ASSOCIATION NEWS

Participate in National Alcohol Screening Day

Practitioners, alcohol treatment centers, hospitals and colleges are encouraged to register as an official site of the first National Alcohol Screening Day to be held April 8 during National Alcohol Awareness Month. Sites all over the nation will offer free, anonymous screening for alcohol abuse.

The goal of the day is to focus national attention on alcohol abuse prevention, the importance of identifying early problems with alcohol and the risks of problem drinking.

The national event is organized by the National Mental Illness Screening Project (NMISP)?a nonprofit organization that coordinates nationwide mental health screening programs. NMISP will provide each site with a procedure manual that describes how to implement the program, promotional and educational materials, the screening tool and instructions for its use. NMISP will also provide phone consultation to site coordinators in preparation for the day.

NMISP?s flagship program, National Depression Screening Day, screened 85,000 people in 1997, and NMISP expects the alcohol screening to generate similar results.

APA is a sponsor of National Alcohol Screening Day, along with the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

The deadline for site registration is Jan. 22. For more information, contact: NMISP/NASD, One Washington St., Suite 304, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481-1703, (781) 239-0071, web site: www.nmisp.org.

Commission receives comments on petition for specialty recognition

As announced in the August Monitor, the APA Commission for the Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional Psychology (CRSPPP) has received a petition from APA Div. 17 (Counseling) for continued recognition by APA of a specialty in Counseling Psychology. Comments on the petition have been received by CRSPPP, copies of which are available upon request. Written replies to comments may be submitted to CRSPPP until Oct. 1.

For more information, contact Martha Braswell, project assistant, Education Directorate, at the APA address, (202) 336-6140.

Board of Educational Affairs invites members to suggest topics for the miniconvention on education and technology

The APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) Task Force for the 1999 Miniconvention on Education and Technology seeks ideas for innovative programming to be featured at APA?s 1999 Annual Convention in Boston, Aug. 20?24.

BEA developed the miniconvention on education and technology to showcase the latest technological advances in education. Programs will highlight hands-on use of instructional technology in psychology covering all academic levels (pre-K to continuing education) as well as interactive, multimedia presentations and demonstrations.

Sessions on the use of technology in the classroom and in clinical training and supervision of graduate and postdoctoral students, telehealth and distance learning are being considered for this program. The task force welcomes your input to assist them in planning. Please send suggestions for additional program sessions and names of people who have developed or are using innovative technology in their teaching, supervision or practice. Please submit your suggestions to Mayella Valero, APA Education Directorate, by phone: (202) 336-6139.

Members of the BEA Task Force are: Virginia Andreoli Mathie, PhD, Chair, James Bray, PhD, Martha Ellis, PhD, Marlyne Kilbey, PhD, Tracy Orleans, PhD, William Pfohl, Jr., PsyD, and Paul Sackett, PhD.

Board of Professional Affairs seeks nominees for its advisory committee

APA?s Board of Professional Affairs (BPA) invites nominations for two vacancies on the Advisory Committee on Colleague Assistance (ACCA) for three-year terms beginning January 1999.

BPA created ACCA to investigate the unique needs of psychologists for colleague assistance, to promote the development and continuation of state-level colleague assistance programs and peer-assistance networks, and to develop relationships between state ethics committees, boards of examiners and colleague-assistance programs.

ACCA will review nomination materials and forward its recommendations to BPA, which will select new members this fall.

Applicants with experience in working with impaired or distressed professionals, occupational health programs, forensics issues, prevention/program development and the effects of delivery-system changes are encouraged to apply. Applicants who worked with an ethics committee or state-level psychological association will also be given preference. BPA and ACCA seek candidates who will enhance the diversity of the committee.

Participation in ACCA requires a significant time commitment including two meetings per year in Washington, D.C., work on individual projects and conference calls. ACCA members cannot serve simultaneously on other APA standing or continuing boards or committees. ACCA members may serve up to two consecutive terms with BPA?s approval.

The deadline for nominations is Sept. 18. Send nominations with a 75-word description of qualifications and a curriculum vitae to Christopher McLaughlin, Practice Directorate, at the APA address.

Psychology Partnerships Project calls for participants

The Psychology Partnerships Project: Academic Partnerships to Meet the Teaching and Learning Needs of the 21st Century (P3) is accepting applications for participants. P3 promotes partnerships between psychology teachers and other psychology professionals, such as teachers in other disciplines, business organizations and community groups.

P3 activities will build the psychology education community by addressing the following critical issues:

? Academic and career advising.

? Assessment, curriculum, diversity and faculty development.

? Instructional technology.

? Research and service learning.

Participants have the opportunity to take part in a leadership role, and develop or enhance academic partnerships in their state or region for this exciting and innovative project. P3 encourages individuals and teams who have developed or are committed to forming long-term partner relationships in their region to apply.

