Looking for a way to serve the profession of psychology? Become an accreditation site visitor. A significant strength of specialized accreditation is that it is indeed a peer review process requiring the professional knowledge of experts in the profession and discipline. Given the diversity of training and program aims, it is vital that the CoA has a robust cadre of site visitors to provide effective and appropriate observations.
Recruitment of site visitors is vital as we transition from the Guidelines and Principles for Accreditation of Professional Psychology to the Standards of Accreditation for Health Service Psychology (SoA). By Fall, 2016, the CoA anticipates that we will need over 300 site visitors, trained in the SoA, to cover early 2017 site visits. Find more information about becoming an APA site visitor and how to nominate yourself or a colleague.
All potential and current site visitors must attend site visitor training on the SoA prior to being placed in the SoA site visitor pool. This training will be offered at a number of the midwinter training council meetings and by mid-2016 will also be offered online. Continuing education credit will be offered for both the in-person and online training. CoA is in the process of finalizing the dates, locations and times for the in-person training. Please check the list of upcoming workshops periodically for upcoming training sessions.
For more information on how to become a site visitor or be retrained as a site visitor under the SoA, please contact the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation by email or by phone at (202) 336-5979.