Colleen Byrne
distributed APTC Committees List, Karen has updated on website,
but we are now missing Chairs for “Administrative Guidelines”
and Policy/Procedures/Planning
ACCTA Liaison, Natasha
Maynard-Pemba, described ACCTA’s organization,
website, and the types of interns they trained last year, which
was a mix of PsyD, Clinial, Counseling, and School
Psychology students. She noted that the mix of “counseling
interns” is changing. She reviewed last year’s
conference highlights, including a new mentorship program to
help new internships sustain themselves. She also
emphasized importance of APTC (and everyone) giving feedback to
CoA on G&P changes. She noted that the 2013 conference
will be in New Orleans, and said she hoped that Tony Cellucci
could be the APTC liaison to that meeting. The focus of that
meeting will be the internship imbalance. Natasha is
available to consult if APTC members’ students are trying to
prepare themselves for careers in counseling centers.
APPIC Liaison, Jeff Baker,
came in place of Alison Ponce, who just had a baby. APPIC
currently has 710 internship sites (but 200 are not accredited)
and 146 post-doc programs. Supply and demand is still a
problem. See Jeff’s article about this online at
appic.org. Compared to last year, there were 16 more
applicants but 125 more slots. It is too soon to tell why,
but this year’s numbers are encouraging. More students
matched this year, and 50% of those who matched were placed with
their first choice. For the BEA Internship Stimulus Grant,
81 applied and 32 were funded. BEA has allocated $800,000
for each of the next three years to continue this program. On
the 2013 Student Survey, 95% said they did not feel that they
were ready for independent practice post-internship. APPIC
supports keeping internship as part of the doctoral program in
the G&P. TEPP is ranked 16th out of 51 Psychology:
Education journals. MyPsychTrack will be APPIC’s new tracking
system for internship hours; it will feed right into the AAPI,
and there will be NO cost to students or programs. This
new system will be ready by July.
APA Education Directorate Liaison, Cathi Grus, focused on the
Blueprint for Health Service Psychology Education &
Training, which she distributed to all at the meeting. This
publication is not available online yet, but it will appear soon
in the American Psychologist. The Blueprint is not
an “APA Product”. Rather it is an interorganizational
effort by APA, CCTC, and the Council of Chairs of Departments of
Psychology). It includes 7 “big picture” recommendations,
and the Appendix includes a list of HSP competencies, which
differ from general competencies benchmarks by virtue of greater
emphasis on research training, technology, and biopsychosocial
model.
Lettie Flores
handed out petitions for a new APA Division, Society for
Technology & Psychology.
Publications & Public Relations, Phyllis Terry Friedman:
Requested articles and photos. Noted that newsletter will come
out twice per year.
Membership & Resources and Website/Listerv, Karen Saules: Reviewed dues
cycle, TEPP cycle, website features, and listserv features
accessible via gmail versus university accounts (gmail has more
features in terms of interacting with listserv archives, etc.)
Treasurer’s Report, Bill
Rae: Small loss in overall budget this year
(presented overall numbers), but loss is OK, as we are not
expected to be a profit center. About half of our expenses
go to the mid-year meeting, then the journal, and lesser amounts
to things like APA meeting, liaison travel, website, bank fees,
etc.
Diversity Committee, Lisa
Groth & Erica Wise, on behalf of Randy Cox: Asked members to
complete their survey to help Committee develop next steps in a
way that would address APTC member needs.
New Director Support, Leticia
Flores: Welcomed new members and encouraged them
to email her if in need of mentorship.
Collaborations & Liaison, Tony
Cellucci: Reported that Jen Schwartz attended BEA
for us this year, Mary Jo Coiro represented us at NCSPP,
and Bob Hatcher was our liaison to CCTC. Colleen Byrne (APTC
President) will take over as our CCTC Liaison this year.
At CCTC this year, the Blueprint and the BEA Statement on
Accredited Internship Training were discussed.
TEPP Journal, Bob Hatcher:
Noted concerns about lack of APTC representation on the
Editorial Board now that Bob’s term has expired.
Programs & Conferences, Karen Fondacaro & Mike Taylor.
Did straw poll of those in the room as to whether people would
have been able to make the conference this year, with the travel
costs/time that we estimated: 27 yes, 12 no. Asked for
input on theme and content of next year’s meeting.
Suggestions included Risk Management, the Future of Psychology,
Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Psychology Training
Clinics, more focus on assessment versus treatment, and more
small groups to discuss day to day issues we face
Eric Sauer
reported on efforts of Research Committee. They are trying
to figure out a common platform for the OQ, to make merging data
easier. Other outcome tracking options were discussed. It
was noted that the OQ is not great for those with avoidant
attachment or who do not acknowledge anxiety. Natasha
Maynard-Pemba noted that she uses a behavioral health measure,
which she will send to Eric for review.