Monday, March 8, 2010

“Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach (Medical News Today)” plus 3 more

“Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach (Medical News Today)” plus 3 more

Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach (Medical News Today)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 06:26 AM PST


Main Category: Sports Medicine / Fitness
Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry
Article Date: 08 Mar 2010 - 3:00 PST

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Over 400 million people will watch the football World Cup final in Johannesburg this summer, yet one of the most important contests will be taking place before the players have walked onto the pitch as each athlete battles to win the psychological edge over their opponents. Now Brian Hemmings' and Tim Holder's pioneering new title Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach takes us inside these inner battles to reveal the science behind sporting success.

While traditional textbooks and course guides focus purely on theory Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach draws from real case studies to demonstrate this theory in action.

Expertise has been drawn from thirteen internationally renowned contributors such as Jonathan Katz, the consultant psychologist to the ParalympicsGB team in the Athens, Turin and Beijing Paralympics games, and Chris Shambrook who has consulted with the England and Wales Cricket board, and the Oxford and Cambridge boat race crews

The featured case studies cover a broad range of sports and psychological applications, from enhancing the confidence of young golfers, to managing distractions in test cricket, and providing ringside support during a world-championship boxing contest. Each reveals how an individual, a squad or support staff can use mental skills to gain a vital psychological edge.

"These examples will open the eyes of the reader to real world issues and allow students to understand the problems and challenges that a sport psychologist is faced with, and is employed to solve," said co-author Brian Hemmings.

"The examples in this book reveal how coaches can help performers read their opponents, make quick and accurate decisions to perform efficient and effective actions."

Chapters include:

  • Creating positive beliefs

  • Enhancing confidence

  • Team goal setting

  • Increasing focus

  • Managing distractions

  • Controlling anxiety
The practical lessons illustrated by these chapters are not reserved for the sporting elite, but can be used successfully by millions of amateur players to up their game and achieve their goals making Applied Sport Psychology: A Case-Based Approach a uniquely valuable title to amateur and professional alike.

Source:
Ben Norman
Wiley-Blackwell

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Winner Understood Opponent’s Psychology (New York Times)

Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:21 PM PST

Most members of the American Contract Bridge League's Hall of Fame are marquis names. A few are lower-profile experts well respected by their peers.

One such person was David Treadwell, who died two months ago at 97, in Wilmington, Del. Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998, he won two national titles — the 1982 North American Swiss Teams and the 1985 Master Mixed Teams — and amassed nearly 26,000 master points. He served in many executive positions, including chairman of the league's board of governors.

He learned bridge while studying at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and continued to play throughout his life. Only two weeks before he died he competed in two events on the same day.

Treadwell relished puns and loved telling corny jokes. He also made money for more than 30 years playing blackjack in Atlantic City.

The diagramed deal occurred during a regional men's pairs win many years ago.

Most experts would respond two spades with the North hand, but Gil Cohen chose a negative double. This was serendipitous because if he had bid two spades, Treadwell (South) would have rebid two no-trump, and North would have continued with three hearts, raised to four. The automatic club lead would have defeated that contract.

Four hearts by South was the only makable game.

West led the diamond king. Playing double-dummy (seeing all of the cards), South would have won with his ace, played a spade to dummy's queen and led a low spade to bring down West's ace. But that was not obvious.

Instead Treadwell made an imaginative play, leading his club jack at Trick 2. If West had won the trick, the contract would have failed. But not guessing what was happening, West played low.

Treadwell gave the defense no second chance. He led a spade to dummy's king, then called for a low spade to open the lines for a crossruff. West won with the ace and shifted to his trump. Declarer won with dummy's king and cashed the ace, getting the bad news. Unconcerned, South played a club to his ace, ruffed a diamond, cashed the spade queen, ruffed a spade and ruffed a diamond to make his game. East took the last two tricks with his high trumps.

Treadwell's genial demeanor and excellent play will be sorely missed.

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After 10 Years of Service, Dr. Michael Horowitz Announces Transition from Chicago School of Professional Psychology ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)

Posted: 08 Mar 2010 02:48 PM PST

Search for Eighth President of TCSPP Underway, Dr. Horowitz to Serve Full Time as CEO of TCS Education System

CHICAGO, March 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a series of campus forums and letters to students this month, Dr. Michael Horowitz announced that later this year he will conclude his 10-year run as president of The Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP).

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A national search, led by the Board of Trustees, has begun to find the eighth president of TCSPP, the largest nonprofit school of its kind in the nation. Dr. Horowitz will continue to have strong ties to the school though as he transitions to serve full time as president and CEO of TCS Education System, a nonprofit organization that includes The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

"Serving The Chicago School of Professional Psychology over the past 10 years has been among the most rewarding journeys of my life," said Dr. Horowitz. "It's been an honor working alongside students, faculty, staff, and alumni to advance our innovative approach to psychology education to new frontiers, students, and communities. I cannot begin to express how proud I am of what we have accomplished together. Our work is only beginning though, and I'm convinced that the next president will continue our momentum and take us even further in terms of quality and prestige."

