Members: Vote next month
During the 2017 legislative year, APA's Council of Representatives voted to submit three proposed bylaws amendments for members to vote on in November. These amendments call for:
- Guaranteeing a seat on the APA council for each division and state, provincial and territorial association.
- Removing the $2 dues discount for membership in a single division.
- Providing the council the authority to determine the eligibility requirements for the dues-exempt category.
You can download the full text of the proposed bylaws amendmentsopens in new window (PDF, 195.5KB). The ballot will be emailed to the voting membership on Nov. 1. Members without email addresses will receive a postcard with voting instructions. To update your contact information, email membership@apa.org or call (800) 374-2721.
Correction
Due to a production error, two quotes in the September article "Maximizing Children's Resilience" were misattributed. On page 45, the article should have read:
As with most interventions, the earlier that kids can develop those skills, the better, researchers agree. "That doesn't mean there aren't later opportunities," adds University of Minnesota psychologist Ann S. Masten, PhD. "Early adolescence is a period of rapid change in the brain, and it might be a good window to recover some functioning and recover to a good trajectory."
Arizona State University psychology professor Suniya Luthar, PhD, agrees that adolescence is a critical period. But it's more than just an opportunity to correct for early adversities, she says. It's also a period when new developmental issues arise—and there's a need for more programs targeting both adolescents and their parents. "The onset of adolescence presents its own set of unique challenges that must be directly addressed among at-risk populations," she says. "The needs, dilemmas and parenting challenges are entirely different for parents of at-risk adolescents as compared to at-risk toddlers—and so much is at stake as kids start to explore things like sex, drugs and delinquency."
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