APA Community new member benefit, APA presidential election, and more

APA Community is an online platform that connects APA members with peers and offers opportunities for psychologists to share content, enhance professional development, and collaborate on projects in a supportive environment developed for clinicians, psychological scientists, educators, and graduate students. APA Community also has a redesigned Member Directory where users can take advantage of the directory’s enhanced features, including robust search filtering and a dynamic member map. Start building your new professional network and driving your professional growth at the APA Community platform. Members can also download the APA Community app on their mobile devices.

Psychologists can earn 1 continuing-education (CE) credit reading the “CE Corner” feature in each issue of the Monitor. Past topics include treating challenging couples, nutrition’s role in mental health, and talking to patients about firearm safety. For more information on earning CE credit, go to CE Corner.

Social psychologist Tessa West, PhD, of New York University, joined APA’s award-winning podcast, Speaking of Psychology , to talk about her new book, Job Therapy: Finding Work that Works for You. West discusses how lessons from the science of interpersonal perception can help people succeed in their careers and find workplaces where they’ll thrive. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Five high school students took a weeklong deep dive into neuroscience this summer at the International Brain Bee NextGen eventopens in new window, held at the 2024 Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Forum in Vienna, Austria. The participating students were the top five finishers of last year’s International Brain Bee, a global neuroscience competition for high school students. APA is a governing partner of the International Brain Bee and a sponsor of its NextGen event. The NextGen event included lectures and one-on-one conversations with leading neuroscientists. The participating students are from Hong Kong, New Zealand, Iran, Canada, and Poland.

APA members are voting for APA’s 2026 president from August 1 to September 16. Find additional information about the four candidates online. APA will send members the ballot via email.

You can also access the ballot through your MyAPA account.

New research on rising levels of violence against K–12 educators and school personnel published in American Psychologist (PDF, 442KB) opens in new window highlights a crisis in schools that must be addressed. Violence and aggression lead to stress, anxiety, and burnout among teachers and has a negative effect on student achievement and development.

Read more about the findings and the work of APA’s Task Force on Violence Against Educators and School Personnel.

Jacob, the star of one of the most banned books of the decade, is back in Jacob’s Missing Book , a kid-friendly story about book banning in schools and LGBTQ+ rights. Jacob discovers that a book has been removed from the school library. The story unfolds to show how kids—who are eager to see themselves and their families in books and feel safe with their experiences—are affected by censorship. This year’s American Library Association Banned Books Weekopens in new window , an annual event in support of the freedom to read, will be held September 22–28.

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