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An Informative Look at ASPPB
The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) is the alliance of state, provincial, and territorial agencies responsible for the licensure and certification of psychologists throughout the United States and Canada. ASPPB was formed in 1961 to serve psychology boards in the two countries. Much of the impetus for its founding related to mobility for practitioners. By consensus, the first step was to create and maintain a standardized written Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). ASPPB has done so since 1965.
Today, in addition to creating the EPPP, ASPPB coordinates cooperative efforts of boards, facilitates communication among boards, maintains a Disciplinary Data Bank, issues a Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ), advocates for the advancement of mobility by encouraging board acceptance of the CPQ and the ASPPB Agreement of Reciprocity (AOR), maintains a Credentials Verification Program (CVP), and provides a Score Transfer Service. ASPPB acts as a voice for those responsible for the regulation of the practice of psychology. ASPPB has drafted a Model Act, Model Regulations, a Code of Conduct, and guidelines for the use and/or adoption by state and provincial psychology boards.
ASPPB also generates a number of publications to aid psychology students in preparing for licensure, as well as publications for practitioners. Several of ASPPB’s publications have proven to be of great interest to individuals preparing to practice psychology, to licensed psychologists, and to academic and private institutions. Two of ASPPB’s most popular publications are Items from Previous Examinations, and Psychology Licensing Exam Scores by Doctoral Program (includes pass rate data).
Member Boards
Currently, the psychology boards of all fifty states of the United States, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam and all ten provinces of Canada are members of ASPPB. ASPPB maintains a roster of contact information for member boards.
ASPPB Mission Statement
Serving member jurisdictions by promoting excellence in regulation and advancing public protection.
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- Respect
- Responsiveness
- Accountability
- Transparency
ASPPB Vision Statement:
ASPPB is the international leader and knowledge resource in the regulation and credentialing of psychologists.
In order to reach this vision, we commit our efforts to the following four activities:
- Offering exemplary examination and credentialing programs.
- Providing state of the art programs and services to all our stakeholders.
- Serving as the source for the most current and accurate information about the regulation of psychologists.
- Advocating for the critical consumer protection perspective in the on-going development of the profession.
Provide services to member jurisdictions and users that are informative, relevant, accurate, and responsive and that adhere to the highest standards. Areas of service include:
- Credentialing, Examinations and Assessment
- Ethics and Discipline
- Regulatory, Professional and Legislative Issues
- Mutual Recognition of Standards
- Professional Relations
Maintain effective and timely communications with member jurisdictions and recipients of ASPPB services as well as other organizations with which ASPPB is strategically aligned.
Foster the development of an organization and management that are effective, efficient, responsive and transparent.
The affairs, business, government, and management of ASPPB is vested in its seven member Board of Directors, which includes a president, past-president, president-elect, secretary/treasurer, and three members-at-large.
Central Office
The ASPPB Central Office is located in Montgomery, Alabama. The Central Office facilitates the day-to-day activities of ASPPB, the Board of Directors, and the various committees and task forces.
Committees
Current committees include the following: Annual Meeting Committee; Board Administrators/Registrars Committee; Examination Committee; Finance and Audit Committee; Item Development Committee; Midyear Meeting Committee; Mobility Committee; Model Act and Regulations Committee; Nominations Committee; and various others.
ASPPB hosts two membership meetings each year: the Midyear Meeting, normally held in April and the Annual Meeting of Delegates, normally held in October. These meetings take place at different venues each year. The meetings feature speakers who are experts in professional regulatory law, testing, issues facing regulatory boards, and administrative matters. The meetings are designed to offer educational and interactive sessions for psychology board members, administrators, and attorneys engaged in regulating the profession.
ASPPB Honors and Awards
- ASPPB Fellow
- The ASPPB State and Provincial Service Award
- The Ming Fisher Award
- The Norma P. Simon Award
- The Asher R. Pacht Distinguished Service Award
Expenses for travel to the Annual Meeting for all award winners and Fellows shall be paid by ASPPB in accordance with established reimbursement policies.
The Annual and Midyear Meetings provide an opportunity to gain continuing education credits. ASPPB is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education (CE) credits for psychologists. ASPPB maintains responsibility for the programs and their content.
ASPPB creates and maintains the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (EPPP). The EPPP is used by 59 agencies in assessing entry-level knowledge to practice. ASPPB has an ongoing research and development program to ensure that the EPPP is valid and legally defensible.
Through its Score Transfer Service, ASPPB provides individuals the ability to report their EPPP score to states and provinces in addition to those where they were initially licensed. The score report is coupled with a disciplinary data check on the transferee. ASPPB provides this service in an effort not only to serve its member boards, but also to protect consumers of psychological services.
Professional mobility is a critical issue for psychologists, employers, and licensing boards. However, licensing procedures frequently conflict with the professional psychologist’s need to move quickly and easily from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. ASPPB is working to facilitate mobility through four methods: 1) the Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology (CPQ); 2) the ASPPB Agreement of Reciprocity (AOR); and 3) the ASPPB Credentials Bank A Verification and Storage Program (Bank), and 4) the Interjurisdictional Practice Certificate (IPC).
International Congress
In 1995, ASPPB hosted the First International Congress on Licensure, Certification and Credentialing of Psychologists. At least 24 countries were represented at the Congress, which was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. In July 2000, ASPPB, in conjunction with the Norwegian Psychological Association, hosted the Second International Congress on Licensure, Certification and Credentialing of Psychologists, in Oslo, Norway. A Third International Congress was held in Montreal, Quebec Canada in April 2004. Plans are under consideration to hold a Fourth International Congress, possibly Australia in 2010.
For more information on any of the above programs or to order a publication, you may write, telephone, fax or e-mail ASPPB.
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards
P.O. Box 241245
Montgomery, AL 36124-1245
 334-832-4580
 334-269-6379
 asppb@asppb.org
 www.asppb.net
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