Volume 1: Highlights (22 minutes)

This volume is an overview of the topics discussed in the three subsequent Legacy of Excellence DVDs and is ideal for short presentations to students, psychologists, and members of the public. The featured psychologists briefly describe:

• The scientist practitioner model
• Developing students' interpersonal skills
• The essentials of supervisor/supervisee relationships
• The importance of credentialing
  
• A historical perspective on the National Register
  
• Why students should participate now in the National Psychologist Trainee Register
• Being a psychologist in the military
  
• Advocacy for psychology
  
• The importance of licensure mobility
• Cultural competence as an ethical issue
• Teaching resilience
• Self-care as mandated by professional ethics
• The significance of maintaining ethical standards in a multi-disciplinary, medical setting
• The prevalence of depression in African Americans
• Multi-disciplinary treatment of eating disorders
• Disaster relief
  
• Educating psychologists to work with children and adolescents
  
• The importance of psychologists becoming primary behavioral health care providers
  

To view summary information on the other volumes, click here.

These topics do not exhaust the possibilities for psychologists; they are based simply upon the expertise of the psychologists interviewed.