Accreditation Public Comment System

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Document	Item	First Name	Last Name	Group Name	Comment
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Lynett	Henderson Metzger		It will be important that site visitors have experience with master's-level psychology and counseling psychology programs, and understand the unique value provided by these types of programs. It will be important site visitors do not bring biases against master's-level training or a preference for doctoral-level programs to their work in this arena, and are committed to the development and growth of outstanding master's-level training programs in psychology and counseling psychology nationally.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Mark	Aoyagi		It will be important that site visitors have experience with master's-level psychology and counseling psychology programs, and understand the unique value provided by these types of programs. It will be important site visitors do not bring biases against master's-level training or a preference for doctoral-level programs to their work in this arena, and are committed to the development and growth of outstanding master's-level training programs in psychology and counseling psychology nationally.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Artur	Poczwardowski		It will be important that site visitors have experience with master's-level psychology and counseling psychology programs, and understand the unique value provided by these types of programs. It will be important site visitors do not bring biases against master's-level training or a preference for doctoral-level programs to their work in this arena, and are committed to the development and growth of outstanding master's-level training programs in psychology and counseling psychology nationally.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Terri	Davis		I agree with the comments written by Lynett Henderson Metzger.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Rachel	Caskey		I am in agreeance with the comment posted by Lynett Henderson Metzger.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Lavita	Nadkarni		It will be important that site visitors have experience with master's-level psychology and counseling psychology programs, and understand the unique value provided by these types of programs. It will be important site visitors do not bring biases against master's-level training or a preference for doctoral-level programs to their work in this arena, and are committed to the development and growth of outstanding master's-level training programs in psychology and counseling psychology nationally.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Master's Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP)	Molly	Fennig		I support the CUDCP response.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Nicholas	Eaton		I am in strong agreement with the comments from CUDCP. More clarity is necessary to ensure changes do not negatively impact currently enrolled students--especially in unanticipated ways. If changes are intended to be retroactively applied to currently accredited programs, thus moving forward (i.e., earlier in time) the date at which current accreditation might lapse, please note my strong disagreement, as this would have marked implications for students (e.g., those who seek NRSA funding to support an "extra" year of graduate training prior to internship). Overall, I agree with the intention of this amendment to provide more explicit information about accreditation dates for programs and their students. With more clarity, and erring on the side of temporally later (vs. earlier) accreditation date milestones, a revised amendment could have a positive, protective effect on graduate-level trainees and facilitate their long-term planning. [This is a reposting of my original comment abov...	See Full Comment
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Cindy	Yee-Bradbury		I support Nicholas Eaton's comments and those offered by CUDCP in response to Voluntary Withdrawal but that pertain to the Effective Date of a Decision. It would also be helpful to understand the rationale associating the effective date of an accreditation decision with the final day of the preceding site visit when CoA is unlikely to make a final decision until a subsequent meeting that typically occurs months later. In practice, it seems confusing for a program to assume continuation of full accreditation status, for example, in the months following the site visit but then to have that status changed retroactively.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Gregory A.	Miller		I support CUDCP's statement.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Brandon	Gibb		I support CUDCP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Angus	MacDonald	These comments represent the views of the faculty of the University of Minnesota	I support the comments made by CUDCP regarding this matter, and the input of Nick Eaton.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Thomas	Rodebaugh	Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (Board)	To clarify, I am reposting CUDCP's comments, which covered two sections under this request for comment. Comments specific to this section are indicated with **. We applaud CoA for addressing the issue of voluntary withdrawal. Greater clarity will help everyone who is involved in either a program that is withdrawing or thinking about withdrawing. We think more clarity will improve matters still further. There are several details that these revisions do not clarify, but that we hope CoA will clarify in a timely manner. First, we think we may have detected a simple error, in that D 4-11 reads that programs should submit their plans in advance of the end-date, but "no earlier than 1-year before its intended withdrawal date." We wonder if CoA meant to say "no later than," in that we would think that CoA would want to be notified as far ahead of time as possible. For example, for programs to properly notify new students that they should not expect to graduate from an APA-accredited pro...	See Full Comment
