History
The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) was founded in 1961 as the American Association of State Psychology Boards. One of ASPPB’s first goals was to facilitate mobility for psychologists throughout the United States and Canada, and one of its first initiatives was a standardized examination that would be taken by those aspiring to become licensed psychologists.
Inception and growth of the EPPP
ASPPB created the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP) in 1965 to serve as the bedrock of the early mobility movement that enabled psychologists to move from one member jurisdiction to another without being relicensed. By the mid-1980s, most jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada had adopted the EPPP as the entry level exam for licensure at the independent practice level.
In 2001, ASPPB began to offer the EPPP in a computer administered format, which is the norm in almost all the jurisdictions in the U.S. and Canada today. Today, the exam is among the most researched, validated, and defensible professional exams among all the professions.
Breadth and depth of engagement
As ASPPB grew in membership and reputation, it enhanced its value to the professional psychology community with additional licensure and certification programs, research, insights, and advocacy. Our staff and board of directors now support 66 member jurisdictions, 21 committees, and multiple task forces each fiscal year.
We liaise with most major boards and task forces within the American Psychological Association (APA). We also welcome to our board of directors’ meetings representatives of other psychological organizations such as:
- American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP)
- American Psychological Association (APA) Council of Representatives
- American Psychological Association of Graduate Students monitor (APAGS)
- APA American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy (Division 55)
- APA Board of Education Affairs (BEA)
- APA Board of Professional Affairs (BPA)
- APA Commission on Accreditation (CoA)
- APA Committee on Early Career Psychologists (CECP)
- APA Council of Chairs of Training Councils (CCTC)
- APA Council of Executives of State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Associations (CESPPA)
- APA Ethics Code Task Force
- APA Office of International Affairs (OIA)
- APA Practice and SPTA Leadership Conference (PSLC)
- APA Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (Division 14)
- APA Society of Consulting Psychology (APA Division 13)
- Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations (ACPRO)
- Association of Counseling Center Training Agencies (ACCTA)
- Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC)
- Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs (CCPPP)
- Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
- Canadian Psychological Association Accreditation Panel
- Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP)
- Council of Specialties in Professional Psychology (CoS)
- Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (CUDCP)
- Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
- Federation of Association of Regulatory Boards (FARB)
- National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology (NCSPP)
- National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology (NR)
- PSYPACT Commission
- The American Insurance Trust (The Trust)
In keeping with our original mission of mobility, we established the ASPPB Mobility Program in 1998. We now offer several programs specifically designed to assist psychologists throughout the progression of their careers as they apply for licensure or move to another location. Our resources include:
- ASPPB Credentials Bank (CB)®
- Psychology Licensure Universal System (PLUS)®
- E.Passport®
- Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC)®
- Certificate of Professional Qualification (CPQ)® application