| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/4/01/02/06 |
| Title | BPS Professional Affairs Board PAB Papers 1985 |
| Date | 1985 |
| Extent | 1 file (2 folders) |
| Physical Description | Some rust marks and torn material |
| Description | British Psychological Society's (BPS) Professional Affairs Board (PAB) meeting papers:
19 January 1985 Agenda, Minutes and Papers including working with Royal College of General Practitioners on the provision of psychological services to children; response to 'Prevention Report of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs'; status of the report of the Future of Occupational Psychology working party (set up in 1976); representation of BPS Branches on Boards; appointment of Charles Jackson as Courses Review Secretary of the Standing Committee on Test Standards; appointment of Bruce Napier as BPS Assistant Scientific and Professional Secretary; liaison of CTCP [BPS Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology] with the Committee of University Clinical Psychology Training Courses CUCPTC; representation at EFPPA WHO Working Group meeting on Psychosocial Aspects of Disability and Handicap Prevention; proposed delegate conference on Drug Abuse; evidence to the House of Commons Social Services Committee on the Misuse of Drugs; comments on draft code on Confidentiality of Personal Health Information, NFER- Nelson publishing request for advice on data protection; report on DHSS seminar on Services for People with Epilepsy; report of vetting group to consider Educational Psychology nominations for Graduate Membership of the Society; annual reports of subcommittees Standing Committee on Test Standards, Standing Committee on Handicap, Board of Examiners for the Diploma in Clinical Psychology, Diploma in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology, DECP Training Committee, DOP Training Committee, SDECP Training Committee; draft regulations for the BPS Diploma in Clinical Psychology 1985/1986;
1 March 1985 Professional Affairs Board Agenda, Minutes and Papers including proposed connections with Royal College of General Practitioner and the BPS DCP SubCommittee on Psychological Services to Children, evidence to the House of Commons Social Services Committee on the Misuse of Drugs; comments on draft DHSS circular on Confidentiality of Personal Health Information; future of the report on Psychological Services in Social Services Departments in light of feedback; report of the survey on the Psychologists Use of Tests; report on the working party on Legal Protection for Psychologists; reports from representatives on other bodies including World Organisation for Early Childhood Education OMEP, All Party Parliamentary Mental Health Group, Psychologists Protection Society, Scottish Advisory Committee on Top Grade Scientific Posts; topics for proposed delegate conference; letter to Sir Keith Joseph Secretary of State for Education on recruitment of clinical psychologists; SCPEO 'Are We Training Enough Black Educational Psychologists' [later published in DECP Newsletter]; report of the House of Commons Social Services Committee on Community Care; terms of reference for new Membership and Qualifications Board; 'Reference to Client Conditions in Advertisements'; working party on Data Protection; NHS Health Advisory Service consultation on needs of disturbed adolescents; meeting of ad hoc Group on Psychotherapy to response to proposed draft constitution of the Rugby conference; proposed joint conference with the Royal College of Psychiatrists; proposed meeting with the Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work ; representation at DHSS conference on the needs of Autistic People and Their Families; EFFPA handbook; relations with International Test Commission; report on MSc in Clinical Psychology University of Birmingham; report on MSc in Clinical Psychology Leeds University; report on Tavistock Clinical two year training course of training for Clinical Psychologists in Psychotherapy with Adolescents and Young People; BMA Local Ethical Research Committees and Proposed National Ethical Committee; lobbying against reduction of beds at Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre;
27 April 1985 Professional Affairs Board Agenda, Minutes and Papers including topics for proposed delegate conference letter to Sir Keith Joseph Secretary of State for Education on recruitment of clinical psychologists; co-sponsoring British Society of Audiology conference on counselling and acquired hearing loss; letter to NHS Training Authority proposed training initiative on drug abuse rehabilitation includes evidence to Select Committee; letter to Minister concerning reduction of beds at Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre; publishing of report of the Working Party on the Psychologists use of Tests; Division of Clinical Psychologists National Panel of Assessors notes of discussion on the definition of top grade appointments for clinical psychologists; membership of standing committees and working parties; terms of references of the Working Party on Legal Protection for Psychologists; nominations for the Mental Health Act Commission; proposed working party on Health for All 2000 Initiative; interim reply to consultation on the Remit and Membership of the National Development Team for Mentally Handicapped People; request from MIND on sources for study of preventative good mental health; draft Bulletin article update on the Psychological Services in Social Services Departments; invitation to attend a Royal College of Psychiatrists seminar on 'The Developing Role and Responsibilities of Community Psychiatric Nurses'; reports of the CCPT Co-Ordinating Committee on Professional Training; DHSS Working Group reviewing Training in Psychotherapy and Related Training at the Tavistock and Portman Clinics; response to Department of Education consultation on corporal punishment; report of ad-hoc committee on psychotherapy to discuss the constitution of the Rugby Conference [Standing Conference for Psychotherapy]; budget; annual report of representatives on British Association for Counselling, Scottish Advisory Committee on Top Grade Scientific Posts and the Mental Welfare Commission ( Scotland); test approvals; Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology report on Leeds Diploma in Psychotherapy, proposed North Wales In-Service Training Course in Clinical Psychology, complaint by University of Newcastle on length of time to receive report on their MSc in Educational Psychology course; response by University of Birmingham to report on their MSc in Clinical Psychology; future of GCE Psychology with the introduction of GCSE; policy on photocopying of Society Journal articles
