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recommended standards. Standards are considered to be mandatory and may be accompanied by an enforcement mechanism.</p> </div> </section> <section class="oneFull"> <section class="featureRichItem"> <section class="linkWidget link square"> <div class="widgetWrapper standardWidget twoPerRow default "> <div class="module first"> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/graduate/specialize/recognition-criteria.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Criteria for the recognition of organizations that provide certifications in specialties and subspecialties in professional psychology (PDF, 299KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/education-career/grad/rxp-designation-criteria.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Designation criteria for education and training programs in preparation for prescriptive authority (PDF, 155KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2024.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/recognition-specialties-subspecialties.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Procedures for recognition of specialties and subspecialties (PDF, 204KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/recognition-principles.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Principles for the recognition of proficiencies in psychology (PDF, 21KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2024.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/principles-recognition.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Principles for the recognition of specialties in professional psychology (PDF, 38KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/subspecialty-principles.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Principles for the recognition of subspecialties in professional psychology (PDF, 224KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/graduate/specialize/policies-procedures-manual.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Recognition of organizations that provide certifications in specialties and proficiencies in professional psychology (PDF, 85KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/rxp-model-curriculum.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Recommended postdoctoral education and training program in psychopharmacology for prescriptive authority (PDF, 150KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2029.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/approval-standards.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Standards and criteria for approval of sponsors of continuing education for psychologists (PDF, 139KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2025.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module last"> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/health-service-psychology-masters-programs.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Standards of accreditation for health service psychology: Master’s programs (PDF, 222KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Approved February 2021.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> </section> </section> </section> <div class="section-divider"> </div> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122301"> <section class="overarch"> <h2 >Guidelines</h2> <div class="wysiwyg" ><p>As these terms are used in APA policy, “guidelines” include pronouncements, statements, or declarations that suggest or recommend specific professional behavior, endeavor, or conduct for psychologists or for individuals or organizations that work with psychologists. In contrast to standards, guidelines are aspirational in intent.</p> </div> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122302"> <section class="oneFull"> <div class="featureRichItem "> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy" ><hr> <br> <h3>Clinical practice</h3> <p><a href="/about/offices/directorates/guidelines/clinical-practice">Clinical practice guidelines</a> provide recommendations based on an independent systematic review of the research on treatments for specific disorders or health conditions.</p> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122303"> <section class="oneFull"> <section class="featureRichItem"> <section class="linkWidget link square"> <div class="widgetWrapper standardWidget twoPerRow default "> <div class="module first"> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/nonpharmacological-treatment-chronic-musculoskeletal-pain.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Clinical Practice Guideline for Psychological and Other Nonpharmacological Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Adults</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2034.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/depression-guideline" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Depression Across Three Age Cohorts</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2024.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/obesity-guideline" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Obesity and Overweight in Children and Adolescents</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2023.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module last"> <a class="module-link" href="/ptsd-guideline" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Adults</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2022.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> </section> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122304"> <section class="oneFull"> <div class="featureRichItem "> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy" ><hr /> <br /> <h3>Education</h3> <p>Education guidelines concern such matters as educational policy, assessment, program and curriculum development, and instruction.</p> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122305"> <section class="oneFull"> <section class="featureRichItem"> <section class="linkWidget link square"> <div class="widgetWrapper standardWidget threePerRow default "> <div class="module first"> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/graduate/specialize/understanding-taxonomy.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">A taxonomy for education and training in professional psychology (PDF, 186KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/guidelines-supervision.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Clinical supervision in health service psychology (PDF, 605KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2024.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/industrial-organizational-guidelines.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Guidelines for education and training in industrial organizational psychology (PDF, 279KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2027.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/education-training.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Guidelines for education and training at the doctoral and postdoctoral level in consulting psychology/organizational consulting psychology (PDF, 137KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2027.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/masters-goals-guidelines.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Guidelines on core learning goals for master’s degree graduates in psychology (PDF, 1.3MB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in March 2028.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/resources/preparing-competent-practitioners.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Health service psychology: Preparing competent practitioners (PDF, 37KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2019.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/education-career/k12/national-standards" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">National standards for high school psychology curricula</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/education-career/k12/teaching-guidelines.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Preparing high school psychology teachers: Course-based and standards-based approaches (PDF, 275KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2022.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/education-career/undergrad/principles" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Principles for quality undergraduate education in psychology</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/resources/trauma-competencies-training.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Trauma competencies for education and training (PDF, 527KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2025.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module last"> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/precollege/undergraduate-major" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Undergraduate psychology major</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2023.