[Commpsych] FW: [SCRA-L] GJCPP - New Issue on the Australia Community Psychology Experience (Vol 3 Issue 2)

[Ann Sanson]

Well done to all involved in telling this story in such an engaging
way, and to have stimulated such excellent international discussion!
Cheers, Ann

On 12 June 2012 11:13, Lauren Breen <Lauren.Breen at curtin.edu.au> wrote:
> Please see below (and attached). It is great to see international recognition of the work that went into advocating for community psychology in Australia - well done to Lynne, Julie, Heather, Rebecca, Ken, Emma, Anne, and Colleen!
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> Subject: [SCRA-L] GJCPP - New Issue on the Australia Community Psychology Experience (Vol 3 Issue 2)
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> Many of us followed the battle for survival of community psychology in
> Australia when official bodies decide to eliminate community
> psychology as an endorsed field of psychology, knowing that we all
> face some version of this saga in our own countries. Australian
> community psychologists mobilized, organized and fought back and
> emerged victorious! The GJCPP is honored to have a group of Australian
> community psychologists tell their story in the lead article in this
> issue: “Lobbying for Endorsement of Community Psychology in Australia”
> by Lynne Cohen, Julie Dean, Heather Gridley, Rebecca Hogea, Ken
> Robinson, Emma Sampson, Anne Sibbel, and Colleen Turner.
>
> In reading their story it seemed to us that many of the underlying
> themes in the struggle have international implications. So we asked a
> group of prestigious community psychologists from around the globe to
> comment on the Australian experience. Our questions:
>
>  - Could this struggle also happen in your country?
>  - What does it say about whether or not community psychology has to
> be connected to organized psychology – advantages, disadvantages?
>  - How does the invisibility of community psychology can work to our
> disadvantage?
>
> The responses from our international colleagues were absolutely
> fascinating and well beyond our hopes for depth and thoughtfulness.
> This indeed emerged as a profound discussion about the future of
> community psychology around the world. Please enjoy reading the
> article, and the commentaries from: Maritza Montero (Venezuela),
> Wolfgang Stark (Germany), Neville Robinson (New Zealand), Donata
> Francescato (Italy), Francine Lavoie (Quebec) , Sylvie Taylor & Gregor
> Sarkisian (USA), Jim Cook (USA), Caterina Arcidiacono (Italy).
>
> Some of the issues raised were echoing the experience of our
> Australian colleagues, but others were quite unique and equally
> challenging. We will learn from Maritza Montero that the experience of
> community psychology across Latin America varied greatly with
> individuals, not being based on broader programs. We learn from our
> colleagues in Quebec that formal recognition is a two-edged sword, in
> that it can raise quality, but then reduce the number of programs and
> diversity in training experience for students. Similarly in Europe, we
> see that the opportunities for making a difference (the need of
> communities) is increasing, but the training opportunities are
> decreasing relative to programs and positions open for other types of
> psychologists. In the USA, the challenges faced are significant, but
> have more to do with competencies taught and with increasing the
> visibility of community psychology relative to other disciplines (such
> as public health). In New Zealand, the challenges of hegemony, of the
> competing roles of clinical/mental health, and relatively low
> visibility predominate.
>
> There is a lot to be learned from our colleagues across the globe. We
> hope you will value this issue of the Global Journal.
>
> Tom Wolff
> Senior Associate Editor
>
> Vince Francisco
> Editor
>
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Cheers,
Ann

Hon Professor Ann Sanson
Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne