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CURRICULUM VITAE ALFRED J. RIEDIGER, Ph.D., C. Psych.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Chartered Psychologist, College of Alberta Psychologists, Charter # 244 (1971-present) Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (January 2, 1991-present) EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Ph.D.: University of Alberta, 1979 (Counselling Psychology; Dissertation Topic - "Employee Assistance Programs: The Supervisor's Perspective") M.Ed.: University of Alberta, 1971 (Counselling Psychology; Thesis Topic - "Transient Men in Edmonton") B.A.: University of Alberta, 1967 (English Major, Psychology Minor) Diploma: Prairie Bible Insitute, 1964 (Theology Major, Pastoral and Christian Education Minors) GRADUATE COURSE WORK: Vocational Development Individual Diagnosis Individual Counselling Seminar in Group Counselling Group Assesment Readings in: Theory of Personality Community Mental Health Group Processes Milieu Therapy Developmental Theory Personality & Mental Health Learning Theory Advanced Counselling Theory Introduction to Research Advanced Counselling Program Social and Physiological Psychology Advanced Research Design
PRESENT POSITION: Private Practice, ARCH Psychological Services, 1987 - present This is a general practice in clinical and consulting psychology. We receive referrals from lawyers, doctors, ministers, social workers, employee assistance programs and through client recommendation. We provide a full range of psychological services including assessment, individual/relationship and family therapy, program consultation and educational services. We have developed specialized expertise in working with child sexual abuse, custody disputes, forensic populations, civil litigation, community corrections, Aboriginal people, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, family conflict, adolescent problems and physical/mental health disorders. We believe in treating individuals and families in a holistic manner which is respectful of the individual and fosters the individual's potential for growth and development. For the past six years we have participated with NECHI Institute in assisting four Aboriginal communities to develop a comprehensive integrated community sexual abuse intervention and healing program through funding by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. We also provided 3 day healing workshops for Residential School survivors and their families.
PAST POSITIONS: Assistant Director, Forensic Assessment and Community Services, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, 1981-1988 This position included responsibility for development and administration of multidisciplinary therapy programs for offenders and their families in Edmonton and Northern Alberta, direct supervision of professional and public education programs, extensive clinical intervention with sexual or violent offenders and their families and administrative responsibility for coordination of services with government and private organizations. I served as Supervisor of Therapy Programs, Manager of Psychological Services, Coordinator - Incest Program, and Coordinator - Community Education and Liaison. Senior Psychologist, Diagnostic and Referral Unit, Occupational Health and Safety Program, Personnel Department, Government of Alberta, 1976-7981 Development of province-wide Employee Assistant Program for provincial employees, direct supervision of consulting psychologists, program administration and staff training. Senior Psychologist, Community Services Unit, Alberta Mental Health Services, 1973-1976 Program planning psychological consultation to community nurses, assessment and treatment of psychiatric patients in the community, direct supervision of psychology staff. Psychologist, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, 1970-1973 Psychological assessment and therapy on admissions unit, group therapy instruction in the School of Nursing, community mental health planning. Psychologist, Edmonton Guidance Clinic, Summer 1969 Assessment and treatment of children and families. Social Worker, Department of Welfare, Government of Alberta, 1967-1968 Case worker with permanent teenage wards and adoptions.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Instructor, Law Enforcement Program, Grant MacEwan Community College, "Mental Health and Mental Illness" , 1987-1989 Instructor/Consultant, Alberta Social Services, Staff Development, "Community Interventions for Child Sexual Abuse": A two-day seminar for allied professionals in rural and Native communities, 1985-1991 Faculty Memeber, Doctoral Internship Program, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Accredited by the Canadian Psychology Association, 1984-1988 Seminar Instructor, Correctional Services of Canada, Western Regionand Bowden Institution: Staff training regarding incest, sexual offenders and violent offenders, 1985-1989 Consultant/Facilitator, Imperial OilLtd., Edmonton, "Capitalizing on Change": Stress management seminar for staff facing relocation or lay-off, 1984-1985 Consultant, Yellowhead Family Sexual Abuse Treatment Program, Hinton, AB and area, Provided staff training, assisted in program design and development and provided evaluation of program and recommendations, 1983-1990 Teaching Assistant: Learning Theory, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta, 1968-1969 Counsellor, Edmonton