What can YOU do about the Internship Crisis?
APAGS Chair, Ali Mattu has a great article here on how students can help impact this process. The APAGS Internship Working Group will be working on this issue at the upcoming Spring Consolidate meeting this weekend. Let us know what you want us to focus on.
2012 Internship Match
At the last Fall Consolidate meeting, APAGS made the Internship Crisis a priority. During that meeting, we crafted a short statement that expressed what we believe should happen. This statement is below. “APAGS believes that all emerging psychologists deserve quality, respectful, and complete training. The internshipcrisis is a membership, workforce, and health service provider issue that affects all of … Read more
Fall Consolidated Meeting 2010
I had planned on blogging about APA’s annual fall consolidated meeting, but the APAGS Chair-Elect, Ali Mattu, did an excellent job. Here is a link to his synopsis. http://www.alimattu.com/blog/2010/10/25/update-from-the-fall-2010-apags-committee-meeting.html APAGS always wants to hear what students think. Please e-mail us and let us know what you want us to do for you!
Since I’ve taken office . .
. . . a lot has been happening! My first duty as the new APAGS Member-at-Large, Practice Focus was to attend the APA Convention in sunny San Diego. While there, I met with many different professionals in the field and learned more about my new role. Erlanger Turner, my predecessor, graciously helped me with this … Read more
Newbie
I’m your new APAGS Member-at-Large, Practice Focus! My name is Shanda Wells. You can find out a little about me by clicking About above this. Also, here was my election statement: My name is Shanda Wells and I am a 4th year student at Midwestern University located in the Chicago area. My attention to practice … Read more