News & Events

• Newly elected Div. 37 officers
  President-Elect: Erlanger “Earl” Turner, clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the University of Houston-Downtown
  Member-at-Large - Task Force Coordinator & Diversity Issues: Mirian E. Ofonedu, adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland School of Social Work, and Director of Training at the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland
• Congratulations to our Div. 37 award winners
  Please attend the awards presentation on Sunday from 12-12:50 p.m. in the San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Yerba Buena Salon 5.
  
  Student Dissertation Award
  Irene Tung
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Dissertation title: Multilevel Dynamics of Risk and Resilience in the Development and Plasticity of Youth Externalizing Behavior
  
  Mark Chaffin Div. 37 Early Career Psychologist Research Award
  Dhara Meghani, PhD
  University of San Francisco
  
  Mark Chaffin Div. 37 Early Career Psychologist Research Award, Honorable Mention
  Erin Hambrick, PhD
  University of Missouri—Kansas City
  
  Early Career Psychologist Service Award
  Brandi Liles, PhD
  University of California, Davis
• Join Div. 37 email lists
  Want to stay current on the latest policy developments relevant to children and families? Send an email message, including your name and email address, to the division email list you wish to join:
  
  DIV37-REQUEST@LISTS.APA.ORG
  DIV37STU-REQUEST@LISTS.APA.ORG
  DIV37ECP-REQUEST@LISTS.APA.ORG
  DIV37CHILDMALTREATMENT-REQUEST@LISTS.APA.ORG
  
  Type: "New Member" in the subject line.
• Div. 37 was one of the sponsors for a congressional briefing, "School Violence, Safety and Well-being," convened by the National Prevention Science Coalition (NPSC). The briefing covered a full range of science-based strategies to substantially reduce and respond to all forms of school-based aggression and violence, as well as a specific talk on the data-driven strategies to reduce rates of gun-related homicides, suicides and rampage assaults. More information is available online.
• Div. 37 co-sponsored a bipartisan congressional briefing on homelessness delivered by contributors to the 2017 Advances in Child and Family Policy Practice, Children and Family Well-Being and Homelessness. Videos of the presentations are available online.
• A Message From the Division President
  President Jennifer Kaminski discusses her presidential strategy for 2018: Building, strengthening and leveraging our relationships. 
  
• Div. 37 Co-Sponsors Congressional Briefing
  The division recently co-sponsored a congressional briefing on preventing human trafficking. More information and access to videos from the briefing is available online.
• Div. 37 Sponsors Workshop
  The division co-sponsored a free workshop on strategies that research-oriented professionals can use to support the use of research in policy in Washington, D.C., on June 5, 2017. This full-day workshop covered:
    1. Research on barriers and facilitators of the use of empirical evidence in public policy (e.g., trusting relationships).
    2. Ways researchers can seek to engage in the legislative process while avoiding the “slippery slope” of lobbying regulations.
    3. Involve participants in a mock-response practice session with legislative staff.
• Div. 37 Is Now an Affiliate of NPSC
  The Div. 37 board recently voted to become an affiliate of the National Prevention Science Coalition. NPSC promotes "the application of validated, science-based findings to wide-scale, effective implementation of prevention practices and policies" across various areas of concern. The coalition is composed of scientists and professionals across various disciplines, policy makers, community stakeholders, and funders. NPSC works, in a bipartisan manner, with Congress and various federal agencies to incorporate prevention science into their work.
• Statement Regarding Hitting Children 
  The Div. 7 and 37 Task Force on Physical Punishment of Children released a statement on its views against the hitting children. 
  
• Div. 37-sponsored Publication Seeks Board Members
  Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice, a SpringerBriefs publication sponsored by Div. 37, seeks additional members for its editorial board.
  

126th APA Annual Convention
Aug. 9-12, 2018
San Francisco