APS Endorsement: College Criteria

College of Clinical Neuropsychologists

1. The material should be relevant to clinical neuropsychology

a) The material should be specific to the practice of clinical neuropsychology, defined in terms of international best practice, rather than generic or specific to another college.

b) The material should be relevant to the CCN core competencies (major methods and body of knowledge, neuropsychological assessment and interpretation, application/intervention skills).

c) The material should be advanced rather than introductory.

d) The material should pertain to clinical neuropsychology, or to the various populations and domains associated with clinical neuropsychology (e.g., neurological, forensic issues)

2. The material should be evidence-based

a) The material should be consistent with established general psychological principles and established clinical neuropsychological principles and practice

b) The material and methods should be supported by research evidence

c) Where there is not an established body of evidence, the material and methods presented should be based on clearly articulated and testable theories These criteria represent the ideal case, and the College recognises that some interventions particularly new ones will not meet all of these standards. However in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a commitment to and striving towards these standards.

3. The presenter(s) should be appropriately qualified

a) The presenter should be a member of the APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists or be eligible for membership, or

b) The presenter should have advanced expertise in the topic being addressed

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Clinical Psychologists

1. The material should be relevant to ongoing clinical practice

a) The material should be specific to the practice of clinical psychology defined in terms of international best practice, rather than generic or specific to another college. The material should be relevant to the core competencies of clinical psychology

b) The material should be advanced rather than introductory

c) The material should pertain to clinical populations, or to a non-clinical domain relevant to clinical psychology (e.g., legal issues, cultural issues)

2. The material should be evidence-based

a) The material should be consistent with established general psychological principles, and established clinical psychological principles and practice

b) The material, in the areas of both assessment and intervention, should be supported by research evidence

c) Where there is not yet an established body of evidence, the material and methods presented should be based on clearly articulated, ethically acceptable, and testable theories.

The above criteria represent the ideal case. The College recognises that many interventions and assessment procedures, particularly new ones, will not yet meet all of these standards. However, in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a clear
commitment to and striving towards these standards. In the case of video/journal clubs, the above criteria will apply and in addition, evidence should be provided of learning objectives and outcomes.

3. The presenter(s) should be appropriately qualified

a) The presenter should be either a member of the College, or eligible for membership, or

b) The presenter should be recognised by the College as having advanced expertise in the topic being addressed.

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Community Psychologists

1. The material should be relevant to community psychology

a) The material should be specific to community psychology rather than generic or specific to another college

b) The material should be advanced rather than introductory

2. Content of activities

Objectives of the activity - to enhance psychological knowledge and skills:

a) Topic and content of the activity or program must be directly relevant, useful and important for community psychology practice, teaching community action and/or research.

Recognition of the rights of participants, clients and consumers to share in knowledge and skill development in community practice:

b) The activity should demonstrate equity and recognition of the rights of individuals in community psychology practice, recognition of skills and/or experience of all participants and the right to share in learning community psychology skills.

High-level involvement of clients and consumers:

c) Involvement of clients or consumers of services in design, planning and delivery of professional development activity, evaluation of program and/or research;

d) Recognition of the experience of consumers of services and the value of their contribution.

Social, cultural and political contexts of psychological practice:

e) The activity should include analysis, evaluation or comment about the social context in which the activity takes place

f) The activity should include analysis, evaluation or comment about the cultural context in which the activity takes place and include appropriate materials produced by members of the cultural and appropriate members of the cultural community

g) The activity should include analysis, evaluation or comment about the political context in which the activity takes place and the implications or consequences for community psychology practitioners and their clients or communities.

These criteria represent the ideal case, and the College recognises that some interventions particularly new ones will not meet all of these standards. However in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a commitment to and striving towards
these standards.

3. Presenter details

The presenter should be appropriately qualified.

a) The presenter should be a member of the APS College of Community Psychologists or eligible for membership

b) The presenter should be a recognised expert in the topic being addressed.

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Counselling Psychologists

1. Relevance of the material

The material should be relevant to ongoing counselling practice.

a) The material should be specific to counselling psychology rather than generic or specific to another College.

b) The material should be advanced rather than introductory.

c) The material should pertain to counselling populations or to other domains relevant to counselling psychology (legal issues, ethical issues, cultural issues, and marketing for private practice, media issues).

2. Content of activities

The material should address the following four domains.

a) Theoretical outline of the topic.

b) Assessment should be consistent with established psychological principles.

c) Intervention should be consistent with established psychological principles and should be consistent with established outcome studies.

d) Both assessment and intervention should be consistent with the principles of established counselling psychology practice and should have demonstrated validity.

These criteria represent the ideal case, and the College recognises that some interventions particularly new ones will not meet all of these standards. However in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a commitment to and striving towards these standards. The College recognises the importance of breadth in activities and supports a range of PD activities by appropriately credentialled presenters.

3. Presenter details

The presenter should be appropriately qualified.

a) The presenter should be a member of the APS College of Counselling Psychologists or eligible for membership or

b) The presenter should be a recognised expert in the topic being addressed.

