Continuing Education Grievance Procedure

Alaska Psychological Association is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the American Psychological Association’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists. Alaska Psychological Association will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants. The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of the Continuing Education Coordinator in consultation with the members of the Continuing Education Committee, and the Alaska Psychological Association Board of Directors.

While Alaska Psychological Association goes to great lengths to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, there will be occasional issues which come to the attention of the CE Committee which require intervention and/or action on the part of the committee or an officer of Alaska Psychological Association. This procedural description serves as a guideline for handling such grievances

When a participant (either orally or in written format) files a grievance and expects action on the complaint, the following actions will be taken.

1   If the grievance concerns a speaker, the content presented by the speaker, or the style of presentation, the individual filing the grievance will be asked to put his/her comments in written format. The CE Coordinator will then pass on the comments to the speaker, assuring the confidentiality of the grieved individual.

2   If the grievance concerns a workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered, the CE Coordinator will mediate and will be the final arbitrator. If the participant requests action, the CE Coordinator will:
a   attempt to move the participant to another workshop,
b   provide a credit for a subsequent year’s workshop, or
c   provide a partial or full refund of the workshop fee.
Note: Actions 2b and 2c will require a written note, documenting the grievance, for record keeping purposes. The note need not be signed by the grieved individual.

3   If the grievance concerns the Alaska Psychological Association CE program, in a specific regard, the CE Coordinator will attempt to arbitrate.

Please contact AK-PA to submit a complaint or if you have additional questions.

email executivedirector@ak-pa.org
address 3705 Arctic Blvd #2505
Anchorage, Alaska 99503-5774