Progress towards Three Year Professional Training Courses for Educational Psychologists

Summary

In May 1997 the Membership and Qualifications Board (MQB) of the British Psychological Society (BPS) accepted a proposal from the Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) Training Committee that all professional training courses in educational psychology in England and Wales should be extended from 1 to 3 years. MQB have recommended that this proposal be implemented by the year 2001 and that, from then on, 1 year courses will cease to be recognised. One of the authors of this article (Irvine Gersch) has written to all principal educational psychologists (PEPs) giving further details about the proposal.

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Notes on contributors

Peter Farrell

Dr Peter Farrell is Tutor for the Continuing Professional Training of Educational Psychologists and Director of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester. Dr Irvine Gersch is Principal Educational Psychologist, London Borough of Waltham Forest. Sue Morris is Course Tutor in Eductional Psychology; School of Education, University of Birmingham. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of their employing LEAs or” universities’.

Irvine Gersch

Dr Peter Farrell is Tutor for the Continuing Professional Training of Educational Psychologists and Director of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester. Dr Irvine Gersch is Principal Educational Psychologist, London Borough of Waltham Forest. Sue Morris is Course Tutor in Eductional Psychology; School of Education, University of Birmingham. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of their employing LEAs or” universities’.

Sue Morris

Dr Peter Farrell is Tutor for the Continuing Professional Training of Educational Psychologists and Director of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Manchester. Dr Irvine Gersch is Principal Educational Psychologist, London Borough of Waltham Forest. Sue Morris is Course Tutor in Eductional Psychology; School of Education, University of Birmingham. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of their employing LEAs or” universities’.