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...
Jim Diaz-Granados joined APA last year as executive director of the Education Directorate and continues the important work of advancing the science and practice of psychology in education and training. As former executive director Cynthia Belar, PhD, said, educators are stewards of the discipline and...
The Practice Directorate had another busy year advocating for the accessibility and availability of mental and behavioral health services and promoting the benefits of psychology to the public. The directorate's advocacy efforts included visits by psychologists to U.S. Congressional representatives to ask for better federal...
Public Interest's mission emerged from mid-20th century efforts to be socially and ethically responsible and to address the concerns of underrepresented and marginalized groups, both in the profession and in society. Our work continues today, focusing on these goals within a framework of the broad...
The Science Directorate works to advance psychological science both as a research field and as a means of benefiting individuals and society. Among its activities in 2016, the directorate sponsored Advanced Training Institutes on cutting-edge research methods, introduced a new grants program for undergraduate researchers...