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Wellness, Mindfulness, Prevention & Self-Care
Distinguished Plenary Speakers:
Dr. Bryce Hagedorn
Dr. Sally Canning
Dr. Steve Sweatman
Dr. Jackie Halstead
Dr. Steve Stratton
2015
Christian Association for Psychological Studies
Omni Interlocken Resort & Spa, Denver, Colorado
April 9-11, 2015
PreConference Workshops
T HURSDAY, Apr i l 9
WSA1 WORKSHOP ONE:
What Do I Do Inside My Head? Using the
Image of Two Screens to Apply Mindfulness
Principles
Presenters: Drs. Melissa and Scott Symington
are clinical psychologists in private practice in
Pasadena, California.
9:00 am -12:00 pm 3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: All Levels
WSA2 WORKSHOP TWO:
Anticipating Countertransference: A Tool
for Managing Clinician Burnout
Presenter: Dr. Jeff Terrell is the Dean of the College
of Education & Human Services & Professor of
Counseling Psychology at John Brown University
in Siloam Springs, Arkansas.
9:00 am-12:00 pm
3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: Introductory
WSA3 WORKSHOP THREE:
Spiritual Formation as a Dimension of
Culture and Training in Christian Doctoral
Psychology Programs
Presenters: Dr. Mark McMinn is a Professor of
Psychology and Director of Integration in the
Graduate Department of Psychology at George Fox
University in Newberg, Oregon. Brian Goetsch is
a PhD-candidate at George Fox University. Dr. Jeff
Jennings is an Assistant Professor in the School
of Psychology & Counseling at Regent University
in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Dr. Theresa Tisdale
is a Professor in the Department of Graduate
Psychology at Azusa Pacific University in Glendora,
California. Dr. Brad Strawn is the Evelyn and
WSA4 WORKSHOP FOUR:
Beyond Negative Emotions: Helping
Marital Partners Find the Neurological
Beauty in Holding Every Thought Captive
Summary: The Two-Screen Method, developed by
our presenters, uses the image of two screens to
help clients apply mindfulness principles so they can
diffuse anxiety, depressed moods and destructive
urges. The presenters will demonstrate, through
theory and clinical examples, how the two-screen
image is an effective and user-friendly application
of mindfulness-based interventions.
Learning Objective 1: Summarize the benefits/
challenges of mindfulness-based interventions
Summary: Clinicians attending this workshop
will recognize and predict their own feeling states
when working with various personality styles and
disorders. Increased awareness will reduce stress
and prevent burnout in therapy. The workshop will
include a review of basic character styles, followed
by role-plays and small group discussions of
countertransference experiences.
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and the need for a user-friendly application of
mindfulness.
Learning Objective 2: Describe and apply
the Two-Screen Method in the treatment and
counseling of clients with anxiety, negative mood
states and destructive urges.
Learning Objective 3: Explain how the TwoScreen Method addresses the core therapeutic tasks
in the treatment of anxiety, negative mood states
and destructive urges.
Learning Objective 2: Describe how clients in
counseling and therapy benefit from knowing
and applying these character styles and
countertransference reactions.
Learning Objective 3: Describe your personal
countertransference to each major character style
and create a plan for managing the two most
intense reactions.
Learning Objective 1: Summarize the six
most common character styles and the typical
countertransference reactions to each.
Frank Freed Professor of Integration of Psychology
and Theology in the School of Psychology, Fuller
Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Dr.
Jana Pressley is the Director of Clinical Training
and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at
Wheaton College Graduate School in Wheaton,
Illinois.
9:00 am-12:00 pm
3 CE
Audience Level: Introductory
Summary: Faculty members and doctoral students
from six different explicitly Christian APA-accredited
programs discuss how spiritual formation takes
place within the training curriculum in psychology.
This involves both cultural awareness as students
within intentional training communities learn to
understand their own spiritual development and
9:00 am -12:00 pm
3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: All levels
Summary: Often clinicians are faced with helping
theological tradition in relation to others who
may be similar or different, and also character
development as students gain knowledge, skills,
and attitudes about ethical and efficacious ways of
responding to spirituality in a range of settings.
Learning Objective 1: Discuss the importance of
spiritual and theological self-awareness in clinical
and counseling psychology doctoral training.
Learning Objective 2: Describe various strategies
used by explicitly Christian doctoral programs to
promote spiritual and theological self-awareness
and formation among students.
Learning Objective 3: Discuss how to help shape
the dialog leading to further sharpening of training in
spiritual awareness and formation among psychologists
in both Christian and non-Christian programs.
