Members reside in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 65 foreign countries. The Association's efforts are directed toward serving its members and the public by increasing the understanding of the physical therapist's role in the nation's health care system and by fostering improvements in physical therapy education, practice, and research. The mission of the ASHA is to promote the interests of and provide the highest quality services for professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech and hearing science, and to advocate for people with communication disabilities. The American Psychological Association is the world's largest organization of psychologists, with a membership of 155,000. Since its founding, APA has been working toward the advancement of psychology as a science, a profession, and a means of promoting human welfare.
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior.
Recognizing the revolutionary implications of genetic advances for the field of psychology, the APA Board of Directors created an Advisory Council on Genetic Issues in 1997. Council on Social Work Education Founded in 1952, CSWE is a national association representing over 2700 individual members and 137 graduate and 433 undergraduate programs of professional social work education in major colleges and universities in the United States. It is the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States. As a partnership of educational and professional institutions, national social welfare agencies, and private citizens, CSWE's goals include improving the quality of social work education, preparing competent human service professionals, and developing new programs to meet the demands of changing delivery systems. It promotes, develops and protects the practice of social work and social workers.