Liaison Reports

Report on the 4th APPIC Membership Conference:
Training Psychologists In A Changing World
April 3-5, 2003
Orlando Florida
Submitted By: Dr. Karen Taylor

Approximately 180 APPIC members attended the conference. The two-day conference was preceded by two workshops offered by APA for Training Directors and for Site Visitor training. The conference program and some of the power point presentations given are available on the APPIC web site. The presentations I attended were of high quality and provided some interesting ideas for use in my own program.

Highlights from the APPIC business meeting include the following items:

1. APA: APPIC membership meeting will be held on Thursday, 8/7, 8-9:50 am in the Crown Plaza-Toronto, Caledon Room. A special 35th anniversary celebration will be part of the meeting.

2. Joyce Illfelder-Kaye is eliciting input on the AAPI. The two main negative comments from students were the redundancy in additional materials requested by some sites with items already in the AAPI and the length of the document--too long. Joyce asked for input from conference participants regarding whether or not there are sections that could be eliminated, how to elicit helpful information on the experience with diverse populations section, whether or not to offer an on-line version of the AAPI, and how useful was the strengths/ areas for growth item on the academic TD's verification form. She is open for all input, so email her with your suggestions.

3. APPIC is working on the training models project and encourages your participation.

4. The supply and demand problem is back after a couple years of a better situation. Specific statistics can be reviewed on the APPIC website and have been sent via email by Dr. Greg Keilan.

5. Joyce wrote a Tips for Trainers column on the new APA Ethics code and implications for training programs in the November 2002 APPIC newsletter.

6. APPIC members are invited to serve as mentors to potential member programs and TDs.

7. The possibility of a Training Journal is moving forward as well as some initial discussions about the possibility of creating a Division of Professional Training in APA.

8. The 5th APPIC membership conference will be held in Orlando, Florida in 2005.

Counseling Center Break Out Group: Saturday, April 5
A group of approximately 20 people, about 15 of whom were ACCTA members met under sunny skies to discuss issues of concern for training programs in university and college counseling centers. The topics raised by those present included: shrinking budgets, developmental phases of a TD's life, seminars focusing on the development of leadership and administrative skills, problem trainees in areas of professional conduct, use of non licensed psychology staff in training interns, violence against women prevention programs and grant writing, mid-December notification and how it is working, practicum training, creating a consortium, and formalizing a post doctoral program. We had an open-ended discussion about a number of these issues. Two Training Directors from academic departments were present to ask the question: What do counseling centers want? Both of them were interested in the types of students and the professional activities we are expecting from them which will make them desirable counseling center intern applicants. Of course, in the final analysis, a complete consensus was not achieved and the response, "it depends on the site" was given. A number of internship TDs noted that experience in the type of activities in which our interns engage, if not, direct experience in a counseling center is important. The discussion with the academic TDs led to a suggestion to continue conversations with CCTC regarding the collaborative interaction between internship sites and academic programs both during and post selection. Issues pertaining to letters of recommendation and the verification form on the APPI were cited as areas already noted worth pursuing during the business meeting. Additionally, the ACCTA research committee is working on a survey, which is intended to explore the criteria utilized in the selection process.

I thought it would be interesting to contrast the flavor of this discussion with the one held at the 3rd APPIC Conference in New Orleans in 2001. I just happened to have my notes from that event which was attended by 35 Training Directors, the majority of whom were ACCTA members. The issues discussed included an update on the political concerns and training issues of the day. The items relating to the CoA included our work on the 5 vs. 7-year issue, Domain II membership, and Table 6. At least two of these issues have been resolved. Discussion items included the question of whether to have a uniform application and interview date and generating training models that relate to internship training vs. just adopting those developed for academic programs.

ADPTC is a fairly new organization (4-5 years old), which represents 134 training clinics associated with academic psychology programs in the United States and Canada. There were 30 attendees at the conference, the largest ever for this group. ADPTC is beginning to interact more with other national training organizations and APA, and would like to have a voice in national training issues. Their biggest frustration at this point is a lack of name/organization recognition. They were a very welcoming group and were appreciative that ACCTA sent a liaison to their conference.

ADPTC Activities

• Helped to sponsor ($1,000) and attended the Competencies Conference.
• Responded to the CoA regarding the composition of Domain II and requested a seat for ADPTC on the CoA.
• Submitted two names for nomination to the BEA's Advisory Council on Accreditation.
• Have scheduled a meeting with Norman Anderson, new Executive Director of APA, to discuss ADPTC.
• Will be attending APA-sponsored advocacy training in support of legislation pertinent to GPE funding.
• Will be attending CCTC meeting in March.

ADPTC Projects

• Member resources on web (clinic manuals, etc.).
• Newsletter.
• Development of a brochure to recruit members.
• Trying to publish an edited book on psychology training clinics and the issues they deal with (various members and their colleagues are writing the chapters) &endash; APA was initially interested in publishing this, but backed out due to budget issues; ADPTC is currently negotiating with another publisher.
• Practice Research Network &endash; research using the OQ45 in training clinics &endash; trying to develop.