Participants will also have the opportunity to:

? Work with the P3 Steering Committee in spring 1999 to gather and share information about academic partnerships in psychology and the critical issues confronting psychology teachers in the next century.

? Attend the National Forum on Psychology Partnerships on June 17?22, 1999 at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. The forum provides an opportunity for participants to discuss strategies for developing or enhancing academic partnerships, outline a plan for a partnerships project in their state or region, and discuss how these partnerships could address critical issues in academic psychology. APA, the host institution and other funding sources will cover the majority of the travel expenses.

? Implement new partnership projects or enhance existing partnerships in their state or region during fall 1999 and spring 2000.

? Coordinate local or regional partnerships as part of the National Conversation on Psychology Partnerships in spring 2000. The purpose of the national conversation is to share the progress and products of the partnership projects.

? Participate in on-going reporting and assessment activities on the effectiveness of the projects.

Applicants should submit the following materials for consideration:

? A curriculum vitae.

? An application form (available at the P3 web site or the APA Education Directorate).

? A personal statement describing your experience in academic partnerships and your interest in P3.

? A description of an active or proposed partnership designed to address one or more of the eight critical issues described in more detail on the P3 web site.

Review of applications will begin Nov. 15, and coordinators will be notified by Jan. 15. Send all materials to Peter Petrossian, P3 Staff Liaison, Education Directorate, at the APA address, or call (202) 336-5970.

P3 is an initiative of APA?s Board of Educational Affairs and Education Directorate. The P3 Steering Committee members are Virginia Andreoli Mathie (Chair), Irwin Altman, Charles Blair-Broeker, Samuel Cameron, Margaret Davidson, Martha Ellis, Randy Ernst, Tresmaine Grimes, Jane Halonen, Susan Harris-Mitchell, Randolph Smith and Jill Reich (ex- officio).

For more information about P3 and the critical issues around which their activities will be organized, please visit the P3 web site at http://www.apa.org/ed/p3.html.

Editorial assistance available to international manuscript authors

APA?s International Affairs Office and the APA Committee on International Relations in Psychology have united to coordinate an editorial mentoring program that encourages international scholars to publish their work in U.S. journals.

The International Affairs Office has established a clearinghouse of mentors who volunteer to work with authors so that a manuscript complies with APA style and the rules of Standard Written English.

If you are interested in finding out more about the program, contact Marian Wood in the APA International Affairs Office at (202) 336-6025, fax: (202) 336-5502.

Textbook reviewers sought

Are you interested in how psychology textbooks cover ethnicity, culture, disability, gender, sexual orientation, discrimination or ageism? If you have expertise in one or more of these areas, you can be of help to authors by serving as a reviewer of manuscripts prior to the publication of new texts or new editions of current texts.

The Task Force on Diversity Issues at the Precollege and Undergraduate Levels of Education in Psychology, under the auspices of the Board of Educational Affairs, is compiling a registry of individuals who have expressed an interest in such reviewing.

The registry will be provided to all publishers of introductory texts and to other publishers upon request.

To become part of the registry, or to obtain further information, please send your name, address and area of interest to: Peter Petrossian, 750 First St., N.E., Washington, DC 20002-4242.

Nominations sought for American Psychological Foundation Awards

American Psychological Foundation (APF) invites nominations for several awards:

? The APF 1999 Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award.

? The APF Gold Medal Awards.

? The Harry Levinson Award.

? The Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt Early Career Award.

? The Esther Katz Rosen Awards.

The 1999 Distinguished Teaching in Psychology Award includes $2,000 and an all expense-paid trip for the award winner and a guest to APA?s 1999 Annual Convention in Boston, Aug. 20?24, for two nights and three days.

The award recognizes a career contribution to the teaching of psychology. The APF Teaching Subcommittee selects a psychologist who has demonstrated effective teaching methods and/or materials, research or other creative activity in teaching, teaching of advanced research methods and the administrative facilitation of outstanding teaching.

Nominations should include the nomination form, provided by the APF, a nomination statement that illustrates how the nominee fulfills the guidelines of the award, and the nominee?s current vitae and bibliography. The deadline for receipt of materials is Dec. 15. Requests for nomination forms and completed nomination packets should be sent to the Awards/PR Coordinator at the APA address.

The Gold Medal Awards include a gold medal, $2,000, and an all expense-paid trip for the award winner and a guest to APA?s 1999 Annual Convention in Boston for two nights and three days. These awards recognize life achievement in psychology and enduring contributions to psychology. Eligibility is limited to psychologists 65 years or older residing in North America. Awards are divided into four categories:

? Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the

Science of Psychology recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing psychological science.

? Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the

Application of Psychology recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to advancing the application of psychology through methods, research, and/or application of psychological techniques to important practical problems.

? Gold Medal Award for Enduring Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contribution to the application of psychology in the public interest.

? Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the

Practice of Psychology recognizes a distinguished career and enduring contributions to advancing the professional practice of psychology by demonstrating how the candidate?s work has affected patterns of service delivery in the profession.

Nomination Process: Gold medal award nominations should indicate the award for which the individual is nominated and a statement that traces the nominee?s cumulative record of enduring contribution to the purpose of the award, as well as the nominee?s current vitae and bibliography.

Nomination statements for the Gold Medal Award in Practice must be documented through some combination of publications, awards, other recognition and honors, elective offices, positions held in the profession, and most importantly, a shared subjective consensus on the part of APA?s practitioner constituency about the merit of the candidate?s contributions.

The deadline for submissions is Dec. 15. Send nomination materials to Awards/PR Coordinator at the APA address. To request additional information, please call (202) 336-5843, e-mail.

The Harry Levinson Award is given to an APA member who has demonstrated exceptional ability to integrate a wide range of psychological theory and concepts and convert that integration into applications by which leaders and managers may create more effective, healthy and humane organizations.

The nominee need not be a member of APA?s Div. 13 (Consulting). This award, funded by the earnings from a trust fund established by Harry Levinson and administered by the APF, will offer a check for $1,000.

Nomination dossiers should include a letter of nomination, the nominee?s current résumé or curriculum vitae, and appropriate supporting documentation providing evidence of the significance and impact of the nominee?s work.

Nominations must be received by Dec. 15. Send all materials to Paul Lloyd, PhD, Chair, Division 13 Awards Committee, Corporate Development Group, 707 17th St., Suite 2900, Denver, CO 80202.

Div. 40 (Clinical Neuropsyc-hology) and the APF announce the fifth annual Robert A. and Phyllis Levitt Early Career Award in Neuropsy-chology for an APA member who is not more than 10 years postdoctoral degree, and who has made a distinguished contribution to neuropsychology in research, scholarship and/or clinical work.

A letter of nomination and three additional supporting letters from at least two nationally known neuropsych-ologists familiar with the candidate?s work and its impact on the field should be included along with five copies of each of the following:

? A curriculum vitae.

? Three supporting documents (e.g., major publications; research grants; assessment, clinical or teaching techniques; treatment protocols) providing evidence of national/international recognition.

? A 500-word statement describing professional accomplishments, personal long-term goals, and future challenges and directions in the field of neuropsychology that they wish to address.

The awardee receives a certificate, a $1,000 prize, and is invited to give an address at the 1999 APA meeting. The deadline is Jan. 1. Send nominations to Ida Sue Baron, PhD, ABPP, Chair, Division 40 Levitt Award Committee, 10116 Weatherwood Court, Potomac, MD 20854.

The Esther Katz Rosen Awards are intended to encourage scientific research into psychological issues relevant to giftedness in children and adolescents. Although the topic is wide in scope, emphasis will be placed on psychological rather than educational issues.

Applicants must have a doctoral degree at the time their application is submitted, and be affiliated with a college, university, or research institute that meets U.S. federal requirements for administering research awards.

APF anticipates awarding two recipients $25,000 each, starting Sept. 15, 1999. The award duration is a maximum of two years and funds may be requested for any expenses legitimately associated with conducting an empirical research project.

Deadline for receipt of completed applications is Dec. 15. For more information or for an application, write to the APF at the APA address, phone: (202) 336-5843, e-mail.

Psychologists brief congressional staffers on keys to preventing school and family violence

Rep. Lois Capps (D?Calif.) pledged her support for psychologists? efforts in preventing violence during a recent congressional briefing on preventing school and family violence. A former public health nurse, Capps says she feels strongly about violence prevention in schools and applauded APA for organizing the briefing. APA?s Div. 9 (the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) and the Congressional Prevention Coalition co-hosted the briefing, which drew more than 120 lawmakers and congressional staff members. Henry Tomes, PhD, APA?s executive director for public interest, opened the briefing by asking the audience to join him in a moment of silence in memory of the two officers slain in the recent shooting at the U.S. Capitol. 'At no time have we presented a briefing in the context of such tragic and deadly events,' Tomes said.

Rodney Hammond, PhD, director of the Division of Violence Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, moderated the event. Arnold Goldstein, PhD, director for the Center for Research on Aggression at Syracuse University, explained some effective aggression reduction strategies, such as teaching children prosocial skills to use as alternatives to aggression. Nancy Guerra, PhD, a professor of psychology at the University of California at Riverside, called for the expansion of crisis-response systems in schools and further research on the effectiveness of violence prevention programs. Edward Donnerstein, PhD, dean of social sciences at the University of California?Santa Barbara, reviewed the results of the National Television Violence Survey he co-directed. He said violent cartoons can pose a particular risk to young viewers who have trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality. Gwendolyn Puryear Keita, PhD, director of APA?s Office of Women?s Programs, called for more research on preventing domestic violence by studying the intergenerational transfer of violent behavior.