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Adult Development & Aging News Adult Development & Volume 41, Number 3 Fall 2013 Aging News President's Message During the past year, while Older Adults and with I’ve been President-Elect of ABPP accreditation in the Division, I’ve thought a lot Geropsychology about the challenges that we proceeding successfully. face as a Division. As someone who has been in Despite these successes the field of aging for 30 years, in our field, Division 20 I see aging research and faces a serious challenge psychological practice with in terms of membership. older adults as having come We are having a difficult a very long way. I teach an time engaging junior Bill Haley Division 20 President Inside: undergraduate course in colleagues to join APA Psychology of Aging, and it’s and the Division and in University of Washington- 1 President's not at all challenging to find continuing membership. Seattle and found myself Message interesting work that’s done Many of our members are without a job. I took an 3 Awards at the state of the science themselves aging and NIMH postdoc in Geriatric across areas as diverse as moving into non-dues- Psychology and made 4 Council neuroscience, cognition, paying status. When I research and practice 5 Call for personality, social, and talk to junior colleagues, with older adults a Submissions clinical psychology. I see an many don’t see the point specialty after that very increasing number of of being a part of APA or positive experience. 7 Teaching the Division. This has Tips universities turning out strong psychology PhDs who focus caused me to reflect on In my early years doing 10 APA on aging, and the caliber of what being a part of aging research, I didn’t Presidential scholars who win our Division 20 has meant for know many colleagues Candidates divisional awards is me and what to tell with interests in aging. I 13 Early Career impressive. At an institutional colleagues about why hadn’t been a part of one Task Force level, APA has gone from an being a member of APA of the large training and Division 20 is 13 "Talk of Ages" organization that largely programs of the period, ignored aging issues to one valuable. and I didn’t have many 14 Student that is an important voice senior level colleagues to News promoting the value of I didn’t study aging in provide me with 15 Continuing psychological science and graduate school. In fact, mentorship and Education practice in addressing the my clinical psychology opportunities. In the early needs of an aging society. program didn’t offer a years of my career, I was 15 Fellows APA has also made huge class or a lecture on fortunate to have a 16 Executive strides in recognizing and aging, and I never saw a number of senior Division Board Minutes advancing clinical client over age 50 in our 20 colleagues step up geropsychology, with APA clinic. I happened on and provide me with key 18 Executive aging when I completed Board endorsing Guidelines for support. One early Members Psychological Practice with my internship at the Continued on p. 2 Adult Development and Aging News is published three times a year by Division 20, Adult Development and Aging, of the American Psychological Association. 2 President's Message, continued from p. 1 Adult Development & Aging News is edited by Grace example was Powell Lawton. me be first author on this helped me develop a peer Caskie (Lehigh While Powell was Editor of work. This was a huge network for support. It’s University). Psychology and Aging, I boost to me. This kind of been great to see others submitted a paper with good generosity seems to be who completed their PhDs Deadlines for ideas, good but limited data, part of the tradition of around the same time I did submissions are: and a weak statistical Division 20. It’s a group become successful September 1 approach. Instead of that truly cares about this leaders in our field. It’s February 15 rejecting my paper, or field and in supporting and always a joy to see these June 1 sending me a pro forma mentoring the next colleagues at APA and revise and resubmit letter, generation of scholars and GSA meetings and talk Mail Queries: Powell wrote a letter clinicians. I think many of about the new challenges detailing just how I might us share a missionary we face in running Grace Caskie programs, maintaining Associate Professor deal with the statistical zeal for this field and are Dept. of Education and issues in my paper, while invested in the success of grant support, and Human Services taking into account the junior colleagues. mentoring students. Lehigh University limitations of my sample 111 Research Drive Bethlehem, PA 18015 size. His guidance helped When I was first appointed Division 20 has also Phone: 610.758.6094 me publish my first paper in to be Associate Editor of offered me many Fax: 610.758.6223 Psychology and Aging in Psychology and Aging in opportunities to be a part 1987, and the paper ended 2003, I sent out one of my of APA activities that are Material first manuscripts as very important for Submission: up being widely cited and a key to my future success. Action Editor to a senior advancing opportunities for [email protected] colleague (whom I won’t psychologists who do Margaret Gatz is another name) I had met through aging research and senior Division 20 colleague Division 20. She provided practice, and that Address Changes: who stepped up and gave a great review, but also contribute to the public Address changes must me some major privately chided me for good. I’ve participated in be made through the opportunities in my career. sending this paper out for APA Task Forces on APA office: Phone: Although I hadn’t gone to review at all, instead of Primary Care and End-of- (800) 374-2721; e-mail: USC, I began to notice triaging it. This was a Life Issues. Being a part of [email protected] Your Newsletter editor Margy attending my great and important these activities, I was able must use the address presentations at GSA and lesson for me that really to make sure that aging that APA provides. APA and encouraging me helped me to do a better issues were a major and my work. Margy also job in the future. It’s great component of the gave me a major opportunity to be a part of a discussion. I was a part of by supporting my community of colleagues the APA Presidential Task appointment to the Editorial who call them as they see Force a few years ago that Board of Psychology and them and set you straight developed the APA Aging in 1993. Around that every once in a while. Caregiver Briefcase, which time, Margy and I were has brought information asked to write a book I could continue this for a about evidence based chapter together reporting on long time … so many assessment and the proceedings of the 1992 Division 20 members have intervention to National Conference on helped me in my career psychologists who aren’t Clinical Training in and become good friends. specialists in this area. Psychology. Margy treated Besides senior level me like a colleague, and let scholars, Division 20 has Continued on p. 3 Adult Development and Aging News Fall 2013 3 APA Division 20 2013 Award Recipients Submitted by Cory Bolkan & Karen Roberto, Co-Chairs 1. Student Awards • D20 Doctoral Dissertation Award: Igor Grossmann, PhD • Walter G. McMillen Memorial Award for Parkinson’s Disease Research: Deepti Putcha • Travel Awards to Present Completed Research at APA Convention: i. Amy Houston ii. Colin Mahoney iii. Melissa Shreve 2. Early Career Award • Springer Publishing Company Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging: Allison Bielak, PhD 3. Mid-to-Late Career Awards • APA Division 20 Mentorship Award in Adult Development and Aging: Jacqui Smith, PhD • M. Powell Lawton Distinguished Contribution Award for Applied Gerontology: Richard Schulz, PhD • John Santos Distinguished Program Development in Clinical Gerontology Award: Forrest Scogin, PhD • Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award: Roger A. Dixon, PhD • D38 & D20 Developmental Health Award: Mary Ann Parris Stephens, PhD President's Message, continued from p. 2 Through APA’s Office on Aging, I’ve been able to In summary, being a part of APA and Division 20 has provide commentary and support for APA’s been a key part of my professional identity and success responses to major initiatives that really matter for over 30 years in the field of psychology of aging. I can’t psychology and the public, such as the IOM report imagine that my career would have been as successful on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric or fulfilling without the opportunities, connections, and Populations, and the National Plan to Address friendships I have gained through Division 20. Throughout Alzheimer’s Disease. I haven’t been a member yet, my presidential year, I’m going to ask some colleagues but APA’s Committee on Aging also has a major to share their stories about what Division 20 has meant role in advocating for psychological science within to them in our newsletter. For everyone reading this, I APA and agencies like the NIA. APA is a very urge you to share your stories with colleagues, important force for good in the field of aging, and encourage them to join the Division, and do what you being an APA member and Division 20 member can to make Division 20 thrive.
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