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APAC’s Community of Practice conference is almost here. It opens at 10am eastern daylight saving time on Wednesday 30 October.

The APAC Board met on 14 October 2024 in person.

Directors confirmed an update of the APAC Strategic Plan that reflects sharpened priorities and a refresh of APAC’s values.

The Board considered a review of APAC’s fees structure. It also approved a pilot in 2025 of a more efficient approach to site visits.

Good mental health is a concern we all share. After all, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 43 per cent of Australian adults experience a mental illness at some point in their life.

Here’s the agenda, updated as of 30 September. Sessions and times may be subject to change.

This episode of Talking APAC, we’re talking about simulation-based learning or SBL, which represents a novel, evidence-based way to expose psychology students to learning opportunities.

An opportunity for you to support the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC) in its work to improve societal wellbeing through ensuring high-quality education and training in psychology.

The APAC Board met on 26 August 2024 in person.

Directors discussed a draft update of the APAC Strategic Plan that reflects sharpened priorities and a refresh of APAC’s values. This was approved subject to final editing.

Here’s the agenda, updated as of 19 August. Sessions and times may be subject to change.

APAC is pleased to announce the appointment of an additional Non-Executive Director, Professor Andrew Christie.

Our psychology ecosystem faces a range of challenges and opportunities – many relating to current and projected workforce shortages in the context of ensuring the safety of the Australian public.

This episode of Talking APAC, we’re talking about the challenges relating to teaching and assessing interpersonal skills and teamwork, often referred to as group work for short.

We’re now less than four months away from APAC’s first Community of Practice Conference and we’re delighted to share with you the agenda.

The APAC Board met on 24 June 2024 in person.

Directors reviewed progress reports on the implementation of APAC’s risk-based approach and guidelines for applying risk ratings to imposed conditions, escalation options for areas of risk, and information sharing of risk-based decisions.

The Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project (AIPEP) at The University of Western Australia has launched an Australian-first suite of free resources for psychology supervisors.

There’s maybe never been a more important time for all of us engaged in the world of psychology education and training to listen and learn from others in the sector.

David Ensor joined APAC some six months ago and has been consulting widely with our stakeholders.

Tuesday 23 April is World Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Day (WICAMHD). Dr Chelsea Hyde discusses the pressures that children and young people face today.

We’re looking to simplify processes, there’s a date for our first online stakeholder conference and our podcast is a must-listen on decolonising psychology.

This symposium was held at the Ausplat conference in September 2023. The symposium comprised four presentations that outlined work undertaken by AIPEP Community of Practice members.

The APAC Board met on 26 February 2024 in person.

Our new CEO shares his initial thoughts, we have three new Directors … and they tell us what has changed for women in psychology.

To mark International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March, we asked our three new Directors to comment on the role of women in psychology.

APAC is pleased to announce the addition of three highly regarded psychology academics to its Board of Directors.

Professional competency 3.17 of APAC’s Accreditation Standards states that psychology graduates need to “Investigate a substantive individual research question relevant to the discipline of psychology”. But what does that mean in practice?