I'm happy to respond to questions at bknight@usc.edu
Invitation to join the newly forming
Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs
The Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (CoPGTP)* is a new organization of programs providing training in geropsychology. CoPGTP grew out of the June 2006 Geropsychology Training Conference which produced the Pike's Peak model of Geropsychology Training. CoPGTP is committed to promoting excellence in training in professional geropsychology and to supporting the development of high quality training programs at the graduate school, predoctoral internship, postdoctoral fellowship and post licensure levels of training. CoPGTP is in the process of developing a set of published competencies for geropsychology training and a model for post licensure training, planning an annual meeting, and other additional projects.
Membership in the Council consists of training entities which have at least one geropsychologist engaged actively in geropsychology training. Geropsychologists are psychologists with knowledge, skill, training and experience related to the aging process, who specialize in assessment and intervention with older persons. Member entities offer both didactic and experiential training. Associate Membership is available to entities which do not meet criteria for full membership.
We invite all geropsychology training programs to join CoPGTP. Please see attached application. Joining will confer a number of benefits, including:
* List serve venue for sharing training ideas, strategies, difficulties & brainstorming solutions; * Sharing of opportunities for students and trainees; * Access to training competency documents and training models as they develop; * Relationship with other geropsychologists providing training; * Invitation to an annual meeting with educational and networking opportunities; * Public indication of entity as a recognized geropsychology training program.
The cost of joining CoPGTP is $200 per calendar year for full membership; $100 per year for associate membership. If you did not receive the attachment, please email your request to Dan Segal (dsegal@uccs.edu ) or Janet Yang (jyang@cfar1.org ).
We look forward to future collaboration!!
Council Board Members: Joe Casciani (jmcasciani@att.net ), Greg Hinrichsen (GeropsychGAH@aol.com ), Lee Hyer (leehyer@ganeurosurg.org ), Bob Knight (bknight@usc.edu ), Sara Qualls (squalls@uccs.edu ), Dan Segal (dsegal@uccs.edu ), Tammi Vacha-Haase (tvh@lamar.colostate.edu ), Janet Yang (jyang@cfar1.org ).
*CoPGTP is pronounced "COG-TIP," with the first P silent.
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
