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SERVICE:
Suicide and Crisis Intervention
"Teen Suicide", 8th & 9th grade students St. Agnes Catholic Church, 1992.
"Crisis Intervention Techniques", Basic Certification Course (four sessions per year),
Law Enforcement Training Center, Pierre, SD,  1987-1988, 1988-1989.     
"Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention", Four-part workshop series
presented to adults and youth of St. Agnes Catholic Church Parish, Vermillion, SD,
1988.
Invited Speaker, F.O. Butler Foundation for Campus Enrichment, South Dakota State
University, Brookings, SD, 1988.
"Assessment of Suicide"  (lecture to Undergraduate Abnormal Psychology class)
"Correlates of Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents and Young Adults" (campus-wide
colloquium) 
"Adolescent Suicide" (presentation to the High School Psychology Teacher
Conference)
"Adolescent Stress, Depression, and Suicide", Brandon Valley High School Faculty,
Brandon, SD, 1988.
"Issues in Psychological Assessment of Depressed/Suicidal Youths", Rapid City, SD,
1987
"Consultation Services and Emergency Psychology", Dakota Hospital Medical Staff,
Vermillion, SD, 1987.
"Suicide and Youth", National Youth Sports Program, USD, 1986.      
"Crisis Intervention Techniques", St. Vincent DePaul Society, Vermillion, SD,1985.
Disaster Mental Health
Invited speaker, "Flight 232: Psychology's Role in Disaster Response", Psychology
Banquet, South Dakota State University, 1991.
“After effects of disaster response among disaster workers”, presentation to disaster
volunteers from Midwest Energy Company, Sioux City, IA., 1990.
General Mental Health
“DSM-IV” presented to the members at the annual meeting of the South Dakota
Psychological Association (Sioux Falls), Spring 1995.
“DSM-IV” presented to the professional staff, South Dakota Human Services Center
(Yankton, SD), Fall 1994.
"Working Mothers - Can We Have It All?", Yankton Women's Shelter, Yankton, SD,
1988.
Invited Speaker, "Being good to yourself: Recognizing and dealing with stress and
burnout", Vermillion Nurses Association,  Vermillion, SD, 1987.
Organizer/group leader, Support Group for Clinical Psychology Graduate Students and
Their Significant Others (ongoing group with focus on stress reduction and
relationship enhancement), USD, 1984-1986.
"Feeling Good About Being a Kid", Third Graders at Jolley and Austin Elementary
Schools, Vermillion, SD, 1985.  
Orientation to Profession
“Clinical Psychology as a Health Profession”, presented to the students in the InSTEP
Program (USD School of Medicine), 1995,1996, 1999.
“Review of the Human Resource Development (HRD) project”
Implications for Psychology; presented at the Annual Meeting of SD Psychological
Association; Sioux Falls, 1995. 
Implications for Mental Health Centers”; presented to the Council of Directors of
Mental Health Centers, Huron, SD, 1995.
Implications for Nurses; presented at the Annual Meeting of the SD Nurses
Association; Brookings, 1995.
Speaker, "Overview of graduate education in Clinical Psychology", Southwest State
University Chapter of Psi Chi, 1990.
Departmental representative, Psychological Services Center Booth, USD Health Fair
(l989); Dakota Hospital Health Fair (l984-l986); USD Resident Assistants Resource
Fair (l989).
Speaker, "Careers in Psychology", Career Search Day, Vermillion High School, 1989.
Host, "Career Day in Psychology", Vermillion High School SOAR Program, USD,1985,
1986.
Lecturer, "The Field of Psychology".  2nd Annual Governors Camp for the Gifted, USD,
1985.
Diversity Initiatives
Coordinator (with Jim Heisinger) of an Ad Hoc Diversity Partnership Committee
(faculty/staff with shared interests in research and training projects in partnership
with American Indian communities), 1997-1998.
Steering Committee for “Focus on Diversity” three part series; KYOT live call-in show,
USD, 1994-1995.
Facilitator, Student Prejudice Reduction Workshop, Martin Luther King Activities on
campus, 1990.
Co-Coordinator, Orientation to Psychology, USD School of Medicine InSTEP Program
(Native American High School Students), 1995, 1996, 1997.
Miscellaneous
Program Moderator, Graduate Student Research Symposium, USD School of Medicine,
1988.
Judge, Final Round, Client Counseling Competition, USD School of Law,               
1987, 1988.
Judge, Client Counseling Competition, USD School of Law, 1985. 
Program Moderator, Womenspeak Research Conference, USD, 1985.
Judge, USD Strollers, 1999.
 
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Contact Information:

 
  Barbara Yutrzenka, PhD
Department of Psychology
South Dakota Union 105
The University of South Dakota
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069-2390

Phone: 605-677-5353
Fax: 605-677-3195
byutrzen@usd.edu

 

 
 
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