1 June 1985 Professional Affairs Board Agenda, Minutes and Papers including 'Reference to Client Conditions in Advertisements'; revised definition of a [Society] Division; review of the role and appointments to the Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities; rules for co-options to standing committees and working parties; appointment of Stephen White as Director of Information; appointments to committees; response from Society letter to Sir Keith Joseph on teachers of clinical psychology; Gillick ruling [on informing parents of contraception advice]; request for evidence to Social Services enquiry into the Prison Medical Service; links with Royal College of Physicians Faculty of Community Medicine; sending delegates to EFPPA; report by representative on Rugby Conference Standing Conference on Psychotherapy; report of representative on MIND; DHSS circular on approved courses for probationer training in clinical psychology;
27 September 1985 Professional Affairs Board Agenda, Minutes and Papers including delegate conference on information technology; nominations to the Mental Health Act Commission; revised definition of a [Society] Division; evidence to Social Services Committee enquiry into the Prison Medical Service; proposed programme of work for the Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities; composition of the Board of Examiners for the Diploma in Clinical Psychology; annual report of the representative on EFPPA and discussion on role and representations' annual report of representatives on British Institute of Mental Handicap, Standing Health Committee of the Welsh National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting; 'The Role and Responsibilities of Training Committee Representatives on the Membership and Qualification Board; annual report by the Co-ordinating Committee on Professional Training including issues for MQB to consider - difficulties in finding a universally acceptable modular model of professional training in applied psychology; draft guidelines on advertising services offered by psychologists; report on meeting with Central Council for Education and Training Social Workers CCETSW; DHSS consultation on child abuse; request to attend BMA conference on client patient confidentiality; Data Protection Act: Subject Access to Personal Health Information; response to reply on consultation on Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre; links with Royal College of Physicians Faculty of Community Medicine; Corporal Punishment bill; finding Society expertise and advisers; work plan of Standing Committee on Handicap; budget; notes on SDECP Training Committee review of the MAppSci course Glasgow University; report on MEd Educational Psychology University of Exeter; MSc Social Sciences Initial Training Course for Educational Psychologists University of Southampton; CTCP proposed MSc Clinical Psychology University College London, report on visit to Oxford Regional Inservice Training in Clinical Psychology, proposed Humberside Clinical Psychology Training Scheme; insuring for the use of hypnosis;
23 November 1985 Professional Affairs Board Agenda, Minutes and Papers including workplan of the Standing Committee on Handicap; report and related papers from the representative on EFPPA of activities 1982-1985; report of the Working Party on Legal Protection; reconstitution of the Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities; external understanding of the work of the Standing Committee on Test Standards; draft report of the Working Party on Psychologists' Use of Tests; preparing evidence for Parliamentary Committees (Stephen White); report of representative on the International Test Commission; comments on consultative paper on Child Abuse; training psychiatrists to use tests; open access to client files; report of meeting with CCETSW; comment on British Paediatric Association report Future Arrangements for Community Child Health; SAB report Use of the Polygraph in Criminal Investigation and Personnel Screening and Pooling arrangements for the Initial Training of Educational Psychologists, student subscribers; report of the Autumn 1985 Diploma in clinical psychology examination. |
| Format | File |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| File of Colin Newman BPS Scientific and Professional Secretary |
| Language | English |
| Related Material | BPS/001/4/01/01 BPS Professional Affairs Board Minutes
BPS/001/4/01/03 BPS Professional Affairs Board Consultations and Correspondence
BPS/001/4/01/04 BPS Professional Affairs Board Working Parties
BPS/001/11/04/03 BPS Consultations and Responses
BPS/001/11/04/03/04 BPS Consultations 1980-1989
BPS/001/11/04/03/04/07 Responses to the Data Protection Act 1983-1986
BPS/001/11/04/02/04/03 Problematic Use of Drugs and Other Substances 1986-1989
BPS/001/11/04/03/04/09 Evidence to House of Commons Social Services Committee Enquiry on Community Care 1984
BPS/001/11/04/03/04/05 Corporal Punishment in Schools 1983-1986
BPS/001/11/04/03/03/13 Response to DHSS Paper on Child Abuse Inquiries 1985-1986
BPS/001/11/04/02/04/07 Psychologists and Social Services 1981-1990
BPS/001/20/01 Standing Committee on Test Standards
BPS/001/5/01 BPS Diploma in Clinical Psychology
BPS/001/10/01/02 Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology
BPS/001/10/01/03 DECP Training Committee
BPS/001/4/01/04/01 Future of Occupational Psychology Working Party
BPS/001/11/04/02/04/25 Report of the Working Party on Legal Protection for Psychologists 1985 |
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| AccessConditions | Registered Users by Appointment Only. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Drug abuse |
| Occupational psychology |
| Brain diseases |
| Epilepsy |
| Training |
| Professional Training |
| Educational psychology |
| Ethnic groups |
| Psychotherapy |
| Social work |
| Child abuse |
| Mental deficiency |
| Psychological tests |
| Forensic Psychology |
| Primary Care |
| Access to Information |
| Data Protection |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Claire Jackson BPS Archivist History of Psychology Centre. |