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Division SPOTLIGHT Send your conference ideas to Div. 2 Div. 2 (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) welcomes member input on topics and possible speakers for two upcoming division-sponsored conferences. For the 2013 e-Conference on Teaching Psychology, send comments to conference director Steven A. Lloyd, PhD, of North Georgia College and State University, at salloyd@northgeorgia.edu. For the 2013 Best Practices in Teaching Psychology conference, contact conference director Natalie Kerr Lawrence, PhD, of James Madison University, at lawrennk@jmu.edu. The division will announce dates for each conference this summer. For more information, visit at www.teachpsych.org. Div. 9 will host best-selling science writer in Orlando Science journalist and author Chris Mooney will discuss the challenges psychologists face communicating their research to the public as part of the Div. 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues) program at APA’s Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. Mooney will speak at 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 3. For more information, go to www. spssi.org. 74 Div. 12 to add suicide resources to toolkit The Div. 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology) has appointed a group to develop suicide risk assessment and management resources for the division’s online Clinician’s Toolkit (www.div12.org/ clinicians-toolkit) a free collection of forms every clinician needs, including health-care release forms, intake templates and more. The new suicide resource will summarize the research about risk and protective factors for suicide and suicidal behavior. It will also list training resources and best practices in treatment. The group members are Phil Kleespies, PhD, Marc Hillbrand, PhD, Lanny Berman, PhD, David Drummond, PhD, and Lisa Firestone, PhD. Submit your proposal for Div. 13 midwinter conference Div. 13 (Society of Consulting Psychology) seeks proposals for its midwinter conference, MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY • JUNE 2012 Jack Hollingsworth http://www.teachpsych.org http://www.div12.org/clinicians-toolkit http://www.div12.org/clinicians-toolkit http://www.spssi.org/ http://www.spssi.org/

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

Monitor on Psychology - June 2012
Letters
President’s column
Contents
From the CEO
Give an Hour founder is one of Time magazine’s ‘most influential’
APA treatment guidelines panels are being formed
APA supports ‘Speak Up For Kids’
In Brief
Time Capsule
Random Sample
Judicial Notebook
Questionaire
APA honors Howell
Science Watch
Science Directions
What you should know about online education
Speaking of Education
Psychologist Profile
Redefining masculinity
Miscarriage and loss
Something for everyone
Candidates weigh in
Division Spotlight
American Psychological Foundation
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - June 2012