COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS

Changes in the health care marketplace call for skills that practition ers typically have not been taught in graduate school. One such skill is community outreach and leadership. This skill was a theme featured at an American Psychological Association Practice Directorate State Le adership Conference on ''Psychology and Community: Creating Connection s for Health.'' First-person accounts from that conference are provide d to illustrate community leadership opportunities that some professio nal leaders have pursued. These leadership opportunities include invol vement with community boards and participation in community leadership training programs sponsored by the National Association of Community Leadership. The authors' community involvement can serve as a role mod el for other psychologists.