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Advisory committee hears academic and professional appeals to reconsider postdoctoral requirement for psychologists
Summary
Public speakers from Wichita State and the Kansas Psychological Association urged the advisory committee to support earlier licensure or to restructure the postdoctoral year, arguing it would strengthen internship pipelines, improve pay equity and retain graduates in Kansas; committee members raised concerns about supervision quality and called for careful documentation and phased changes.
Members of the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Boardlicensed psychology advisory committee heard three public commenters on Aug. 12 advocating reconsideration of the postdoctoral training requirement for psychologist licensure.
Dr. Jessica Provine, assistant vice president for wellness at Wichita State University, said removing the postdoctoral year would "alleviate so much of my fears about closing our training program" and argued the change would help recruit and retain psychologists by shortening the time between graduation and paid licensure. Jason Maloshek, a past president and federal advocacy coordinator for the Kansas Psychological Association, said neighboring states that…
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