General Issues of Concern

• Guidelines or standards for practicum requirements (e.g., how many direct hours, how many clients/patients, what counts as a practicum hour, etc.).
• How to integrate learning about supervision throughout graduate school and practica
• Competencies in practicum students &endash; how defined and measured.
• How to collaborate with counseling centers-some clinics not allowed tosee students.
• HIPAA compliance for training clinics.

Division 17 Society of Counseling Psychology Board Meeting 8/6/03
Dr. Louise Douce, Division 17 President, began the meeting by welcoming everyone and introducing the Presidential group including Past-President Dr. Melba Vasquez, President-Elect Dr. Derald Wing-Sue, and President-Elect Designate Dr. Punky Hepner. In her presidential report, Dr. Douce spoke of the name change to The Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 of the American Psychological Association. She reported that counseling psychologists have become increasingly involved in APA governance, and she mentioned that her presidential theme of the globalization of counseling psychology would be highlighted during her presidential address later in the week.

President-Elect Dr. Derald Wing-Sue stated that the mid-year meeting would be held February 5-8, 2004. A one day retreat will be devoted prior to the meeting related to the closing of several counseling psychology programs nationally (including several in California). Dr. Wing-Sue's presidential initiative involves implementation of the Multicultural Guidelines that were published in May 2003 in The American Psychologist, representing years of work by Division 17 members and other psychologists. The Columbia University Teacher's College Roundtable (February 20 &endash; 21) will also focus on the Guidelines.

Dr. Nancy Downing Hanson, Secretary, shared several possible logos, involving themes relevant to counseling psychology (e.g., leaves to symbolize growth) but the Board members did not endorse any of them and Dr. Wing-Sue will decide during the year whether to create a new logo or enhance the previous logo to reflect the Division's name change.

Dr. Roberta Nutt, Treasurer, reported that the Society continues to enjoy a sound financial picture. She encouraged all section treasurers to move their funds to APA. She noted that for APA to continue to experience its current tax-exempt status, treasurers of sections who have not moved their funds to APA are required to submit an annual report to APA on a timely basis.

Outgoing chairs of committees were given awards. Dr. Helen Roehlke, former ACCTA President, reported that the Fellowship Committee has established a special task group to develop guidelines regarding practitioners. Dr. Mary Wiley, Vice President for Professional Practice, recommended changing the wording "clinical geropsychologist" to "geropsychologist" in the new APA Geropsychology Guidelines, she encouraged all counseling psychologists to join the Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP), and she suggested that the APA Directorates work together regarding advocacy efforts. Dr. Nancy Murdock, Vice President of Education and Training, stated that the Committee on Accreditation (CoA) now considers 9-11 month faculty members to be full-time. Dr. Linda Forrest, one of the Division 17 representatives to the APA Council of Representatives, reported that APA recently passed an 86 million dollar budget for 2004, and stated that the organization is in better financial condition due to refinancing two buildings. The Society has done an excellent job getting counseling psychologists elected to APA boards, committees, and caucus groups. Most notably, Dr. Sandy Shullman was elected to the APA Board of Directors and Dr. Ruth Paige is the new APA Recording Secretary. Dr. Sarah Knox, Membership Chair, reported that there are currently 2350 Division 17 members, representing a decrease of approximately 200 members. Recently, some undergraduate students have indicated interested in joining the Society; the Student Affiliate Group (SAG) will investigate this. Dr. Roberta Nutt, Treasurer, stated that the Task Force regarding Guidelines for work with Girls and Women is in need of literature from social psychology regarding girls, and also literature regarding reproduction and pharmacology. Finally, it was announced that the Multicultural Summit will be held January 27 &endash; 28, 2005 in Hollywood and will focus on what works for whom and under what circumstances, especially centering on concrete behavioral goals for multicultural competencies. Dr. Robert Carter, Editor of The Counseling Psychologist, invited counseling psychologists to submit manuscripts and also to serve as reviewers. Dr. Steve Rollins, representing the research agenda for American schools, discussed the federal No Child Left Behind initiative and encouraged counseling psychologist to become involved in this issue and to promote related policy agendas within APA.

The Executive Board members shared "big picture" issues including the apparent current threat to counseling psychology training programs, the need for grants, the importance of both science and practice, the need for publicity, the importance of advocacy, reimbursement for service issues, the need for improved communication within the Society, ethnic minority leadership, Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) funds, the issue of MA level counselors, the globalization of counseling psychology, and the diversity of roles and settings currently experienced by counseling psychologists. Suggestions following this discussion included hiring a professional to act as a publicity or communications director, building and maintaining coalitions, and soliciting funding from the corporate world and not just from educational institutions, health agencies, or the government.

