APA Division 37

Division 37 Interdivisional Task Forces:

Interdivisional Task Force on Health Promotion for Children and Adolescents and their Families

Report pending

Chair: Ric Steele rsteele@ku.edu

Interdivisional Task Force on Children and Adolescents with Serious Emotional Disturbances and Their Families

Report pending

Chair: Linda Reddy lreddy@rci.rutgers.edu

Interdivisional Task Force on Child, Adolescent, and Family Mental Health:

This task force, made up of eight APA Divisions, seeks to promote the conceptualization and realization of a new national model for promoting, preserving, and restoring our children’s mental health. The task force was formed to help APA take a leadership role in responding to the national crisis in children’s mental health care highlighted by both the current and previous Presidential administrations. This model calls for a comprehensive, sustainable, collaborative system where the mental health of children and families is treated as a primary health care concern.

Chair: Mary Ann McCabe mamccabe@COX.NET

Participating Divisions:

¨Lead Division: Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice (Div. 37)
¨Developmental Psychology (Div. 7)
¨Clinical Psychology (Div. 12)
¨School Psychology (Div. 16)
¨Family Psychology (Div. 43)
¨Society for Community Research & Action (Div. 27)
¨Society for Pediatric Psychology (Div. 54)
¨Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Div. 53)

For more information, see:

The SCRD 2009 Summit report can be downloaded at this website: http://www.srcd.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=353&Itemid=1

The report of the APA Working Group on Children’s Mental Health, 2001, at http://www.apa.org/pi/cyf/dpnacmh.pdf

The Report of the U.S. Surgeon General’s Conference on Children’s Mental Health, 2000, at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/cmh/childreport.htm

Talking Points on Child and Adolescent Mental Health http://www.apa.org/ppo/issues/tftalkingpoints.html

Or contact Mary Ann McCabe, Chair, at mamccabe@COX.NET.