Exploring Behavior WeekSIOP Style:
October 15th19th
Dawn Riddle and Neil Hauenstein
Over the past several years SIOPs leadership has intensified
efforts to increase the visibility of I-O psychology with other disciplines of
psychology and with the general public. The Education and Training Committee of
SIOP would like to encourage our membership to participate in APAs Decade of
Behavior Exploring Behavior Week, a relatively quick, painless, and fun
way in which you can do your part to enhance the visibility of I-O Psychology! Exploring
Behavior Week is a new outreach program launched by the Decade of Behavior
Initiative to introduce the excitement and opportunities of the behavioral and
social sciences to secondary school students.
The Fun PartHow You Can Participate
Take this opportunity to visit a middle or high school classroom to talk
about who I-O psychologists are, what we do, and where we work.
The Quick and Painless
Part
Support Materials and Where to Get Them
The Decade of Behavior has generic psychology
outreach materials available online at the Exploring Behavior Week site (http://www.apa.org/science/ebw.html).
SIOPs E & T Committee is currently tailoring these materials for I-O. An
easy-to-use Exploring Behavior WeekSIOP Style package will soon
be available on SIOPs Web site.
This package will include:
F Instructions for contacting local area
schools if you dont already have an in
F A customizable PowerPoint presentation with a
script to give you a starting point for your classroom presentation
F Links to further information and resources provided by APA
When Is Exploring Behavior Week?
October 15th19th. Targeting one special week will help generate
energy and coordination and increase the visibility of our efforts.
PLEASE contact Dawn Riddle (813-632-1428), riddled@moffitt.usf.edu,
or Neil Hauenstein (540-231-5716), nhauen@vt.edu,
if youd like to volunteer to participate or to obtain more information.
In addition, keep an eye out for more information on SIOPs Web page www.siop.org.
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