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Hi. My name is Bruce and I'm a recovering technoholic. I signed a contract with my wife stating that I will not go into an electronics store more than... What's that --Oh, oops, sorry, wrong column... Hello
again. I'm Bruce Gale, your new President for 1997-1999. Andrea
Seidner is now Past-president, and Liana Peña is now President-elect.
We have a new Student Representative, Ryan
Russon who is also our Web Site designer.
More about that in a minute.
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President's
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membership has remained stable, we added about 6 new members this past
year. From what I've gleaned off our Listserv, life continues as
usual for our membership, with resources and other announcements being
passed along. By the way, if you're not on it, I ascertain Liana has
done her usual excellent job of telling people how to join. Look
for her instructions elsewhere in this newsletter.
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did not receive any poster submissions this year for the SIG Poster Expo
which occurs during the Welcoming Cocktail Party. We will have a
spot set aside for our SIG with applications and information about the
SIG for prospective members. If you have any computer programs or
projects other technology you are working on that you would like to demonstrate
at the Expo, contact me by email (bgalephd@aol.com)
so I can keep track of what members bring. Remember, there's no electricity
available. The Welcoming Cocktail party will be from 6:30p.m. to
8:30p.m in the Washington Ballroom.
Our
annual SIG meeting will be on Saturday from 9:00a.m. to 11:00a.m. in the
Kennedy Room. The first portion will be to take care of general business.
Following Andrea's format, I intend to keep this portion of the meeting
as short as possible. We'll then have a chance for members to meet
and learn about each other's interests and make general announcements about
job openings, grants, and other topics of general interest. Last
year, we had a roundtable discussion on SBIRS, which seemed of interest
to many who attended. I sent an email last March to those on the
Listserv soliciting topic suggestions for the second portion of our meeting,
but have
not received any suggestions. If there are no other
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Bruce
M. Gale, Ph.D. Liana
M. Peña, M.A.
Reid
K. Hester, Ph.D.
Ryan
Russon, B.S.
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Two things before I sign off. First, The Web Site. At the annual meeting last year, Ryan Russon offered to use his considerable talents to help us launch a site. If you've visited the AABT site, you know that there's a "link" just waiting for us. Ahem, except we seem to have no content. I plan to make this a topic as part of our annual meeting. If you have thoughts please send them to me and I will forward your ideas and comments to the rest of the steering committee. You may also contact Liana or Ryan directly. Their addresses and emails appear elsewhere in this newsletter. Finally, is there anyone out there interested in reviewing software to submit an article for publication in AABT? If you're a Mac user and have interest in trying a demo program for a course on cognitive theory, let me know. Have a great rest of the year and I hope to see you in Washington D.C.  |
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| ABBY
for Windows: Innovative Software for Mental
Health Services
by Jim Luttgen, Ph.D. & M. Sugawara The following article was submitted on our software ABBY for Windows. ABBY is being used in mental health services in North America. We have a new product being released soon "Workload Measurement Plus for Windows" Although we are living in the "Information Age," many mental health care professionals find that collecting, analyzing and reporting data is still an onerous chore. This is the case whether they are conducting research, doing program evaluation, searching file records or recording behavior or scores. ABBY for Windows takes advantage of the new generation of personal computer hardware and software. It uses this technology to greatly simplify the recording, analysis and reporting of clinical data. With ABBY one can easily plot the effect of a medication on health, behavior or test score.
ABBY IS DESIGNED TO MEET SEVERAL GOALS IN ONE
APPLICATION:
DATA
SECURITY AND STORAGE
RECORDS
MEDICATIONS, TESTS, TARGET BEHAVIORS & SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
USER
FRIENDLY ON SCREEN DATA SORTS AND SEARCHES
ANTECEDENT
- BEHAVIOUR - CONSEQUENCE FORMAT
REPORTING
CLINICAL DATA WITHOUT WORD PROCESSING
USER
FRIENDLY GRAPHS OF CLINICAL DATA
A
second click of the mouse prints the graph with generic labels. The user
can change the report title, graph title, X and Y axis labels. The
user can select from bar, line, pie, radar and area graphs, as well as
several three dimensional variations of these graphs.
EASY
EXPORTING FOR STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS AND ORDERING
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FOR CHiP-RELATED NEWS
As
our membership list becomes larger and larger, we have an ever growing
source of computer-related information - you. Please share your knowledge
and ideas with our group. Listed below are some ideas for newsletter
submissions:
or
send e-mail to lpena@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
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NOTE:
I'd like to thank by Jim Luttgen & M. Sugawara for their submission "ABBY for Windows: Innovative Software for Mental Health Services" which can be found on page 1. It is very informative and smooth reading. Storm A. King also deserves thanks for contributing the announcement for out newsletter. Also, many thanks to Reid K. Hester for his contribution to our next annual meeting's agenda. Unfortunately, I won't be able to be at the annual meeting. I have a personal engagement that I must attend. However, I will be sending my agenda with one of the other steering committee members. Again, thank you for all your contributions and I encourage everyone to send in not only submissions, but also ideas for upcoming newsletters. Happy Computing, |
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS
The International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO)
is a new Internet based non-profit organization for mental health
professionals, consumers, and interested others. Its purpose is to promote
the understanding, use and development of online communication,
information, and technology for the international mental health community.
ISMHO was formed during a gathering of mental health professionals
and consumers at the American Psychological Association's annual
convention in 1997. ISMHO has a broad mission that includes multiple
goals, such as:
ISMHO
members held an informal meeting at the American Psychological Association's
annual convention in San Francisco in 1998, during which members of the
organization discussed issues relevant to their work online. ISMHO
sponsors an e-mail discussion that is free and open to all interested
parties. Recent topics range from guidelines for electronic
communication with clients to the ethics involved in telehealth efforts.
There is also a members only e-mail meeting where general meetings
of the organization take place.
ISMHO
is in the process of incorporating as a non-profit organization.
Bylaws, a mission statement, an executive board were formed in early 1998.
John Grohol, Psy.D., a noted authority in the online mental health
field, is the organization's current president. All professionals
and consumers interested in mental health issues online are encouraged
to join ISMHO and help shape the future direction of mental health
on the Internet. For additional information about membership
or the organization, please consult the ISMHO Web site at http://www.ismho.org/
or contact John Grohol at 1-800-467-1482.
Storm
A. King astorm@concentric.net
[ICQ #2490493]
President-Elect,
The International Society for Mental Health Online (ISMHO)
http://www.ismho.org/
A
Resource Site for the Analysis of the Psychology of Virtual Communities:
http://www.concentric.net/~Astorm
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