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What are the different statuses of accreditation and what do they mean?
The following decisions are available to the Commission on Accreditation
(CoA) with respect to the accredited status of a program:
- "Accredited" designates a program, which, in the professional
judgment of the CoA, is consistent, substantively and procedurally, with the
Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology
(G&P).
- "Accredited, inactive" designates a doctoral program that
has not admitted students for two successive years or an internship/postdoctoral
residency program that has no funded interns/residents in a given training
year. Requests for inactive status are granted for one year at a time. Request
for renewal of inactive status must be done on an annual basis. Programs not
granted renewal of inactive status may be placed on probation.
- "Accredited, on probation" is considered by the CoA to be an adverse
action. It designates an accredited program which, in the professional judgment
of the CoA, is not currently consistent with the G&P. Programs on probation
will be given a time certain by which they must remedy identified deficiencies.
The intent of this category is to inform the public that the program has issues
that need to be addressed.
- "Revocation of accreditation" is considered by the CoA to
be an adverse action. It designates a program that has previously been on "accredited,
on probation" status for which the CoA has evidence that the program continues
to be inconsistent with the G&P. This decision reflects the CoA’s
determination that the program will not become consistent with the G&P
within a foreseeable time.
- "Denial of accreditation" is considered by the CoA to be an adverse
action. It designates an applicant program for which the CoA has evidence that
the program is inconsistent with the G&P.
- “Denial of a site visit” is considered by the CoA to be an adverse
action. It designates and applicant program which, in the professional
judgment of the CoA, is not ready for a site visit.
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