May 7, 2007  

Contacts:
Sandra Fisher - Director
                                                                                           Oregon Psychological Association
 503.253.9155 or 800.541.9798
info@opa.org
Mike Conner, PsyD
mikeconner@crisiscounseling.com    

Oregon Psychological Association honors Bend pyschologist with Public Education Award at Annual Conference

The Oregon Psychological Association is presenting its first-ever Public Education Award to Michael Conner, a Bend psychologist specializing in children and families.

The award presentation will take place Saturday, May 12, 2007, at the Oregon Psychological Association’s Annual Convention in Eugene. 

Conner’s innovative approach has received national media coverage in publications including Cosmopolitan, Money Magazine, Parents Magazine, and The New York Times.  He has appeared as a guest on the “Montel Williams Show.”  Conner is the author of “Crisis Intervention with Adolescents: A Guide for Parents and Professionals,” and helped to develop “StepOne” computer systems to aid parents with troubled children and to promote school safety.  Conner was an engineer and forester before becoming a psychologist.  Over his 15-year psychology career, he has worked in a range of settings, from crisis centers to hospital emergency rooms.  He currently works in private practice and is recognized expert and trainer on intervention with children in the Republic China.

 “My passion,” says Conner, “is to talk with parents and kids in plain and simple ways about psychology and mental health.”  

 The Oregon Psychological Association is a not-for-profit statewide professional organization that advocates for psychologists on local, state and national issues affecting both the profession and the world in which we live. The Public Education Award was created to recognize and encourage public education activities by OPA members.

 The OPA’s conference will be May 11-12, 2007 at the Hilton Eugene & Conference Center, 66 East 6th Ave. The annual event draws hundreds of licensed psychologists from around the region for presentations on topics ranging from “Internet Crimes Against Children” to “Helping Your Client Get a Good Night's Sleep.”

For more information about OPA and the conference, visit www.opa.org

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