Article archive / September 2018
Originally published: . Volume 9, No. 9. Source pages: 6.
The Board of Educational Affairs at the American Psychological Association(APA) will work on developing a plan for APA to accredit master’s programs in health service psychology, said the association this week.
The memo stated that the APA Council of Representative decided in August 2017 to study options and issues.
This past March the Council of Representatives voted to pursue the accrediting of master’s programs. According to the recent announcement, the “Council directed staff and governance, in particular the Board of Educational Affairs, to take steps to develop an accreditation system.”
The Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) has formed a task force. The task force shall be charged to outline a plan by which APA could pursue development of an accreditation system for master's programs in health service areas (clinical, counseling, school) of psychology.”
Goals are: 1) Developing a statement that broadly delineates the scope of accreditation for training at the master’s level as contrasted with the current scope at the doctoral level; 2) Prioritizing possible pathways for APA to establish accreditation of master’s programs in psychology; and 3) Identifying the necessary expertise for the accreditation decision-making body.
The state affiliate for APA, the Louisiana Psychological Association, has also developed a task force, chaired by Dr. Larry Dilks, and has been studying the issues, according to several sources.
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