
• Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology • Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology •
• Clinical Health Psychology • Clinical Neuropsychology • Clinical Psychology •
• Counseling Psychology • Couple and Family Psychology • Forensic Psychology •
• Geropsychology • Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy •
• Police and Public Safety Psychology • Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychology and Psychoanalysis •
Rehabilitation Psychology • School Psychology • Serious Mental Illness Psychology •
Proposed Specialty Postdoctoral Residency Competencies
Proposed Specialty Postdoctoral Residency Competencies
Proposed Specialty Postdoctoral Residency Competencies submitted by CoS to APA-CoA
The specialty specific postdoctoral residency competency documents for 10 specialties below were submitted to the APA Commission on Accreditation (CoA) in 2017 by CoS as products of a project to assist the CoA in identifying the competencies that will populate Level 3 (specialty competencies described in the Standards of Accreditation) for all CoA-recognized specialties. The residency competencies and their essential elements developed by each specialty found in this section are proposed but not finalized. The CoA, through an iterative process, reviewed and revised the submitted competencies and solicited public comment in 2019. An implementation date for the specialty specific competencies will depend upon response to public comment. The description of the process used for development of the submitted competencies by each specialty is also found in this section. The competencies for SMI were submitted in 2020.
The draft of IR C-9 Postdoctoral Residency Competencies was posted for public comment by CoA in November, 2019. The draft of IR C-9 P can be accessed at http://apps.apa.org/accredcomment. The public comment period closed on February 4, 2020. Comments were provided by several specialties that addressed concerns about the rework of the Level 3 speciality competencies by the CoA. The CoS also provided comments because the draft of IR-C-9 competencies for public comment raised some concerns that CoS requested be addressed.(See CoS Comments IR C-P). A second period of public comment on the specialty residency competencies closed on October 9, 2020 and CoS again provided comments on the revised draft. (See CoS Comments Revised IR C-9 P) See notations below for specialties whose competencies have not gone out for public comment.
The CoA has opened a third period for public comment on IR C-9 P which refers specifically to aspects if a program's curriculum or training relevant to acquisition and documentation of specific competencies at the postdoctoral level. This period of comment is from March 18,2021 through June 1, 2021. The postdoctoral competencies in IR C-9 P incorporate feedback provided in previous periods of public comment and first time public comment on the competencies for Serious Mental Illness Psychology. Both Police and Public Safety Psychology and Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy postdoctoral competencies will be opened for public comment soon after the April, 2021 CoA meeting. Information about the proposed standards and public comment available at http://apps.apa.org/accredcomment.
Behavioral and Cognitive Psychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Residency Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Clinical Child Psychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Residency Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Clinical Health Psychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Residency Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Clinical Neuropsychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Residency Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Couple and Family Psychology*
Couple & Family Psychology Specialty Residency Competencies
* Postdoctoral specialty residencies recognized by CoA
+ Specialty has applied for recognition by CoA of postdoctoral specialty residency
Forensic Psychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Geropsychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Rehabilitation Psychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Serious Mental Illness Psychology*
Proposed Postdoctoral Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Submitted but not yet
posted by CoA for public comment
Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy*
Proposed Postdoctoral Competencies
Process for Development of these Competencies
Police & Public Safety Psychology*