Competence is of paramount importance to training in professional psychology, yet little
research has addressed the development of psychometrically sound instruments for …

Professional competence is of paramount importance to the field of professional psychology.
However, little research in the field has examined what it means to be a competent …

Challenges to the assessment of competence and competencies in professional psychology
are discussed in this article. These include difficulties in defining competencies in precise …

Professional psychology has begun shifting toward a competency-based model of training.
The articles on the Competency Benchmarks and the Competency Assessment Toolkit in …

The 2009 special issue of Training and Education in Professional Psychology focused on
competency areas and assessment-related issues, presenting 2 seminal …

Abstract The Competency Benchmarks document outlines core foundational and functional
competencies in professional psychology across three levels of professional development …

This article presents guiding principles for the assessment of competence developed by the
members of the American Psychological Association's Task Force on Assessment of …

Objective Several competency models for training and practice in professional psychology
have been proposed in the United States and Canada. Typically, the procedures used in …

The body of literature on the identification, definition, and conceptual organization of
competencies essential to professional psychology education and training has been …

This commentary on the Competency Benchmarks and the Competency Assessment Toolkit
articles focuses on 2 areas in which more work needs to be done to assure that a final …