American Psychological
Association: Division 13
Division 13
Bylaw Changes
Jody
Newman, Secretary
At its Midwinter meeting in February 2001, the Executive
Board of the Division of Consulting Psychology voted to recommend two
amendments to the Division’s By-Laws. The first amendment changes the name of
the Division of Consulting Psychology to the Society of Consulting Psychology.
The second amendment changes the name of the
Publications and Communications Committee to the Committee for Internet
Communications and
Publications and changes its status from an ad hoc
committee to a standing committee. Approval of these amendments by the
membership would require that the name of the Division of
Consulting Psychology be changed to the Society of Consulting Psychology
throughout the Bylaws. The changes in the bylaws will be formally voted on at
the Division 13 Business Meeting at the APA conference in San Francisco.
The sections of the Bylaws where change is relevant
include: Article I.1; Article II.1, II.2, II.2b, II.4, II.5, II.5a, II.5b,
II.5c, II.6, II.8, II.9, II.10, II.11; Article III.1, III.2, III.5, III.6,
III.7, III.8; Article IV.1, IV.2, IV.3, IV.4, IV.6, Article V.1, V.2, V.4, V.6,
Article VI.1, Article VII.1, VII.4, VII.5, VII.6, VII.7, VII.8, VII.11, VII.12,
Article VIII.1, Article IX.1, IX.2, and Article X. Following are examples of
the change:
[Division 13] Society of Consulting
Psychology Bylaws
The [division] society has three kinds of
governance documents:
1. By-Laws
2. Operating procedures established by vote of the Executive Board.
3. Committee procedures recommended by the Chair of the specific
committee and approved by the Executive Committee.
REVISED
Article I - Name and Purpose
1. The name of this organization shall be the [Division] Society of Consulting Psychology of the American Psychological Association.
Article II – Membership
1. The [Division] Society shall consist of four classes of membership: Fellow, Member, Associate Member and non-voting Affiliate.
ArticleVII – Committees
1. The standing committees of the [Division] Society shall consist of the following: Archives, Awards, Education and Training, Nominations and Elections, Fellows, Membership Services, Professional Affairs, APA Program, Public Interest, [and Organizational Renewal/Development Committee] Organizational Renewal/Development, and Internet Communications and Publications.
Candidates for Division 13 Offices:
Ann M.
O’Roark
Nominations
Chair
Candidate statements
and biographical information has been mailed out by APA. Please vote in this
election.
The Education and Training area of Consulting
Psychology is receiving increased attention as interest in the field continues to grow. The aims of the Division's E&T Committee are to address some of these needs with differential programming targeted towards those entering
the field, those who are mid-level professionals, and those who are highly experienced consultants. The Board approved (with minor modifications) a newly developed Charter for the Committee. This Charter will guide the actions of this group for the next several years. There are a number of specific agendas for E&T that are in progress. These include: (1) Advancing the Guidelines for Education and Training of Organizational Consulting Psychologists through the APA approval process; (2) Exploring the development of Web-based CE offerings through the Division's Website; (3) Expanding information on Consulting Psychology (e.g., a list of classic texts in the field, etc.) available on the Divisional Website; (4) Investigating the option of building a CE process into the Consulting Psychology Journal; And, (5) Development of a mentoring program open to all but with an emphasis on
fostering the development of women and minority
professionals interested in consulting psychology.
In addition, the Committee is active in two general arenas. The Committee Chair serves on a special planning group looking at how the Division structures and manages its E&T and CE options (current and future) and is a member of the midwinter meeting conference planning group.
Your input into the E&T Committee is most welcome. Please contact me at stewart.cooper@valpo.edu.
The
Apperceptive Mass:
Action
at Fall & Winter APA Council Meetings
Paul
Lloyd, APA Council Representative
At its August 2000 meeting,
the Council of Representatives voted to approve instituting the practice of
increasing the APA dues annually by an amount linked to the consumer price
index for all urban consumers (CPI-U). There will be a $4 dues increase from
$215 to $219 for the 2001 dues year.
The solidity of APA among
its many specialties was reflected in the warm welcome and vocal support
accorded Ray Fowler upon his return from a six-month leave of absence. APA’s
place at the forefront of professional associations on a diverse set of
criteria underscores the strong leadership in each of the directorates and the
central office. Ray has been president of one APA division, the Division of
Consulting Psychology. Ray has renewed vigor and ready to lead APA on to even
greater heights. Welcome home Mr. APA.
