The Code: 41.1 - 41.8 General Flashcards

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APA

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American Psychological Association.

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ASPPB

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Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards

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Accredited college or university

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An institution which is recognized as an institution of higher education under 22 Pa. Code (relating to education) or which is accredited by a regional accrediting association recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation(CORPA)

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Accredited hospital

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a facility which is recognized as a hospital under 28 Pa. Code (relating to health and safety), or which is defined as a health care facility in section 103 of the Health care facilities Act

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Act

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The Professional Psychologists Practice Act

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Board

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The State Board of Psychology of the Commonwealth.

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Bureau

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The Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs of the Department of State of theCommonwealth.

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CPA

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Canadian Psychological Association

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Child Abuse

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  • Nonaccidental mental, physical, or sexual harm caused to someone under 18
  • Imminent risk of harm due to sexual abuse
  • Imminent risk of harm due to neglect
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ChildLine

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An organizational unit of the Department of Public Welfare which operates a 24-hour a day Statewide toll free telephone system for receiving reports of suspected child abuse, referring reports for investigation and maintaining the reports in the appropriate file.

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Client

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A person, system, organization, group or family for whom a psychologist provides psychological services

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Client/Patient

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person, system, organization, group or family for whom a psychologist provides psychological services. In the case of individuals with legal guardians, including minors and legally incapacitated adults, the legal guardian shall be the client/patient for decisionmakingpurposes. The minor, legally incapacitated adult or other person actually receiving the service shall be the client/patient for issues specifically reserved to the individual, such as confidential communications in a therapeutic relationship and issues directly affecting the physical or emotional safety of the individual, such as sexual or other exploitive dual relationships.

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Delegated Supervisor

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Person delegated 1 of the 2 hours of supervision by primary supervisor
- Must be licensed, certified, or registered with Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs or be exempt.

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According to the Board what criteria must a Doctoral Degree in a Field Related to Psychology satisfy in order to sit for the licensure exam?

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Related Degree delivered from college/university that is:

  • Accredited by the APA or CPA
  • Designated by the ASPPB/National Register
  • Foreign College/University with standards equal to the above.
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Doctoral Degree in Psychology

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Related Degree delivered from college/university that is:

  • Accredited by the APA or CPA
  • Designated by the ASPPB/National Register
  • Foreign College/University with standards equal to the above.
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What does Graduate Training in Psychology consist of

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Completion of 15 semester hours in a doctoral program that includes:
general domains of professional psychology practice

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Supervised prac, internship, research

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Specialty areas of psych

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Immediate Family Member

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Parent/guardian, child, sibling, spouse or other family member with whom the client/patient lives.

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Individual Residing in the Same Home as Child

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An individual who is 14 years of age or older and who resides in the same home as the child.

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National Register

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The Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers

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Perpetrator

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Person who causes harm to a child
Can be:
-Parent
- Guardian
- Partner
- Person living at harm with child
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Person Responsible for Child Welfare

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Provides care, supervision, treatment, and/or training to a child in lieu of parents
- Excludes people employed by or provides services to a school or unit.

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Primary supervisor

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A currently licensed psychologist having primary responsibility for directing and supervising the psychology resident

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Professional Relationship

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A therapeutic relationship; determined by first point of professional contact and continues until the last date of service.

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Professional Setting

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  • Any public/private setting where a trainee works in preparation for independent practice and where they provide direct service to clients and consult with other providers
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Psychologist

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Licensed provider

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Psychology Intern

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Trainee on internship

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Psychology Resident

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Trainee with a doctoral degree in pursuit of licensure

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Psychology trainee

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an intern or resident

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Recent Acts or Omissions

  • when must they be submitted
  • Who receives the submission>
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Acts or omissions committed within 2 years of the date of the report to the Department of Public Welfare or county agency.

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Serious Mental Injury

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A psychological condition including the refusal of appropriate treatment that causes mental distress or disrupts a child’s ability to complete developmental/social tasks

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Serious Physical Injury

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An injury that causes a child severe pain or significantly impairs a child’s physical functioning, either temporarily or permanently

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Sexual Abuse or Exploitation

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The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement or coercion of a child to engage in or assist another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct or a simulation of sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction, including photographing, videotaping, computer depicting or filming, of sexually explicit conduct or the rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, molestation, incest, indecent exposure, prostitution, statutory sexual assault or other form of sexual exploitation of children

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Sexual Intimacies

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Romantic, sexually suggestive, sexually demeaning or erotic behavior. Examples of this behavior include, but are not limited to, sexual intercourse, nontherapeutic verbal communication or inappropriate nonverbal communications of a sexual or romantic nature, sexual invitations, soliciting a date from a client/patient, masturbating in the presence of a client/patient (or encouraging a client/patient to masturbate in the presence of the psychologist), exposure, kissing or hugging, touching, physical contact or self-disclosure of a sexual or erotic nature

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Licensee’s change of address or name

When must you notify the board

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Must be accurate; deemed your official name

- notify board of changes within 10 days of change

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Board Address

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The address of the Board is State Board of Psychology, Post Office Box 2649, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17105-2649

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What criteria must a professional demonstrate in order to be seen by the Board as a recognized profession? (4 main points)

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Any group who

  • works in an area related or adjacent to psychology that includes a demonstrably different body of knowledge from that of the field of psychology
  • Has standards for training to regulate membership into the profession
  • professional and ethical conduct for an independent
  • Has accouterments typical of a professional (e.g. publications, conferences, academic trainings, CEUs, regional/certification, etc.)
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Department of Health Licensing of Substance Abuse Services - Statement of Policy

What does the board dictate is exempt from the department of health’s license for providing SUD treatment?

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(1) A psychologist or group of psychologists that are qualified to provide SUD treatment (as evidenced by their training and education)
(2) A psychology trainee supervised by a psychologist/psychology group with SUD exp and trainning
(3) An unlicensed employee with graduate training in psychology who is supervised by a psychologist.

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What are the domains of professional psychology

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  • ethics
  • research design and methods
  • stats and psychometrics
  • biological bases of behavior (physiopsych, neuropsych, sense and perception, psychopharm, comparative psych
  • cognitive-affective bases of behavior
  • social bases of behavior
  • I/O
  • Human development
  • Personality
  • Abnormal
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How many semester hours of graduate psychology training are required for beginning to practice under a psychologist?

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Completion of 15 semester hours in a doctoral program