Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
To meet the education requirements of
RCW
18.83.070, an applicant must possess a
doctoral degree from a regionally accredited institution. Regional
accreditation is awarded to an institution by one of the regional accrediting
agencies, each of which covers a specified portion of the United States and its
territories, or equivalent accreditation in another country, upon approval by
the board.
(1) The doctoral degree
program must include:
(a) At least forty
semester credits, or sixty quarter credits, of graduate courses in curriculum
areas described in subsection (3) of this section.
(i) Courses must be clearly identified by
title and course content as being part of an integrated psychology
program.
(ii) Courses taken before
the doctoral degree program may be accepted if the doctoral degree program
accepted the course(s).
(b) One year in residency as described in
subsection (4) of this section;
(c)
Submission of an original dissertation which is psychological in nature and
endorsed by the program; and
(d) An
organized, sequential and coordinated practicum and internship experience as
described in WAC
246-924-049 and
246-924-056.
(2) The curriculum requirements: The doctoral
degree program must encompass a minimum of three academic years of full-time
graduate study or the equivalent.
(3) The applicant must complete three or more
semester credits, or five or more quarter credits, of core study in each of the
following content areas:
(a) Biological bases
of behavior. For example: Physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
neural bases of behavior, sensation and perception, and biological bases of
development;
(b)
Cognitive-affective bases of behavior. For example: Learning, thinking,
motivation, emotion, and cognitive development;
(c) Social bases of behavior. For example:
Social psychology, organizational theory, community psychology, and social
development;
(d) Individual
differences. For example: Personality theory and psychopathology;
(e) Scientific and professional
ethics;
(f) History and systems of
psychology;
(g) Statistics and
psychometrics;
(h) Research design
and methodology;
(i) Techniques of
data analysis;
(j) Human
development . For example: Developmental psychology, child development, adult
development and aging;
(k) Cultural
and individual differences and diversity;
(l) Psychopathology and dysfunctional
behaviors;
(m) Theories and methods
of assessment and diagnosis-minimum of two courses;
(n) Effective psychological intervention and
evaluation of the efficacy of interventions-minimum of three courses; and
(o)
Psychopharmacology.
(4)
Doctoral degree programs accredited by the American Psychological Association
or the Canadian Psychological Association are recognized as having met the
minimum education requirements.
(5)
Residency requirement:
(a) The doctoral
degree program must involve at least one continuous year of full-time residency
at the institution which grants the degree or a minimum of seven hundred fifty
hours of student-faculty contact involving face-to-face individual or group
educational meetings.
(b)
Educational meetings:
(i) Must include both
faculty-student and student-student interaction;
(ii) Be conducted by the psychology faculty
of the institution at least seventy-five percent of the time;
(iii) Be fully documented by the institution
and the applicant; and
(iv) Relate
substantially to the program components specified.
Statutory Authority: RCW 18.83.50 [18.83.050]. 07-24-093,
§ 246-924-046, filed 12/5/07, effective
9/1/09.