The new president will carry on President Horowitz's work of advancing The Chicago School of Professional Psychology's mission on a national scale while ensuring that the academic, operational, and financial thread that connects the school's campuses to each other is preserved and strengthened. The new president will also be a leading voice for professional psychology education and an advocate for expanding the benefits of psychology and related behavioral sciences.

The successful candidate will succeed TCSPP's longest-serving president. When Dr. Horowitz arrived in June 2000, the school was a single-program, single-campus institution with 215 students. Today, the enrollment exceeds 3,000 students who study at one of five on-ground locations and in online/blended programs. With a Chicago Campus and suburban satellite, three campuses in Southern California, and approval pending for a Washington, D.C. Campus, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology has emerged as a national institution of prominence with more than 20 degree programs spanning all branches of psychology and behavioral sciences. Over the last decade and under President Horowitz's leadership, TCSPP has also become a recognized source of innovative approaches to behavioral science training, scholarship, applications, and service to the community. New initiatives charted under his stewardship include the Center for Latino Mental Health, Naomi Ruth Cohen Institute for Mental Health Education, The Chicago School Forensic Center, Center for International Studies, and Garfield Park Preparatory Academy, a K-8 public contract school that began in fall 2009 as part of the Chicago Public School Renaissance 2010 initiative.

"What Michael Horowitz accomplished in his time at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is a remarkable story," said Trustee George Mitchell, a past TCSPP president and co-chair of the search committee. "What began as a vision to expand the benefits and applications of psychology to new people and places is now a reality. He is leaving the school in a place unimaginable a decade ago."

"He built a culture of innovation internally, which resulted in the school having the means to make a greater impact externally," added Trustee Edward Bergmark, also co-chairing the search committee. "The new programs established under his leadership at The Chicago School resulted in new faculty, staff, and students, who brought fresh enthusiasm and connections for our mission. This perpetual cycle of innovation and new ideas is one of the chief legacies that Dr. Horowitz will pass on to the next president."

Dr. Horowitz will remain the national leader of TCSPP until the new president is seated, which is expected to take place between the end of the 2009-2010 academic year and the beginning of the fall semester. From there his work will be focused exclusively on TCS Education System, which features a network of specialized institutions that offer a fundamentally new approach to higher education, one that prepares socially responsible, culturally competent professionals in applied fields such as psychology, health and human services, and education. Other system entities include early childhood and K-12 schools devoted to delivering a progressive, evidence-based curriculum; an online education delivery and services division; and TCS Foundation, which cultivates charitable contributions to support social change endeavors throughout the system.

About The Chicago School of Professional Psychology:

Founded in 1979, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is the nation's leading nonprofit graduate school dedicated exclusively to the applications of psychology and related behavioral sciences. TCS is an active member of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, which has recognized The Chicago School for its distinguished service and outstanding contributions to cultural diversity and advocacy. The Chicago School's community service initiatives resulted in recognition on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service to disadvantaged youth. In 2009, the school was named to The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual list of "Great Colleges to Work For." For more information about TCSPP, visit www.thechicagoschool.edu. Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/gradpsychology. Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/thechicagoschool.

For more information on the search for the next president of TCSPP, visit www.thechicagoschool.edu/president_search.


SOURCE The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

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UHV unveils new forensic psychology graduate program (The Victoria Advocate)

Posted: 06 Mar 2010 06:41 PM PST

  • Originally published March 6, 2010 at 7:42 p.m., updated March 6, 2010 at 7:45 p.m.

The University of Houston-Victoria will begin offering a new master of arts degree in forensic psychology this fall after recent approval by the University of Houston System Board of Regents.

Forensic psychology is a fast-growing field that involves the use of psychological knowledge and skills such as assessment and counseling in a variety of legal settings. The UHV program will be the first graduate degree of its kind in South Texas.

"A forensic psychologist might provide mental health treatment to prison inmates, help evaluate a defendant's competency to stand trial, or even help select the members of a jury," said Catherine Perz, lead developer of the new degree program and an associate professor of psychology.

The new program is designed to prepare students for careers in many legal settings.

"It will prepare graduates to get a job working with prisoners, legal teams or community organizations treating drug abusers, just to mention a few options," Perz said.

Standard counseling programs seldom prepare graduates to deal with the unique dynamics of working in legal settings, said Trina Gordon, director of the UHV graduate program in counseling psychology.

"Agencies that hire mental health professionals who haven't had training in the forensic side of the discipline experience a high turnover rate," Gordon said. "This program will prepare students to succeed for the long term in forensic work," Perz said.

Students in the degree program will take 60 credit hours of course work and practicum, including classes in assessment, psychotherapy techniques, ethics, advanced forensic psychology and seminars on specific subjects like criminal behavior.

"I'd like to thank Dr. Perz for leading the development of this new degree program," said Jeffrey Di Leo, dean of the UHV School of Arts & Sciences. "This will help many students find good jobs and become a force for positive change in their communities."

For more information, contact Perz at 361-570-4223 or perzc@uhv.edu.


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