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Accreditation, Probation & Importance of APA Accreditation[
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(APA stands for American Psychological Association)
Never give away your time or take on student loans for any reason until you go to objective sources and learn the actual accreditation status of a program.
Your future access to good supervision programs, your ability to be licensed in other states will all depend on the actual accreditation status of the program in which you train.
APA accreditation, preferably for 7 or 5 years, is the gold standard. Each December, the journal American Psychologist will list APA accreditation status of clinical training programs.
A librarian can help you with this. If you have a mentor you are fond of, and that person tries to tell you the APA stuff does not matter---folks, it DOES matter.
For a court case, read here. If you are an aspiring mental health professional looking for a training program, the best mentor will understand legal and licensure issues and show you how to do quality checks and credential verification and guide you to read material such as this item.
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA
No. 5-649 / 05-0026Filed October 12, 2005
(name omitted for privacy, can be read in the document)
Petitioner-Appellant,
vs.
BOARD OF PSYCHOLOGY EXAMINERS
OF THE STATE OF IOWA
For text, read here:
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