Education and Training Resource Documents

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APA Education and Training Standards & Guidelines

An A - Z of Funding Opportunities for Students and Early Career Psychologists The Public Policy Office's A to Z funding page. You'll find information, resources, training and scholarship opportunities, for psychologists at all academic levels. Although changes in deadlines and requirements may happen, the master list provides web links to various programs, which can direct you to the latest revisions and updates.

Guidelines for the Undergraduate Psychology Major .pdf [334kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
Captures a set of optimal expectations of performance for psychology students at the completion of the baccalaureate degree. The document outlines 10 goals and learning outcomes that represent reasonable departmental expectations for the undergraduate psychology major.

Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral Level in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (submitted by Division 14 and approved by the APA Council of Representatives in August 1999): [added June 13, 2005]

Developing and Evaluating Standards and Guidelines Related to Education and Training in Psychology
(approved by the APA Council of Representatives in February 2004). The purpose of this document is to provide a common framework for use in the development, evaluation, and review of proposed and existing standards and guidelines for education and training in psychology. Psychologists or others seeking adoption of standards or guidelines by the American Psychological Association (APA), should review this document.

Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Level in Consulting Psychology/Organizational Consulting Psychology (submitted by Division 13 and approved by the APA Council of Representatives in February 2005): [added June 13, 2005]

Guidelines for Education and Training at the Doctoral Level in Industrial-Organizational Psychology (submitted by Division 14 and approved by the APA Council of Representatives in August 1999): [added June 13, 2005]

Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists (August 2002) .pdf [378 kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
(submitted by Divisions 17 & 45 and approved by the APA Council of Representatives in August 2002)

The APA National Standards for High School Psychology Curricula
(approved by the APA Council of Representatives in August 2005)

Recommended Postdoctoral Education and Training Program in Pharmacology for Prescriptive Authority .pdf [31 kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
approved by the APA Council of Representatives, August 2009

APA Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology

APA Guidelines and Principles (G & P) for Accreditation of Programs in Professional Psychology .pdf [9.3 mb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  


Other Resource Documents

Strengthening the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Psychological Science .pdf [248kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
Council received a report on Teaching, learning, and assessing in a developmentally coherent curriculum in August 2008.

Council of Chairs of Training Councils (CCTC) Guidelines for Communication between Graduate Programs and Internship Programs .pdf [15kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
The following guidelines are recommended to enhance communication between graduate programs and internship programs regarding students on internship:

Assessment of Competency Benchmarks Work Group: A Developmental Model for the Defining and Measuring Competence in Professional Psychology  .pdf [158 kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
This document presents the efforts of the Assessment of Competency Benchmarks Work Group to date. The document will undergo review and public comment by American Psychological Association governance structures and external communities of interest.

Final Report of the BEA Task Force on the Assessment of Competence in Professional Psychology  .pdf [401 kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
The report is not APA policy, however, the report proposes a set of core principles and recommendations to guide the discipline of psychology in implementing competence assessment models.

Learner-Centered Psychological Principles: A Framework for School Redesign and Reform). .pdf [157 kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
This historical document is derived from a 1990 APA presidential task force (revised in 1997)

Pre-college/Undergraduate Curriculum Resources
Published books and articles for teachers of introductory psychology and enhancing undergraduate education in psychology.

Sample Advocacy Training Curriculum

Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth  .pdf [66 kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  

Education and Training Beyond the Doctoral Degree Proceedings from National Conference on Postdoctoral Education and Training in Psychology. (1995)

Interprofessional Health Care Services in Primary Care Settings: Implications for the Education and Training of Psychologists. Report (June 1998)

Recommendations for Education and Training in Primary Care Psychology

Principles of Good Practice in Distance Education and Their Application to Professional Education (June 2002) .doc [367 kb] Microsoft Word Format
Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula  .pdf [11.7 mb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  
This document includes course syllabi, classroom exercises, scholarly books and articles, as well as examples using fiction and popular media. It is for all psychology educators, including those teaching at the high school, college, and graduate school levels.


Innovative Practices in Graduate Education

Innovative Practices in Graduate Education - 2005 .pdf [52kb] Requires Adobe Acrobat  

Updated 5.15.08