Article archive / August 1, 2010
Originally published: . Volume 1, No. 12. Source pages: 12.
In its July/August issue, The National Psychologist reported an “online squabble” that revealed APA’s practice assessment is not mandatory.
In a series of conflicts and arguments online, prompted by Timothy Tumlin, Ph.D., a clinical psychologist from Illinois, individuals discussed whether APA members had been misled into paying the assessment. The negative interactions “dragged on” for so long that eight people requested to be taken off the listserv, according to NP. Some named the problem, “Fee-gate.”
NP noted that the “flap on the listservs of the APA that stretched from late March into early May revealed” that the fee was not required.
According to a memo in the NAPPP August newsletter, the APA Board of Directors issued a statement on May 5th that attempted to clarify the situation and the nature of the assessment. They explained that the assessment was voluntary, but mandatory for anyone that wanted to be a member of the APA Practice Organization.
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