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> </section> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122306"> <section class="oneFull"> <div class="featureRichItem "> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy" ><hr /> <br /> <h3>Professional practice</h3> <p>Professional practice guidelines are designed to guide psychologists in practice regarding particular roles, populations, or settings, and are supported by the current scholarly literature but do not focus upon specific disorders or treatments.</p> <p><em>* Developed by APA’s Practice Directorate to aid psychologists in their practice with special populations.</em></p> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122307"> <section class="oneFull"> <section class="featureRichItem"> <section class="linkWidget link square"> <div class="widgetWrapper standardWidget threePerRow default "> <div class="module first"> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/psychological-practice-health-care.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">APA guidelines on evidence-based psychological practice in health care (PDF, 331KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2031.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/boys-men-practice-guidelines.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">APA guidelines for psychological practice with boys and men (PDF, 443KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2028</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/psychological-practice-girls-women.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">APA guidelines for psychological practice with girls and women (PDF, 496MB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2028</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/ed/resources/competencies-practice.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Competencies for psychology practice in primary care (PDF, 586KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2025</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/guidelines-dementia-age-related-cognitive-change.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Evaluation of dementia and age-related cognitive change (PDF, 488KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/work-career-practice.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Integrating the role of work and career into professional psychology practice (PDF, 293KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2026</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/parenting-coordination" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Practice of parenting coordination</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/telepsychology-revisions" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Practice of telepsychology</p> <div class="wysiwyg">Psychologists are advised to consider the specific potential benefits and risks of telepsychology and take steps to mitigate and address those risks.</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/pubs/journals/features/amp-a0034569.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Prevention in psychology (PDF, 142KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2020</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/occupationally-mandated-psychological-evaluations.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Professional practice guidelines for occupationally-mandated psychological evaluation (PDF, 223KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2027</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/professional-practice.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Professional practice guidelines: Guidance for developers and users (PDF, 219KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2025</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/child-protection" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Psychological evaluations in child protection matters</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/delivery-systems" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Psychological practice in health care delivery systems</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/older-adults" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">* Psychological practice with older adults</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Approved by APA Council of Representatives in February 2024</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/forensic-psychology" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Specialty guidelines for forensic psychology</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module last"> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/transgender.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">* Transgender and gender nonconforming people (PDF, 617KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2022</p></div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> </section> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122308"> <section class="oneFull"> <div class="featureRichItem "> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy" ><hr /> <br /> <h3>Public interest</h3> <p>Public interest guidelines and standards provide psychologists with the rationale and guidance for advancing multiculturalism, diversity, and social justice in psychological education, research, and practice.</p> <p><em>* Developed by APA’s Public Interest Directorate to aid psychologists in their practice with special populations.</em></p> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122309"> <section class="oneFull"> <section class="featureRichItem"> <section class="linkWidget link square"> <div class="widgetWrapper standardWidget threePerRow default "> <div class="module first"> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/summary-guidelines-low-income" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Psychological practice for people with low-income and economic marginalization</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2029.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/psychological-sexual-minority-persons.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Psychological practice with sexual minority persons (PDF, 1.5MB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Approved March 2021.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/summary-guidelines-race-ethnicity" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Race and ethnicity guidelines in psychology: Promoting responsiveness and equity</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2029.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/pi/disability/resources/assessment-disabilities" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Assessment of and intervention with persons with disabilities</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/guidelines-dementia-age-related-cognitive-change.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Evaluation of dementia and age-related cognitive change (PDF, 488KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2021</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/multicultural-guidelines.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">* Multicultural guidelines: An ecological approach to context, identity, and intersectionality</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Adopted in August 2017.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module last"> <a class="module-link" href="/practice/guidelines/older-adults" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">* Psychological practice with older adults</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Approved by APA Council of Representatives in February 2024</p></div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> </section> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122310"> <section class="oneFull"> <div class="featureRichItem "> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy" ><hr /> <br /> <h3>Science</h3> <p>Science guidelines provide guidance to psychologists who conduct research with both human and nonhuman animals or who are engaged in psychological testing and assessment, in a variety of settings.</p> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="oneCol_content " id="oneCol_content_32122311"> <section class="oneFull"> <section class="featureRichItem"> <section class="linkWidget link square"> <div class="widgetWrapper standardWidget threePerRow default "> <div class="module first"> <a class="module-link" href="/about/policy/guidelines-psychological-assessment-evaluation.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="opens in new window"> <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">APA guidelines for psychological assessment and evaluation (PDF, 659KB)</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 2030.</p></div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="module "> <a class="module-link" href="/science/leadership/research/ethical-conduct-humans" target="_self" > <div class="bodyleft"> <p class="title">Ethical conduct of behavioral projects involving human participants by high school students</p> <div class="wysiwyg lengthy"><p>Up for review in approximately 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