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Educational & Developmental Psychologists

1. Relevance to practice as an educational and developmental psychologist

a) The material should be specific to educational and developmental psychology, rather than generic

b) The material should be advanced, rather than introductory

2. Evidence-based approach to assessment and treatment

a) Material pertaining to psychological assessment methods and instruments should be consistent with published empirical evidence

b) Material pertaining to interventions should be consistent with the known mechanisms of the psychological disorders to which it is intended to be applied, and be supported by evidence from controlled treatment outcome studies

3. Qualifications of the presenter

a) The presenter should be either a member of the CEDP, or hold higher qualifications in the field of educational and developmental psychology

b) The presenter should have advanced expertise in the topic area of the presentation

These criteria represent the ideal case, and the College recognises that some interventions particularly new ones will not meet all of these standards. However in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a commitment to and striving towards
these standards.

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Forensic Psychologists

1. The material should be relevant to forensic psychology

a) The activity should be directly relevant to the practice of forensic psychology

b) The activity should be at an advanced level of practice rather than generic or specific to another College

c) The activity should pertain to forensic populations or areas relevant to forensic psychology eg; legal, cultural and custodial issues

2. The material should be evidence-based

a) The material and methods presented should be evidence-based.

b) Material and methods should be based on established psychological theory and principles.

c) There should be research evidence whether from outcome or other studies to support the material or methods presented.

The College recognises that in many cases there will not yet be an established body of evidence in support of practice methods. In such cases it is important that material and methods presented should be based on clearly articulated and testable theories.

3. The presenter(s) should be appropriately qualified

a) The presenter should be a member of the APS College of Forensic Psychologists or eligible for membership or

b) The presenter should be a recognised expert in the topic being addressed or

c) The presenter should be recognised by the College in having specialist qualifications eg; in law or psychiatry

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Health Psychologists

1. The material should be relevant to health psychology practice and applications

a) The material should be specific to health psychology practice rather than generic

b) The material should be advanced rather than introductory

c) The material should pertain to health and/or the various populations and domains associated with health (including cultural and legal issues).

2. Material should be evidence-based

a) The intervention or assessment should be consistent with both general psychological principles and established health psychology principles

b) There should be a clearly articulated and testable theory about why the intervention works

c) There should be evidence from controlled treatment outcome studies that the intervention is effective for those situations to which it is intended to be applied.

These criteria represent the ideal case, and the College recognises that some interventions particularly new ones will not meet all of these standards. However in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a commitment to and striving towards these standards.

3. Presenters should be appropriately qualified

a) Where the content of the activity is related to health psychology, the presenter should be a College member or eligible for College membership

b) Where the content of the activity is related to other aspects of health, the presenter should be formally and/or experientially qualified in the related profession and in the application of its principles to health psychology.

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.

College of Organisational Psychologists

1. The material should be relevant to ongoing organisational psychology practice:

The activity should be directed toward improving the Core Competencies of Organisational Psychologists or developing knowledge relevant to the specialist area of Organisational Psychology

a) The activity should have direct relevance to the Core Competencies of the APS College of Organisational Psychologists

b) The activity should develop specialist knowledge in the area of Organisational Psychology relevant to the specialist area of Organisational Psychology

2. The material should be evidence-based

a) The content presented should be consistent with established Organisational Psychology principles and practice and established general psychological principles

b) The content presented should be supported by research evidence

c) Where there is not an established body of evidence, the content presented should be based on clearly articulated and testable theories

d) The activity should be at an advanced level so that it extends professional knowledge beyond that of entry into the College

3. The presenter(s) should be appropriately qualified

a) A psychologist presenter must be a member of the APS and/or registered and demonstrate current knowledge and expertise in the content to be presented

b) A non-psychologist presenter must have specialist knowledge and expertise in the content to be presented

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included.

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision

College of Sports Psychologists

1. The material should be relevant to ongoing practice and applications to the sport/exercise environment

a) The material should be specific to sport psychology practice rather than generic or specific to another college

b) The material should be advanced rather than introductory c) the material should pertain to the sport/exercise environment, and/or to the various populations and domains associated with the sport/exercise environment (include legal rehabilitation, and/or cultural issues)

2. The material should be evidence-based

a) The intervention / assessment should be consistent with established generalpsychological principles, and further should be consistent with established sport/performance psychological principles

b) There should be a clearly articulated and testable theory of the processes by which the intervention works, and evidence for those purposes c) the intervention should be consistent with the known mechanisms and intricacies of the situation to which it is intended to be applied d) there should be evidence from controlled treatment outcome studies that the intervention is effective for those situations to which it is intended to be applied.

The above criteria represent the ideal case. The College recognises that many interventions, particularly new ones, will not yet meet all of these standards. Some activities, such as those concerned with counselling, clinical, training and professional skills, may have little systematic evidence base to call on. However, in all cases the College will be looking for evidence of a clear commitment to and striving towards these standards.

3. The presenter(s) should be appropriately qualified

a) Where the content of the activity is related to psychological applications to sport and/or exercise, the presenter should be either a member of the College, or eligible for membership

b) Where the content of the activity is related to other domains associated with the sport/exercise environment, the presenter should be formally and experientially qualified in the related profession and in the application of its principles to the sport/exercise environment

4. Supervision

a) Details of the supervisor's qualifications and membership status of the APS should be included

b) Applications should contain a brief description of the content and times of the supervision.