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Report of APA Division 40 Planning Committee Meeting (1994).
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Division 40 Planning Committee Report
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Articulate and promote ethical principles relatively specific to the practice of clinical neuropsychology

     *  Seek clinical Neuropsychology representation on APA Ethics Committee, state regulatory/licensing boards and
     voluntary credentialing boards.
     *  Continue to have Division 40 Ethics Committee monitor ethical issues and principles for their relevance to the
     practice of clinical neuropsychology
     *  Use the Division 40 Newsletter, APA Convention events, journal articles and inter-organizational forums to
     increase membership awareness and discussion of ethical issues

Promote the recognition of Clinical Neuropsychology as a Specialty by the American Psychological Association

     *  Make proactive efforts to seek specialty recognition within APA, including appointing a committee to direct
     and facilitate such actions
     *  Proactive efforts should include liaison work with the members of the APA Education and Practice
     Directorates and their governing boards, as well the APA Board of Directors

Encourage and support efforts to determine and improve effectiveness and quality of clinical neuropsychological
assessment/intervention procedures

*  Cooperate with the Science Directorate?s Survey of Psychological and Neuropsychological Test usage
     *  Establish a network of collaborating laboratories with the purpose of expanding procedural norms for
     neuropsychological assessment/intervention procedures, including expanding the normative data base
     for culturally diverse populations
     *  Through the Minority Affairs Committee of Division 40, support the development of test norms appropriate for
     ethnic minority clients (e.g., encourage members to conduct research in these areas as well as to consult
     with test publishers on such issues)
     *  Establish a Division 40 task force or committee to maintain a bank of definitive neuropsychological studies
     related to examining the validity and reliability of test usage and intervention practices
     *  Identify submissions to the APA Annual Convention examining issues related to effectiveness and quality of
     neuropsychological assessment and intervention procedures, and package and publicize them as key
     symposia

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