Mental Health and Telehealth
Organizations and Professional Events
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Objectives:

• Promote independence, dignity and purpose for older persons
• Enhance the quality of life for older persons
• Encourage older people "To serve, not to be served"

1. National Event and Expo: "Life@50+" (September 22-24, 2011: Los Angeles, CA)

National Event and Expo
"Life@50+"

Event sponsored by: American Association of Retired Persons [AARP]

September 22-24, 2011
Los Angeles, CA

Event Contact:

866/448-3615

(In order to help us out it would be helpful of you to refer to this Web resource as your source when calling about the above meeting.)

1. National Conference on Education (February 16-19, 2012: Houston, TX)

National Conference on Education

(You can consult the meeting's Web pages.)

Sponsor: American Association of School Administrators [AASA]

February 16-19, 2012
Houston, TX

Event Contact:

Christopher Daw, meetings director

703/875-0713

cdaw@aasa.org

(Please, please mention our Web pages when you inquire about this meeting.)

The Association's mission is to provide professional education and certification of sex educators, counselors, and therapists, as well as individuals who supervise sex therapists in training.

AASECT also encourages research related to sex education, counseling, and therapy, and supports the publication and dissemination of professional materials related to these fields. To achieve its mission, AASECT offers a broad range of professional education and training activities.

1. 44-th Annual Conference (June 6-10, 2012: Austin, TX)

44-th Annual Conference

Sponsor: American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists [AASECT]

June 6-10, 2012
Austin, TX

(If you please, would you be kind and refer to our World Wide Web pages when asking about this event?)

AASSWB develops and maintains the social work licensing examination used across the country, and is a central resource for information on the legal regulation of social work. Through the association, social work boards can share information and work together. AASSWB also works with professional social work organizations like NASW, the Council on Social Work Education [CSWE], the National Federation of Societies for Clinical Social Work, and the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work [ABECSW].

AASSWB is also available to help individual social workers and social work students with questions they may have over licensing and the social work examinations

AASCIPSW, incorporated in 1986, operates exclusively for scientific, charitable and educational purposes. AASCIPSW provides members with opportunities to develop and refine leadership skills through positions on Association Committees, Task Forces, the Board of Directors and participation in Special Interest Groups.

AASIPSW publishes the quarterly SCI Psychosocial Process.

The membership of AAS includes mental health professionals, researchers, suicide prevention and crisis intervention centers, school districts, crisis center volunteers, survivors of suicide, and a variety of lay persons who have an interest in suicide prevention. AAS is a not-for-profit organization.

Objectives:

• Advance academic freedom and shared governance
• Define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education
• Ensure higher education's contribution to the common good