SPECIALTY DESIGNATION IN PSYCHOLOGY - DEVELOPING A CANADIAN MODEL

The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) and the Council of Provin cial Associations of Psychologists (CPAP) created a Task Force to stud y the issue of specialty designation in Canada. As part of fulfilling its mandate, the Task Force surveyed Canadian psychologists and review ed the status and history of specialty designation in other countries. Based on that data, the Task Force concluded that it was timely for C anadian psychology to implement a specialty designation system. The pr esent paper outlines the rationale for the development of a Canadian s pecialty designation system.