Psychology

"APAGS is the largest group of organized graduate psychology students worldwide. Founded in 1988, APAGS is now over several thousand members strong making APAGS one of the largest constituency groups within the APA." (APAGS)

"The International National Honor Society in Psychology." [website] Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate students. The society is affiliated with the American Psychological Association and the Association of Psychological Science. The society publishes a quarterly newsletter, Eye on Psi Chi, and a quarterly peer-reviewed journal of undergraduate research, Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research. Psi Chi has chapters nationwide, including a chapter at Illinois State University.

An organization of Illinois State University students interested in psychology. The association meets regularly during the academic year, often in conjunction with Psi Chi.

"the leading national professional medical association dedicated to treating and improving the quality of life for children, adolescents, and families affected by these disorders." (AACAP)

"The American Academy of Clinical Psychology is an organization of Board Certified psychologists in the specialty of Clinical Psychology who have joined together to promote high quality services in Clinical Psychology, through encouraging high standards and ethical practice in the field." (AACP)

"AERA is the most prominent international professional organization, with the primary goal of advancing educational research and its practical application. Its 25,000 members are educators; administrators; directors of research; persons working with testing or evaluation in federal, state ad local agencies; counselors; evaluators; graduate students; and behavioral scientists." (AERA)

"The American Psychiatric Association is an organization of psychiatrists working together to ensure humane care and effective treatment for all persons with mental disorders, including mental retardation and substance-related disorders." (APA)

"the American Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychology in the United States. With 150,000 members, APA is the largest association of psychologists worldwide." (APA)

"...(AHAP) was established in 1965 at The University of Akron to promote research in the history of psychology by collecting, cataloguing, and preserving the historical record of psychology. The central feature of the AHAP is the manuscript collection, which includes the papers of over 740 psychologists." (AHAP)
The Archives houses a Child Development Film Archives of research and instructional films and owns apparatus, equipment, and testing materials.

"a nonprofit professional membership organization with the mission to develop, enhance, and support the growth and vitality of behavior analysis through research, education, and practice." (ABAI)

"... is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of scientific psychology and its representation at the national level." "The Association's mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of human welfare." "APS has over 15,000 members and includes the leading psychological scientists and academics, clinicians, researchers, teachers, and administrators." (APS)

" ... to have a positive impact upon the mental health of the national Black community by means of planning, programs, services, training, and advocacy." (ABP)

"...is the alliance of state, provincial, and territorial agencies responsible for the licensure and certification of psychologists throughout the United States and Canada. ASPPB was formed in 1961 to serve psychology boards in the two countries. Much of the impetus for its founding related to mobility for practitioners. By consensus, the first step was to create and maintain a standardized written Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). ASPPB has done so since 1965." (ASPPB)

"The Cognitive Science Society ... brings together researchers from many fields who hold a common goal: understanding the nature of the human mind. The Society promotes scientific interchange among researchers in disciplines comprising the field of Cognitive Science, including Artificial Intelligence, Linguistics, Anthropology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Philosophy, and Education." (CSS)

"The primary function of the Midwestern Psychological Association is to conduct an Annual Meeting at which scientific papers and symposia may be presented." (MPA)

"The National Association of School Psychologists represents and supports school psychology through leadership to enhance the mental health and educational competence of all children." (NASP)

"The Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP) is a scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of social psychology." "Membership is by nomination and is open to any self-identified social psychologist, regardless of disciplinary affiliation." (SESP)

"The Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology is a Division within APA that is also an organizational affiliate of APS. The Societys mission is to enhance human well-being and performance in organizational and work settings by promoting the science, practice, and teaching of industrial-organizational psychology. " (SIOP)

"the Society is the largest organization of social and personality psychologists in the world. " (SPSP)

"The purpose of the Society is to foster research on the interrelationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of behavior. " (SPR)

"The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings." (SRCD)

" ... a membership organization of diverse professionals working with infants, toddlers and their families." (IAIMH)

See also Divisions of ICA. (http://www.ilcounseling.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=9)

" ... to provide ... information on a variety of issues important to Illinois mental health counselors and to assist counselors to understand the licensing process." (IMHCA)

" ... a professional organization representing approximately 1,500 physician members trained in the treatment of mental illness. As a District Branch of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the Illinois Psychiatric Society has served as the voice of psychiatry in Illinois for more than 60 years." (IPS)

"The purpose of the IPA is to advance psychology as a science and a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare by the encouragement of psychology in all its branches; by the continual improvement of the qualifications of psychologists through high standards of ethics, conduct, education and achievement; and by the increase and dissemination of psychological knowledge through meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussion and publications." (IPA)

"The Illinois School Psychologists Association (ISPA) is a not-for-profit professional association representing school psychologists in the state of Illinois since 1979." (ISPA)