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The Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABA International) is a nonprofit professional membership organization with the mission to contribute to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science of behavior analysis through research, education, and practice.

 

Since 1974, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABA International) has been the primary professional organization for members interested in the philosophy, science, application, and teaching of behavior analysis.
ABA International provides many services to its membership and the field, including:

    * Events that promote dissemination of the science and provide continuing education opportunities for practitioners;
    * Job placement services that facilitate employment for behavior analysts;
    * Journals that provide a forum to disseminate relevant information and research results;
    * Support of the dissemination of behavior analysis in specific regions and for special interests; and
    * Resources available for purchase on the ABA International on-line store.

 

 

 

ABAI is the leading international association dedicated to developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of behavior analysis through research, education, and practice. Join more than 5,000 of your peers in the organization that provides a forum for global education and exchange of ideas among professionals in behavior analysis. Use the links across the top to learn more and apply for membership with ABAI.

 

 

 

As an ABAI member you’ll benefit from:

 

    * New and insightful information in ABAI’s publications – our flagship journal, The Behavior Analyst*, and the membership newsletter, Inside Behavior Analysis
    * Reduced registration fees for the annual convention and specialized meetings
    * Involvement opportunities in ABAI’s committee work and Special Interest Groups
    * A network of peers with whom to share challenges and solutions
    * 24/7 access to ABAI’s on-line Membership Directory
    * Representation for the interests of behavior analysts in government policy making
    * Opportunities to support the involvement of students in behavior analysis
 

 

Get an up close and personal look to the organization by visiting its official website http://www.abainternational.org.

 

 

 

 

The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) is an academic society that promotes rigorous research directed toward understanding the nature, function, and underlying mechanisms of consciousness.
The ASSC includes members working in the fields of cognitive science, medicine, neuroscience, philosophy, and other relevant disciplines in the sciences and humanities.

 

Membership
 

 

There are three categories of membership. Please note the minimal requirements for membership in each of the categories when submitting your application.

    * Student Member - The applicant is a student currently enrolled in a degree in an accredited program. The applicant’s research interests and major project matches with the general research areas promoted by the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness. In addition to the member benefits below, student members are eligible for various ASSC programs and scholarships, including student activities at annual meetings and such.
    * Regular Member - without voting privileges - The applicant has a degree from an accredited University and an interest in the promotion or pursuit of the scientific study of consciousness as defined by the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness.
    * Full-Voting Member - The applicant has a graduate degree in a relevant discipline and at least two articles published in internationally recognised peer reviewed journals or the equivalent in scholarly output particular to the applicant’s discipline. These articles should relate to the scientific, clinical, or philosophical study of consciousness. In addition, members meeting these criteria will be entitled to vote on official ASSC matters such as Board elections and other issues presented to the membership as they arise.

 

 

Get to know more the organization by visiting their official website at http://www.theassc.org/.

 

The American Psychiatric Association is a medical specialty society recognized world-wide.
Its over 38,000 U.S. and international member physicians work together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorder, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders. It is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry.
Its vision is a society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.

 

 

 

Members

 

 

The APA is an organization composed primarily of medical specialists who are qualified, or in the process of becoming qualified, as psychiatrists. The basic eligibility requirement is completion of a residency program in psychiatry accredited by the Residency Review
Committee for Psychiatry of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPS(C)), or the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Applicants for membership must also hold a valid medical license (with the exception of medical students and residents) and provide one reference who is an APA member.

 

 

Vision

 

 

The American Psychiatric Association is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders. It is the voice and conscience of modern psychiatry. Its vision is a society that has available, accessible quality psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.
 

Mission

 

 

The mission of the American Psychiatric Association is to promote the highest quality care for individuals with mental disorders (including mental retardation and substance-related disorders) and their families;promote psychiatric education and research; advance and represent the profession of psychiatry; and serve the professional needs of its membership.

Get to know more about the organization by visiting their official website http://www.psych.org.

 

The American Association of Community Psychiatrists (AACP) has been working since 1984 as the only national organization that solely represents community psychiatrists.
The AACP had developed guidelines for practice adopted by the American Psychiatric Association.
The AACP had developed a model community psychiatry training curriculum for psychiatric residents.
The AACP promotes community psychiatry issues to the APA, the Mental Health Task Force of JCAHO, the National Community Mental Health Care Council, and other national organizations.

The mission of the AACP is to encourage, equip, and empower community and public psychiatrists to develop and implement policies and high-quality practices that promote individual, family and community resilience and recovery.
It does so through four key activities:

1.Advocating for and partnering to implement resiliency and recovery-oriented services and continuously improving systems for the people we serve, especially children, elderly, and other underrepresented groups.
2.Ceating and sustaining a network of collegiality and support for community and public sector psychiatrists, many of whom work in challenging and nontraditional service settings.
3.Developing and disseminating a foundation of knowledge relevant to community psychiatric practice and community health care based on effective clinical practice and relevant humanitarian and social values.
4.Actively advocating to influence a wide array of health and social welfare policies across all levels of government and service systems, including delivery system design, reimbursement, research, and treatment guideline policies.

