INFO: Open seat on Commission on Accreditation

The Commission on Accreditation has an open seat available for a 3 year term that would begin Jan 2010. They are looking for someone with a substantive background in individual and/or cultural diversity. Aging IS a type of individual diversity. It is also important to have someone on the commission who can represent aging issues and concerns. My term (nominated by CUDCP) ends Dec 31. It is likely helpful, not not necessary, that the person who fills the seat also personally represent diversity for CoA (cultural diversity, sexual orientation, SES, religion, disability status etc)

The Commission reviews all psychology training programs in clinical, counseling, and school psychology at doctoral program, internship, and postdoctoral fellowship levels. It is helpful to have a background in training issues. It is NOT essential that members be from these specialty groups.

The actual call is available on-line: http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/call-openseat.html.

It may be easier for you to send this link to your listservs rather than attaching the PDF I sent you the other day.

If you'd like to talk more about it, contact me back channel at bknight@usc.edu

Bob G. Knight, Ph.D.
The Merle H. Bensinger Professor of Gerontology
Professor of Psychology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0191