Applying Psychological Science, Benefiting Society
By Julie Williams, PsyD, CRC, ABPP (Member, APA Committee on Women in Psychology) If you’re a woman with a disability, you’re 40% more likely to be abused by your intimate partner than a woman without a disability according to research done in the past 10 years. Studies show that this abuse occurs at the hands […]
“THEory into ACTion” is a series of cross posts from APA Division 27’s Community Psychology Practice Council blog. “THEory into ACTion” sheds light on community psychologists making positive change in the field. This cross post focuses on the services provided by the DePaul Family and Community Services Clinic to schools serving Chicago-area youth exposed to violence and trauma. DePaul […]
In honor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, we are cross posting this article with our colleagues at the APA Division 27 Community Psychology Practice blog. By Gina Cardazone, MA (University of Hawai`i, Mānoa – APA Division 27 Member) Children have the ability to thrive even in the face of the most difficult circumstances. The […]
By Eddy Ameen, PhD – Assistant Director, American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) During the four years that I lived in Boston in the mid 2000’s, I would make a point of watching the city’s marathon each April. The event was always more than just a finish line; it was about the joyous and […]
This article is the first in a series of “THEory into ACTion” cross posts with our colleagues at APA Division 27’s Community Psychology Practice Council blog. The “THEory into ACTion” series sheds light on community psychologists making positive change in the field. By Jamie Lee Mihalski and Olya Belyaev-Glantsman, PhD (APA Division 27 Member) With the recent […]
By Jeffrey Segal, PsyD (APA Member and Licensed Psychologist) “What a child learns about violence, a child learns for life….teach carefully.” Little did I know that when I first heard these words 12 years ago as one of the early facilitators trained in APA’s Adults and Children Together Against Violence (ACT) Raising Safe Kids Program, […]
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and APA is proud to raise awareness about what all of us can do to prevent child abuse and neglect. The first of our efforts this month is to shed light on the damaging effects abuse can have on children, long into their adulthood. In the newest issue […]
Psychology Benefits Society 