The Continuing Education Committee is looking for CCAPS members to help review programs for the 2009 conference. At the ACPA annual convention, CCAPS members can attend selected programs and receive APA, NASW and NBCC approved continuing education credits.

It is the work of the Continuing Education Committee to review programs to determine if they are eligible for sponsorship.  If you volunteer to review programs, you will read about 60, brief, one page program descriptions.  You will be guided in the review process by using an outline of the criteria that each program must meet and asked to give your opinion on whether the program should or should not be offered for CE credits.  You can expect the work of the committee to begin around mid-November and the reviewing should be finished by mid-January.  We particularly need social workers to volunteer. 

If you would like volunteer or want more information, please contact Marilia Marien via email or 215 898-7021 no later than November 1^st.  After you contact Marilia, she will send you more detailed information on the reviewing process.   

The Awards Committee is happy to announce that there are multiple (wonderful) nominations for each of the individual awards:  Early Career, Mid Career and Lifetime Achievement!  Also, please see and circulate the information below about the Dallum Award. 

The purpose of the Joan Dallum Graduate Student Research Award is to recognize and encourage high quality research projects by graduate students and entry level professionals in counseling and human development.  The award includes a certificate, plaque, and a cash stipend.  Membership in the American College Personnel Association or the Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services is not required in order to apply.

The criteria for eligibility and submission guidelines are as follows:

t    The research must have been completed during the applicant’s tenure as a graduate student.  At the time of the 2009 convention (3/28-4/1, 2009), the candidate must be no more than 18 months post-graduation. 

t    The research project must have applicability to the counseling and human development goals of ACPA and Commission for Counseling and Psychological Services.  For example, research on needs assessment, treatment intervention, outcome and process studies, or preventative programs are appropriate submissions.

t    The results of the study must be known at the time of submission.

t    The applicant must be the principal author.

t    The manuscript, at the time of the deadline for submission (11/15/08), may have been submitted to a journal but may not have been accepted for publication.

 The description of the project should be no more than 20 pages in length including introduction, methodology, results, discussion, and implications.  The manuscript should be typed and double-spaced following the guidelines for authors found in the Journal of College Student Development.  The reference style and general guidelines described in The Publication Manual (5^th Ed.) of the American Psychological Association should be followed.  The manuscript should also be written in a formal style suitable for submission to a journal.

An electronic copy via e-mail should be submitted, along with a letter indicating the applicant’s student status, major advisor, and graduate program.

The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2008.  Please send all materials to: 

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