Learning Objective 1: Identify user-friendly terms
for the neurological structures & functions involved
in emotional responses in relationships.
Learning Objective 2: Identify how neuroplasticity
Presenters: Dr. Fred DiBlasio is a clinical social
worker and Professor of Social Work at the
University of Maryland. Dr. Charles Hester is a
board certified chiropractor in private practice in
Maryland.
couples resolve difficult emotional situations, yet seldom
is treatment based on helping clients understand and
gain control over the emotional brain. This workshop
will explain the latest advances in neuroscience of
emotions in user-friendly terms that can be discussed
with clients and provide treatment strategies that
promote emotional self-control in times of conflict.
WSA5 WORKSHOP FIVE:
Sciences and Counseling at Mid-America Nazarene
University in Olathe, Kansas.
which responds best to a treatment informed by an
understanding of intrapsychic/interpersonal relating.
8:00 am -1:00 pm
5 CE & 5 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: All levels
Learning Objective 1: Describe the partners`
Relational Psychoanalytic Perspectives in
Couples Psychotherapy
Presenters: Dr. Lowell Hoffman is the co-founder
of SEPTT; he is a psychologist and psychoanalyst
in private practice in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Earl Bland is a psychologist and Professor of
Psychology & Dean of the School of Behavioral
Summary: Therapists micro-manage couple`s
emotions when they cannot conceptualize how to
work with the couple`s anxieties. Therapists lose
empathy and curiosity when overwhelmed by the
couple`s dynamics. This seminar focuses on treating
the couple as an unconscious/conscious system
operates to form new neuropathways.
Learning Objective 3: Discuss various treatment
strategies that are effective in helping couples build
positive neuropathways for relational conflict.
dispositions toward mutual negation and potential
for mutual recognition.
Learning Objective 2: Discuss the appropriate
and inappropriate uses of therapist`s self-disclosure.
Learning Objective 3: Explain the actualization
of self-experience in an intimate relationship.
PostConference Workshops
Saturday, Apr i l 11
WSB6 WORKSHOP SIX:
A Relational Psychoanalytic Approach
to Couples Psychotherapy
Presenter: Dr. Phil Ringstrom is a training
and supervising analyst at the Institute of
Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles,
California; his private practice is in Encino,
California
2:00-5:00 pm
3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: All levels
WSB7 WORKSHOP SEVEN:
Applications of Moral Foundations Theory
within a Hermeneutical Ethical-Decision
Model
Presenters: Dr. Charles Romig is a Professor of
Graduate Counseling at John Brown University in
Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Dr. Virginia Holeman is
a Professor of Counseling at Asbury Theological
Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky
2:00-5:00 pm
3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: Intermediate- Advanced
WSB8 WORKSHOP EIGHT:
The Good Clinician: Providing Ethical (and
Compassionate) Care in Changing Times
Presenter: Dr. Randolph Sanders is a clinical
psychologist in private practice in New Braunfels,
Texas; he is a former Executive Director of CAPS.
2:00-5:00 pm
3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: Intermediate- Advanced
WSB9 WORKSHOP NINE:
Creating Close, Connected Couples`
Communication and Constructive Conflict
Confrontation
Presenter: Dr. Jared Pingleton is a clinical
psychologist and serves as the Director of
Counseling Services at Focus on the Family in
Colorado Springs, Colorado
2:00-5:00 pm
3 CE & 3 NBCC Clock Hours
Audience Level: All Levels
Summary: The workshop will highlight aspects
of a relational psychoanalytic approach to
couples therapy. The presentation will involve the
illumination of three theoretical themes, i.e., selfactualization in an intimate relationship, mutual
recognition, and the relationship having a mind of
its own illustrated, in six clinical steps. Advantages
and limitations of using this perspective, along with
clinical examples, will be discussed.
Learning Objective 1: Describe how the
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and the relationship having a mind of its own;
bridge important elements of contemporary
psychoanalysis.
Learning Objective 2: Explain how these
three themes are practiced in terms of the
model’s six steps.
Learning Objective 3: Demonstrate modifications
in psychoanalytic technique in conjoint therapy in
light of this perspective shift.
three organizing themes: self-actualization in
an intimate relationship, mutual recognition,
Summary: A hermeneutical model of ethical
decision-making is more inclusive of the moral
diversity found across cultures. Participants will
learn how to integrate moral psychology and
psychological anthropology into ethical decisionmaking in a way to enhance their multicultural
competency, particularly when facing values
conflicts with clients. Several case conceptualizations
will be discussed by participants.
Learning Objective 2: Summarize the six moral
foundations of Haidt’s moral foundations theory.
