Select Your Member Type

We are glad you are considering becoming a member of AVAPL!  

There are two membership categories for which you can join online: Active and Training Affiliate (Intern or Postdoc).  

Current Member (Dues=$95; new members may join at the reduced fee of $60.00 for the first year.). The membership year is January to December. You may join at any time during the year, but dues will not be prorated.

To join as a Current or New Member, you must be a psychologist who:

  1. is a current or acting supervisory psychologist, or

  2. is formally designated (either permanent or acting) as responsible for the professional issues which ensure the integrity of the discipline of psychology (discipline concurrence in suitability for hire, credentialing and privileging, continuing education, or director of training for internship and/or post-doctoral training programs, where training programs exist), or

  3. is a current or acting program manager responsible for directing the activities of clinical staff, or

  4. directs the provision of psychological services within a facility, program, or clinic, or

  5. demonstrates professional leadership by such activities as holding professional elective office, committee membership which sets standards or policies for the profession, or significant involvement in accreditation and licensing/credentialing bodies, or

  6. has career goals which include any of the above

within the Veterans Health Administration of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Active members in good standing shall be entitled to vote, to hold office, and to participate in all business and scientific meetings of AVAPL. A person may remain an active member until the end of the membership year in which he/she ceases to function in one of the above roles.

Student/Training Affiliate Member (Dues=$25). Any Psychology Intern or Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow within the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, who has career interests in leadership, shall be eligible for election to training affiliate membership in AVAPL. Training affiliate members in good standing shall be able to participate in the activities of AVAPL, including membership on committees and special interest groups, and shall receive all general mailings. However, training affiliate members may neither vote nor hold elective office. A person may remain a training affiliate member until the end of the membership year in which he/she ceases to function in a Psychology Intern or Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow role within the Veterans Health Administration of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.

NOTE: While you may join at any time during the year, dues will not be prorated. If you plan to join toward the end of the calendar year, you might want to postpone your membership until after January 1 so that you will receive a full year of membership for your dues payment.