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Get
Involved! Join the Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
Division
53 - American Psychological Association
http://www.ClinicalChildPsychology.org
and/or
The
Society of Pediatric Psychology
Division
54 - American Psychological Association
http://www.SocietyofPediatricPsychology.org/~division54/index.shtmlIf
you are a student or professional who is involved with the area of Clinical
Child/Adolescent Psychology or pediatric psychology you should consider joining Division 53 of the
American Psychological Association (Clinical Child) or the closely related,
Division 54 (Society of Pediatric Psychology). Both of these Divisions are composed of a very active
group of professionals who are committed to working in the best interests of
children, adolescents and families.
Several,
accomplishments of professionals involved with these divisions during the past several years are worthy of
special note. These include, first of all, the successful petitioning of
the Commission for Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in
Professional Psychology (CRSPPP) of APA for the recognition of Clinical
Child Psychology as a formal area of specialization in professional psychology.
This formal recognition was given during the past several years are worthy of
special note. These include, first of all, the successful petitioning of
the Commission for Recognition of Specialties and Proficiencies in Professional
Psychology (CRSPPP) of APA for the recognition of Clinical Child Psychology as a
formal area of specialization in professional psychology. This formal recognition was given by the APA Council of Representatives in August
1998.
Download Copy of the Original CRSPPP Petition
A
second noteworthy accomplishment is the fact that the old Sections of
Clinical Child Psychology (Section 1, Division 12) and Pediatric Psychology
(Section 5, Division 12) became new divisions
of the American Psychological Association (Division 53 & 54) on January 1, 2000.
A
third noteworthy accomplishment is that Clinical Child Psychology postdoctoral
training programs (which would include those focusing on Pediatric/Child Health
Psychology can now be considered for accreditation as Clinical Child
Specialty Programs by the APA Committee on Accreditation (CoA). This is a
significant development as previously postdoctoral programs could not be
considered for accreditation in specific areas of specialization. Central to
this development is the fact that Clinical Child Psychology has been formally
recognized as a specialty by APA/CRSPPP and by the fact that our specialty has
been given formal representation on the Council of Specialties of Professional
Psychology (CoS;
http://www.cospp.org).
An additional CoA requirement, necessary for programs to be considered for
specialty accreditation, is that specialties provide CoA with specialty-specific
documents representing Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation and
specialty-specific Self-study Guidelines to assist CoA in the accreditation
process. These guidelines have been developed by a Division 53 Task Force
composed of Sharon Nathan, Ph.D., John Piacentini, Ph.D., Anthony Spirito,
Ph.D., and Cheryl King, Ph.D. (Chair), have been approved by the Division 53
Board and the CoS Executive Committee and have been provided to the Committee on
Accreditation, thus making it possible for Clinical Child postdoctoral programs
to be considered for formal APA accreditation - as Clinical Child programs. To
obtain copies of these two documents click on the download links provided below.
Guidelines
& Principles
Self-Study Guidelines
An
additional noteworthy accomplishment of the specialty is that, in 2003, Clinical
Child and Adolescent Psychology, was formally approved as an area of Specialty
Board Certification by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
Those Clinical Child or Pediatric Psychologists who are interested in becoming board
certified in this area can obtain more information by visiting the Board's
website at http://www.ClinicalChildPsychology.com
Both Division
53 and 54 represent psychologists who are active in teaching, research, clinical
service, administration, and advocacy in the area of clinical child and
adolescent psychology. Both divisions are active in enhancing the development of
the specialty of clinical child and pediatric psychology and in promoting the empirically
supported assessment and treatment of child and adolescent disorders and
conditions. Both division's
commitment to enhancing the knowledge base in child area is
reflected in the publication of the highly successful Journals of Clinical
Child and Adolescent Psychology and Pediatric Psychology and the giving of annual student
research awards for work in the child area and awards to active professionals
for distinguished research contributions. Both divisions sponsors a full program at the annual APA convention and publishes
division newsletters as a service to its members. Finally, it should
be noted that both the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and
the Society of Pediatric Psychology have a
longstanding commitment to promoting quality training of clinical child/pediatric
psychologists at the doctoral, internship, and post-doctoral levels.
 Become
a Member of Division 53 and/or 54 Now
Click
on the above links to Division 53 and 54 to get more information and
membership applications.
Links
to Other Organizations
American
Psychological Association
Council
of Specialties in Professional Psychology
American
Board of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
APA
Committee on Accreditation
Society
of Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12)
Society
of Pediatric Psychology (APA Division 54)
Child,
Youth, and Family Services (APA Division 37)
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