Implementation and Training of the AMPD Model Incorporating Dimensional Personality Models into Stud

Abstract

Continuing its commitment to the professional development of graduate students, the Society for Personality Assessment Graduate Student (SPAGS) Education Committee is organizing a symposium to discuss the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (AMPD) and its clinical utility when training clinicians at various stages of development (e.g., first year clinicians, interns). This symposium aims to provide a brief review of the AMPD model and then will walk attendees through how to teach trainees strategies for case conceptualization and treatment planning that incorporates the AMPD. The panel of experts will discuss the implementation of the AMPD in training settings, barriers to this, and next steps towards increasing use of this model as a core part of clinical training for budding psychologists. Time will be reserved at the end for graduate students and professional attendees to have the opportunity to ask experts their questions pertaining to incorporating the AMPD into their clinical training.

Coordinator

Sarah Gottlieb | William James College

Speakers

Hilary DeShong | Mississippi State University

Emily Dowgwillo | University of Detroit Mercy

Sierra Iwanicki | PAR, Inc.

Abby Mulay | Medical University of South Carolina

Sharon Nelson | Ann Arbor VA

Goals & Objectives

1. Describe the potential ways of implementing the AMPD into training graduate students and interns, which may vary depending on the stage of development of the trainee.
2. Discuss the potential barriers to implementation.
3. Plan ways you might incorporate the AMPD model into your training settings.