Originally published: . Volume 9, No. 4. Source pages: 6.
APA Council Reps Votes to Accredit Masters Programs
On March 9 at a meeting of the Council of Representatives for the American Psychological Association, held in Washington DC, delegates passed a motion for the association to seek accreditation of master’s level programs in psychology.
Current Representative for the Louisiana area, Dr. Lucinda DeGrange told members of the Louisiana Psychological Association that it was a “historic motion.”
The vote, representatives from each state and each Division, endorsed the move by a 92 percent to 6.6 percent margin.
Accreditation of educational programs may be a first step in credentialing of master’s level providers, a topic researched by the Louisiana Psychological Association. Last year the state psychology board reviewed the topic with public attendees, at its Long Range meeting in the late fall, 2017.
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