Volume 38, No. 5 May 2007
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Monitor on Psychology Volume 38, No. 5 May 2007 |
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Students: Get ready for APA's 2007 Annual Convention |
Association news Apply for annual ACT train-the-trainers workshop APA’s Public Interest Directorate invites psychologists to submit applications for the seventh ACT (Adults and Children Together) Against Violence train-the-trainers workshop, July 11–13, in Washington, D.C., at APA headquarters. ACT—APA’s research-based national early violence-prevention initiative—prepares professionals to help families and communities to create a violence-free early environment for children. At the three-day workshop, professionals learn to disseminate the Parents Raising Safe Kids Program, ACT’s eight-week program for parents and other caregivers. The workshop covers how to disseminate information on child development and the roots and consequences of violence in the lives of children; prevention skills such as anger management, social problem-solving, positive discipline and media literacy; and program implementation, evaluation and fundraising strategies. This workshop offers 24 continuing-education units. The workshop is open to psychologists and other professionals who work with families and children; have organizational support to implement a program; have experience with groups and in conducting training and workshops; have experience consulting with family and child-service providers, schools or public health agencies; work for local government agencies or community-based organizations; or have interest and experience in violence prevention, family violence and child abuse. The application deadline is June 1. For more information and the registration form, contact Julia Silva, program director, APA’s Public Interest Directorate, at (202) 336-5817 or e-mail.
APA names Toro associate executive director for Public Interest Government Relations Annie Toro, JD, MPH, took the helm as APA’s associate executive director for public interest government relations in November. For the past three years, Toro served as senior legislative and federal affairs officer in APA’s Public Policy Office. In this capacity, she represented the association on policy and regulatory issues involving children, youth and families, including child and adolescent mental health and welfare, child abuse and neglect, violence prevention, SCHIP/Medicaid and school mental health. Toro also worked on legislative and regulatory issues affecting ethnic-minority affairs and most recently on HIV/AIDS issues. She also served as co-director of APA’s Congressional Fellowship Program. Prior to her tenure at APA, Toro served on the staff of Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), as professional staff and senior legislative counsel for health care, among many other legislative issues. Given the congressman’s leadership in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Toro worked on ethnic-minority issues, as well as Head Start and other children’s issues, health appropriations, welfare reform and women’s health issues. She also served as democratic staff director for the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Financial Services Committee. Toro earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1999 and a master’s degree in public health from the George Washington University in May. She replaces Ellen Garrison, PhD, who assumes the post of senior policy advisor to APA CEO Norman B. Anderson, PhD.
Miles-Cohen joins APA as senior director, Women’s Program Office Shari Miles-Cohen, PhD, took the reins as senior director of the APA Public Interest Directorates Women’s Program Office in January. She comes to APA from APA’s Div. 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), where she was scientist in the public interest from 2001 to 2002, and executive director beginning in 2002. Before joining SPSSI, she served as director of the Union Institute and University Center for Women, a university-based women’s center focused on projects to bring together grassroots activists and academics. Other professional experience includes service as interim director of the African American Women’s Institute at Howard University and as executive director at the Women’s Research and Education Institute in Washington, D.C. Miles-Cohen, who received her PhD in 1997 from Howard University, also serves on the Boards of Directors of the National Council for Research on Women and the African-American Women’s Resource Center, as vice chair of the D.C. Women’s Commission and on the National Research Center for Women and Families Advisory Board.
Langner named SPSSI James Marshall Public Policy Scholar Carrie Langner, PhD, joined the Government Relations Office in APA’s Public Interest Directorate as the new SPSSI James Marshall Public Policy Scholar in March. In this role, she will focus on public interest policy issues, such as socioeconomic status, HIV/AIDS and health disparities. Langner received her PhD in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley, and postdoctoral training in health psychology at the University of California, San Francisco. Her expertise and interests include social status, collective identity and emotion. Langner’s research investigates the social and emotional processes through which social power and social status affect health.
At APA’s 2007 Annual Convention in San Francisco, Aug. 17–20, participants can
choose from 73 workshops, three pre-convention workshops and approximately 175 continuing-education
(CE) sessions.
• CE workshops. Topic areas vary from ethics to statistics, from treating children to
older adults and from diversity to clinical health. Participants can attend half-day workshops
of four hours or full-day workshops of seven hours. Participants can earn up to 28 CE credits.
• Pre-convention workshops. APA’s Continuing Education Program (CEP) Office
will sponsor three pre-convention workshops with APA divisions, including the Fourth Annual
Clinical Health Psychology Institute: Helping Patients Manage Chronic Medical Conditions:
Treatments That Work, with Div. 38 (Health); How to Promote Your Work Ethically and Effectively
Through Multimedia, with Div. 42 (Psychologists in Independent Practice); and Mindfulness-Based
Therapy for Psychological and Medical Conditions, with Div. 38.
• CE sessions. Convention attendees can earn CE credit at approximately 175 sessions.
Look for the CEP logo in the convention program to find out more information. CE sessions are open
to all convention registrants, regardless of whether they claim CE credit or not. Pick up a green
CE booklet at the convention registration area for guidance through the CE credit process.
To enroll, go to www.apa.org/ce and click on “enroll now.” Workshop registration
is open April 16 through July 6. On-site registration opens Thursday, Aug. 16 at the Moscone Convention
Center and continues at the Hilton San Francisco Hotel Friday, Aug. 17 through Monday, Aug. 20,
7 a.m.–4 p.m.
ACT honors outstanding student advocates
The APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team (ACT) congratulates its State Advocacy Coordinators
and Campus Representatives, recognized for their dedication and hard work in January and February.
The ACT Excellence in Leadership Award winners are Tisha Deen, University of Arkansas; and Sarah Adelhart, Pacific University.
The ACT Campus Leadership Award winners are Julia Buckner, Florida State University; Kristin
Hoff, Xavier University; Andrew Cassens, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology; Kelley
Martin, Argosy University; and Ashley Gibb, Indiana University–Bloomington.
For more information on the ACT Network, visit www.apa.org/apags/advocacy/act.html.
Apply for APAGS 2007 scholarships and awards
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) invites students to
apply for the 2007 scholarships, grants and awards, which recognize students and those who support
them for excellence in areas such as working with underserved populations or researching diversity.
To be eligible to apply or nominate a candidate, graduate students must be enrolled in good standing
at least part time at a regionally accredited university. Applications and nominations must be
received by May 15, unless otherwise noted. For a list of available scholarships and application
instructions, visit www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrdsintro.html.
Article focuses on psychology coalition’s education work
APA’s Coalition for Psychology in the Schools and Education has drafted an article to
be published in the March 2008 Psychology in the Schools journal as part of a special issue on psychology’s contribution to education.
Former coalition chair Steve Rollin, PhD, co-authored the article, “Bringing Psychological
Science to the Forefront of Educational Policy: Collaborative Efforts of the American Psychological Association’s Coalition for Psychology in the Schools and Education.” The article details the coalition’s work on educational policy, student assessment, achievement, learning and teaching methods.
The article also describes how the coalition serves such education stakeholders as students,
administrators, parents, support personnel and particularly teachers, by promoting cooperation
among APA divisions and committees, psychologists, educators and educational interest groups.
The article also explains how the coalition helps demonstrate to educators and policy-makers
psychological science’s contributions to classroom practices and the education policy
agenda. —D. Schwartz |
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