NUMBER(s): FAX NUMBER(s): EMAIL ADDRESS(es): ABSTRACT OF YOUR PRESENTATION: (Please try to limit your abstract to 75 – 125 words. If accepted, this is what we expect to publish in the conference program.) A 60 – 100 WORD BIOGRAPY (for each presenter) demonstrating the presenter’s expertise and relevance of training and background to the presentation: AUDIO-VISUAL OR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT required for your program:
CONFERENCE PRESENTATION PROPOSAL FORM ID #_____ (please leave blank) REMINDER: Please avoid putting any personally identifying information on this form. Because many people attend our conferences for continuing education credit to maintain their professional licenses, AAGT has maintained continuing education provider status with various professional boards and societies since our first conference. Because of these ongoing sponsor-approval agreements it is necessary to include specific information in your workshop proposal to support the process of blind peer review and the granting of CE credit for our programs. Successful continuing education requires: (1) Program planning that includes a clear statement of educational goals and objectives; (2) Appropriate instructional methods to achieve those objectives; and (3) Presenters with demonstrated expertise in the program content. It is essential that you complete all of the following information to have your proposal receive full and equal consideration in our blind-peer review proposal selection process. Please provide us with the following information about your proposed presentation. When completed, please send this entire document (Presentation Proposal Cover Letter and Presentation Proposal Form) prior to August 15, 2009 to our Peer Review Committee: Peer-review@philadelphia2010.aagt2.org To facilitate the reviewing process, please type your answers in the space following each item. All sections must be completed in order for the submission to be given full consideration. 1. GESTALT EXPERIENCE LEVEL SUGGESTED FOR PARTICIPANTS (place an X for all that apply): 2. DIDACTIC CATEGORY (place an X for all that apply): 3. EXPERIENTIAL CATEGORY 4. NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS DESIRED 5. PROPOSED TITLE OF PRESENTATION 6. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: 200-300 WORD DESCRIPTION. Include (1) What you intend to do; (2) How you intend to do it; and (3) In what ways these relate to Gestalt therapy theory and/or practice and to the conference theme: 7. IDENTIFY THE EDUCATIONAL GOAL of your proposed presentation and at least 2 or 3 LEARNING OBJECTIVES AND SKILLS you hope participants will accomplish in your program. Learning objectives are statements that describe what the learner will know or be able to do as a result of having attended your program. They should (1) be observable; (2) focus on the learner, and (3) contain action verbs that describe measurable behaviors. You may use the following format or create your own:
8. DESCRIBE THE INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGY of your proposed presentation, demonstrating that it is consistent with (1) Gestalt therapy theory, practice and research; (2) The conference theme, (3) Your training, education and experience; and (4) Any common risks for participants in your workshop due to the instructional methodology you plan to employ: 9. EXPANDING ON THE ABOVE, PROVIDE A FIVE- TO TEN-POINT OUTLINE OF THE CURRICULUM OR MATERIAL TO BE COVERED IN YOUR PROGRAM. It is important that presentations be based on methodological, theoretical, research, and/or practice knowledge. Please indicate the accuracy and utility of the information you plan to present and the basis of such statements. What we will be looking for is support showing that your program content has been studied in a scholarly manner, including a survey of related Gestalt therapy literature. Or if what (the content) you plan to present, or how you plan to present it (the methodology or process) is new and experimental (not previously addressed in Gestalt or psychotherapy literature), that you state it as such and how you support it from your clinical and/or pedagogical experience. Please say how you hope to communicate this evidence in your presentation. Also include any limitations of the content being taught: 10. AN ASSESSMENT TEST CONSISTING OF FIVE QUESTIONS (multiple choice, true-false, fill in, or matching). The questions must be able to be answered as a result of participation in your program. The correct answers to these questions must be included. If your workshop is entirely experiential, consider questions such as, which of the following goals was the major goal of this workshop? What gestalt therapy processes were demonstrated? What new awarenesses can be expected from participation? The learning objectives achieved by this experience were: 11. AT LEAST THREE SIGNIFICANT READINGS ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR PRESENTATION (articles, books or chapters in books). These should serve to provide information for further study and be relevant to the topic. Use this format: Author’s Last Name, Initial or first name. (date) Title of article or book and name of Journal (if appropriate). Publisher City, State: Name of Publisher:
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