Dear Colleagues,

The  <A HREF="www.AcademyAnalyticArts.org">Academy for the Study of the
Psychoanalytic Arts</A> (www.AcademyAnalyticArts.org) would like to announce
the publication of this important article.

<A HREF="www.academyanalyticarts.org/kava12.html">Codes of Silence and
Whispers of Discontent (Part II)A Perspective on Mandatory Continuing
Education (MCE)</A>

Codes of Silence ....(Part II) was written for the January 2002 publication
of the MSPP News. It was written as a response to information published in
the Michigan Psychologist, the newsletter of the Michigan Psychological
Association (MPA), which asserted that legislation mandating continuing
education (MCE) for all psychologists in Michigan had passed into law.  Codes
of Silence ...(Part II) expresses Whispers of Discontent with the codes of
silence surrounding the introduction and passage of this legislation.

Since the announcement of MCE for Michigan psychologists, it was subsequently
learned from a spokesperson from the Department of Consumer and Industry
Services (CIS) that they have no intention of implementing CME at this time.
This essay raises questions about mandatory continuing education (MCE) in the
psychological community.  And also, what is it that constitutes continuing
education, given the theoretical pluralism that characterizes contemporary
psychology.  (For more information on MCE, visit <A
HREF="www.academyprojects.org">www.AcademyProjects.org</A> )

Roxanna Transit