Article archive / October 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 2, No. 2. Source pages: 3.
Dr. Janet Matthews recently returned from APA's annual Educational Leadership Con- ference held in September. As chair of APA's Board of Educational Affairs, Janet opened the session, chaired several others, and presented awards. She also made “hill visits” to advocate for increased funding for the Graduate Psychology Education bill.
In other activities, Janet was appointed as one of the four delegates from APA to work on an inter-organizational task force to study and review the “entire training process in professional psychology.”
Janet told the Times, “APA's Education Directorate is using its convening ability to have an inter-organizational working group meet and consider a range of issues related to profess- sional training in psychology.” She mentioned that the limited number of internships relative to applicants is one of the issues being addressed. However, Janet said, “…it was felt that the entire training process should be evaluated. This topic obviously involves more than just APA,” she noted. “The other 2 groups who are sending delegates are the Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology and the Council of Chairs of Training Councils.”
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