Education Advocacy

2012

• Federal Legislation to Expand Social and Emotional Learning Programs Gains Major Support in Congress

  The legislation would expand teacher and principal training in practices that address the social and emotional development needs of students

2010

• Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Reauthorization

  The Elementary and Secondary Education Act guides our federal investment in elementary and secondary education, especially equity in educational access and support

• Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH)
• Support Mental Health Month Resolution [H.R. 1258]
• HRSA Chief Mary Wakefield:
  Keynote Speaker at 2010 APA Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting
• FY 2011 Congressional Appropriations Request: Strengthen the Graduate Psychology Education Program
• Center for Deployment Psychology Update -- April 2010

2009

• Loan Repayment Funds through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
• K-12: APA Supports Federal Legislation to Expand K-12 Social and Emotional Learning Programs

  This vital legislation would increase the federal investment in social and emotional learning programs in schools by creating a national technical assistance center and grants to states and school districts

• 2009 Hill Visits: ELC Advocates Urge Federal Support for Psychology Education & Training
• Loan Repayment Funds through the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act
• Health Professions Education & Training Update
• 111th Congress: Reauthorization of the Elementary & Secondary Education Act (No Child Left Behind)
• Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization Update
• The Higher Education Act Implementation
• FY2010 Military Construction/VA Appropriations: Increase Training of Psychologists Skilled in Treating Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injury
• Letter to Congresswoman Lee about FQHC Initiative — February 2009 (PDF, 88KB)
• SAMHSA Update
• Letter to Sen. Durbin in Support of the Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act (PDF, 100KB)
• Higher Education Mental Health Alliance Endorses Mental Health on Campus Improvement Act (PDF, 184KB)
• Education GRO Victory: Psychology Represented on Proposed National Health Workforce Commission
• Unprecedented Targeted Grassroots Campaign: GPE Program FY 2010 Appropriations Update
• National Health Service Corps (NHSC) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) Primary Care Initiative — September 2009
• Education Advocacy Grassroots Activities
• Health Care Reform-Workforce Related Legislation
• GPE Authorizing Update
• FY 2010 Congressional Appropriations Request: Restore Funding to the Graduate Psychology Education Program
• New APA Integrated Health Care Initiative
• Higher Education: George Mason University Counseling Center Director, Jeffrey Pollard, PhD, ABPP Testifies on Capitol Hill

  Speaking on behalf of the APA, Dr. Pollard talked about George Mason’s mental and behavioral health outreach efforts to veterans currently on campus, as well as their planned efforts in anticipation of a growing veteran population at GMU.

• Legislative Update: March 2009
• Annual Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting Invitation
• Support GPE Authorizing Bill [S. 811 & H.R. 2066]
• Act Now on New Loan Repayment Opportunities at the National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
• Health Care Reform: Health Professions Training and Education

2008

• Air Force Residents Advocacy Training Workshop: January 31, 2008
• American Psychological Association FY 2009 Congressional Appropriations Request: Restore Funding for the Graduate Psychology Education Program
• Funding Available for 21 Campus Suicide Prevention Grants
• American Psychological Association FY 2009 Congressional Appropriations Request: The Center for Deployment Psychology
• Creation of the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) -- March 2008
• APA Submits Comments to the U.S. Department of Education on Proposed Regulations of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Graduate Psychology Education (GPE)
• Highlights of 2008 Education Advocacy Legislative Issues--June 2008
• Public Interest GRO and ED GRO Partner Together to Provide a Hill Briefing
• 2008 National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Update--April 2008
• Education Advocacy Highlights
• GPE Program Highlighted at Health Professions Briefing and Open House
• Primary Care Initiative Agenda
• Primary Care Initiative Attendees
• Primary Care Association Initiative Meeting
• Making Strides to Improve the Mental and Behavioral Health Workforce and Meeting the Identified Mental Health Needs of Students
• Advocacy at Work: Promoting New Opportunies for Training and Strengthening the Mental and Behavioral Workforce
• Student/Resident Experiences And Rotations in Community Health (SEARCH)
• Advocacy Training Initiatives

2007

• Education Advocacy Grassroots Activities
• American Psychological Association of Graduate Students Advocacy Training Workshop: December 9-10, 2007
• A Packed Room for San Francisco’s Education Advocacy Breakfast Meeting on the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP)
• American Psychological Association FY 2008 Congressional Appropriations Request: The Center for Deployment Psychology
• 2007 Education Leadership Conference Advocacy Agenda, September 8-11, Washington DC
• Restore Funding for the Graduate Psychology Education Program
  FY 2008 Congressional Appropriations
• Education Advocacy Highlights December 2007
• Health Resources & Services Administration Update

Earlier advocacy activities

• APA CEO Norman Anderson Sends OMB a Letter Requesting Full Funding for the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act -- January 2006
• Action Alert: Request for Assistance in Placing Op-Ed Letter in Local Newspapers on the "Mental Health Needs of Returning Military Personnel" -- March 2005
• APA Comments on the Goals and Performance Measures for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) -- July 2004
• APA Letter on the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act (S.2634) to Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives