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Professional Development (cont.)
The APA Practice Organization
Information Resources
Licensed members of APA who pay the Practice Assessment gain additional benefits from their membership in the
APA Practice Organization (APAPO), a companion organization to APA.
Essential Publications
Among APAPO's key advocacy goals are:
* Challenging payment cuts for psychological
services by Medicare and private sector insurers
* Supporting litigation and regulatory action
against abusive managed care practices
* Ensuring that practicing psychologists were
included as the Affordable Care Act and that
other health care reforms are implemented
* Collaborating with state psychological
associations to advance and defend
psychologists' scope of practice
Stay informed with the latest news and research on all
facets of psychology through APA-the world's leading
provider of psychology journals, books, and electronic resources. APA collects, organizes, and disseminates the largest
collection of psychological information in the world. As a
member, you receive access to this information storehouse
and discounts on vital professional resources.
APA Access
Books and Videos
Exclusively for members, the APA Access electronic
newsletter provides you with the latest psychology and APA
news-advocacy updates, continuing education opportunities, new APA products, a calendar of events, and more,
e-mailed to you every month, 12 issues in all.
APA publishes hundreds of books and produces professional videos that will enhance your knowledge, teaching,
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various therapeutic approaches and hands-on knowledge
of how to treat particular patient issues.
Journals
Did You Know?
If you are a licensed
psychologist, you receive
additional resources and support
by being a member of the APA
Practice Organization.
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Your APA membership gives you up to 60% off nonmember subscription rates on more than 85 scholarly and
professional journals. These highly regarded journals are
among the most widely circulated and most frequently
cited publications in the behavioral and social sciences.
Members receive an annual credit toward an APA journal
subscription. Members can also electronically access all
articles published in a journal with their paid subscriptions.
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