Tools and resources for stressed parents
The COVID-19 pandemic is stressing parents around the world. For anyone struggling to parent calmly, APA’s ACT Raising Safe Kids Program offers evidence-based positive parenting resources in both English and Spanish that guide parents on ways to create stable, safe, and nurturing environments for young children and on preventing child neglect and abuse. Fact sheets offer guidance on typical behavior for children at each age and advice on how to handle common challenges, like a grocery store tantrum. The early intervention program has been shown to reduce child abuse and is used throughout 15 countries and in more than 100 communities in the United States. Last fall, every county in Iowa also began offering the program through an extension program at Iowa State University. Find all the ACT parenting resources and more information about the program online.
Read, watch & listen
1. Big Brain Book: How It Works and All Its Quirks
This new Magination Press title for middle grade readers uses science to answer all the questions that kids have about the brain and human behavior. Preorder at Magination Press.
2. Automating Your Private Practice
This hourlong webinar on May 14 will cover innovative ways you can outsource parts of your practice to make more time for patient care.
3. How Children’s Amazing Brains Shaped Humanity
Psychologist Alison Gopnik, PhD, joined APA’s Speaking of Psychology podcast to talk about why humans have such a long childhood—and a long old age. Listen and subscribe at Speaking of Psychology.
Immerse yourself in cutting-edge research methods
Psychological scientists and graduate students can learn about the most current research methodologies at APA’s weeklong Advanced Training Institutes, held virtually this year throughout June. Participants network with researchers across the country and hone their skills in these three areas:
- June 7–11
Analysis of Intensive Longitudinal Data: Experience Sampling and Ecological Momentary Assessment - June 14–18
Structural Equation Modeling in Longitudinal Research - June 21–25
Research Methods With Diverse Racial and Ethnic Groups
Save the Date for APA 2021
Registration opens in June for this year’s annual convention, scheduled for Aug. 12–14. As of Monitor press time, confirmed speakers include:
- Robert B. Cialdini, PhD, Arizona State University
“The Power of Persuasion and Pre-suasion to Create Change” - Elizabeth Cole, PhD, University of Michigan
“Whose Freedom of Speech? Power and Voice on College Campuses” - E. J. R. David, PhD, University of Alaska Anchorage
“Brown Skin, White Minds: Exploring Oppression’s Most Insidious Consequence” - Mikki Hebl, PhD, Rice University
“Creating Memories With Your Students” - Deepa Iyer, JD, Building Movement Project, New York City
“Immigrant Stories: Coping and Surviving in America’s Political Climate” - Travis Langley, PhD, Henderson State University
“Beyond Batman: How Stories Teach Psychology and Facilitate Therapeutic Dialogue”
Additional speakers: Derek R. Avery, PhD, of the University of Houston; Alia J. Crum, PhD, of Stanford University; Adriana Galván, PhD, of the University of California, Los Angeles; Tania Israel, PhD, of the University of California, Santa Barbara; Michelle Miller, PhD, of Northern Arizona University; Anneliese A. Singh, PhD, of the University of Georgia; and Thomas Parham, PhD, of California State University, Dominguez Hills
Haven’t finished watching APA 2020? Stream the 500 on-demand sessions from last year’s meeting until Aug. 1, 2021. Go to APA Conventionopens in new window.
How to Reach Us
Answers to many of your questions may be found on APA’s website. For phone service, call (800) 374-2721; for story ideas or comments, contact Editor in Chief Trent Spiner.