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Subject: [DIV54-MEMBERS] APA Division 33 Announcement

 

An important announcement from APA Division 33

 

We kindly request that you forward this e-mail to all interested psychologists, students , and university educators.

 

APA Division 33 (MRDD) is now accepting membership applications!!

 

Division 33 of the American Psychological Association is an organization of psychologists concerned with research and practice in the field of mental retardation and developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Congenital Vision & Hearing Impairments, Fragile X and Down's Syndrome, and other rare genetic and developmental disorders.

 

The purpose of the Division is to unite in a single professional organization all members of the American Psychological Association who are interested in the psychological and social aspects of developmental disabilities and their amelioration.

 

Key Membership Benefits

 

Networking with an international group of psychologists concerned with psychology and developmental disabilities.

 

Psychology in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities; the widely acclaimed and frequently cited newsletter of the Division is published three times a year. Members are offered opportunities to publish in these newsletters.

 

Access to forums for the presentation of research and scholarship in developmental disabilities.

 

Participation in the Division program at the APA annual convention. (Convention discount offered for APA members)

 

Students members are eligible to apply for conference travel grants funded by the APA

 

Participation in the business affairs of the Division. All members are encouraged to be present for business meetings.

 

Participation in the representation of the interests of persons with developmental disabilities and developmental disabilities psychologists to the APA.

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Dr Richard Hastings
Deputy Head of School
School of Psychology
University of Wales Bangor
Bangor
Gwynedd  LL57 2DG
Wales, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1248 388214
Fax: +44 (0)1248 383718
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http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/~richard_hastings

Special Needs and Families Research Project web site:
http://www.psychology.bangor.ac.uk/special_needs/