This guide explores the issues associated with the assessment of young people with CALD backgrounds and outlines best-practice principles to improve psychologists’ knowledge and practice when working with this group. View resource  

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Trevor Waring was the recipient of the 2011 APS President’s Award for Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Australia. There have been significant milestones in the dramatic rise of psychology in Australia over the last 40 years. The exponential growth in university t...

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Prevalent, but often difficult to pin down Specific learning disability (SLD) is the most prevalent of the neurodevelopmental disorders. It is commonly known as phonological dyslexia, which means, ‘a disorder of reading and spelling’, but this makes up only one component of...

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Each year the APS recognises members who have made an outstanding contribution to the APS and to the advancement of psychological knowledge or practice by electing them as Fellows of the Society. Nineteen members were elected as APS Fellows in 2014. Dr Diane Bretherton OAM ...

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Working in child, adolescent and family psychology By Rita Princi I began my studies as a mature age student and mother of two, so I am aware of the importance of providing children with appropriate role models. I pursued a career in the field of child, adolescent and fa...

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Working in child, adolescent and family psychology By Rita Princi I began my studies as a mature age student and mother of two, so I am aware of the importance of providing children with appropriate role models. I pursued a career in the field of child, adolescent and fa...

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Working as a psychologist in the military With Glen Menezes I was a soldier in the Australian Regular Army, employed as a clerk and studying psychology part-time, when I was selected to complete my fourth year qualification on an Army sponsorship. I have subsequently com...

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Working as a psychologist in the military With Glen Menezes I was a soldier in the Australian Regular Army, employed as a clerk and studying psychology part-time, when I was selected to complete my fourth year qualification on an Army sponsorship. I have subsequently com...

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In 1963, the American psychologist and educator Samuel Kirk announced that he had coined the term ‘learning disabilities’ to refer to the academic difficulties exhibited by some children in the absence of intellectual disability, or sensory impairments. Fifty years on, it...

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Each year the APS recognises members who have made an outstanding contribution to the APS and to the advancement of psychological knowledge or practice by electing them as Fellows of the Society. Sixteen members were elected as APS Fellows at the 2011 APS Annual General Meetin...

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