Reminder December 1 deadline for Special Issue GJCPP on Community Psychology Competencies Intl Colleagues Please Submit

[Announcement from SCRA-L]

Call for Contributions to a Special Issue of the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice:

SCRA Community Psychology Practice Competencies Contributions and Controversies: How are the competencies being received and used in the field by practitioners, academics, and students.

In 2012 Dalton and Wolfe published in the TCP the eighteen competencies for community psychology practice that had been developed jointly by the SCRA Council of Educational Programs and the Community Psychology Practice Council with input from the membership at large and the SCRA Executive Committee. The goal of developing and issuing the list of competencies was to stimulate thinking and actions on how these competencies are critical to the practice and teaching of community psychology.

In 2013 Wolfe, Chien Scott, and Jimenez published a special issue of the GJCPP (vol 4, Issue 4 2013) on Global Perspectives on the competencies particularly in relation to the conceptualization and enactment of education programs in Western Australia, Italy, Egypt, and the United States

Now almost three years later we see frequent references to the competencies by many in the field. We also hear of the use of the competencies , by students seeking employment, by universities in examining and mapping their curricula, by university internships in defining what they learn and by employers, and others. The controversies surrounding the competencies have not disappeared. International partners raise questions about the appropriateness of these competencies around the globe (even though they were developed for a US audience), the issue of whether competencies lead to accreditation has not disappeared, the need for academic community psychology competencies is now being explored, etc.

This special issue welcomes all who have used the 18 Community Psychology Competencies in any aspect of their work or thinking over the last three years to submit short or long pieces for consideration. Students, faculty, practitioners in the US and abroad are encouraged to submit.

We are especially interested in parallel efforts around the globe and global reaction to this American version of practice competencies.

Editors for this special issue are Tom Wolff, Greg Meissen, and Vince Francisco (focusing on International aspects)

Deadlines:  December 1, 2015 to submit ideas for a contribution

                      June 1, 2016 to submit the article

Address all correspondence to Tom Wolff tom@tomwolff.com