Accreditation
At the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)®, we affirm the objectives of the American Psychological Association (APA)® and the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to protect the public by supporting quality education and training in health-service psychology. We also endorse the policy that graduation from an APA/CPA accredited program should be a minimum requirement for doctoral-level licensure of health service providers.
Accreditation by the CPA
At ASPPB, we affirm that doctoral-level training programs certified by the CPA should be deemed equivalent to APA-certified programs for the purposes of licensure by licensing authorities in the U.S. and Canada. In the event that legislation in a particular licensing jurisdiction does not permit equivalent treatment of CPA and APA accreditation, we recommend that applicants not be excluded from consideration solely because they graduated from a CPA-certified program rather than an APA-certified program.