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Can You Discipline Your Child Without Using Punishment?
This is the third in a series of weekly blog posts addressing discipline and parenting practices. In this series we will explore the...
donjacques
Feb 15, 20178 min read
4 Reasons to Add Dancing to Your Valentine’s Day Plans
By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD Whether your Valentine’s Day plans include a romantic partner, dear friends, or a solo activity, why not...
donjacques
Feb 9, 20173 min read
A Tale of Two Tantrums
This is the second in a series of weekly blog posts addressing discipline and parenting practices. In this series, we will explore...
donjacques
Feb 8, 20173 min read
5 Ways to Become Better Involved In Medical Decisions as You Age
By Rebecca Delaney, MS (Doctoral Student in Development Psychology, West Virginia University) Throughout our lives we face a range of...
donjacques
Feb 2, 20173 min read
Why Do Parents Physically Punish their Children? 5 Useful Analogies from Sedimentary Rocks
This is the first in a series of weekly blog posts addressing discipline and parenting practices. In this series, we will explore reasons...
donjacques
Feb 1, 20175 min read
CROSS-POST: 4 Strategies for Success for the Low-Income Grad Student
This is a cross-post from our fellow APA blog, gradPSYCH blog, and is targeted toward graduate students from low-income backgrounds who...
donjacques
Jan 24, 20172 min read
“We Are One Tribe”: Fighting Forward Toward an AIDS-Free Generation
By Tiffany Grimes (Public Interest Policy Scholar, APA) As we transition into a new Congress and presidential administration, it seems...
donjacques
Jan 18, 20174 min read
How Mindfulness Can Lower Your Stress and Anxiety in 2017
By Tiffany Chiu (APA Minority Fellowship Program Office Intern and Undergraduate Student at University of California, Irvine) It’s a new...
donjacques
Jan 3, 20174 min read
The Inside Scoop: Straight from the Older Adults in Your Life
By Sheri R. Levy, PhD, Rachel Smith, and MaryBeth Apriceno (Stony Brook University) Who doesn’t enjoy a good story? This holiday season...
donjacques
Dec 14, 20164 min read
For Richer or Poorer: What Works to Reduce Poverty in America?
By Annie Davis (Public Interest Policy Scholar, APA) How can we improve the economic wellbeing of American families? This was one of the...
donjacques
Dec 8, 20164 min read
Why Balanced Grandparenting is Great for Both Kids and Their Grandparents
By Marta Gonzalez Catalan (Graduate Student, Palo Alto University) and Rowena Gomez, PhD (Professor and Director of Clinical Training in...
donjacques
Nov 30, 20163 min read
8 Tips for Surviving Thanksgiving with Your Family Post-Election
By Elaine Ducharme, PhD, ABPP (Clinical Psychologist) The holidays have always been a time of emotion and increased stress. People assume...
donjacques
Nov 18, 20163 min read
Historical Trauma in the Present: Why APA Cannot Remain Silent on the Dakota Access Pipeline
By Susan H. McDaniel, PhD (2016 APA President) Protesters being marked with numbers, put in dog kennels and shot with rubber bullets....
donjacques
Nov 16, 20163 min read
How Do We Prevent Youth Violence? It Starts with Tolerance and Respect
Kelsey Dunn (Summer 2016 Intern, APA Children, Youth and Families Office) According to the United Nations, tolerance is “respect and...
donjacques
Nov 15, 20162 min read
Caregivers Need Care Too: 3 Steps to Self-Care
By Kimberlee Bethany Bonura, PhD If you are responsible for the wellbeing of others – whether you’re a parent of a child with special...
donjacques
Nov 14, 20164 min read
How the Federal Government Can Better Protect LGBTQ Students in Religious Universities & College
This is a cross-post from Adler University’s “The Socially Responsible Practitioner” blog. Joshua Wolff, PhD (Assistant Professor of...
donjacques
Nov 4, 20162 min read
Getting Better or Getting Well? How Culture Can Improve Your Health
By Gordon Nagayama Hall, PhD (Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon) If you had a cold, with a stuffy nose, sore throat, and...
donjacques
Oct 27, 20164 min read
5 Ways to Teach Your Students about World Poverty
Jamie L. Franco-Zamudio, PhD (Associate Professor, Spring Hill College) with assistance from students, Paige E. Guillory and Claire M....
donjacques
Oct 17, 20166 min read
Latinxs: Take Action to Stop HIV
By Karen Nieves-Lugo, PhD, MPH (Postdoctoral Fellow at George Washington University) October 15th is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day,...
donjacques
Oct 15, 20165 min read
How Can We Help Survivors of Domestic Violence Struggling with Homelessness?
By Stephanie Hargrove (Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, George Mason University) It is an unfortunate reality that many women and...
donjacques
Oct 14, 20167 min read
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