Committee Updates

Advocacy and Practice

  • SWAT responses to inquiries
  • Attending Joint Insurance Commission and Behavioral Health Advisory Group
  • Relationship building with Aetna
  • Relationship building with Medicaid personnel
  • Weekly updates through the Advocacy and Practice Update email

Continuing Education

  • Next CE meeting May 10, 2024
  • Virtual Timely Topics - February 17, 2024
  • Virtual Spring Conference - April 12 and 13, 2024
  • Virtual Fall Conference - September 13 and 14, 2024
  • Lunchtime Learnings held monthly

JEDI

  • Monthly book discussion
  • Planned newsletter post
  • JEDI projects and initiatives

Member Relations

  • Developed a list of reasons why psychologists need NCPA
  • Attended NCPA Open House
  • Attended the Leadership Forum
  • Continued reach out to new members

Early Career Psychologists

  • Financial planning webinar
  • Planning spring social
  • Planning a child abuse reporting seminar
  • Bridge the Gap initiative

Long Range Planning

  • Members were sent advocacy frameworks from other states to review
  • Review fall focus group

Law and Psychology

  • Planned 2 of 4 Lunchtime learnings
  • Considering doing another Law and Psychology event
  • Want to do outreach and education to build relationships with lawyers
  • Plans to publish a legislative update

Colleague Assistance

  • Colleague assistance helpline via phone and email to MCPA members
  • Work to increase awareness of the helpline
  • Planning an in-person event
  • Planning items to include in a practice toolkit for self-care

Ethics

  • Consultations to members
  • Tracking the APA Ethics Code revision process
  • Staying on top of legislative and other developments relevant to psychology in NC