Last year we continued to thrive in several areas such as providing quality APA approved continuing education seminars, enhancing our collaborations with the LACPA, and presenting educational programs in the media including, magazines, radio and television.

 Finally, our unwavering commitment to excel resulted in collaboration with the California Board of Psychology that presented the first half of our continuing education class on the Laws and Ethics for the psychologist. Mr. Robert Kahane, J.D., Executive Officer and Mr. Jeffrey Thomas, assistant Executive Officer of the Board presented an update of the Laws and Regulations Relating to the Practice of Psychology. The presentation was well attended and well received by the enthusiastic audience.  We had a large turnout who earnestly expressed their appreciations for the informative class and the very well-organized meeting.

 Next month, I will present the second part of the Law and Ethics class. For this part, in order to make the presentation interactive, informative, and lively, it will be presented in a case study format. Several cases will be reviewed and explored in light of the latest ethical standards of the APA.       

 Also, in alliance with the Iranian American Coalition for Census, IPAA continues to encourage full participation of the Iranian-American community in the Census 2010. At our next monthly meeting we will have a representative from the Census Bureau to address this very important issue of social and political significance.   

 Furthermore, the IPAA is at the planning stage of a survey study of the needs of the Iranian-American community in regards to their psychological and psycho-social concerns. We will keep you informed as our research develops.

 Moreover, in sympathy with the survivors of the grave Haiti disaster IPAA hopes that you will join our effort to make donations to the Red Cross to bring some relief to the affected. As you may already know the scope of this tragedy is tremendous and the extent of the need is enormous. Every little giving can help.

 Finally, as always, please, call me with any questions, comments, or concerns.

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