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About Us: The Office on Socioeconomic Status (SES) is responsible for directing, overseeing, facilitating and promoting psychology’s contribution to the understanding of SES and the lives and well-being of the poor. Learn more Congratulations to the Recipients of the Inaugural CSES Leadership Awards Call for Nominations: Committee on Socioeconomic Status (CSES) Terms Beginning in 2009 Report of the Task Force on Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula Task Force on Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula is jointly sponsored by Divisions 9 and 35 of the American Psychological Association. Learn more SES in the Monitor The social class factor Psychologists conveyed poverty's mental health effects on the disadvantaged and chronically ill. Learn more Psychology responds to poverty The work of concerned APA groups results in new ideas about the origins of poverty and psychologists' responsibilities in fighting it. Learn more Socially wired Parents planning to ground their teenagers at home for their latest antics might want to consider dropping them off at the mall instead. Learn more

E-newsletter of the APA SES Office: Spring 2008 The SES Network & Listserv provides a platform to share information and ideas; raise questions; and identify critical problems and issues related to socioeconomic status with representatives of various divisions, state associations, committee members, APA staff and other groups. “Join now” Publications Report of the APA Task Force on Socioeconomic Status This report examines the psychological effects and scope of socioeconomic inequities in the United States and provides a series of recommendations on how APA can help better address these inequities. Read Report Resolution on Poverty and Socioeconomic Status Will advocate for more research that examines the causes and impact of poverty, economic disparity, and related issues such as socioeconomic status, classism, ageism, unintended pregnancy, environmental factors, ethnic strife and war, stereotypes Read more