Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
Board
Board of Psychology
 
Guidance Document Change: Accreditation Bodies Acceptable to the Board
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7/29/22  9:13 am
Commenter: Paul Perrin, PhD, LCP, University of Virginia

PCSAS-accreditation
 

I fully endorse the guidance document and agree that graduates from PCSAS-accredited programs should be eligible for licensure in VA. PCSAS accredits most of the top-ranked clinical psychology PhD programs in the US, and their graduates perform higher across all objective indices than APA-accredited programs only. In order to expand mental health care access throughout the commonwealth, and particularly high-quality and evidence-based care, it is imperative that PCSAS-accreditation be recognized as one of the possible avenues for psychology licensure. 

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