Dr. Randy Phelps from the APA Practice Directorate discussed the new practitioner portal available at www.apapractice.org to APA members who have paid the special assessment fee. Many helpful links can be found at this portal and Dr. Phelps encouraged counseling psychologists to visit it often. Dr. Diane Elmore from the APA Public Interest Directorate outlined several public policy opportunities available for students and professionals. The Directorate has developed an advocacy network and could use help drafting and reviewing legislation. Dr. Mary Bullock from the APA Science Directorate mentioned that the Director position is currently open. Dr. Marie McCarthy from the APA Education Directorate spoke about Dr. Paul Nelson's project to prepare future faculty. There are currently 362 graduate programs, 474 internships, and 25 postdoctoral programs accredited by the APA CoA.

Division 17 Practice Shareholders Group Meeting 8/7/03
Dr. Mary O'Leary Wiley, Vice President for Professional Practice, convened the meeting of this group devoted to practice issues within Division 17. Issues discussed included professional liability coverage and the need for lower rates for counseling center psychologists; suicide and crises on college campuses; increased psychopathology on college campuses; decreased resources for counseling centers, the importance of expanding Division 17 Fellow status to practitioners; HIPPA and documentation; dual relationship issues; practice issues within APA; the need for counseling psychology to claim vocational psychology; corporations and funding opportunities; the possibility of co-sponsoring a large conference regarding vocational psychology; violence against women on campus; awards given by the Section on Counseling Centers; lack of enough practitioner role models for students; and expanding competencies beyond psychotherapy.

Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) Business Meeting 8/7/03
Dr. Sherry Benton attended this meeting on behalf of ACCTA. During this meeting, Drs. Jeanne Manese and Jay Zimmerman were honored with awards.

Division 17 Council of Counseling Psychology Specialties Meeting 8/7/03
Dr. Louise Douce convened the second annual meeting of this group. A definition of counseling psychology appropriate to a 6th grade reading level (as requested by APA) was edited and approved at this meeting. Other topics included the possibility of developing postdoctoral standards for counseling psychology, human behavioral guidelines, and the idea that institutions rather than students might join the Student Affiliate Group (SAG) so that all counseling students would be Division 17 SAG members.

Council of Counseling Psychology Training Program Business Meeting 8/8/03
Dr. Barry Schreier attended this meeting on behalf of ACCTA.

Committee on Accreditation (CoA) Open Forum 8/8/03
During this forum, members of the CoA answered questions regarding the emerging substantive areas. At present, academic doctoral graduate programs and doctoral internships are accredited based on providing education and training that is broad and general, while postdoctoral programs are accredited based on providing more specialized training. A discussion ensued about whether this was an appropriate model, or whether graduate programs and/or internships might become more specialized due to market demands. The sentiment of the group appeared to be in favor of maintaining the status quo.

Division 17 Section on College and University Counseling Centers Business Meeting 8/8/03
Education Advocacy Breakfast 8/9/03
During this meeting, the Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) funding program was discussed by Dr. Cynthia Belar, Director of the APA Education Directorate, and by Mr. Evan Knisely the lobbyist for the Directorate. Congress appropriated 10 million dollars for the GPE. There is intent to fund geropsychology programs on a three-year basis. The hope is that eventually GPE funding will become institutionalized and part of the regular President's budget. Psychologists were encouraged to become Federal Education Advocacy Coordinators (FEDAC) for their region by contacting Amanda Ring at APA. Unlike the GPE, GME funding is overseen by the Practice Directorate and is an entitlement program rather than an appropriation program.

Division 17 Business Meeting and Presidential Address 8/9/03
Dr. Louise Douce, Division 17 President, ran the business meeting. The contents of the meeting reflected the issues described above in the section of this report relating to the Division 17 Board Meeting. Dr. Helen Roehlke announced that five new fellows were approved for the Society, including former ACCTA members Dr. Toti Perez and Dr. Mary Fukiyama. Dr. Douce inducted Dr. Wing-Sue into the position of President. Dr. Wing-Sue described his goals for the Society and expressed his appreciation for the excellent mentoring he received from Drs. Louise Douce and Melba Vasquez. Dr. Douce then gave her presidential address related to the globalization of counseling psychology. I thought the address was really outstanding. In both the business meeting and the presidential address, ACCTA was mentioned repeatedly as an important part of the Society and of counseling psychology in general.

Council of Chairs of Training Councils (CCTC) Meeting 8/10/03
I am current secretary of CCTC, so please let me know if you would like to see a copy of the minutes. This group is comprised of the leaders of all the graduate academic, practicum, internship, and postdoctoral training groups in the U.S. and Canada. Several issues were discussed of interest to ACCTA. All the groups present supported the current changes to the accreditation guidelines proposed recently by the Committee on Accreditation (e.g., increasing the site visit span for accredited postdoctoral programs to seven years). There was also consensus that the Competencies Conference had been very helpful. All groups plan to send a representative to the Educational Leadership Conference scheduled next month in Washington D.C. APPIC reported approximately 585 internships and 81 postdoctoral programs are current members. The APA Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) celebrated its 15th year anniversary. The Association of State And Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) recently put its handbook on licensure on its website. Diversity and Multiculturalism continue to be issues for most of the councils. The importance of educational advocacy may lead to the CCTC becoming a C6 group and thus able to participate in legislative activities. There was a difference of opinion among the CCTC groups regarding whether or not two CoAs should be established. Each group wants representation on the CoA but there is no consensus on how to best reach this. CCTC workgroups include a practicum workgroup and a students with competency problems workgroup. The diversity project is almost finished. The postdoctoral project reports that many postdoctoral students are under-funded and some are even asked to pay for training at their sites. CCTC agreed to think about writing a shared letter regarding the timing of the EPPP (written license exam) that could be sent to various states.