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Mary-Frances	O'Connor		I support CUDCP's comments on this issue.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Harvey	Allison		I am in strong agreement with Nicholas Eaton's comments and those offered by CUDCP in response to Voluntary Withdrawal but that pertain to the Effective Date of a Decision.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Keanan	Joyner		I support CUDCP's statement.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Accreditation Operating Procedures (AOP) 8.6 (D, I and P) Effective Date of a Decision	Rena	Repetti		I support CUDCP's comments. I am particularly concerned that CoA make clear that proposed changes are NOT in any way intended to be retroactive. That is, a program's current date of accreditation will not and cannot be changed to an earlier date, effectively shortening the remaining period of accreditation. APA CoA certainly owes this basic level of reliability to all graduate students currently enrolled in APA accredited programs.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Thomas	Rodebaugh	Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (Board)	We applaud CoA for addressing the issue of voluntary withdrawal. Greater clarity will help everyone who is involved in either a program that is withdrawing or thinking about withdrawing. We think more clarity will improve matters still further. There are several details that these revisions do not clarify, but that we hope CoA will clarify in a timely manner. First, we think we may have detected a simple error, in that D 4-11 reads that programs should submit their plans in advance of the end-date, but "no earlier than 1-year before its intended withdrawal date." We wonder if CoA meant to say "no later than," in that we would think that CoA would want to be notified as far ahead of time as possible. For example, for programs to properly notify new students that they should not expect to graduate from an APA-accredited program, programs would presumably want to make this decision 5-6 years ahead of the date of withdrawal. We note that the revisions do not address whether they are...	See Full Comment
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Kevin	King		I support CUDCUP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Angela	Scarpa		I support CUDCP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Stephanie	Sweatt		I support CUDCP's comment.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Deanna	Barch		I strongly agree with the statement from CUDCP requesting clarification on student impact for a program voluntarily withdrawing from accreditation.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	x	x		I am in strong agreement with the comments from CUDCP. More clarity is necessary to ensure changes do not negatively impact currently enrolled students--especially in unanticipated ways. If changes are intended to be retroactively applied to currently accredited programs, thus moving forward (i.e., earlier in time) the date at which current accreditation might lapse, please note my strong disagreement, as this would have marked implications for students (e.g., those who seek NRSA funding to support an "extra" year of graduate training prior to internship). Overall, I agree with the intention of this amendment to provide more explicit information about accreditation dates for programs and their students. With more clarity, and erring on the side of temporally later (vs. earlier) accreditation date milestones, a revised amendment could have a positive, protective effect on graduate-level trainees and facilitate their long-term planning.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Shannon	O'Flinn		I strongly agree with CUDCP's statement and request greater clarification in this IR.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Erin	Lawton		I support the comment submitted by CUDCP requesting greater clarity regarding a number of aspects of voluntary withdrawal.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Cindy	Yee-Bradbury		I agree with and support CUDCP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Brian	Carpenter		I am pleased to see CoA addressing the issue of voluntary withdrawal from accreditation and would encourage the CoA to consider the requests for further clarification from CUDCP, which would benefit programs and, more importantly, students as they consider program withdrawal. Thank you for your consideration.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Vanessa	Malcarne		I support CUDCP's comment.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Brandon	Gibb		I support CUDCP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Angus	MacDonald	These comments represent the views of the faculty of the University of Minnesota	I support the comments of CUDCP in this matter.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Davila	Joanne		I support the comments of CUDCP and of Nick Eaton.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Thomas	Rodebaugh	Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology (Board)	To clarify, I am reposting CUDCP's comments, which covered two sections under this request for comment. Most of the comments are in regard to this material, but the paragraph marked ** is in reference to "Effective date of decision." We applaud CoA for addressing the issue of voluntary withdrawal. Greater clarity will help everyone who is involved in either a program that is withdrawing or thinking about withdrawing. We think more clarity will improve matters still further. There are several details that these revisions do not clarify, but that we hope CoA will clarify in a timely manner. First, we think we may have detected a simple error, in that D 4-11 reads that programs should submit their plans in advance of the end-date, but "no earlier than 1-year before its intended withdrawal date." We wonder if CoA meant to say "no later than," in that we would think that CoA would want to be notified as far ahead of time as possible. For example, for programs to properly notify new st...	See Full Comment
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Ann	Kring		I support CUDCUP's comments
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Mary-Frances	O'Connor		I support CUDCP's comments on this issue.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Mary-Frances	O'Connor		I support CUDCP's comments on this issue.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Jin	Shin		I strongly endorse CUDCUP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Harvey	Allison		I strongly support CUDCP's comments.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Keanan	Joyner		I support CUDCP's statement.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Howard	Berenbaum		I believe the changes require further clarification and should not be implemented as currently written. I also believe there should be a second comment period after CoA prepares a clearer version.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Rena	Repetti		I support CUDCP's comments. In particular, I believe CoA should provide a rationale for requesting that formal requests to withdraw from APA-accreditation be submitted "no earlier than 1-year before" the program's intended withdrawal date. A timing request without apparent logic (no earlier than 1-year before) calls for explanation, and an opportunity to provide comment after CoA's rationale is available to evaluate.
Master's AOP, AOP 8.6, and IR D.4-11	Implementing Regulation (IR) D.4-11 Voluntary Withdrawal from Accreditation	Daniel	Taylor		I support CUDCP's comments.