Community Advocacy: A Psychologist's Toolkit for State and Local Advocacy

Issues

We define community broadly and engage in communities of many kinds. Pieces are arranged topically and the list of issue topics is continually expanding.

“Am I Doing This Right?”: Helping Housing First Clients Navigate Difficulties Conducting Community-Based Participatory Research

Posted in: Housing, Prevention Science
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Community-based participatory research and community psychology share similar values and goals to benefit to marginalized communities. CBPR is becoming increasingly common in community psychology research.

Living Community Psychology-Chris Nettles

Posted in: History of Community Psychology, Inspiration, Marginalized Groups | Tags: Living Community Psychology
Chris Nettles was profiled in Spring 2013 as an advanced clinical/community graduate student who was completing a self-designed community/clinical internship.

Picture Representation of Definition of Rural

“Rural is…”Toward a Working Definition

Posted in: Rural Communities
Published in: The Community Psychologist
What is rural? We explore this topic with an overview of commonly used definitions, commentary on their gaps, and thoughts about alternative ways to classify “rural communities.”

The Neighborhood Story Project: Keeping More Than Our Homes

Posted in: Housing, Inspiration, Marginalized Groups
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Gentrification–commonly understood as the transformation of areas with high levels of affordable housing into areas targeting middle and upper income uses— provokes a range of losses.

Early Career Reflections from a Black Community Psychologist

Posted in: Inspiration, Marginalized Groups
Published in: The Community Psychologist
Kyrah Brown talks about her academic journey and receiving the 2019 SCRA Early Career Award.

photograph of an assistant teaching helping a student cut a piece of paper

Kids Need More from School? Utilize Assistant Teachers!

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Education
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
Communities across the United States are expanding early childhood education with the goal of promoting children’s development. Read more on how to improve ECE.

Safe, Secure, and Loved: Parent Education

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families | Tags: Practice
Published in: American Journal of Community Psychology
Community-led parent education focused on managing parenting stress, clarifying parenting goals, and strengthening nurturing parenting can engage and mobilize a volunteer community workforce.

Supporting After-School Staff and Programs

Posted in: Children, Youth and Families, Education | Tags: Research
Supporting staff can strengthen program quality and youth development. We recommend staff look for teachable moments that occur naturally during sports and recreation.

image of the new Community Psychology Textbook

New Open Access Community Psychology Textbook

Posted in: History of Community Psychology | Tags: Resources
Students and community members may access a free introduction to the field, the methods and theories, frameworks for understanding communities, intervention and prevention strategies used by community psychologists, tools for creating change on multiple levels, and guidance on the various paths one can take as a community psychologist

Community Advocacy: A Psychologist’s Toolkit for State and Local Advocacy

Posted in: Public Policy | Tags: Resources
The Community Advocacy Toolkit is a result of a joint effort between four divisions of the American Psychological Association (APA): Division 17, the Society of Counseling Psychology; Division 27, the Society for Community Research and Action; Division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women; and Division 45, the Society for the Psychological Study of […]

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