Summary of Issues of Interest to ACCTA

• ACCTA should continue to support the Division 17 Fellowship Committee as it develops better standards for practitioners.
• The Director of Science Directorate position is open.
• ACCTA members should be encouraged to join AAP as well as the Division 17 Section on Counseling Centers.
• The next MC Summit will be held in 2005.
• The Counseling Psychologist needs submissions and reviewers.
• We might consider opposing the idea of internships becoming accredited around emerging substantive areas.
• ACCTA should appoint a representative to the CCTC Practicum workgroup.
• ACCTA should appoint a representative to the CCTC Students with Competency Problems workgroup.

Council of Chairs of Training Councils (CCTC) Meeting
CCTC is composed of representatives from the following training councils: ACCTA, Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics (ADPTC), Association of Medical School Psychologists (AMSP), Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN), Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), Consortium of Combined and Integrated Doctoral Programs in Psychology (CCDIPP), Council of Program Directors in Community Research and Action (CPDCRA), Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP), Council of Directors of School Psycholoyg Programs (CDSPP), Council of Health Psychology Training Programs (CHPTP), Council of Postdoctoral Programs in Professional Psychology (COPPPP), Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP), National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP), V.A. Headquarters Psychology Training Advisory Committee, and Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs (CCPPP).

Liaisons include the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS), Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology (COGDOP), Committee on Accreditation (CoA), The National Register of Health Services Providers in Psychology, and APA staff members (Dr. Paul Nelson and Ms. Joan Freund from the Education Directorate).

Issues of interest to ACCTA:

1. The APPIC national match this year revealed that the supply-demand problems appear to be continuing, with 245 students likely to not be placed this year, the second highest rate in the last five years.

2. Both the desire to be involved with diversity and also funding issues appear to be important to most of the training councils.

3. APAGS is publishing a magazine soon (GradPSYCH).

4. ASPPB is working on licensure mobility.

5. A National Register listing is now available to students.

6. The CoA is interested in emerging substantive areas. When the CoA wrote the Guidelines and Principles (G&P) for accreditation, they were written to cover professional psychology in general, but to accredit programs in clinical, counseling, school, combination programs, and "other emerging substantive areas.: The concept of these areas (e.g., child clinical) has needed definition. The CoA has recommended that either the language ("emerging substantive areas") be clearly defined, or be abolished. The CoA website is currently soliciting comments about this with a deadline of April 3, 2003.

7. The BEA is developing Education and Training Guidelines.

8. A task force related to developing competencies necessary for practicum training will be developed consisting of several CCTC groups including ACCTA.

9. Another working group will address the issue of problem students.

10. Higher education advocacy continues to be crucial.

11. Dr. Diane Halpern is APA President-Elect and Dr. Norman Anderson is the new APA CEO. Both visited the CCTC meeting to give updates on their agendas.

12. Dr. Jenny Cornish will develop a list of resources of training programs related to disability issues.

13. CCTC has previously developed guidelines regarding communication between internship and academic programs. These guidelines will be emailed to CCTC member groups twice/year.

14. A joint meeting of the CCTC member programs was proposed.

15. The second Education Leadership Conference will convene September 7 &endash; 9, 2003.

APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) Meetings

The BEA includes 12 members (Drs. Bonnie Blankmeyer, A. Toy Caldwell-Colbert, Cindy Carlson, Cynthia de las Fuentes, Emanuel Donchin, Linda Forrest, Christine Iijima Hall, Doug McDonald, William McKeachie, Nathan Pery, Jonathan Sandoval &endash; Chair, and Charles Spielberger) and a long list of liaisons including ACCTA.

During the BEA meeting, the other APA Boards also met (Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest, Board of Convention Affairs, Board of Professional Affairs, and Board of Scientific Affairs) along with the main APA Committees (American Psychological Association of Graduate Students- APAGS, Committee on Legal Issues, Committee on Structure and Function of Council, Membership Committee, and Policy and Planning Board). The APA President, Dr. Robert Sternberg gave an address regarding his presidential initiatives (unification, practice, science, education, public interest) and the APA CEO, Dr. Norman Anderson, gave an update (500 employees at the central office, in 2004 the APA budget is predicted to have a 1.5 to 4 million deficit, the association is seeking to increase non-dues revenue, etc.)

The 2.5 day agenda covered a wide range of issues, most of which do not affect ACCTA (e.g., APA Resolution on Children's Mental Health, Outpatient Civil Commitment, APA Publication Pricing Procedures, etc.). However, it is important for ACCTA to attend as a liaison and to present a report regarding our activities.

