The Advocate
A newsletter of Div. 37
October 2014
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Feature Article
Section President's Column
- News from the Section on Child Maltreatment
A farewell from the outgoing section president.
ECP corner
Member at-large: Task forces and diversity column
- Why Ferguson should matter
More research is needed on the effects of oppression at both conscious and unconscious levels, the relationship to health and health disparities and the effect on psychological functioning.
Member-at-large: Advocacy coordinator column
- Member-at-large: Advocacy coordinator column
The advocacy coordinator aims to draft a document citing the humanitarian and evidential bases of child advocates' concerns and the hypotheses that exist or can be created to address those concerns.
In this issue
- Update on the IOM Forum on Promoting Children's Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Health (C-CAB)
- Report from the APA Council of Representatives meeting, August, 2014
Updates from the latest Council of Representative meeting.
- Div. 54 APA convention board of directors meeting minutes
Abridged meeting minutes from Aug. 7, 2014 meeting at APA convention in Washington, D.C.
Awards
- Diane J. Willis Early Career Award winner: Paula Fite, PhD
Fite's research focuses on the influence of individual factors, social relationships and environmental factors on the developmental progression of child and adolescent problem behavior.
- Div. 37 Dissertation Award winner: Jonathan Martinez, PhD
Psychoeducation and parent engagement in mental health services for youth.
- Student Poster Award winners
The 2014 Student Poster Award winners are Linda McWhorter, Casey Dillon, Elena Doskey and Christina Danko.