BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID://INPA//202212 BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260502T205635 VTIMEZONE:America/New_York DTSTART:20251219T170000Z DTEND:20251219T180000Z UID:202212 SUMMARY:December 2025 IPA Webinar: Understanding the Federal and State Advocacy Landscape LOCATION:Live Webinar DESCRIPTION:December 2025 IPA Webinar: Understanding the Federal and State Advocacy Landscape\n\n12/19/25 12:00 PM EST\n - 12/19/25 01:00 PM EST\Description:\nIPA 2025 Webinar Series\n1.0 Hour of Category I CE credit\nFriday, December 19, 2025 at Noon\n\nRegistrants will receive further information for participating via Zoom Webinar for the presentation.\n\nUnderstanding the Federal and State Advocacy Landscape\nThe APA Advocacy team provides participants interactive training in federal advocacy skills and how to be effective advocates for psychology in their own communities. The presentation to IPA will include:\n\n\n Overview of federal and state funding issues.\n Overview of mental health licensing issues.\n Overview of range of advocacy actions and how policymakers interpret them.\n Q&A\n\n\nLearning Objectives:\nBy completing this program, participants will able to:\n1.   Describe at least 3 actions one can undertake while engaging in advocacy.\n2.   Describe at least 1 federal or state funding mechanism for psychological services.\n3.   Identify at least 1 policy issue pertaining to state mental health services licensing.\n\nPresenter Bio: Alix Ginsberg, MPH, Deputy Chief of State Advocacy, aginsberg@apa.org \nAlexandra “Alix” Ginsberg, MPH, is the Deputy Chief of State Advocacy at the American Psychological Association. For over a decade, Ginsberg has advanced key psychology workforce priorities on Capitol Hill, including increased federal support for psychology education and training and access to high-quality mental and behavioral health services for at-risk populations. Ginsberg supports strategic advocacy initiatives for APA, including its grassroots work and the Psychology PAC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Syracuse University, and Master’s in Public Health from the George Washington University.\n\nAlix Ginsberg\n \nPresenter bio:  Deborah Baker, JD, Head, Office of Professional Legal and Regulatory Affairs, dbaker@apa.org\nDeborah C. Baker, JD is the Head of the Professional Legal & Regulatory Affairs Office for the American Psychological Association. She works with APA leadership and members, state psychological associations, regulatory bodies and external stakeholders on a variety of issues involving telehealth and digital therapeutics, HIPAA compliance and patient data security and scope of practice/licensure including prescriptive authority and interjurisdictional practice.\nMs. Baker has provided support to several APA task forces in developing association policies, such as the current revision to the APA Model Licensure Act for Psychologists, the 2024 APA Guidelines on the Practice of Telepsychology, APA Guidelines for the Use of Social Media and APA policies on prescriptive authority for psychologists and designation of psychopharmacology training programs.  She received her BA from the University of Virginia and her law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law.  She is licensed in both Washington DC and Virginia.\n\nDeborah Baker\n\n\nSpecial Note to Conference Attendees\nThe Indiana Psychological Association (IPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Indiana Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.\n \nIndiana State Psychology Board and Indiana Behavioral Health Board:\n\n\n IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for psychologists.\n IPA is an approved provider of Category I continuing education for LSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LMFTA, LCAC and LAC.\n\n\nLicensees must judge the program’s relevance to their professional practice.\n \nPlease note that APA rules require that credit be given only to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leaving early will not receive CE credits. Partial credit cannot be given. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program. Alix, Deborah, and IPA have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.\n \nCE certificates will be distributed via email withing two weeks post-event. \n \nRegistration Fees\nIPA New, Premier, Platinum, Emeritus-Practicing, and Student Members - $0\nIPA Basic, Emeritus-Retired Members, and Affiliate Members - $15\nNon-Members - Psychologists and Other Professionals $30\n*If a non-member Student seeking to attend, please either join IPA (free membership with "sponsorship" by an IPA Academic Member or, if outside the state of Indiana, please contact info@indianapsychology.org.\n\nRegistration will close on Thursday, December 18th, 2025.\n\Location:\nLive Webinar\n\n, X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:December 2025 IPA Webinar: Understanding the Federal and State Advocacy Landscape

12/19/25 12:00 PM EST - 12/19/25 01:00 PM EST
Description:
IPA 2025 Webinar Series
1.0 Hour of Category I CE credit
Friday, December 19, 2025 at Noon


Registrants will receive further information for participating via Zoom Webinar for the presentation.

Understanding the Federal and State Advocacy Landscape
The APA Advocacy team provides participants interactive training in federal advocacy skills and how to be effective advocates for psychology in their own communities. The presentation to IPA will include:

Learning Objectives:
By completing this program, participants will able to:
1.   Describe at least 3 actions one can undertake while engaging in advocacy.
2.   Describe at least 1 federal or state funding mechanism for psychological services.
3.   Identify at least 1 policy issue pertaining to state mental health services licensing.

Presenter Bio: Alix Ginsberg, MPH, Deputy Chief of State Advocacy, aginsberg@apa.org 
Alexandra “Alix” Ginsberg, MPH, is the Deputy Chief of State Advocacy at the American Psychological Association. For over a decade, Ginsberg has advanced key psychology workforce priorities on Capitol Hill, including increased federal support for psychology education and training and access to high-quality mental and behavioral health services for at-risk populations. Ginsberg supports strategic advocacy initiatives for APA, including its grassroots work and the Psychology PAC. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Syracuse University, and Master’s in Public Health from the George Washington University.

Alix Ginsberg
 

Presenter bio:  Deborah Baker, JD, Head, Office of Professional Legal and Regulatory Affairs, dbaker@apa.org
Deborah C. Baker, JD is the Head of the Professional Legal & Regulatory Affairs Office for the American Psychological Association. She works with APA leadership and members, state psychological associations, regulatory bodies and external stakeholders on a variety of issues involving telehealth and digital therapeutics, HIPAA compliance and patient data security and scope of practice/licensure including prescriptive authority and interjurisdictional practice.
Ms. Baker has provided support to several APA task forces in developing association policies, such as the current revision to the APA Model Licensure Act for Psychologists, the 2024 APA Guidelines on the Practice of Telepsychology, APA Guidelines for the Use of Social Media and APA policies on prescriptive authority for psychologists and designation of psychopharmacology training programs.  She received her BA from the University of Virginia and her law degree from the University of Richmond School of Law.  She is licensed in both Washington DC and Virginia.

Deborah Baker


Special Note to Conference Attendees
The Indiana Psychological Association (IPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. The Indiana Psychological Association maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
 
Indiana State Psychology Board and Indiana Behavioral Health Board:

Licensees must judge the program’s relevance to their professional practice.
 
Please note that APA rules require that credit be given only to those who attend the entire workshop. Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the scheduled start time or leaving early will not receive CE credits. Partial credit cannot be given. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program. Alix, Deborah, and IPA have not received any commercial support for this program or its contents and will not receive any commercial support prior to or during this program.
 
CE certificates will be distributed via email withing two weeks post-event. 
 
Registration Fees
IPA New, Premier, Platinum, Emeritus-Practicing, and Student Members - $0
IPA Basic, Emeritus-Retired Members, and Affiliate Members - $15
Non-Members - Psychologists and Other Professionals $30
*If a non-member Student seeking to attend, please either join IPA (free membership with "sponsorship" by an IPA Academic Member or, if outside the state of Indiana, please contact info@indianapsychology.org.

Registration will close on Thursday, December 18th, 2025.


Location:
Live Webinar

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