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							                         NOTICE OF ACTIONS – ACCREDITATION STATUS
                                   Commission on Accreditation
                                        Summer 2012

The following serves as a notice of actions related to accreditation status taken by the Commission on Accreditation
(CoA) of the American Psychological Association at its Summer meeting held July 19-22, 2012. This list does not
include actions on programs that did not receive an accreditation decision, or programs that submitted other
correspondence or interim reports for review at the Summer meeting.

The official listing of all accredited doctoral, internship, and postdoctoral programs appears in each December
edition of the American Psychologist. An electronic list of all currently accredited programs in psychology is also
available online at www.apa.org/ed/accreditation/programs.

                                 Accreditation Statuses and Decision Guidelines

Accredited Statuses

The CoA grants accreditation of 3-7 years from the date of the site visit. The number of years granted is based on
the professional judgment of the CoA consistent with the following guidelines:

         7 Year Guideline: Compliance or substantial compliance with all domains of the Guidelines and
          Principles for Accreditation (G&P). No serious deficiencies.

         5 Year Guideline: Multiple minor deficiencies exist and/or deficiencies have been recently corrected.

         3 Year Guideline: Program resource concerns, instability, and/or serious deficiencies remain, but can
          be corrected in the near future (minor deficiencies typically addressed in the next self-study.)

         The CoA may also assign a program “accredited, on probation” status. Although it is an accredited
          status, it is considered by the CoA to be an adverse action that serves as notice to the program, its
          students/interns/residents and the public that in the professional judgment of the CoA, the accredited
          program is not consistent with the G&P and may have its accreditation revoked. Prior to this
          designation, a program is provided an opportunity to show cause why it should not be placed on
          probation by providing a written response to the issues of concern. A program not coming into
          compliance within two (2) CoA meetings after the show cause notice is assigned “accredited, on
          probation” status. This status is appealable within 30 days of receipt of written notice of the CoA
          decision.

Revocation

In the event that a program continues to be out of compliance with the G&P following “accredited, on probation”
status, the CoA in its professional judgment may revoke the program’s accreditation. “Revocation of accreditation”
is considered by the CoA to be an adverse action designating a program that has previously been placed on
“accredited, on probation” status and for which the CoA has evidence that the program continues to be
substantively inconsistent with the G&P at the time of the review of the program’s response to the probation.
Revocation is appealable within 30 days of receipt of written notice of the CoA decision.

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Additional information on all accreditation statuses can be found on pages 6-7 of the Accreditation Operating
Procedures.



DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

Granted Initial Accreditation
   • East Carolina University (Clinical PhD)—effective 4/20/2012
          o Next site visit 2019

Granted Continued Accreditation
   • Alliant International University, Los Angeles (Clinical PsyD)
          o Next site visit 2015
   • Alliant International University, San Francisco (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2017
   • Alliant International University, San Francisco (Clinical PsyD)
          o Next site visit 2017
   • Binghamton University/State University of New York (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2015
   • University of California, Riverside (School PhD)
          o Next site visit 2015
   • Catholic University (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of Georgia (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Illinois State University (School PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of Indianapolis (Clinical PsyD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Loma Linda University (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Loma Linda University (Clinical PsyD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of Louisville (Counseling PhD)
          o Next site visit 2017
   • University of Maine (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of Nebraska—Lincoln (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • New Mexico State University (Counseling PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of North Dakota (Counseling PhD)
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Our Lady of the Lake University (Counseling PsyD)
          o Next site visit 2017
   • Palo Alto University, Pacific Graduate School of Psychology (Clinical PhD)
          o Next site visit 2015
   • Regent University (Clinical PsyD)
          o Next site visit 2019
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   •   St. John’s University (School PsyD)
            o Next site visit 2019
   •   Western Michigan University (Counseling PhD)
            o Next site visit 2019
   •   Wisconsin School of Professional Psychology (Clinical PsyD)
            o Next site visit 2019
   •   Wright State University (Clinical PsyD)
            o Next site visit 2019


