Professional Organizations and Conferences

We encourage all of our students to become involved in state, regional, national, and international professional organizations.  Below are some links to some of those organizations.  We have organized these links by program area, but our programs often have overlappging aspects, so you should check all lists.

Professional Organizations for Educational Psychologists

• American Psychological Association
  • Graduate Students in APA
  • APA Division 15 (Educational Psychology)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA).
  • AERA Graduate Student Council - get involved!
  • Division C (Learning and Instruction); Div. C Newsletters
  • Motivation SIG, AERA
• American Psychological Association (APA)
• Association for Psychological Science (APS)
• European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
  • JUnior REsearchers in EARLI (JURE)
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
• National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME)
• Mid-South Educational Research Association (MSERA)
• National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems
• Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)

Professional Organizations for School Psychologists

• American Psychological Association
  • APA Division 16 (School Psychology)
• National Association of School Psychologists
  • NASP Listing of Programs
• National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology
• Council for Exceptional Children
• Kentucky Division of the Council for Exceptional Children
• School Psychology Resources On-line
• The School Psychologist (On-line)
• Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)

Professional Organizations for Counseling Psychologists

• American Association of Applied and Preventive Psychology (Web archive interface)
• American Board of Professional Psychology
• American Psychological Association
  • APA Division 17 (Counseling Psychology)
  • APA Division 35 (Society for the Psychology of Women)
• American Educational Research Association - Division E (Counseling and Human Development)
• Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies
• International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
• National Black Counseling Psychologists
• Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology
• Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA)

Professional Organizations in Psychology - Multiple Fields

• Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers
• Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
• Canadian Psychological Association
• Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs
• Council of Applied Master's Programs in Psychology
• Council of Graduate Department of Psychology
• National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
• The Association for Behavior Analysis
• VA Medical Centers

Links to Other Departments Like Ours

You might want to click onto any of the following Graduate Departments of Psychology Homepages in your quest for up-to-date program information, employment opportunities, or learn about the licensure or associations in one of the 50 States or in a Canadian Province.

• APA Accredited Clinical Psychology Programs
• APA Accredited Counseling Psychology Programs
• APA Accredited School Psychology Programs

Other Professional Sites of Interest

• Ken Pope's site features articles, resources, and research in psychology