Accredited Internship Programs for Training in Professional Psychology

(June 30, 2009)

Public Notice

• The following notice is provided as a public service by the APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation consistent with a Web listing protocol recommended by the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA).
• This section of the APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation Web site contains the only official Web list of professional psychology programs accredited by the APA Commission on Accreditation.
• This is provided for informational purposes only and should not be used for official credential review.
• This Web site does not contain a full historical record of accredited programs. You may contact the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation for verification of prior accreditation. When making a request, please provide the year(s) in question for the internship program you are inquiring about.
• The Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation is not responsible for the accuracy of any accredited status representations on any other Website.
• For an official hardcopy list of the accredited programs listed below, please contact the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation at 202-336-5979 or email apaaccred.

Information Provided on this Web Site

• The Commission on Accreditation (CoA) has accredited the doctoral internship and postdoctoral residency training programs in professional psychology offered by the agencies listed below.
• The original date of accreditation, listed for each program, is the day on which the program’s accredited status became effective.
• The listing for each program includes the date of the next regularly scheduled site visit. Those programs visited prior to 2008 for which no final decisions had been reached at the time of this posting are listed as next site visit not yet scheduled.
• To obtain more information on training offered, requirements for admission, and outcomes of specific programs, the reader is encouraged to contact the program directly.

About the Accreditation Process

• Program review is governed by the Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology (G&P). A hardcopy of this document is available from the APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation upon request.
• The CoA accepts third-party comment on programs in advance of their next scheduled reviews. For details on providing comment, please refer to Section 7 of the Accreditation Operating Procedures or contact the Program Consultation and Accreditation Office by telephone at (202) 336-5979
• Accreditation is a voluntary process. Programs that have not applied for accreditation are not included in the list. Programs that have applied for initial accreditation after July 1, 2005 are listed on the Accreditation Web site.
• A list of programs accredited by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is available on the CPA Web site. The APA and CPA are in the process of phasing out concurrent accreditation. Beginning on September 1, 2015, the APA will no longer accredit programs in Canada.

Accreditation Statuses

• The official accreditation status of each program is provided at the bottom of each listing. In accordance with its policies regarding confidentiality of program decisions, the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation cannot provide detailed information regarding these statuses to the public. Interested parties are encouraged to contact the program directly for that information. The official accreditation statuses are as follows:
• Accredited: Programs that have been judged by the CoA to be consistent substantively and procedurally with the G&P.
• Accredited, on probation: Programs that are, in the CoA’s judgment, not deemed to be fully consistent with the G&P. Internship programs are typically scheduled for the next review after one year.
• Accredited, inactive: Internship programs that have no interns in a given training year.
• Any programs that applied for accreditation and were reviewed but were denied accreditation after completion of the site visit process will be listed in a separate “Internship Programs Denied Accreditation” section at the beginning of this listing. Denial of accreditation designates an applicant program for which the CoA has evidence that the program is inconsistent with the G&P.
• The accreditation status listed for each program reflects that program’s current accredited status. If a review of a program is not complete or the decision is not final, the program’s prior accreditation status continues to be in effect until the review has been completed and a final decision has been reached.
• All Canadian programs currently accredited by APA through September 1, 2015 will be listed as accredited through the 2014-2015 training year rather than by the year of the next scheduled site visit. Concurrent programs with scheduled reviews prior to that date are listed with the date of the next regularly scheduled site visit

Internship Programs Withdrawing from Accreditation

The internship programs at the following agencies have voluntarily withdrawn from accreditation or have closed. Each program's status of accreditation was maintained through the end of the training year unless otherwise noted.

Alberta Children's Hospital
Psychology
1820 Richmond Road, SW
Calgary, Alberta T2T 5C7
Canada
June 30, 1992
Withdrawn from APA accreditation
Effective August 29, 2008

The Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center
One Brookdale Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11212-3198
November 9, 2001
Deemed to have withdrawn
Effective May 15, 2009

The Children’s Village
Dobbs Ferry , NY 10522
March 1, 1972
Withdrawn
Effective April 5, 2009

George Washington University Counseling Center
2033 K Street, NW
Suite 330
Washington, DC 20052
April 11, 1989
Withdrawn
Effective July 20, 2008

University of Massachusetts at Amherst Center for Counseling and Academic Development
Counseling Assessment Services
123 Berkshire House
May 15, 1990
Withdrawn
Effective September 1, 2008

The Menta Group
1720 N. Randall Rd.
Aurora, IL 60506
June 5, 1998
Withdrawn
Effective September 1, 2008

Quinco Behavioral Health Systems
(formerly listed as Quinco Consulting Center, Inc.)
720 North Marr Road
Columbus , IN 47201
May 1, 1978
Withdrawn
Effective September 1, 2008

River Oak Center for Children
Training Institute
5030 El Camino Avenue
Carmichael, CA 95608
March 22, 2002
Withdrawn
Effective July 1, 2008

University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Mental Sciences Institute
1300 Moursund Street, Suite 307
Houston , TX 77030-3497
March 4, 1986
Withdrawn
Effective January 1, 2008

Woodburn Center for Community Mental Health
3340 Woodburn Road
Annandale , VA 22003
April 1, 1977
Withdrawn
Effective August 31, 2009

Accredited Internship Programs - Listed by State

A (Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona)
C (California, Colorado, Connecticut)
D (Delaware, District of Columbia)
F (Florida)
G (Georgia)
H (Hawaii)
I (Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa)
K (Kansas, Kentucky)
L (Louisiana)
M (Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana)
N (Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota)
O (Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon)
P (Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico)
R (Rhode Island)
S (South Carolina, South Dakota)
T (Tennessee, Texas)
U (Utah)
V (Vermont, Virginia, Virgin Islands)
W (Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
Canada (Internship programs located in Canada)

Updated 6.26.09