Day Centre, Rehabilitation Workshop, Overnight Shelter, individual counselling with transient men, 1969-1970 Counsellor, Student Counselling Services, University of Alberta, 1970-1971 Expert Witness, I have been sworn as an expert witness on various occasions over the past twenty-five years in the court of Queen's Bench, Provincial court and Juvenile and Family court. Areas of expertise have been designated as including clinical psychology, forensic psychology, clinical assessment and treatment, custody and access issues, child sexual abuse et cetera. I have also provided expert testimony before the Law Enforcement Review Board, Edmonton, the Criminal Injuries Review Board and at Psychologists' Association of Alberta disciplinary hearing. I have also provided assessment, consultation and therapy regarding members of our profession on behalf of the Registrar of the College of Alberta Psychologists. A sample of court appearances in which I was sworn as an expert witness in recent years is provided as follows: Jan 2001 - Ms. R & Ms. J vs. Her Majesty the Queen, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, civil litigation Jan 1998 - B vs. B, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, custody/access Oct 1997 - J vs. J, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, custody/access Jun 1997 - G vs. G, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, custody/access Oct 1996 - Crown vs. F, Provincial Court, Edmonton, criminal Apr 1995 - D vs. R, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, custody/access Jan 1995 - M vs. N, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, custody/access Oct 1993 - M vs. M, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, custody/access Mar 1992 - Crown vs. H, Provincial Court, Youth Division, Edmonton, waiver hearing Dec 1999 - Crown vs. W, Queen's Bench, Edmonton, criminal Aug 1991 - Crown vs. S, Provincial Court, Toefield, preliminary hearing Aug 1991 - Crown vs. P, Provincial Court, Edmonton, preliminary enquiry Oct 1998 - Crown vs. S, Provincial Court, Toefield, criminal PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES: Psychologists' Association of Alberta Board, President, 1997-1998 (3 year term) Canadian Psychological Association, member, 1992-present Alberta Custody/Access Evaluator's Support Group, Founding member, 1995-1998 Psychologists in Private Practice, Psychologists' Association of Alberta Interest Group, 1990-present, Chairman, 1990-1992 Special Interest Group in Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Edmonton Chapter, Founding member, 1980-1983 Executive Council, Publications Chair Psychologists' Association of Alberta, 1980-1992, Responsible for founding and publishing "Alberta Psychology" Professional Affairs Committee, Psychologists' Association of Alberta, 1979-1980, Responsible for development of "Standards of Practice" Standing Committee on Standards and Qualifications, Chair Psychologists' Association of Alberta, Special Interest Group, 1980 Steering Committee - Athabasca University, Responsible for development of Institute for Psychological Health and Psy.D. program. Originated as a collaboration of PAA and UA
PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Integrated Community Responses to Sexual Abuse - Conference Sponsor, St. Albert, AB, June 2, 2000 Legal Aid Society of Alberta, Appeals Committee (Northern Region), member, Sept 1998-Sept 2000 Action Group of Psychologists Serving Native Communities, Founding member, 1995 Interagency Committee on Sexual Abuse, Founding member, Edmonton Region, 1985-1991, Produced "The Protocol and Practice Recommendations for Child Sexual Abuse Investigations", January 1998 Advisory Committee on Legal Responses to Domestic Violence, Member, 1982-1986 Joint Incest Program Committee with Sexual Assault Centre and Runaway Project, (Group 5) Founding member, 1982-1984 Interagency Committee on Juvenile Sex Offenders, Founding member, 1982 Child Sexual Abuse Treatment Program, Sexual Assault Centre, 1982 Acadia House Society, Residential treatment centre for disturbed adolescents, Founding Board member, 1973-1977 Senior Staff Group Division of Mental Health, Coordination of Mental Health Resources, Chairman, 1974-1975 Canadian Mental Health Association, Volunteer counsellor and social action committee member, 1976-1974 Freedom Home, Community Group Residence for Teenage Girls, Board member, 1970-1973
PUBLICATIONS: Healing Together - Our Sacred Journey; Integrated community sexual abuse intervention and treatment program, 2000 - Principal Author Professional Psychologists: Health Care Providers: Alberta Native News, Vol. 15, Number 2, February, 1998, pp 20 The Professional Psychologist As a Health Care Provider: Canadian Journal of Clinical Medicine, October, 1997, 4(9) and the Barrister, September, 1997, pp 22-24 The Future Role of the Counselling Psychologist: A Mediator Between the Individual and Society: with Wes Penner. The Canadian Counsellor, June 1972, 6(3) Life Skills Evaluation: In Evaluation of Life Skills Training. Prince Albert, Saskatchewan: Manpower and Immigration, Training Research and Development Station, 1974 Treatment and Total Milieu. With D. McNeil. The Advocate, Winter, 1976 EAPs: Barriers to Effectiveness. In S. H. Klarreich, J. L. Francek and C. E. Moore (Eds.) The Human Resource Management Handbook: Principles and Practice of Employee Assistant Programs, New York: Praeger, 1985, pp 