Much of this Council
meeting was centered on financial issues . . . reports, deliberations,
Roundtable Discussion regarding the philosophy of the budget, and related
issues. Council voted to approve the 2001 Preliminary Budget with a deficit of
$198,400, in principle, including the reclassification of the $1,000,000
partnership cash flow (historically referred to as the building subsidy). The
2001 Preliminary Budget serves as the framework for the 2001 Final Budget that
was approved in February 2001.
Also, Council voted to
approve the following Net Worth Allocation Plan:
1)
The goal for attainment of net worth as stated in
Association Rule 210-3 should be reaffirmed; namely, that the Association
strives to maintain a net worth equal to at least one year's operating budget
subject to the consideration of pressing priorities that may arise.
2)
Consistent with accounting practices, conventional
wisdom and comparable financial data from
other organizations, the Association should not consider any portion of
theoretical building equity toward attainment of the net worth goal mentioned
in item 1 above. [Note: This action is recommended since consideration of
building equity in the attainment of our net worth goal makes no additional funds
available for operations.]
3)
Currently, rather than specifically set aside funds
outside the normal budget process for development of programs deemed to be of
high priority to the membership, the Association enthusiastically supports
consideration of proposals for new revenue generating ideas. [Such proposals
for new revenue generating ideas should be thoroughly detailed including all
direct costs, indirect costs, and staff costs. Such proposals reviewed by the
Board of Directors and approved by the Council of Representatives, will be
funded out of ongoing revenues or out of the Association's net worth, as
necessary, assuming that full consideration is also given to the impact of such
funding on progress towards the Association's net worth goal mentioned in item
1 above.]
4)
The specific financial forecast for 2001 - 2003 is as
follows: a) Strive to attain a net worth goal equal to at least one year's
operating budget consistent with Association Rule 210-3; b)Include all net cash
flow from building operations in the operating budget as a regular source of
revenue (currently, the average net cash flow from building operations is
estimated at $1,000,000 per year during this forecast period); c) Include funding in the operating budget for the Public
Education Campaign through the forecast period (2001-2003); d) Restrict capital expenditures to no more than $4,500,000 over
the forecast period; e) Continue to
reinvest net gains/losses from our long-term portfolio activity (estimated at
$2,700,000 over the forecast period); f) Continue
to subsidize the operating budget by all interest and dividends generated from
our long-term portfolio activity (estimated at $2,000,000 over the forecast
period); and, g) Continue to treat the advance to
Square 677 as a loan rather than as an additional capital contribution and
limit the loan principal to no more than $10 million dollars.
5)
Each year based on actual results and an analysis of
our net worth, future financial forecasts will be adjusted accordingly.
6)
Once the net worth goals are attained, any number of
future actions can be taken including the long-term stabilization of dues; the
long-term availability of funds for the development of programs deemed to be of
high priority to the membership; further apportionment of building and
investment proceeds toward operational expenses, etc.
If you are still reading
this, you may have a second calling as an accountant, own a business or manage
a large budget: Maybe all three of the above.
Council voted to formally
confirm the recognition of Behavioral Psychology as a specialty in professional
psychology. This motion brought about a lively and interesting discussion;
however, the pragmatics of the marketplace won in the final vote.
At its February 2001
meeting, the Council of Representatives voted to amend the Mission Statement of
the Association by an added emphasis on health promotion. The mission now
reads: “The objects of the American Psychological Association shall be to
advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means for promoting
health and human welfare by encouragement of psychology in all its branches in
the broadest and most liberal manner; by the promotion of research in
psychology and the improvement of research methods and conditions; by
improvement in the qualifications and usefulness of psychologists through high
standards of ethics, conduct, education, and achievement; by the establishment
and maintenance of the highest standards of professional ethics and conduct of
the members of the Association; by the increase and diffusion of psychological
knowledge through meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers,
discussions, and publications; thereby to advance scientific interests and
inquiry, and the application of research findings to the promotion of health
and the public welfare.”
