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profession’s important role within the integrated health home model; to promote psychological science as a STEM discipline with increased public recognition of the merits of theoretical as well as bench-to-bedside psychological research; and to promote psychology education and training to meet the current and future needs of our profession as well as the people and entities we serve. Diversity among psychologists and diversity among those we serve is a core strength of APA. As APA’s president, I will encourage our collective focus on the best interest of our profession’s youth. As we support and encourage the younger members of APA, the entire profession will flourish, to the benefit of all psychologists. n inspired by a trip we took to Ireland. She was born not long after I returned from Mississippi volunteering with the Red Cross after Hurricane Katrina. Learn more about me at www.toddfinnerty. com and twitter.com/DrFinnerty. Finnerty’s candidate statement In the future, we’ll need more psychologists, not fewer. Psychology saves health-care costs. SAMHSA’s statistics reflect millions of Americans who’d access our services if they could just find a way. It makes great business sense for psychologists to open up this market, but it also reflects our ethical principle of justice. We have the greatest opportunity in a generation to bring high-quality, affordable care to the many people who need our help but can’t access it; we can’t wait or we’ll miss our chance. We can’t wait to ensure that all Americans have access to quality psychological services. Quality care saves money, improves outcomes and is an integral part of our health care system. This is our moment to tip the scales toward an expectation of evidence-based approaches for everyone. We can no longer afford to scapegoat stereotypes about PsyDs or rest on the organization’s status quo. We’ll advance effective guidelines that provide clearer communication on the standard of care. APA can’t simply respond passively to changes impacting science and health care. We’ll stimulate a culture of innovation in teaching, research and practice, and actively educate and advocate for those innovations. We’ll swell an army of locally involved psychological scientists who regularly meet to exchange ideas and provide mentorship and service. We’ll identify best practices and new ideas and help connect them to grant funding and the national attention APA can provide. We’ll organize practitioners willing to collaborate on psychological science research and explore how interventions work under field conditions. Let’s achieve something great together. There are millions in need of the innovative and real solutions you and I can offer. I’m counting on your number one vote this fall. Please review my detailed proposals at www.toddfinnerty.com, subscribe to my blog for email updates and follow @DrFinnerty on Twitter. n Todd E. Finnerty, PsyD continues from page 83 psychologists should be thanked for their service and defended from being placed in ethically challenging situations. Also, APA’s position should never be even in a gray area when it comes to human rights. I’ll personally invite back with open arms those members who resigned over human rights concerns. We need their passion now for our coming fights, including ensuring that all people have access to the best available care — no matter where they live, how much they make or who their ancestors were. I earned a PsyD from a professional school and like to talk about evidence-based practice and setting stricter guidelines on the standard of care; if the stereotypes are true then no psychologist will support me. The stereotype of a PsyD wouldn’t like that I train professionals in evidence-based practice or that I’m a member of APS. The stereotype of a PhD would be offended by my degree’s very existence. When I’m president it will have been 18 years since the one and only other time a PsyD was APA president. However, we know that judgments based on these stereotypes will lead to error. Many psychologists, regardless of their degree, feel that people deserve the highest quality interventions available. PsyD candidates are qualified and dedicated to making a difference in people’s lives. They deserve internships and our respect. However, there is more work to be done to promote a professional development process that leads to all practitioners offering quality care. My business, PsychContinuingEd.com, offers continuingeducation courses for psychologists. I started PsychContinuingEd. com with my wife to promote ethical, data-driven decisionmaking along with maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance. I’m a hockey fan who has lived in New York, Missouri and now Columbus, Ohio. I consult on Social Security disability claims in Ohio’s disability determination service. My wife, Jennifer, is originally from Pittsburgh and is a health psychologist with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Our daughter Erin’s name was M AY 2 0 1 2 • M O N I T O R O N P S Y C H O L O G Y Douglas C. Haldeman continues from page 83 As a practitioner seeking to connect with his community, his profession and his culture, I have always engaged in scholarly publication. Science has served as the foundation for everything I have written: numerous scholarly articles and chapters, practice guidelines and APA policies. Science likewise has informed my work as an instructor and supervisor at the University of Washington as well as a psychological evaluator of pilots for the Federal Aviation Administration since 1985. I’ve 85 http://www.toddfinnerty.com/ http://www.toddfinnerty.com/ http://www.twitter.com/DrFinnerty http://www.toddfinnerty.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - May 2012

Monitor on Psychology - May 2012
Letters
President’s Column
Contents
From the CEO
Math + science + motherhood = a tough combination
The rights of indigenous people take center stage at AAAS meeting
Interdisciplinary programs that are leading the way
Good Governance Project moves into its next phase
APA publishes third edition of seminal ADHD book for kids
Government Relations Update
In Brief
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Psychology’s first forays into film
Time Capsule
Questionnaire
Presidential programming
Obesity researchers receive lifetime achievement awards
Top speakers for psychology’s top meeting
Science Watch
Homing in on sickle cell disease
Psychologist Profile
Alone in the ‘hole’
Public Interest
State Leadership Conference ‘12
Perspective on Practice
Education tops council’s agenda
Meet the candidates for APA’s 2014 president
Presidential election guidelines
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Support for sexual miniorities
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - May 2012