Monday, December 10, 2007

INFO new professsional geropsychology training council

Please note: since the listserve does not allow attachments, you'll need to contact Dan for the attachment.

For training programs at all levels preparing psychologists for professional work with older adults. I am the Chair of the new training council, best initial contact is Dan Segal on membership committee, contact info below.

Please see the attached application form for the new Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs. If your graduate training program, internship, or postdoc program is providing geropsychology training, we hope that you will consider joining:

The Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (CoPGTP, pronounced COG-TIP) is a new organization of programs providing training at the competence level and beyond. CoPGTP grew out of the June, 2006, meeting that produced the Pikes Peak model. CoPGTP is committed to the promotion of excellence in training in professional geropsychology and to supporting the development of high quality > training programs in professional geropsychology at the graduate school, internship, postdoctoral fellowship, and post-licensure levels of training.

Best,

Dan Segal and the CoPGTP Board

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Daniel L. Segal, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Clinical Training Department of Psychology > Univ. of

Colorado at Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway

Colorado Springs, CO 80933-7150 office phone: 719-262-4176 office fax:

719-262-4166

email: dsegal@uccs.edu

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Bob G. Knight, Ph.D.

Professor and Director of Clinical Training

Department of Psychology

The Merle H. Bensinger Professor of Gerontology

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061