Outside of academia, many employers have not heard of Community Psychology.  Those that have tend to confuse us with clinicians.  We have not marketed our profession very well to potential employers and consultees.  As a result, we are relatively unknown to many of those that might gain value from using our skills.

To begin remedying that situation, the SCRA Practice Group has developed a "value proposition" entitled Introducing Community Psychology.  A copy of the current version could be...

This document was produced by the APA in advance of their 2009 PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON THE FUTURE OF PSYCHOLOGY PRACTICE: COLLABORATING FOR CHANGE. Jim Cook of SCRA is attending and will represent SCRA interests there. Here are Jim's comments on the Summit:

According to the information I've received, "The mission of the Summit is to assemble leaders in the practice of psychology, and other professionals who are critical stakeholders:
o       To develop a greater voice and visibility for APA...