This change in the mission
is in keeping with Norine Johnson’s presidential initiatives which have the
theme of “Psychology: Building a
Healthy World.” The initiatives seek to inform the public and policy-makers
about psychology’s contributions to building healthy families, healthy
communities and healthy workplaces.
Ray Fowler briefed Council
on how APA seeks to be a model employer. Each year, APA is closer to reaching
affirmative action goals of optimum representation of ethnic minorities and
women in every category of employment. He stated that retention of members in
APA has emerged as a key issue, as membership gains are lessening, due
primarily to aging members who are dues-exempt. (By 2013 there will be 24,000
dues-exempt members.) Also, the
percentage of members attending the Convention has dropped recently. A new
Convention format will be tried in Chicago in 2002. Convention time will be cut to four days to make a shorter and more
vibrant Convention. He also reported that the American Psychological Foundation
(APF) has a campaign to raise $7,000,000 over the next five years to provide
scholarships and grants for psychological research and innovative programs.
Charles L. McKay, APA’s
Chief Financial Officer, updated APA’s finances. He presented a chronology of our two buildings, which are now
fully leased and occupied. The buildings provide an important source of non-dues
revenues. A final budget for 2001 of approximately $87,000,000 was passed.
As proposed and approved at
the Division 13 Executive Board meeting in Vancouver on February 1, a new
business item to change the name of our division to the Society of Consulting
Psychology was introduced. Fifty-four council representatives endorsed the item
as co-sponsors. The proposal will now be circulated to appropriate APA
Committees and other governance groups for comment and will be published in the
APA Monitor.
Two new Divisions were
approved: the Division of Clinical
Child Psychology (Division 53) and the Society of Pediatric Psychology
(Division 54).
The Ethics Code Task Force
is seeking comments on the Draft of the Ethical Principles of Psychologists and
Code of Conduct. (The Draft was published in the February 2001 APA Monitor.)
There will be a Question and Answer session in San Francisco at the APA
Convention about the revised ethics code. It is possible to go the APA’s WEB
site, enter the member’s only section and call up the revised text and make comments
and suggest textual amendments on-line. Comments are transmitted immediately to
the Task Force Chair who provides the information to other members of the
group. A controversial proposal to Council being discussed, but not yet an
action item, is that ethics adjudication by APA’s Ethics Committee be limited
to expellable behaviors. The proposal recommends that educative efforts of the
APA Ethics Committee be enhanced and expanded. After much discussion, Council
passed a Resolution on Assisted Suicide that neither endorses nor opposes
assisted suicide. It supports the APA in preparing the profession to address
issues of assisted suicide by actions such as promoting psychologists’
participation in multidisciplinary teams and ethics committees involved with
reviewing end-of-life requests and encouraging psychologists to obtain training
in the area.
Please think about how APA can best serve its Division 13 and what role
the Council as APA’s governing body can assist in this. My e-mail address is
PLloyd@semovm.semo.edu and telephone
number is (573) 651-2437.
RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation --This award is given to an individual with a
distinguished career in the practice of consulting psychology.
RHR Doctoral Dissertation Award--This award is given to a doctoral student or recent graduate for exemplary research in consulting psychology.
Please send nominations or request
for more information to: John Deleray, Chair Awards Committee, 16801 Addison
Rd., Addison TX 7500
Consulting
Psychology Journal:
Practice and Research
We
still need help with the Journal in two areas: 1) manuscript submission,
and 2) institutional subscriptions. Please submit or solicit more manuscripts
for CPJ. If you have submitted a proposal for the 2001 APA convention, why not
develop a manuscript based on your proposal and submit it to CPJ. It is
difficult to stay on schedule with useful and quality pieces without a backlog
of manuscripts. Also, please be sure your institution or employer subscribes to
CPJ. Ask them to do so or you could even purchase a subscription for them. You
might also consider giving an institutional subscription to your alma mater.
Institutional subscriptions are very reasonable ($92 per year). We must
increase the number of institutional subscriptions to stay viable with APA. APA
requires that we have 80 institutional subscriptions and currently we have only
45. Please help. Thanks!!!
Submit
four copies of the manuscript to: Richard Diedrich, Editor, Consulting
Psychology Journal, The Hay Group, 116 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 2116-712. If
you have any questions, phone (617) 425-4540.
Again,
manuscripts that facilitate the knowledge and practice of consulting psychology
are needed for CPJ.