Issues of concern to ACCTA:

1. Dr. Cynthia Belar, Executive Director of the Education Directorate, gave an extensive report. The Directorate encompasses many diverse groups and issues, including the CoA, Continuing Education, Center for Psychology in Schools and Education, and Education Advocacy.

2. Education Advocacy is currently focused on the Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) program along with possibly an initiative for federal funding of university and college counseling centers.

3. The BEA is working on developing guidelines for writing guidelines. Guidelines for embedding diversity issues in textbooks are being considered. Standards and Guidelines for Education and Training are proceeding along a ten-year time line.

4. The CoA accredits 850 programs for periods from three to seven years. There are 21 people on the CoA and 10.5 APA staff members to assist them. They are in the process of writing their own self-study. As mentioned in the CCTC meeting (above), the CoA is concerned with emerging substantive areas. There will be a CoA open forum at the APA convention in August in Toronto. Anyone may attend, but questions must be submitted to the CoA in advance of the convention.

5. The Continuing Professional Education Committee has 720 approved sponsors and will offer 57 workshops with 130 CE hours at the Toronto convention.

The main issues of importance to ACCTA are:

1. There was a proposal by some of the CCTC members to develop an APA Division of Education and Training. We have been asked to query the memberships of our various training groups about this. Would you be interested in such a Division? Would you be willing to pay extra dues for it?

2. The CCTC group is composed of 16 different training councils (including APPIC, the Association of Directors of Psychology Training Clinics, the Association of Medical School Psychologists, Association of Postdoc Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology, all the academic training programs &endash; counseling, clinical, professional, school, combined, etc.). Apparently the doctoral groups had a combined conference a number of years ago and the whole CCTC group is thinking of doing that again possibly in 2005. The idea would be to have each training group meet for their usual conferences, but to have one day where everyone would meet together in order to form relationships, share common concerns, etc. What do you think about this? Does this sound interesting or not? If so, would you be willing to meet at a different time of year, or during our typical time?

3. As you know, the BEA oversees the Committee on Accreditation (CoA) and is trying to form an Advisory Council to discuss re-organizing the CoA. We are hoping, of course, that such a re-organization would result in better representation for internship programs. ACCTA nominated several people for this Council. At the BEA meetings, I heard rumors that since we nominated some candidates in common with other groups (Division 17, APPIC, etc.) we might have a fairly good chance of getting some of our nominees selected.
However, although the BEA Board met in private about this and have apparently developed a list of names, they would not yet release those names to the public. So, I will let you know as soon as I hear anything more about this.

4. The CoA will have an open forum at the APA convention this August in Toronto. Anyone can attend, but questions need to be submitted in advance. Please feel welcome to come, and let me know if you would like me to submit any questions for ACCTA.

5. There is apparently some interest in the Education Advocacy regarding asking for federal funding aid for university and college centers. This is due to several legislatures becoming aware of the paper published recently in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (Sherry Benton was the first author). Thank you again Sherry, for this wonderful article that may lead to even more help for our centers! By the way, the Federal Advocacy Coordinators network (FEDAC) is still looking for more regional coordinators. Just let me know if you are interested.

6. Some of the CCTC members are forming a working group related to developing standards for practica experiences. Please let me know if you are interested in this work group.

7. I volunteered to put together a list of resources for the training councils related to disability issues. So please forward to me your ideas about this.

Regarding the National Multicultural Conference and Summit:

1. The conference was excellent and was attended by many ACCTA members including: Jeana Dressel, Deb Goldfine, Christy Haggins, Shelly Kerr, Jeanne Manese, Julia Phillips, Julie Savage, and Mark Stevens.

2. The conference focused on the psychology of race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation and disability: celebrating our children, families, and seniors, and was hosted by APA Divisions 17, 35, 44, and 45, with sponsorship provided by Division 39. Keynote speakers included Gordon Berry, Terry Cross, Martha Banks, and Kip Fulbeck.

3. In addition to the keynote addresses, break-out groups were available on a variety of subjects. I especially enjoyed the presentation related to the United Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance, as well as a demonstration on psychoanalytic supervision. If anyone would like my notes, just let me know.

4. The conference participants are interested in receiving feedback, particularly anything that would help them plan for the next conference. They stated that while they realize that no one conference or summit can address all the issues inherent in multiculturalism, they hope to keep providing useful information to the participants each time.

5. The next conference will be held at the same location in Hollywood, California in 2005.

6. ACCTA may want to donate funds for the 2005 conference.

Regarding the Division 17 Mid-Year Board Meeting:

1. The Division 17 Mid-Year Board Meeting was instructive as usual and included visits by Drs. William Parham (one of the Summit 2003 Coordinators, asking for feedback and suggestions for the 2005 Summit) and Norman Anderson (APA CEO who agreed to consider publishing the new Multicultural Guidelines as a supplement to the American Psychologist).

2. The Wisconsin Board of Psychology issue appears to be resolved (e.g., "college age" was removed as a specific population).