Learning Objective 3: Utilize a hermeneutical
ethical decision-making process that implements all
six of Haidt`s moral foundations.
Learning Objective 1: Articulate the key
differences between Kitchener’s ethical decisionmaking model based on principle ethics and a
hermeneutical ethical decision-making model.
Summary: Participants in this workshop will learn
about some of the latest issues relevant to the
ethical practice of psychotherapy. We will consider
current views about when a client becomes a
client, and what to do when the values of client
and therapist differ markedly. We look at recent
concerns about the privacy of Psychotherapy Notes.
We explore different ways to handle confidentiality
when an individual client’s family may need or
request information about the client. We review the
guidelines of professional associations regarding the
use of electronic modalities in therapy. We consider
recent research that reveals methods that increase
the probability that people will behave ethically.
Learning Objective 1: Describe critically some
Summary: Unless they have such a superficial
relationship they never get close enough to
experience friction, all marriages have conflict. This
workshop provides a unique, innovative method to
help couples understand one another deeply and
offers a family friendly formula for fighting fair.
Learning Objective 2: Summarize 10 guidelines
Learning Objective 1: Describe and clinically
different ways to handle requests for information
from families of clients.
Learning Objective 2: Explain arguments for and
against referring clients when there are marked
value differences between client and therapist.
Learning Objective 3: Describe one way in which
third parties can gain access to Psychotherapy Notes.
which each member of the couple dyad can utilize
to promote safety in their communication and
conflict resolution process.
Learning Objective 3: Compile and analyze 12
concepts involved in how couples can constructively
communicate and resolve conflict.
apply the components of an innovative 6-stage
process model for enhancing couples` intimacy and
overall communication.
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Thursday, April 9
Thursday Evening Opening Plenary
THURSDAY DINNER PLENARY SPEAKER:
DR. SALLY CANNING A community and
licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Canning
earned her Ph.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania and has 25 years of clinical
experience with children and families living in
urban, poor contexts and consultation to faith-
FRIDAY MORNING PLENARY SPEAKER:
DR. BRYCE HAGEDORN Dr. Hagedorn has
served as the Program Director of Counselor
Education & School Psychology in the
Department of Educational and Human
Services at the University of Central Florida in
Orlando, FL since 2010. His PhD in Counseling
and Counselor Education is from The
FRIDAY LUNCHEON PLENARY SPEAKERS:
DR. JACKIE HALSTEAD & DR. STEVE STRATTON:
Jackie L. Halstead, PhD, LMFT, is the Director
of Education, Programs, and Connections for
Scarritt Bennett Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
Previous to this position she was Director of
the Institute for Christian Spirituality and an
Associate Professor of Spiritual Formation
at Lipscomb University and Chair of the
Department of Marriage and Family Therapy at
Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.
She served one term as President of the Texas
SATURDAY MORNING PLENARY SPEAKER:
DR. STEVE SWEATMAN: Dr. Sweatman has
served as the President of Mission Training
International (MTI) in Palmer Lake, Colorado
since 2002. Each year, MTI trains and debriefs
hundreds of cross-cultural missionaries,
Christian relief and development workers
based and other community organizations. She
is Professor of Psychology in the PsyD (doctoral)
faculty at Wheaton College and a Behavioral
Health Provider at the Lawndale Christian
Health Center, a Christian primary care clinic
serving Hispanic and African American patients
in poor, medically underserved neighborhoods
in Chicago, IL. Dr. Canning has written and
spoken extensively in the area of professional
self-care for mental health professionals.
She currently serves as Chair of the CAPS
Board of Directors.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He is a National Certified Counselor, Qualified
Clinical Supervisor, Licensed Mental Health
Counselor, and Master Addiction Counselor.
Dr. Hagedorn is the current President of the
Association of Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious
Values in Counseling (ASERVIC), a division
of the American Counseling Association.
Dr. Hagedorn’s work in the areas of addiction
counseling, spirituality and counseling, and
clinician self-care has been featured in over
50 articles and book chapters, over 130
presentations at the international, national,
regional, state, and local levels, and in his coauthored book, Counseling Addicted Families.
Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. His academic
and clinical practice areas of expertise include:
counseling process and skills, relational
psychodynamic counseling, care of persons,
pastoral care and pastoral crisis intervention.
Steve Stratton, PhD is a licensed Psychologist
Dr. Stratton initiated (with significant input
and recipient of the Kentucky Psychological
from Dr. Halstead) the development of the
Association’s 2010 “Psychologist of the Year”
“Spiritual Formation, Stress Management &
award. He is a tenured Professor of Counseling
Self-Care” track at our international CAPS
and Pastoral Care in the Department of
conferences.