APA 2001 Convention Workshop
Violence Prevention In the Early Years
This workshop is part of the ACT-Adults and Children Together
Against Violence project that the American Psychological Association (APA)
developed in collaboration with the National Association for the Education of
Young Children NAEYC). Aimed at preventing violence in early childhood, the
project focuses on key adults -- parents, teachers, and other
caregivers whose influence helps shape the lives of young children - those under 8 years old.
This INTERMEDIATE workshop is
based on the ACT Against Violence Community Training program developed
by American Psychological Association (APA) and the National Association for
the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) with experts in child development,
violence prevention, and training. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce
psychologists to the ACT Against Violence project, and provide them with
an overview of major topics on early childhood violence prevention, including:
a) basic elements of dissemination of information to diverse groups of adults,
b) teaching skills such as anger management, social problem solving,
discipline, and media literacy and, c) the establishment and maintenance of
successful collaborative efforts among individuals and community organizations.
This workshop is for those who are interested in early childhood and violence
prevention and/or work for organizations or agencies that provide services for
families and/or young children.
This workshop is designed to
help you:
1. Describe the APA/NAEYC ACT - Adults and Children Together
Against Violence project;
2. Identify strategies for working with diverse group of adults;
3. Disseminate early violence prevention skills -- anger management,
social problem solving; discipline, and media literacy -- to adults who raise
and care for young children; and
4. Identify basic aspects of working with collaborative efforts among
individuals and/or organizations
Faculty:
1. Diane Bridgeman, PhD, Licenced Practitioner, Capitola Professional
Center, Capitola, CA
2. Caroline Carney, PhD; Chief, Child Development Department, Monterey
Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
Fees: Member--Advance
$175, On-site $210
Nonmember--Advance $205, On-site $240
Enrollment Limit: 30
CE Credits: 7
Date: Friday, August 24, 2001 - 9:00 am- 5:00 p.m.
Professional Affairs
Would
you like to use your expertise in psychological science to make a substantive
contribution to the development of psychology and to be part of
the
science/policy forefront? The Science Directorate at APA anticipates an opening
for its visiting Senior Scientist position, beginning in July 2001 for one or
two years, as described below. Being a visiting Senior Scientist is an
especially appropriate position for a sabbatical year -- come to Washington,
help further psychological science, and help foster programs!
Please
consider this for yourself, or for a colleague.
Best
regards,
Merry
Bullock, PhD
Associate
Executive Director for Science
(mbullock@apa.org;
202-336-5955)
Senior
Scientist, APA: The APA Science Directorate seeks applicants for the visiting
Senior Scientist position. The Senior Scientist develops and implements policy
and project initiatives responsive to current
opportunities
and needs in psychological science. Qualifications
for this position include: seven or more years of postdoctoral experience with
specialized training in an area of psychology; proven interpersonal written and
verbal communication skills; a record of scholarly publications. Previous
experience with federal funding agencies is highly desirable. This individual
will write position papers or comments on critical issues, conduct policy
analyses, inform others about psychological science, and participate in
projects promoting psychological science. The individual may work closely with
one or several federal agencies to identify opportunities for psychological
research in current and future research programs. The individual will advise
the Executive Director for Science on matters relating to APA science policy
and projects, as appropriate. This full time position is available beginning
June 1, 2001, and will be for a period of one or two years. The Senior
Scientist must be willing to reside in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
Review
of applications will begin in March, 2001 and continue until position is
filled. Send a letter of application (three pages maximum) and a complete curriculum
vitae, and have three letters of recommendation forwarded to:
American
Psychological Association, Attention: Human Resources, 750 First Street NE,
Washington DC 20002-4242. An equal opportunity employer.
VISIT THE DIVISION 13 HOSPITALITY SUITE AT THE APA CONVENTION
Sandra “Sam” Foster, Treasurer
Again this year, the Division is hosting a
Hospitality Suite in (not yet confirmed but most likely) the Marriott Hotel
near Moscone Center. Al Haimson
and
I are coordinating the schedule of conversation hour presentations and Division
meetings. Several Division stars are sharing their expertise in this
informal
setting: Dick Kilburg discussing his unique approach to coaching; Ann
O'Roark signing her new book on leadership and offering her perspectives
on
this topic; and Mary Kralj and Randy White answering the questions in a
conversation hour entitled, "Everything I've Always Wanted to Know about
Coaching and NOW Can Ask...these Experts;'
Paul
Lloyd and Paul Winum have also graciously agreed to be conversation hour
speakers. Look for the Schedule of Suite Activities in your APA Convention
registration
packet.
