It is likely our guidelines will be formally approved by APA at the August Council meeting. Clinical, Counseling, School, and I-O Psychology each had been previously recognized by APA as practice specialties. School psychology was approved by Council at the February meeting, but the approval will not take effect until the August meeting of Council, permitting the three remaining specialties to seek approval and be reconfirmed at the same time. We must consider the benefits of being reconfirmed at the same time that clinical, counseling and school psychology may be reconfirmed. This process is independent of APA accreditation and will not have any impact on I-O graduate training programs.
Strategic planning is underway on actual activities.
Many requests from APA committees to establish special task forces were pared back. Instead, committees are given funds to invite APA members with expertise in the particular issue to committee meeting over the next year. This strategy reduces the funding and hopefully prevents the cycle of task forces never ending and eventually becoming committees in the APA governance system. The current Monitor's printing process is outdated and costly. Magazine prototypes were proposed.