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A welcome message from APA Division 31 

Division 31 is the APA home for all State Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations. Our goal is to provide you and your psychological associations with useful resources, services and benefits as well as being your voice for psychological association issues within APA.  



Benefits of Membership
Among our many benefits, resources and services, Division 31 provides a Guidebook for getting involved in APA governance activities, an abridged version of Keesey’s parliamentary procedures, our mentoring program, advocacy alerts as well as notes about what other psychological associations are doing throughout the states, provinces and territories. Future resource projects earmarked for this year will include a primer for psychological association officers, a handbook on how to create a diversity program in psychological associations and a clearinghouse type resource for innovative programs that psychological associations would like to share with us all. In addition, initiatives concerning licensing board issues will also be coming down the pike. If you have any further ideas about these projects or other projects that you would like Division 31 to explore, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Additional benefits of Division 31 include our Fellowship and Awards programs. Division 31 is the best division to apply for APA Fellowship status for all of you who have worked so hard on state, provincial and territorial issues. I encourage all of you to apply for Fellowship status. Just click onto the Fellowship link for further information.

Division 31 Awards
Our Awards Program recognizes psychologists, Executive Directors as well as psychological associations for their many important professional contributions. Be sure to nominate deserving colleagues so that we may honor them. Our commitment to Diversity issues is evidenced by our recognition of psychological associations who have outstanding Diversity programs as well as our contribution to sending a diversity delegate to State Leadership Conference. Out commitment to students/early career psychologists is also evidenced by our contribution to the APAGS student award for those students who have significantly contributed to state, provincial or territorial issues. Division 31 also coordinates and administers the APA Karl F. Heiser Presidential Award for Advocacy. Presented each year at the APA convention by the APA President, this important award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the profession or to society through their advocacy efforts. Please be sure to nominate deserving colleagues for this important recognition.




Mission Statement
The mission of Division 31 is to provide advocacy for state, provincial and territorial associations and state issues within the governance structure of APA; to facilitate communications among SPTAs. Their staffs and their members; and to promote and recognize the activities of individual SPTAs and their representatives.



Contact Us
APA Division 31
Bonnie Staiger
PO Box 7370
Bismarck , ND   58507-7370
Office:(701)223-9045
Fax (701)223-8154
Email: bonnie@bis.midco.net

2008 Call for Nominations for Diversity Delegates

Division 31 Programming at Convention

Casting Your Vote for Your Future or How Overcoming Voter Apathy Saved the Profession of Psychology. 
In SPTA Resource

Newsletter Coop is back!  Great resources for your SPTA!

Images from the 2007 State Leadership Conference in the Gallery.

Being an Effective President/ President-Elect and SPTA Board Member in Resources