Counseling and Pastoral Care in the School
of Practical Theology at Asbury Theological
Association for Marriage & Family Therapists.
Dr. Halstead speaks frequently on the topics of
contemplative prayer, spiritual formation, and
spirituality & mental health.
and Christian social justice advocates. Dr.
Sweatman received his PhD in Clinical
Psychology, with an emphasis in cross-cultural
adaptation, from Biola University’s Rosemead
Graduate School of Psychology. Dr. Sweatman
has served in a variety of professional roles
during his career, having been a clinical
therapist, church pastor, missions leader,
organizational consultant, university professor,
executive coach, and now as director of MTI
and coordinator of the annual international
Mental Health & Missions conference.
CAPS 2015 Schedule at a Glance
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Thursday, April 9, 2015
Friday, April 10, 2015
Saturday, April 11, 2015
8 am - 1 pm Pre-Conference Workshops (separate fee
and registration)
2:00 - 5:30 pm Breakout Sessions
5:45-10:30 pm Conference Kickoff Event
5:45 – 7:00 pm Dinner (cost covered in registration fee)
7:00 – 9:00 pm Praise & Worship/ Opening Plenary
9:00-10:00 pm Welcome Reception
7:00 – 8:30 am Breakfast meeting for 2016 Los Angeles
conference track coordinators
8:30 – 9:45 am Plenary Session
9:45 – 10:15 am Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:15 am Breakout Sessions
11:30 - 2:00 pm Plenary Luncheon (cost covered in
registration), Student paper awards
2:00 – 4:30 pm Breakout Sessions
4:30 – 6:00 pm Posters Session
6:00 – 9:00 pm Receptions, alumni dinners, free time/
night on the town
8:00 – 10:15 am Breakout Sessions
10:30 – 12:00 noon Plenary Session
12:15 – 1:45 pm Posters Session
2:00 – 5:00 pm Post-Conference Workshops
(separate fee and registration)
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Reception Friday Plenary Luncheon, and refreshment breaks. One day only registrations are available, and include the perks listed below in
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Scott and Melissa Symington
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Jeff Terrell
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Mark McMinn
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Brian Goetsch, et. al.
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Fred DiBlasio Charles Hester
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Morning Workshop #5 (8 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
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Earl Bland
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Charles Romig
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Randolph Sanders
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Jared Pingleton
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administrative offices at 630-639-9478 to discuss possible accommodations.
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Pre-Conference Workshop (Thursday) Fees
Invited Distinguished Scholars & Master Therapists
Clinical Practice Track
Academic/Research Track
Dr. Jared Pingleton serves as the Director of Counseling
Services at Focus On The Family in Colorado Springs,
CO. Before coming to Focus, Dr. Pingleton founded and
directed The Relationship Center with offices in Branson
and Springfield, MO, where he provided outpatient
psychotherapy and supervised eight clinicians. He is the author of the
book, Making Magnificent Marriages.
Marriage, Family, Sexuality & Child Track
Dr. Scott Stanley is a research professor and co-director of
the Center for Marital and Family Studies at the University
of Denver. He has published widely, with core research
interests including relationship commitment, couple
development, and the prevention of marital distress.
Stanley has coauthored or authored various books, including The Power
of Commitment and A Lasting Promise, and writes a popular blog at
www.slidingvsdeciding.com.
Psychoanalysis Track
Dr. Brad Strawn is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of
the Integration of Psychology and Theology and Clinical
Psychology in the School of Psychology, Fuller Theological
Seminary. Prior to 2012, he served for six years at the Vice
President for Spiritual Development & Dean of the Chapel
at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma.
Dr. Yvonne Tate is an Assistant Professor of Counseling at
Colorado Christian University. She has a private practice in
Lakewood, CO: her specialty area is the use of QEEG-guided
neurofeedback and counseling to treat multiple disorders
such as depression, anxiety, sleep problems, attention
disorders, behavioral problems, PTSD, and other trauma-related issues.
Counselor Education and Licensed
Professional Counselors Track
Dr. Stephen Greggo is a Professor of Counseling at Trinity
Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL. He is also the
Director of Professional Practice at Christian Counseling
Associates in Delmar, NY. Dr. Greggo served as the Chair
of the CAPS Board of Trustees from 2013-2014.