FRIDAY, August 24
9:00 – 10:50 Changing Organization Cultures: Strategies and Techniques to Forming/Integrating Cultures -- I.Levin, L. Felize, Sister G. Elliot, T.
Thibault (Symposium)
11:00
– 11:50 Performance Excellence in the Workplace: A
Sport Psychology Approach--
R.
Fazio, C. Niemala, F. Gardner (Symposium)
1:00
– 1:50 Emerging Patterns to Becoming a Competent
and Ethical Consulting Psychologist--
S.
Cooper, Chair, S Chen, J. Fennig (Conversation Hour)
1:00 – 1:50
Survey of Roles and Competencies of Executive Coaches
-- J. Auerbach
Leadership and
Followership: Same Animal, Different Spots?-- G. Tanoff (Paper Session)
2:00
– 2:50 Hardiness Consulting in Schools
D.
Khoshaba, S. Maddi (Paper Session)
3:00
– 3:50 Integrating Action Learning and
Organizational Consultation -- S. Leonard, M. Marquardt, A. Freedman (Symposium)
8:00
– 8:50 Psychology Goes to Work…Applying Niche
Services in the Business World --
L.
Caffey, J. Auerbach, M. Brusman (Discussion)
8:00
– 9:50 Div. 13 – Outgoing and Incoming Executive
Board Meetings
10:00
– 10:50 Invited Address: How I Survived Sixty
Years of Consulting Psychology Practice A. Ellis
11:00
– 12:50 Casting a Wide Net: Consulting Efficacy at Home and Abroad A. O’Roark, B. Dubey, R. Lowman, K. Cronan, G. Gibson (Symposium)
1:00
– 2:50 Past APA Presidents Predict Values for the
Future of Psychology-Past Presidents (Open Forum)
1:00
– 2:50 Transforming CE0 –Board
Relationships: Consultant and Client
Perspectives- J. Blanton, C.
Dierickx, A. Kraus, A. Parchem (Symposium)
2:00 – 2:50 Invited Symposium:
Educating and Training the Next Generation of Organizational and
Consulting Psychologists - S. Cooper, R. Lowman, D. Fuqua, A. Haimson,
R. Hodges
3:00
– 3:50 Div. 13 – Business Meeting/Membership
4:00
– 4:50 Presidential Address – Div. 13,
Building a Caring Organization -- Dale Fuqua
5:00
– 6:30 Div. 13 Social Hour
8:00
– 9:50 Performative Psychology:
Bringing Improvisation to Life (and Work)--L. Holzman (Workshop)
10:00
– 10:50 Invited Paper: Five, Three, “A couple
of” things that I’ve learned while coaching –
R.
White
11:00
– 11:50 Metacognitive Roots for Executive Coaching --R.
Kilburg, H. Levinson (Symposium)
12:00
– 12:50 Poster Session
12:00
– 12:50 Invited Paper: Appreciative Inquiry: A Review and Assessment for Organizational Consulting – P.
Sorensen, T. Yaeger
1:00
– 2:50 Psychological Perspectives on Human Capital -- M. Sirkin, S. Axelrod, P. Storfer,
M. Kralj, B. Daina (Symposium)
3:00
– 4:50 Levinson and RHR Award Addresses
8:00
– 8:50 Consulting Psychology: A Discussion of Job Access and Opportunity
-- A. Berns, F. Farley (Discussion)
9:00
– 9:50 A Fine Balancing Act: Ethics in Consultation --S.
Robinson-Kurpius, G. Gibson, D. Fuqua, J. Newman, R. Lowman (Conversation Hour)
1:00
– 1:50 Student Training via the
Consulting Firm: Making Dollars and
Sense? C. Smith, J. Fennig, S. Otto,
V. Littlefield, B. Smith
(Symposium)
The Next Division 13 Midwinter Conference will be held in
San Antonio, TX
February 8-10, 2002
The
theme of the Midwinter Conference will be “Best Practices in Consulting
Psychology.”