Council Policy Manual: Special Populations Policies
Table of contents
Table of contents
Aging
- APA resolution on outpatient civil commitment
- APA resolution on ageism
- Guidelines for psychological practice with older adults
- Guidelines for the evaluation of dementia and age-related cognitive change (PDF, 488KB)opens in new window
- Integrated health care for an aging population (PDF, 2.4MB)opens in new window
- Resolution on the 2015 White House conference on aging
- Resolution on ageism (PDF, 128KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on palliative care and end-of-life issues and justification (PDF, 274KB)opens in new window
Children/Adolescents
- APA task force report on violent video games (PDF, 284KB)opens in new window
- Bullying among children and youth (PDF, 40KB)opens in new window
- Child and adolescent mental and behavioral health resolution
- Child custody determination
- Comprehensive and coordinated psychological services for children: A call for service integration (PDF, 1.1MB)opens in new window
- Corporal punishment
- Guidelines for engaging in the contractual provision of psychological services in schools
- Impact of elementary and secondary zero tolerance policies
- Resolution on child and adolescent mental and behavioral health (PDF, 77KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on gender and sexual orientation diversity in children and adolescents in schools (PDF, 427KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on immigrant children, youth and families
- Resolution on physical discipline of children by parents (PDF, 82KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on psychological issues related to child abuse and neglect
- Resolution on psychological needs of children exposed to disasters
- Resolution on the maltreatment of children with disabilities
- Resolution opposing child sexual abuse
- Resolution opposing involuntary individual isolation of youth in juvenile justice settings
- Resolution on promotion of healthy active lifestyles and prevention of obesity and unhealthy weight control behaviors in children and youth
- Resolution on school drop-out prevention (PDF, 22KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on sexual health education in youth
- Resolution on sexual orientation, gender identity (SOGI), parents and their children (PDF, 99KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on violent video games (PDF, 60KB)opens in new window
- Special education and related services for children with conduct disorders
- Violence against children by governments
Ethnic Minorities
- APA guidelines on race and ethnicity in psychology
- APA resolution on advancing health equity in psychology (PDF, 100KB)opens in new window
- APA resolution recommending the retirement of American Indian mascots, symbols, images, and personalities by schools, colleges, universities, athletic teams and organizations (PDF, 61KB)opens in new window
- Apology to people of color for APA’s role in promoting, perpetuating, and failing to challenge racism, racial discrimination and human hierarchy in U.S. (PDF, 117KB)opens in new window
- Collection of information about the representation of women, ethnic minorities, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, transgender individuals, and individuals with disabilities in APA governance
- Ethnic minority education
- Racial and ethnic bias/profiling in law enforcement and security activities
- Resolution on ethnic minority recruitment and retention
- Role of psychology and the American Psychological Association in dismantling systemic racism against people of color in the United States (PDF, 192KB)opens in new window
Girls and Women
- APA resolution supporting girls’ and women’s human rights globally
- APA resolution to prioritize the elimination of gender-based violence against women and marginalized populations
- Guidelines for psychological practice with girls and women
- Guidelines for Psychological Practice with Women with Serious Mental Illness (PDF, 1.1MB)opens in new window
- Resolution affirming and building on APA’s history of support for reproductive rights (PDF, 90KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on human trafficking in the United States, especially of women and girls
- Resolution on male violence against women
- Resolution on pregnant and postpartum adolescent girls and women with substance-related disorders
LGBTQ
- Collection of information about the representation of women, ethnic minorities, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, transgender individuals, and individuals with disabilities in APA governance
- Discrimination against homosexuals
- Employment rights of gay teachers
- Guidelines for psychological practice with sexual minority persons (PDF, 1.5MB)opens in new window
- Guidelines for psychological practice with transgender and gender nonconforming people (PDF, 617KB)opens in new window
- Hate crimes
- Policy on using laws that criminalize consensual adult sexual behaviors as criteria in selecting convention sites
- Resolution on appropriate affirmative responses to sexual orientation distress and change efforts
- Resolution on data about sexual orientation and gender identity
- Resolution on gender and sexual orientation diversity in children and adolescents in schools (PDF, 427KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on gender identity change efforts (PDF, 106KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on opposing discriminatory laws, policies, and practices aimed at LGBTQ+ persons (PDF, 127KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on sexual orientation, gender identity (SOGI), parents and their children (PDF, 99KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on sexual orientation change efforts (PDF, 223KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on transgender and gender identity and gender expression non-discrimination
- Sexual orientation and marriage
Military Veterans
- Policy related to psychologists' work in national security settings and reaffirmation of the APA position against torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment
- Psychological needs of our troops, veterans, and their families
- Resolution to amend the 2006 and 2013 council resolutions to clarify the roles of psychologists related to interrogation and detainee welfare in national security settings, to further implement the 2008 petition resolution, and to safeguard against acts of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment in all settings (PDF, 263KB)opens in new window
- Veterans Affairs (VA) psychology
Persons with Disabilities
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- APA policy statement on disability inclusion: Combating the stigma and discrimination of ableism
- Collection of information about the representation of women, ethnic minorities, gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, transgender individuals, and individuals with disabilities in APA governance
- Full participation for psychologists with disabilities (PDF, 83KB)opens in new window
- Guidelines for assessment of and intervention with persons with disabilities (PDF, 900KB)opens in new window
- Guidelines on physical and social accessibility
- Guidelines on physical and social accessibility
- Mental disability and the death penalty
- Resolution in support of the U.N. Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
- Resolution on APA endorsement of the concept of recovery for people with serious mental illness
- Resolution on support of universal design and accessibility in education, training and practice (PDF, 60KB)opens in new window
- Resolution on the maltreatment of children with disabilities
- Resolution on parents with disabilities
Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
- APA resolution on outpatient civil commitment
- Follow-up to the "Principles for the provision of mental health & substance abuse treatment services: A bill of rights"
- Homeless mentally ill and functionally disabled
- Mental disability and the death penalty
- Mentally Impaired Offenders
- Resolution concerning "Mental health consumer protection acts"
- Resolution on APA endorsement of the concept of recovery for people with serious mental illness
- Resolution on priorities for persons with serious and persistent mental illness
- Resolution on stigma and discrimination against people with serious mental illness and severe emotional disturbance