Education and Training Resource Documents

Other Resources & Recommendations for Education

• Competencies for Psychology Practice in Primary Care (PDF, 347KB) — Report of the Interorganizational Work Group on Cometencies for Primary Care Psychology Practice (March 2013)
• Scholarship in Doctoral Education: A Conceptual Framework for Self-Study in Graduate Departments of Psychology (PDF, 140KB) — The conceptual framework presented in this paper was developed with such a context in mind for the purpose of facilitating discussion and analysis of departmental practices and qualities among faculty and students in psychology graduate departments that grant the doctoral degree.

• Teaching, Learning and Assessing in a Developmentally Coherent Curriculum — 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) — The following guidelines are recommended to enhance communication between graduate programs and internship programs regarding students on internship.

• Final Report of the BEA Task Force on the Assessment of Competence in Professional Psychology — 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• Learner-Centered Psychological Principles: A Framework for School Redesign and Reform (PDF, 157KB) — This historical document is derived from a 1990 APA presidential task force — revised in 1997.

• Precollege/Undergraduate Curriculum Resources — Published books and articles for teachers of introductory psychology and enhancing undergraduate education in psychology.

• Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth 

• 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 (PDF, 453KB) — Report, June 1998.

• Recommendations for Education and Training in Primary Care Psychology (PDF, 386KB)

• Principles of Good Practice in Distance Education and Their Application to Professional Education (DOC, 367KB) — June 2002

• Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula  (PDF, 12MB) — 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.