Selected APA Brochures

Sexual Orientation Brochures

• Answers to Your Questions About Transgender People, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression

  Transgender is an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (sense of themselves as male or female) or gender expression differs from that usually associated with their birth sex.

• Answers to Your Questions For a Better Understanding of Sexual Orientation & Homosexuality

  This pamphlet is designed to provide accurate information for those who want to better understand sexual orientation and the impact of prejudice and discrimination on those who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual. El folleto es disponible en español.

• Staying connected: A guide for parents on raising an adolescent daughter

  Take a look at this informative brochure that covers topics including: puberty, peer groups, self-esteem, sexuality, mood swings, rebellion, and much more.

• Just the Facts about Sexual Orientation & Youth:
  A Primer for Principals, Educators, & School Personnel

  Just the Facts provides information and resources for principals, educators, and school personnel who confront sensitive issues involving gay, lesbian, and bisexual students.

• Report of the APA Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation

  California legislation cites APA report on appropriate therapeutic responses to sexual orientation

Brochures About Children and Adolescents

• What Parents Should Know About Treatment of Behavioral And Emotional Disorders in Preschool Children

  An overview of important factors in diagnosing and treating behavioral and emotional disorders in young children, particularly from the perspective of the parents of such children.

• Understanding Child Sexual Abuse

  Children and adolescents who have been sexually abused can suffer a range of psychological and behavioral problems, from mild to severe, in both the short and long term. Counseling and support services are important for both the children affected and the caregivers responsible for the abused children.

• Staying connected: A guide for parents on raising an adolescent daughter

  Take a look at this informative brochure that covers topics including: puberty, peer groups, self-esteem, sexuality, mood swings, rebellion, and much more.

• Appropriate Use of High-Stakes Testing in Our Nation's Schools

  Tests, when used properly, are among the most sound and objective ways to measure student performance. But, when test results are used inappropriately or as a single measure of performance, they can have unintended adverse consequences.

Additional Brochures

• Principles for the Provision of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Services

  Fourteen points to keep in mind when seeking or receiving treatment.

• Psychology Education and Training from Culture-Specific and Multiracial Perspectives

  This report, the third in a series sponsored by the Council of National Psychological Associations for the Advancement of Ethnic Minority Interests (CNPAAEMI), sets out to encourage psychological trainers and educators to reassess and elaborate on their strategies for preparing the nation’s future psychologists to competently and respectfully research and serve the everchanging tapestry of our increasingly multicultural nation.

• Psychological Treatment of Ethnic Minority Populations

  The national ethnic minority psychological associations developed this brochure to empower ethnic minority consumers of psychological services and to inform psychological researchers and trainers as well as funders and providers of psychological services.