3. The web address for Division 17 is: http://www.div27.org/

4. The web address for Division 17 Student Affiliate group is: www.uakron3.edu/SAGweb

5. The name of the Division has been changed to: Society of Counseling Psychology, Division 17 of the American Psychological Association.

6. The slate for Division 17 Vice President for Professional Practice includes Julia Phillips, an ACCTA member.

7. A logo contest will be conducted, with Division 17 membership for a few years as a prize for the winning entry.

8. The Teacher's College Roundtable may be ending in the near future.

9. All Division 17 Sections are encouraged to manage their funds through the APA (this makes accounting much easier for both APA in general and the Division 17 Treasurer).

10. Division 17 nominees for the BEA task force related to composition of the CoA will include Melba Vasquez, Dick Suinn, Betsy Altmeier, Emil Rodolfa, Pat Hollander (attorney), and Carrie George (student).

11. Division 17 is not taking a stand on the Emerging Substantive Areas. Supporting these areas would be consistent with ABPP's 11 specialty boards, but would possibly put additional requirements on internship programs.

12. Division 17 is opposed to the proposed CoA requirements related to core faculty.

13. APA is facing a 2 &endash; 5 million deficit in 2004. The APA is also in progress of filing a brief related to the University of Michigan admissions case.

14. HIPPA materials including state-by-state regulations will be available on the APA web the end of January for a fee of $150.00.

15. The Counseling Psychologist still needs occasional reviewers, including those who are not counseling psychologists.

16. A committee was formed to look at the process by which psychologists become Division 17 Fellows. This will include a consideration of better recognizing practitioners.

17. Deadlines for submissions to the Division 17 Newsletter are due by Feb 21 and May 16.

18. Section Chairs are encouraged to start threaded discussions on the listerv.

19. The Guidelines for Practice with Girls and Women will be presented to the various APA committees and boards in the near future.

20. If anyone would like to borrow the Agenda Book, please let me know.

Introduction
Dr. Cynthia D. Belar, Executive Director, APA Education Directorate, and Dr. Jonathan Sandoval, Chair, APA Board of Educational Affairs (BEA), welcomed everyone to the second Education Leadership Conference (ELC). Dr. Belar briefly reviewed the first ELC in which participants from 23 national education and training organizations, 25 APA divisions, and national credentialing organizations in psychology met for the first time to provide a forum to address issues of mutual concern, to promote a shared disciplinary identity among education and training leaders in psychology, and to influence public policy regarding education in psychology and psychology in education. She outlined the goals of ELC 2003 to include discussing accountability, assessment, and advocacy. Dr. Sandoval further welcomed the participants and introduced Dr. Phil Zimbardo, APA Past-President, who spoke about some of his own experiences as a student and as an educator, and underscored the importance of developing charismatic teachers.

Accountability in Education
Drs. Edward Scheridan (Provost, University of Houstonj), Susan Sclafani (Counselor to U.S. Secretary of Education) and Lee Fritschler (Professor, School of Public Policy, George Mason University) addressed the participants regarding accountability in education. Dr. Sclafani described national proficiency levels in K-12 as only 12% nationally, with 9% for Hispanic students, and 5% of African American students testing as proficient. In the last 20 years, girls have become "great at everything" while boys have "gone down in all areas." She described the No Child Left Behind initiative that calls for accountability by states. Dr. Fritschler presented some contrasting political opinions. According to Dr. Fritschler, education is the largest single federal expenditure and 85 &endash; 90% of students go one from high school to postsecondary education, a large increase from the 25% of students going to college in the 1950s. The federal government pays for about 80% of higher education costs, and the Education Department (created during the Carter days) is now second in size only to the Defense Department.

Assessment of Competencies: Professional Training Workshop
I attended the Assessment of Competencies: Professional Training workshop. This workshop began with Dr. I. Leon Smith (President and CEO, Professional Examination Service) giving an overview of factors influencing the assessment of competencies and associated methodologies used in the health professions. Dr. Tony Errichetti (Professor and Director, Clinical Learning and Assessment Center, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine) then presented some of his work over the years using standardized patients (PTs) in various training programs. Under the leadership of Dr. Linda Forrest, the work group then addressed several questions related to the assessment of trainees during education and training. The group affirmed the work done earlier at the 2002 Competencies Conference and recommended a continuation of the ideas developed there. In addition, the group supported the continuation of the ELC as a way to bring diverse groups of psychology educators and trainers together.

BEA Advisory Council Forum
An open forum of the BEA Advisory Council on Accreditation was chaired by Dr. Ronald Rozensky and included the members of the Advisory Council (Drs. Rozensky, Elizabeth Altmaier, Jill Reich, George Stricker, Melba Vasquez, Howard Simmons, Melvin Ship, David Scott Hargrove, and Charles Brewer, and Mr. David Scott Miller, Graduate Student Representative). I spoke on behalf of ACCTA, reiterating our request to allocate more seats for internships, possibly by creating two accrediting committees.