The official website of the organization is http://www.comm.psych.pitt.edu/.

 

 

 

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (AAPDP) is a forum for physician psychoanalysts and psychodynamic psychiatrists to exchange ideas, find a voice within the American Psychoanalytic Association (APA) to advocate psycho dynamic understanding in the evaluation and treatment of patients, and take a leadership role in promoting the importance of psycho dynamic training in residency and medical education. Founded in 1956, the AAPDP is an affiliate organization of the APA.
The organisation publishes a Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry.

 

Mission
 

 

The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry is an organization of psychiatrists interested in the application of psycho dynamic psychotherapy in clinical practice and in understanding emotional aspects of culture and art.
The aims of The American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry are:
•To provide a forum for the expression of ideas, concepts, and research in psycho dynamic psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
To constitute a forum for expression of and inquiry into the phenomena of individual motivation and social behavior.
•To encourage and support research in psycho dynamic psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
•To advance the development of psycho dynamic psychiatry and psychoanalysis in all other aspects.
•To develop communication among psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and their colleagues in other disciplines in science and in the humanities.
 

 

 

Learn more about the organization by visiting their website http://aapdp.org/.

 

 

 

The American Academy of Counselling Psychology (AACoP) is the association of psychologists who are Board Certified in Counselling Psychology by the American Board of Counselling Psychology (ABCoP) of the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP).
Board Certification assures the public and the profession that the Counselling Psychologist has successfully completed the education, training and experience requirements of the specialty including an examination designed to assess competencies necessary to provide quality services in Counselling Psychology.
The Academy advocates for Board Certification of Counselling Psychologists by ABCoP as a vital professional peer review process that promotes the highest standards of professional practice within the specialization of Counselling Psychology.
The mission of the American Academy of Counselling Psychology (AACoP) is to advance Counselling Psychology as a science and practice, and to promote the highest quality of professional practice within the specialization of Counselling Psychology for the protection and well being of the public, the profession, and the Academy.

The Academy advocates for Board Certification of Counselling Psychologists by ABCoP as a vital professional peer review process that promotes the highest standards of professional practice within the specialization of Counselling Psychology.
The Academy provides information and advocates to advance the interests of Board Certified Counselling Psychologists to the public, professional organizations, universities, health care organizations; national and state legislative and judicial bodies; state licensure boards, and registries of health care providers. The Academy sponsors professional continuing education (CE) for psychologists who are pursuing their Board Certification from ABCoP and CE for ABCoP Board Certified Counselling Psychologists. The Academy also confers awards to recognize outstanding contributions to the specialty of Counselling Psychology.

Those interested to know more about the organization can just visit their official website at http://www.aacop.net/.

The Canadian Psychological Association was organized in 1939 and incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, in May 1950.
Its objectives are: To improve the health and welfare of all Canadians; to promote excellence and innovation in psychological research, education, and practice; to promote the advancement, development, dissemination, and application of psychological knowledge; and to provide high-quality services to members.

 

The Canadian Psychological Association was organized in 1939 and incorporated under the Canada Corporations Act, Part II, in May 1950.
Its objectives and mission are: To improve the health and welfare of all Canadians; to promote excellence and innovation in psychological research, education, and practice; to promote the advancement, development, dissemination, and application of psychological knowledge; and to provide high-quality services to members.

 

The official website of the group is http://www.cpa.ca/.

 

 

The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) is the alliance of state, provincial, and territorial agencies responsible for the licensure and certification of psychologists throughout the United States and Canada.
ASPPB was formed in 1961 to serve psychology boards in the two countries. Much of the impetus for its founding related to mobility for practitioners. By consensus, the first step was to create and maintain a standardized written Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). ASPPB has done so since 1965.

Today, in addition to creating the EPPP, ASPPB coordinates cooperative efforts of boards, facilitates communication among boards, maintains a Disciplinary Data Bank, issues a Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ), advocates for the advancement of mobility by encouraging board acceptance of the CPQ and the ASPPB Agreement of Reciprocity (AOR), maintains a Credentials Verification Program (CVP), and provides a Score Transfer Service. ASPPB acts as a voice for those responsible for the regulation of the practice of psychology.
ASPPB has drafted a Model Act, Model Regulations, a Code of Conduct, and guidelines for the use and/or adoption by state and provincial psychology boards.
ASPPB also generates a number of publications to aid psychology students in preparing for licensure, as well as publications for practitioners. Several of ASPPB’s publications have proven to be of great interest to individuals preparing to practice psychology, to
licensed psychologists, and to academic and private institutions. Two of ASPPB’s most popular publications are Items from Previous Examinations, and Psychology Exam Scores by Doctoral Program (Previously: Educational Reporting Service).

