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    A newsletter of Div. 37
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    October 2019 |Vol. 42, No. 3

    A multitude of options, with one exception

    By Amy Damashek
    What is the most pressing issue affecting children and families?

    Task Force and Diversity Issues Column

    • New special interest group DREAM SIG
      Div. 37 announces a new member benefit.
      By Mirian Ofonedu, PhD

    Member-at-Large

    • Advocacy ideas right here in APA’s backyard
      Searching for meaning and finding it in local advocacy.
      By Christina M. Rodriguez, PhD

    Section on Child Maltreatment President

    • Update on the activities of the Section on Child Maltreatment
      Elections, awards and more.
      By Stephanie Block, PhD

    Member-at-Large

    • Highlights from my last year as member-at-large…and a welcome to the new ECP MAL!
      My last column as the Div. 37 early career professionals member-at-large.
      By Christy Olezeski, PhD

    In This Issue

    • The importance of self-care in graduate school
      Strategies to better balance your work and personal life.
      By Kathleen I. Diaz, MA, and Christina Lawrence, MEd
    • Action teaching in a ‘Children, Psychology and Law’ course
      Training students to use psychological theories and research for advocacy.
      By Cynthia J. Najdowski, PhD
    • Highlights from the APA Council of Representatives meeting
      Council votes on immigration, economic marginalization at APA convention.
      By Mary Ann McCabe, PhD, ABPP
    • Congratulations to our award winners
      Winners of Div. 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice) awards.
    • Incoming division officers for 2020
      Announcing next year's division leaders.
    • APA 2019 convention Div. 37 Board Meeting
      Minutes for 2019 board meeting.
      By Jenelle Shanley and Summer Chahin

    Call for Applications

    • Now accepting applications for fellow status
      Information on fellowship and application criteria available.
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