Education Advocacy
Christopher Kush, President, Soapbox Consulting addressed the ELC participants regarding "Reauthorization fever: An interactive overview of the legislative process." I then attended a presentation by Evan A. Knisely, Associate Vice President, Van Scoyoc Associates, Inc., and APA Education Directorate lobbyist regarding appropriations. Drs. Pat Cole and Mary Jo Loughran received plaques honoring their work as FEDACs (Federal Education Advocacy Coordinators). Dr. Nina Levitt (Director, APA Education Public Policy Office) and Sheila Forsyth (Consultant, Education Advocacy) presented information regarding the Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) program, and Jenny Smulson (Senior Legislative and Federal Affairs Officer, APA Education Public Policy Office) and Rena Subotnik (Director, APA Center for Psychology in Schools and Education) addressed the Higher Education Act (HEA) Reauthorization. Mr. Kush and Ms. Forsyth then reviewed their Capitol Hill strategy, message review, and logistics for 2003. A reception at the Cannon House Office Building Caucus Room followed the day's activities. The following day, Hill visits were made by the ELC 2003 participants. I visited the Colorado senate and representative offices and advocated for funding for campus mental health services as well as for continued funding for the GPE program.

Attended the Annual CCPTP Conference in St. Petersburg, FL. This report is a presentation of the business of CCPTP during the conference as well as comments on CCPTP's relationship with ACCTA. CCPTP consists of 78 member institutions and 76 additional individual members.

1. Annual Accomplishments:

a. Maintained Liaison Relationships: ACCTA; CTCC (Council of Training Council Chairs); APPIC; ELC (Educational Leadership Conference); CCP (Council of Counseling Psychology); and Society of Counseling Psychology (APA Division 17).
b. Developed Board policies.
c. Coordinated and presented the CCPTP Outstanding Graduate Student award (22 nominations for 1 award of $500.00).
d. Provided organizational input to several calls for feedback to APA and CoA.
e. Helped to Sponsor APPIC Competencies Conference.
f. Developed an Annual Report.
g. Conducted member survey.

2. Old Business:

a. CCPTP Response to Request for Equivalency Letter:

i. A Counseling Psychology program was asked to provide a letter to an internship site proving that the program was "equivalent" to a Clinical Psychology program. CCPTP wrote a letter of concern to APPIC about this "deficit model" view of Counseling Psychology. APPIC took position that programs should be graded on "competencies" rather than degree.
ii. CCPTP sent a letter to this internship program and has not received a response.
iii. 20% of internship sites do not accept Counseling Psychology program applicants.
iv. Counseling Psychology finds itself in a difficult position in that they are asked to show their unique contribution as a Substantative Area in Psychology and at other times are asked to show they are similar to Clinical Psychology.
v. CCPTP will work through CCTC (Council of Chairs of Training Councils) to coalesce this issue.

b. CoA Domain II:

i. CCPTP continues to endorse a "Senate Model" for CoA constituency under Domain II. With 56% (N=469) of accredited programs being internships, a House Model would reduce CCPTP's influence. ACCTA is a proponent of a "House Model" to increase the influence of ACCTA and other internships on the CoA.
ii. CCPTP nominated two members to attend the CoA-BEA (APA Board of Educational Affairs) Task Force on this matter.

c. US News & World Reports Ranking:

i. CCPTP is endorsing an informal boycott of the departmental ranking done by this magazine as they include Clinical Psychology programs in determining ranking of Psychology Departments, but do not include Counseling Psychology programs. CUDCP (Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology) and COGDOP (Council of Graduate Departments of Psychology) are also boycotting the ranking. The current ranking is based on a 17% response rate.

d. Emerging Substantative Areas:

i. CCPTP tabled its endorsement of Option I, which states that the CoA will not consider "Emerging Substantative Areas" within its purview of accreditation. Further study will be made before taking an official stance on the issue. Area for study will be what the meaning of "Broad and General" training means which is part of the current definition used for Substantative Areas.
ii. Comments can be made to: http://apaoutside.apa.org/accreditation/surveys/rfc/substantative.

e. Developing Standards and Guidelines Related to Education and Training:

i. CCPTP endorses the BEA proposal, which sets guidelines for guidelines on making guidelines. Comments due by 2/28/03.

f. APPIC Resolution on Binding Nature of Internship Match:

i. CCPTP passed the following resolution:
"CCPTP member institutions recognize that APPIC internship matches are ethically binding for students and the internship institution. CCPTP member institutions will inform students of this obligation and actively encourage students to discharge their commitment responsibly. Doctoral programs shall also inform students of the potential negative consequences at the program and professional level for the student associated with reneging on their commitment without due cause."

g. Completion of Internship Requirements:

i. CCPTP tabled a motion to set a formal date for the completion of all requirements for internship eligibility. While CCPTP endorses an informal position that Training Directors will not allow candidates to go on internship without full completion of requirements, drafting of appropriate language will continue. Doug Epperson, President of CCPTP, made clear CCPTP's commitment that internship sites should never be penalized by candidates who do not complete their requirements by the start of internships. The proposed policy reads:
"CCPTP member institutions will set the date for completion of all program requirements for internship no later than the APPIC match list submission date."

h. APA Implementing Regulation on Core Faculty:

i. The CoA is working to define "core faculty" which will impact how academic programs can define who is core faculty and thus how many core faculty each program can claim in terms of program resources. CCPTP endorsed the currently proposed definition. The proposal includes:

1. Faculty must be involved in at least 50% of their time in program activities and to whom the program has a multi-year commitment.
2. Must be identified with the program and involved with program development, decision making, and student training.
3. Further information available on the APA Website: http://www.apa.org/.