 ASPPB Vision Statement:
 

 

 ASPPB is the international leader and knowledge resource in the regulation and credentialing of psychologists.

 In order to reach this vision, they commit their efforts to the following four activities:

       1. Offering exemplary examination and credentialing programs.
       2. Providing state of the art programs and services to all our stakeholders.
       3. Serving as the source for the most current and accurate information about the regulation of psychologists.
       4. Advocating for the critical consumer protection perspective in the on-going development of the profession.

 

 

Annual and Midyear Meetings
 

 

ASPPB hosts two membership meetings each year: the Midyear Meeting, normally held in April and an Annual Meeting, normally held in October.
These meetings take place at different venues each year. The meetings feature speakers who are experts in professional regulatory law, testing, issues facing regulatory boards, and administrative matters. The meetings are designed to offer educational and interactive
sessions for psychology board members, administrators, and attorneys engaged in regulating the profession.
The Annual and Midyear Meetings provide an opportunity to gain continuing education credits. ASPPB is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education (CE) credits for psychologists.
The Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP).
ASPPB creates and maintains the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). The EPPP is used by 59 agencies in assessing entry-level knowledge to practice. ASPPB has an ongoing research and development program to ensure that the EPPP is valid and legally defensible.

For more information and queries their website is http://www.asppb.net.

To make sure the public will have a competent psychologist that will serve them, the American Board of Professional Psychology is here to offer selfless service to all.
The American Board of Professional Psychology issues board certification (awarding of a Diploma in a specialty) that assures the public that specialists designated by the ABPP have successfully completed the educational, training, and experience requirements of the specialty, including an examination designed to assess the competencies required to provide quality services in that specialty.
The American Board of Professional Psychology was incorporated in 1947 with the support of the American Psychological Association.

The ABPP is a unitary governing body of separately incorporated specialty examining boards which assures the establishment, implementation,and maintenance of specialty standards and examinations by its member boards. Through it’s Central Office, a wide range of administrative support services are provided to ABPP Boards, Board Certified Specialists, and the public.
A Specialty is a defined area in the practice of psychology that connotes special competency acquired through an organized sequence of formal education, training, and experience.  In order to qualify as a specialty affiliated with the ABPP, a specialty must be represented by an examining board which is stable, national in scope, and reflects the current development of the specialty. A specialty board is accepted for affiliation following an intensive self-study and a favorable review by the ABPP affirming that the standards for affiliation have been met. These standards include a thorough description of the area of practice and the pattern of competencies required therein as well as requirements for education, training, experience, research bases of the specialty, practice guidelines, and a demonstrated capacity to examine candidates for the specialty on a national level.
The mission of the American Board of Professional Psychology is to increase consumer protection through the examination and certification of psychologists who demonstrate competence in approved specialty areas in professional psychology.

 

To know more about the services offered by the group and other matters pertaining to the organization you can visit their website at http://www.abpp.org.

 

Based in Washington, DC, the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide.
The mission of the APA is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people?s lives.

 

APA Vision Statement
 

 

The American Psychological Association aspires to excel as a valuable, effective and influential organization advancing psychology as a science, serving as:A uniting force for the discipline;The major catalyst for the stimulation, growth and dissemination of psychological science and practice;The primary resource for all psychologists;The premier innovator in the education, development, and training of psychological scientists, practitioners and educators.
The leading advocate for psychological knowledge and practice informing policy makers and the public to improve public policy and daily living.
A principal leader and global partner promoting psychological knowledge and methods to facilitate the resolution of personal, societal and global challenges in diverse, multicultural and international contexts.
An effective champion of the application of psychology to promote human rights, health, well being and dignity.
Psychologists and students need support in a variety of ways. So APA offers a wide range of services that benefit both individuals and the field of psychology.

APA provides direct services to its members through insurance programs, financial services, education loans and student loan consolidation, discounts on computers and electronics, electronic payment processing, career services and many additional discounts on a wide range of products and consumer goods and services.
And APA protects you and your field through advocacy programs, information resources, and many other ways it supports psychology.
APA also strives to bring psychologists of similar interests together through its divisions, state and provincial associations, regional associations, and Annual Convention.
APA offers membership categories to include the wide range of people who dedicate themselves to psychology.
Whether you’re a doctoral degree holder, a psychology student, or a psychology teacher, you’ll find a membership category that’s right for you.
Doctoral degree holders can qualify for the APA Member category. Or if you live outside the U.S. or Canada, you can become an International Affiliate.
If you’re a student, APA has many options for you. Graduate and undergraduate students in psychology can become Student Affiliates. And if you’re in high school, there is an affiliate program just for you.
Those with 2-years of graduate school training can also become a part of APA as an Associate.
And recognizing the importance of early training to the profession, APA has an affiliate program for both High School and Community College teachers of psychology.

Those who wish to know more about the American Psychological Organization you can visit their website at http://www.apa.org/.