Appendix
D
CUDCP
Policies
The
Definition of Clinical Psychology was adopted jointly in 1990 by CUDCP
and Division 12. Minutes
of the February 1992 Meeting CUDCP
commitment "to participation on the APA COA be limited to a period not to
exceed three years. Prior to the conclusion of that period ... undertake a
review ... focus specifically on the degree to which COA procedures and
activities support and encourage the education of clinical psychologists within
curricula whose didactic and experiential components provide a solid foundation
in, and lifelong valuing of, the scientific and scholarly bases of the
discipline." Minutes
of the February 1993 Meeting "CUDCP
recognizes that the Accreditation Summit Steering Committee has articulated
important principles and values regarding the evaluation of
scientist-practitioner programs. We encourage further discussion and development
of these principles." CUDCP
Committee to evaluate APA's new COA recommended that CUDCP consider the
following when evaluating the adequacy of the COA over the next two years:
"CUDCP endorses the policy statement of the National
Conference on Scientist-Practitioner Education and Training for the Professional
Practice of Psychology (1990) for the training of clinical psychologists in
CUDCP programs that describe their training models as scientist-practitioner.
CUDCP respects and advocates diversity and innovation in the implementation of
the scientist-practitioner model." Approved
letter to President Clinton supporting his lifting the ban on lesbians and
gay men in the military, particularly as the ban affects our students receiving
internship training and employment in the military. Minutes of the August
1993 Meeting "We recommend that internship be required to make an explicit
statement in their materials describing the research opportunities available to
interns. The statement should include the internship's policy regarding (1)
specific time that could be set aside by interns explicitly for research
activities: (2) research opportunities and supervisors on site; (3) available of
time for continuing research activities in collaboration with the home program;
(4) available of support for research activities (e.g., space, computers). COA
should consider the site's statement in making accreditation decisions. The
student, the student's advisor, and the DCT should collaborate in selecting
internships whose research opportunities fit students' research interests and
needs." Minutes of the February
1994 Meeting "We support the principle that psychologists use assessments and
treatments that are empirically supported and that psychologists, as
scientist-practitioners, engage in research regarding the validation of
assessment and treatment techniques. Specifically: -We support
efforts to collect and disseminate information regarding empirically supported
assessments and interventions. This information should be updated on a frequent
basis. -Training in the
use of empirically supported assessments and treatments should occur as part of
the training at all levels, i.e., doctoral, internship, postdoctoral and
continuing education. -Training in the research
methodology for developing and evaluating new assessment and treatment
approaches should take place within all levels of training. -Accreditation
at all levels should require evidence of training in the use of empirically
supported assessments and treatments, as well as training in the research skills
necessary to validate new techniques. -We recommend
ongoing development of the process and criteria by which assessment and
interventions will be judged. We further recommend the ongoing evaluation of the
generalizability of empirically supported assessments and interventions across
settings and populations. Voted
to send a letter of nonsupport for the National College of Professional
Psychology. Minutes
of the August 1994 Meeting Review
of new accreditation guidelines highlighted the following issues/concerns for
CUDCP: site
visit chair chosen by COA
Minutes of the February 1995 Meeting "Whereas
the practice of Clinical Psychology should be based on scientific knowledge; and
whereas scientific knowledge at the psychological level of analysis has
contributed greatly to the understanding and amelioration of human suffering;
and whereas adequate training in psychological science and its application
requires many years of study, and while it can prepare clinical psychologists to
research drug effects, it does not provide competence for prescribing psychoactive
drugs; and whereas collaboration between well-trained clinical psychologists and
medical practitioners can provide responsible and effective combined treatments
when medication is required; be it therefore resolved that: It is premature to
extend prescription privileges to clinical psychologists." Minutes
of the February 1997 Meeting
Minutes
of the January/February 1998 Meeting
Given
our concerns with rising costs, in terms of both time and money necessary for
students to be involved in the current internship interviewing process, CUDCP
recommends that APPIC work with relevant organizations to develop mechanisms to
mitigate these costs. Thirty eight
people voted to affirm this resolution; no one was opposed to it. |