3. ACCTA Kudos Points:

a. CCPTP members strongly endorse the ACCTA Clearinghouse and the responsiveness to students by ACCTA Training Directors during the Clearinghouse process.
b. Recognition and valuing of the open, process-based, participative, and interpersonally based culture of ACCTA consistently displayed to CCPTP Liaisons at ACCTA Conferences.
c. Appreciation for Buddy System in ACCTA.
d. Appreciation of ACCTA acceptance of Counseling Psychology intern applicants.

Reports from Committees:

1. Research and Science

The Board has instructed individuals in this area to conduct a study of the Magoon and Gallagher surveys.

2. Technology - Bob Rando

Bob explained the needs assessment he conducted by email and distributed forms for directors to complete who did not respond to the email.

3. Public Relations and Advocacy - Mary Bolin-Reece

Mary informed membership of the Resource List being available on-line and the new media award. She will send out information about both after the conference.

4. Professional Affairs - Mary Doty

Mary is soliciting feedback regarding how this area might proceed. She thinks it might be useful to develop a list of guidelines for how to relate to solicitors for endorsements.

5. Continuing Education

We will be exploring whether we can provide CE credits for professionals other than psychologists. Interested individuals should get in touch with Jeri Rockett.

Governing Board - Greg Snodgras

Greg introduced the new Board. With Jaquie Resnick becoming president-elect, the remainder of her term as Board member became open. Greg appointed
Malcolm Kahn to serve out the remainder of Jaquie's term (two years).

The Board will work with future program committees to do sessions where members can interact with the Board. An information tree will be created to direct individuals based on their question.

Life-time Achievement Awards -Tom

Committee Members: Harriett Copher Haynes, Don Paulson, Chuck Davidshofer, Tom Seals, Jeri Rockett, John Bishop and Vivian Boyd. Of the five persons nominated, three were selected to receive Life-time Achievement Awards. They were Wade Birch, Jim Clack and Bob Gallagher. It was suggested that the call for nominations go out earlier next year with a reminder being sent in April and the deadline being set for June 1.

Liaison Reports

ACCTA -Tom (Handout of report to ACCTA)
Tom felt that ACCTA members were "extremely gracious" to him. He reported that at the conference there was a bimodal distribution of training directors who were pleased and displeased with their directors. The main problem of those that were displeased was their directors' micro-management style, which they felt was constraining the growth of their training program.

Gallagher and Magoon Surveys - Jaquie and Ian

Jaquie and Ian looked at the two surveys to see what the differences were. It was concluded that a lot of the items don't match what we do. Thus a study was recommended to determine what items should be kept, deleted and added to make the surveys more useful. It would be beneficial to get 25-30 directors who actually complete the surveys each year to participate in the study. It was moved by Jaquie and seconded by Malcolm that we undertake a study of the two national counseling Center surveys to ascertain the reliability and usefulness of items. Discussion - Ian felt we shouldn't get into methodology. Tom suggested we inform the membership that we are collecting data to make decisions as to future funding of the surveys. We need to make sure we are asking for feedback in a way it would be useful for us. The vote was unanimous in favor of the motion. Tom indicated that we would need two pieces of data applied to questions on both surveys - How comfortable are you with the data you are putting in? How important is this data to you? Greg will meet with Bob Gallagher and Vivian Boyd.

The Board will establish an award for outstanding media contributions concerning college mental health issues for collegiate and non-collegiate journalists.

Mid-year agenda items

1. Guidelines for Multicultural Proficiency for Psychologists (see item #3 of Jaquie's Division 17 report)
2. Designated Board slot for small schools

III. Limitations of Board Terms-Tom

There is currently no statement in the Bylaws regarding limitation of successive terms of Board members. Tom moved and Malcolm seconded that we amend the Bylaws to limit board membership to two full terms in succession. The vote was unanimous in favor of the motion.

IV. CEs for Board Meetings

Board members are working in Board meetings and are missing out on attending sessions in which they can obtain CEs. It was agreed that this was an issue. Thus Jaquie volunteered to write objectives for the Saturday Board meetings and send to Board members for review. If everyone agrees, she will send the objectives to Jeri Rockett.

V. Potential Board vacancy

Two members of the Board are running for President-elect. If either of them wins, a board position becomes vacant. Greg would then appoint the fourth highest vote getter to the vacant position.

Report Respectively Submitted By:
Barry A. Schreier, Ph.D.
-ACCTA Secretary
ACCTA Annual Conference, Cape May, NJ