• What is the purpose of the area coordinator network?

• What do area coordinators do?

• How do I get involved?

Shane Adamson
AMCAP Vice President & Area Coordinator Director

What is the purpose of the area coordinator network?

The purpose of the Area Coordinator network is to create a world wide community of LDS mental health professionals. AMCAP is over 30 years old and has a world wide membership of over 700 members. An Area Coordinator is a leader for a respective AMCAP area. We currently have 36 area coordinators serving in various locations around the world. Our goal is to create an Area Coordinators network which provides the location, picture, brief biography, and contact information for area coordinators around the world. We plan to make web pages available for area coordinators to introduce AMCAP initiatives in their area and post details and pictures of events in their area. This is wonderful work in progress. We hope you will choose to be involved in the great opportunity to connect with LDS colleagues around the world.

What do area coordinators do?

Area Coordinators identify, recruit, and network with fellow LDS colleagues in their respective area. As AMCAP membership grows in a given area, the opportunity to unite the talents and specialties of many to accomplish good works significantly increases. There is strength in numbers, and many minds are better than one mind. Some AMCAP chapters meet monthly, while others meet two to three times a year. Some Area Coordinators ally with Church leaders to hold a conferences for members on marriage, parenting, or a specific mental health problem that is troubling the Saints in that area. Other Area Coordinators offer training to LDS leaders about mental health problems and community resources available to help Saints who may struggle with specific problems. You may also email other Area Coordinators and to learn ideas of what is working in their respective areas. When significant things are happening in your area, please let AMCAP know so we can spotlight these in our Networker and share the good news with others. You may click on the link provided here to read  an area coordinator job description.   

How do I get involved?

After becoming an AMCAP member, you simply provide your picture, a brief biography or vitae, and contact information to Shane Adamson at shaneadamsonff @ msn.com. You will receive regular contact by email from Shane. He is your link to the AMCAP Board. The AMCAP member directory online and in published form is available to you for locating members in your area. Also, we have brochures that you can use to help others learn of the mission and initiatives of AMCAP. We hope you can share of your time and talents to make a difference for good by serving as an AMCAP Area Coordinator.  AMCAP needs you!