Sandy's Take on APA Graduate Student Voting Privileges
Question: Should APA Graduate Student members be given the privilege to vote on all association matters within APA after one year of membership? Sandy's Response: Graduate students have important voice to contribute to APA. I value their contributions and support their voting and representation. Voting is an opening invitation that can lead to greater engagement in APA, but we must couple voting with opportunities for leadership training/development; meaningful ways to giv
Sandy's Position on Prescription Privileges for Psychologists
Question: What is your position on prescriptive authority for psychologists? Sandy's Brief Answer: I have been (since the initial DOD demonstration project), and continue to be, fully supportive of prescriptive authority as a specialty for psychologists with appropriate training and credentials. The evolution of treatment settings combined with the critical need, as exemplified by those in many rural settings, has long justified prescriptive authority psychology practice.
Sandy Talks Psychology Specialization, Board Certification, and ABPP
Question 1: What are your views regarding board certification in psychology? Board certification is an important aspect of psychology’s continued progress towards competency-based practice. ABPP Board Certification represents one of only two credentialing organizations recognized by APA. It is the only credentialing organization for psychology that is constituted as a broad umbrella organization comprised of many affiliated specialty boards. As such, Board Certification,
Sandy and International Psychology
Question 1: What are your goals, as APA President, for APA’s international engagement and for infusing an international perspective into APA’s own vision, activities, and initiatives? In its 2009 vision statement, APA aspired to be “a principal leader and global partner promoting psychological knowledge and methods to facilitate resolution of personal, societal, and global challenges…” Yet, the 2009 implementation of the strategic plan reflected no international perspective
Sandy and Independent Practice
Question 1: Please describe your contributions to the independent practice of psychology, including any positions held and committee work past and present. Career focus: Independent group practice—1983-2000 (with 35 staff) Independent consultation/consulting practice—1997-present Professional Service Roles Division 42 Div42 Exec Board of Directors/EB Treasurer Chair, Finance Committee Facilitator/Presenter, Div42 Mid-Winter EB Meeting, Diversity/inclusion workshop Ohio Psycho
Sandy's Perspective on Improving Children's Mental Health through the Science and Practice o
We have a children’s mental health crisis in this country, and we need all of psychology to help address it. The fact that we have watched daily as families have routinely been separated at our southern border reflects a major gap between psychology’s scientifically-based understanding of child adjustment and the development of effective, culturally-responsive public policy. Question 1. What do you see as the most pressing issues affecting children’s mental health? From my
Sandy's Ongoing Commitment to People of Color and Indigenous Peoples Within and Beyond Psycholog
Question 1. In what ways have you promoted the wellbeing of People of Color and Indigenous peoples in psychology and/or within society more broadly? In my early years, I grew up in post-war transitional housing and a low income, urban housing project, both interracial environments. I interacted with people of many colors daily, where lines were often drawn by race, SES and religion. I directly witnessed social injustices towards People of Color, and these experiences never
Sandy's Commitment to Advancing LGBT Issues
Question 1: What is your evidence of a record of commitment to advance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues in education and training, in research, in practice, and/or public interest? I have a longstanding record of commitment to advance lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues: a. In the late 1980’s, when HIV/AIDS emerged in Columbus, Ohio, as a community health crisis, our behavioral health practice, a major EAP provider, made a commitment to help address the
Sandy on Board Certification, Mental Health Parity, and Neuropsychology
Question 1. How do you view specialty/subspecialty psychology practice and board certification in professional psychology? The APA Ethics Code notes that all psychologists can practice within their area of competence, thus allowing each psychologist to describe their own scope of practice. However, training in a recognized specialty and the board certification in that specialty acknowledges that the practitioner has been recognized by their peers as following the expected g
Sandy Talks Health Psychology
Question 1: How do you differentiate Health Service Psychology from Health Psychology? For me, Health Service Psychology (HSP) is the broader of the two concepts. HSP encompasses the foundation for psychology as a primary care profession as well as psychology as a specialty care profession. In the Blue Print for Health Service Psychology Education and Training, APA has promulgated a list of broad and general competencies for the wide range of psychologists who work across