International and Cross-Cultural Track
Dr. Brent Slife is the Richard L. Evans Chair of Religious
Understanding and Professor of Psychology at Brigham
Young University. Honored recently with an APA
Presidential Citation for his contribution to Psychology,
Dr. Slife has served as the President of the Society of
Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology and is presently the Editor-elect
of the APA Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. He has
authored or co-authored over 200 articles and 8 books, including Human
Frailty, Vice, and Suffering: Flourishing in the Context of Limits and
Dependency (in press, APA Books).
HOTEL RESERVATIONS
Hotel rooms at the Omni will be available at the CAPS rate of $119/night until
we sell out or March 9, 2015 (which comes first). Two ways to reserve your room
at the Omni:
1. Call 1-800-THE-OMNI and ask for the CAPS rate at our hotel, or
2. Go to this website and make your own reservation:
http://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/denver-interlocken/meetings/caps
HOTEL DIRECTIONS AND TRANSPORTATION
Green Ride Boulder (shuttle from Denver airport to Omni hotel):
500 Interlocken Blvd, Broomfield, Colorado 80021
303-438-6600 • Fax: 303-438-7224
omnihotels.com/interlocken
The four-diamond Omni Interlocken Resort lets you take your event to new
heights. Nestled against the backdrop of the majestic Rocky Mountains,
between Denver and Boulder, this luxury, year-round resort offers more
than 40,000 square feet of flexible meeting space, including the 9,120
square-foot Interlocken Ballroom, and our 4,750 square-foot open-air
pavilion. Between Denver and Boulder, this luxury resort features 390
beautifully appointed guest rooms, an award-winning 27-hole golf course
with stunning mountain views, a year-round, heated deck outdoor pool,
and our signature Mokara Spa.
Reserve your seat on the Green Ride shuttle at this website:
http://greenrideco3.hudsonltd.net/res?USERIDENTRY=CAPS&LOGON=GO By booking through
this site, CAPS conference attendees are ensured a discounted fare of $27/one-way. Green
Ride office phone is 303.818.0863
Green Ride Boulder is a locally owned and operated airport shuttle, offering hourly service
to and from Denver International Airport (DIA) at the bottom of the hour (h:30). With
reservations, our first shuttle departs the Omni Hotel at 3:40 a.m. and our last shuttle departs
DIA at 12:30 a.m. Travel time between the Omni and DIA is approximately 35 minutes.
For guests’ convenience and assistance, Green Ride has an Airport Counter on Level 5
(Ground Transportation and Baggage Claim), the Main Level of the DIA Terminal. All arriving
passengers travel by train from their Concourse to the Main Terminal. After exiting the
escalators from the train, turn left to find the Green Ride Counter. Green Ride Boulder arrives
and departs on the WEST (RED) side of the Terminal, outside Door 504, at Island 5. Door 504 is
near baggage carousel #17.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Participants at the CAPS 2015 International Conference may receive up to 20 hours of continuing education if they attend the entire conference, plenaries, breakout sessions and pre- and postconference workshops. Continuing Education credits (CEs) for psychologists, social workers, marriage and family therapists and addiction counselors are offered through PER. NBCC Clock Hours are
offered through the Christina Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS). For additional information on these disciplines or individual state CE approvals please call PER at 800-892-9249 or e-mail
[email protected] or visit the CAPS website for the expanded CE statement.
PER is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for Psychologists. PER maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
CAPS is an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEPTM) and may offer NBCC-approved clock hours for events (or programs) that meet NBCC requirements. Sessions (or programs) for
which NBCC-approved clock hours will be awarded are identified in the program bulletin (or in the catalogue or Web site). The ACEP is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Intended Audience: This conference and its programming is intended for any mental health professional, academic professionals in social and behavioral science disciplines, and
undergraduate and graduate students pursuing mental health and/or behavioral science degrees.
Special Needs/Grievances: If you have special needs related to this conference, please call Mary Gilbert at the CAPS home office (630) 639-9478 or email at [email protected].
If you have a grievance, questions, or concerns please contact Dr. Steve Allison at [email protected].
Cancellation Policy: You will receive a full refund minus a $50 processing fee if your written cancellation notice to CAPS, PO Box 365, Batavia,‎ IL‎ 60510 is postmarked..or you call
Mary Gilbert at the CAPS home office (630) 639-9478..by March 1, 2015.
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•Discounted registration rates
for the annual international
conference, and other regional
and local conferences and CE
events.
In addition to fellowship and
networking with other Christians
in the behavioral sciences, CAPS
provides many other benefits,
including:
Omni Hotel and Resorts
D e n v e r, C o l o r a d o A p r i l 9 - 1 1
P.O. Box 365
Batavia, IL 60510
Registration
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