REPORT OF THE PRIORITIES TASK FORCE ON THE DIVISION 42 2001 GOVERNANCE RETREAT

APPENDIX D: Report of the Relationships with Other Groups Breakout Group

GROUP MEMBERS: Jean Carter (Facilitator), David Castro Blanco, Alan Entin, George Goldman, Arthur Kovacs, Judith Steward, Jack Wiggins

GOAL 1: The Division will actively advocate within the APA for the interests of practicing psychologists. As a particular priority, Division 42 will have effective mechanisms and procedures to insure that Division decision makers are aware of those policy decisions in APA that have implications for practicing psychologists and can develop input in a time and manner that allow for shaping policy. The stance will be proactive, rather than reactive.

• STRATEGY 1: Enhance collaborative relationships with existing groups.
  • ACTION 1: Develop a process for ensuring that Division 42 members serve as members, liaisons, observers or monitors for relevant APA Boards and Committtees, and develop the expectation and process that these members, liaisons, or monitors will report to the Division 42 Board regarding upcoming issues and relevant actions. The Boards and Committees with which we should have such a relationship include CAPP, BPA, BAPPI, BEA, CoA, BSA, Ethics, P&P, COLI and Finance.
  • ACTION 2: Utilize the past presidents as a task group to engage in strategic coordination of the monitoring described in Action 1 above, to track and monitor the Division’s representation and/or liaison with relevant Boards and Committees. As soon as election results are available, the president-elect designate should be responsible for obtaining results, and coordinating work with this group to identify individuals who may serve this function.
  • ACTION 3: The Board will receive and review reports of liaisons, observers and monitors on a regular basis, utilizing the reports to guide Board decisions. The past presidents task group will evaluate the reports for policy and action implications and make recommendations to the Board.
  • ACTION 4: Continue development of the State Linkages Project to enhance the relationship between Division 42 and state psychological associations.
  • ACTION 5: Appoint a liaison to the Council of Credentialing Organizations in Professional Psychology (CCOPP), with the expectation of regular reports to the Board.

FOLLOW-UP AND ASSESSMENT: There should be an annual report from the Past Presidents Task Group on monitoring relationships recommended and the follow-up, including review of the reports received by the Division Board and Board action based on the reports. There should be an annual review by the Board of this report, with recommendations for changes. The State Linkages group should develop evaluation procedures to determine the value of the project in terms of 1) membership increase and/or retention, 2) projects initiated, and 3) revenues generated.

GOAL 2: Division 42 leads in coordinating its efforts with practice related divisions and other professional groups, both within and outside of APA.

• STRATEGY 1: Division 42 will take leadership in developing collaborative initiatives with other divisions.
  • ACTION 1: Enhance collaborative efforts with other practice divisions by re-energizing the Executive Roundtable of Practice Divisions. Exchange agendas and minutes with participating divisions to track initiatives of relevance to Division 42.
  • ACTION 2: Collaborate with other practice divisions to expand the vision of professional practice as follows: Motion: that the Board requests from President Elect Walker that she undertake as her presidential initiative using Division resources to help with the reconceptualization of psychology as a biopsychosocial profession. Linkages ned to be formed with such as other divisions as those invest in social justice (Committee of Nine—Divisions 9, 16, 17, 27, 35, 43, 44, 45, 51), health care (Interdivisional Healthcare Committee—Divisions 17, 22, 38, 40), and children and family services, as well as others as interested, to develop a vision of the role of psychologists in the health, wellness, and welfare of individuals, families and communities. The disparate career paths and delimited models various subgroups in the field currently pursue need to be woven into a coherent and integrated vision for the future. We urge Dr. Walker to seek the means to convene a national conference on this topic and to explore the possibilities of external funding.

FOLLOW-UP AND ASSESSMENT: The Executive Roundtable of Practice Divisions should hold at least one meeting per year with at least one action item, and should be actively involved in the conference proposed in Action 2.

GOAL 3: Division 42 strives to achieve consensus development based on broad dissemination of information to its governance and its membership and provides opportunity for member input.

• STRATEGY 1: Reports and other informational items will be made easily available to members.
  • ACTION 1: Informational items will be placed on the website and advertised through the listserv.
  • ACTION 2: Additional mechanisms for distribution should be considered, including an information-only listserv for all Division 42 members or a telephone system for phone alerts to members.
• STRATEGY 2: Develop a response group of members for feedback and communication on Board action and policy decisions, using a mechanism similar to that being developed by the Practice Research Net and utilizing the website.
• STRATEGY 3: Use listserv and website capacities to enhance the actions of the Federal Advocacy Coordinator.

FOLLOW-UP AND ASSESSMENT: Listserv editor should be empowered to develop creative use of the website, and provided resources needed to carry out projects. A small group should be charged with developing the response group and should provide feedback to the Board about the use of this group. The Federal Advocacy Coordinator should provide annual reports to the Board about his/her activities.

GOAL 4: Enhance relationships with ethnic minority individuals and groups (both members and clients) and, in the future, other diversity populations, including Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual individuals and those with disabilities.

• STRATEGY 1: Utilize the existing Diversity Task Force to develop appropriate resources to expand Division expertise and involvement in multicultural initiatives..
  • ACTION 1: Expand the Task Force to include both membrs of diverse populations and those representing majority groups.
  • ACTION 2: Write appropriate letter of apology and send sponsorship contribution for National Multicultural Conference and Summit II.
  • ACTION 3: Work with the planning group for the National Multicultural Conference and Summit III (2003) to enhance programming for practice, including considering offering CE sponsorship at break-even expense for the Division.
  • ACTION 4: Utilizing the Diversity Task Force and the CE Committee, develop CE offerings on culturally sensitive practice development, including on-line CE offerings.
  • ACTION 5: Offer free membership to Division 45 members who are working on projects in Division 42.
• STRATEGY 2: Develop joint projects with Division 45, and utilize the Interdivisional Grant Program to assist in financial support.
  • ACTION 1: Support reciprocal mentoring relationships, to enhance cultural sensitivity and to offer practice building guidance.
  • ACTION 2: Offer to particpate in developing community based projects with Division 45.

FOLLOW-UP AND ASSESSMENT: The CE Chair will be responsible for the CE implications of Actions 3 and 4. The President will be responsible for contact with the NMCS III planning group. The Board and/or EC should consider holding meetings in conjunction with NMCS III, and if there is no meeting in conjunction, official representatives should be supported to attend. Membership chair should follow up with Action 5. Diversity Task Force should follow up with other initiatives.

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