393-408 APPLIED RESEARCH: Healing Together: Program Development and Implementation - interim research report - project sponsor, August 2002 Program Evaluation, Diagnostic and Referral Unit, Personnel Services, Government of Alberta, 1976 Follow-up Services for Psychiatric Patients in Edmonton, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, 1976 Acadia House Program Evaluation, (with B. O'Hagen), 1976 A survey of Residential Placement Needs for Adolescents in Edmonton, 1976 The Personal Functioning Index: An Initial Evaluation of Validity, Reliability and Utility, Alberta Hospital Edmonton (with C. Lennox), 1975 Foster Care for the Mentally Ill: The Approved Homes Program, Alberta Hospital Edmonton, 1975 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS: "Healing Together" - Innovative Integration of Traditional and Contemporary Approaches in Aboriginal Community Based Programs - Partnership, Participation and Innovation conference - Alberta Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health - with Ray Willer and Marlene Peters, Edmonton, AB, March 7, 2003 "Healing Together" - A Transformative Community Justice Model - Presentation to Aboriginal Crown Counsel - with Christine Daniels, Philip Joachim, Ray Willer and George Lucki, Red Deer, AB, May 14, 2002 "Healing Together" - Community Elder's Gathering - Dynamics of Sexual Abuse in the Community, St. Albert, AB, July 13, 2002 "Healing Together" - The Dynamics of Sexual Abuse - Seminar - Fort Chipewyan, August 29-31, 2000, Grande Prairie, October 24-26, 2001 Healing Together" - Integrated Community Sexual Abuse Intervention and Treatment Program - Seminar - Fort Chipewyan, September 25-27, 2001, Grande Prairie, November 20-22, 2001 "Healing the Residential School Wounds" - Three-day Workshop, Principal Author, 2001 "Suicide Assessment and Intervention" - Freehorse Wellness Society, November 8, 1997 "Looking After Yourself - Dealing with Counsellor Stress" - Peer Counselling Program, Women's Prison, Edmonton, November 3, 1997 "Managing Personal Problems in the Professional Workplace" - Division of Continuing Pharmacy Education, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - Seminar Series, February-October, 1990 "Treating Incest and Pedophilic Offenders" - Second Symposium on Violence and Aggression. Sponsored by the Government of Canada and the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, June 19-22, 1988 "Incest Dynamic: Etiology and Treatment" - Institute of Psychology and Law Conference: Sex Offenders and Their Victims, Admonton, AB, March 10, 1988 "Effective Corrective Action for Problem Employees" - Productivity '86, Personnel Performance Consultants Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, October 29/30, 1986 "Why Do Men Commit Incest?" - Treatment of Incest Offenders and Their Families, Need for Coordinated Intervention - Annual conference, Psychiatric Nurses' Association of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, November 15, 1984 "Treatment of Incest Offenders and Their Families" - Alberta Hospital Edmonton, Forensic conference - Mental Health and Corrections, March 22, 1984 "Incest" - Nightline, CJCA Radio, talk show, March 1983 " Rape and Incest" - Edmonton Extra Special, talk shows on CJCA Radio, hosted by Patricia Wright, lawyer, Edmonton, AB, February 1983 "Child Sexual Abuse: Development of Treatment Program for Incest Offenders and Coordination Between Judicial and Therapeutic Systems" - Child Welfare League of American Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, June 21/24, 1983 "Child Sexual Abuse: Dealing with the Offender" - Child Sexual Abuse conference, Legal Reform Project. Student Legal Services, Admonton, AB, September 18, 1982 "Sexual Offenders Workshop" - Community Corrections, Alberta Solicitor General, Red Deer, AB, November 25, 1981 "The Paper Tiger: Organizational Barriers to Referrals" - Input '81 Fourth Biennial Canadian Conference on Employee Assistance Programs, Ottawa, ON, October 5, 1981 "The Nature of Behavioural Health Problems" - Work Performance and Behavioural Health Problems, March 6 & 7, 1980. Sponsored by AADAC and the University of Alberta, Faculty of Education. "Employee Assistance Program" - Input '79, Ottawa, ON, September 23, 1979 PUBLIC EDUCATION: Sponsor and Consultant, Public Service Announcement - "Child Sexual Abuse" - Global T.V., Edmonton, AB, March 2004 Conference co-organizer "Incest: Community Problem - Community Solutions" - Sponsored by the Sexual Assault Centre, Edmonton, AB, April 26, 1982 Presenter, "Cry Softly" - Ann McGraw, Director. Produced by Métis Association of Alberta. Half-hour video on incest prevention program - April 1984 Presenter, "Shattered Innocence" - Lisa Whitmore, Director, ITV Production. Half-hour video on the significance of incest in society - July 1986 Presenter. "Child Sexual Abuse: The Emerging Picture" - Dwayne Massing, Director. Produced by Grant MacEwan Community College. Eight-hour training video for Social Services students - 1985 Presenter, "State of the Art in Employee Assistance Programs" - October 2, 1979 Personnel Association of Alberta "Healing Together - Our Sacred Journey" - Integrated Community Sexual Abuse Intervention and Healing Program - Brochure with Ray Willer, June 25, 2003 Also a variety of press interviews as well as presentations and open-line appearances on radio and television.
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