2016 was a difficult year in police and community relations, with high-profile flare-ups across the country. APA embraced this teachable moment to help bridge relations between communities and the police forces hired to keep them safe...
The changing landscape of health care delivery has created innovative opportunities to provide better psychological care through integrated models. APA has identified opportunities for practicing psychologists to embrace a model in which they combine or augment services at the point of primary or specialty care....
In 2016, APA released a 47-minute Creativity in the Classroom video, which helps teachers use practice-based strategies to infuse creativity in the classroom and enhance academic outcomes...
In 2015, APA recommitted itself to building value around APA membership and created the Membership Office to fulfill that mission. In 2016, we began to see the fruits of this labor...
Led in 2016 by Interim CEO Cynthia D. Belar, PhD, President Susan H. McDaniel, PhD, and the Board of Directors and Council of Representatives, APA renewed its commitment to serving the membership and building a stronger and more robust organization...
One of the biggest challenges in 2016 was our move to a new integrated budgeting model that incorporates the broadest possible view of our operating and special projects commitments and clearly identifies the point at which we may be exceeding our resources. Using this methodology,...
What we've learned from the Independent Review (IR) permeates almost everything we do now as an association. We've learned the importance of speaking up when we disagree with or have concerns about how other people are behaving. We bear collective responsibility to fulfill APA's mission...
The APA Board of Directors consists of six members-at-large and six officers — the president-elect, president, past president, treasurer, recording secretary and CEO. The chair of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) serves as an additional member...
The Executive Management Group sets strategic direction and policy for the American Psychological Association (APA) Central Office. View the 2016 members here....
APA provided strategic leadership through its core programs in publications and databases, education, science, practice, and public interest. Explore the many ways in which these programs advanced psychology to benefit society and improve people's lives...