Placed on “Accredited, Inactive” status for 2012-2013 Academic Year
    • Arizona State University (School PhD)
    • Indiana State University (Counseling PhD)
    • New York University (School PhD)
    • New York University (School PsyD)

Voluntarily Withdrawing from Accreditation
   • University of Waterloo (Clinical PhD)—effective 12/31/2012




INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS

Granted Initial Accreditation
   • University of North Dakota—Grand Forks, ND—effective 4/13/2012
          o Next site visit 2019
   • State Operated Forensic Services—St. Peter, MN—effective 4/13/2012
          o Next site visit 2019

Granted Continued Accreditation
   • Alfred I. DuPont Institute of the Nemours Foundation—Wilmington, DC
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Appalachian Regional Healthcare Psychiatric Center—Hazard, KY
          o Next site visit 2015
   • Aurora Mental Health Center—Aurora, CO
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Brown University Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium—Providence, RI
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Butler University Consortium—Indianapolis, IN
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of California, Santa Barbara—Santa Barbara, CA
          o Next site visit 2019
   • University of Chicago Medical Center—Chicago, IL
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles—Los Angeles, CA
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Missouri Health Sciences Psychology Consortium—Columbia, MO
          o Next site visit 2019
   • San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health—San Bernardino, CA
          o Next site visit 2019

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   •   University of South Carolina—Columbia, SC
           o Next site visit 2019
   •   Tripler Army Medical Center—Honolulu, HI
           o Next site visit 2019
   •   San Francisco VA Medical Center—San Francisco, CA
           o Next site visit 2019
   •   VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System—Pittsburgh, PA
           o Next site visit 2019
   •   Wasatch Mental Health—Provo, UT
           o Next site visit 2019
   •   Westchester Jewish Community Services, Inc.—Hartsdale, NY
           o Next site visit 2019
   •   West Virginia University—Carruth Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Services—Morgantown, WV
           o Next site visit 2019


Placed on “Accredited, Inactive” status for 2012-2013 Academic Year
    • Aurora Behavioral Health Services—Wauwatosa, WI
    • Miami Children’s Hospital—Miami, FL

Voluntarily Withdrawing from Accreditation
   • Hudson River Regional Psychology Internship Program—Poughkeepsie, NY—effective 8/31/2012
   • Metropolitan State Hospital—Norwalk, CA—effective 9/1/2012
   • Royal Ottawa Health Care Group—Ottawa, ON (Canada)--effective 8/31/2013
   • Western Michigan University Counseling Services—Kalamazoo, MI—effective 8/31/2011


POSTDOCTORAL RESIDENCY PROGRAMS

Granted Initial Accreditation
   • Kaiser Permanente South East Bay Consortium—Fremont, CA (Clinical)—effective 4/18/2012
          o Next site visit 2019
   • San Francisco VA Medical Center—San Francisco, CA (Clinical Neuropsychology)—effective 3/8/2012
          o Next site visit 2019
   • James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital—Tampa, FL (Rehabilitation)—effective 4/27/2012
          o Next site visit 2019
   • G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center—Jackson, MS (Clinical)—effective 3/27/2012
          o Next site visit 2019
   • Walter Reed National Military Medical Center—Arlington, VA (Forensic)—effective 4/17/2012
          o Next site visit 2019

Placed on “Accredited, Inactive” status for 2012-2014 cohort only
    • Tripler Army Hospital—Honolulu, HI (Clinical Child)

Voluntarily Withdrawing from Accreditation
   • Virginia Commonwealth University—Richmond, VA (Clinical Health)—effective 8/31/2012




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** In accordance with Implementing Regulation D.8-2, these decisions are being made public although they are
not yet considered final. These programs have 30 days from receipt of the decision letter to appeal the adverse
decision. The adverse decision is not considered final until (1) 30 days after the program is notified of the decision
and the program elects not to appeal, or (2) if the program elects to appeal the decision, after receipt of the appeal
panel report if the appeal panel upholds the CoA’s decision.

For additional information about psychology accreditation or questions regarding this notice, please feel free to
contact the APA Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation at (202) 336-5979 or apaaccred@apa.org.




Susan F. Zlotlow, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation




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