Code of Maine Rules › 02 - DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL AND FINANCIAL REGULATION › 415 - STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PSYCHOLOGISTS › Chapter 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section 415-1-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
1.
APA.
"APA" is the American
				Psychological Association.
2.
ASPPB.
"ASPPB" is the Association of State and Provincial
				Psychology Boards.
3.
Behavior management
. "Behavior management" is arranging or making
				suggestions to parents, teachers, staff members, work supervisors, or other
				persons responsible for the care, education or management of target
				individuals, groups or organizations about altering the situation in which a
				target individual or target group lives, works, attends school, etc. for the
				purposes of changing the behavior of the target individual, group or
				organization. Behavior management also includes the design and implementation
				of procedures which manipulate the environmental antecedents and consequences
				of a behavior.
4.
CPA.
"CPA" is the Canadian Psychological Association.
5.
CPQ.
"CPQ" is the
				Certificate of Professional Qualification in Psychology.
6.
Consultation.
"Consultation"
				is suggesting changes in the behavior of the parents, teachers, staff members,
				work supervisors or other persons responsible for the care, education or
				management of target individuals, groups or organizations which will lead to
				changes in the situation or in the behavior of the target individual, group or
				organization. Consultation may also be provided for the purpose of implementing
				a program of behavior management or social skills training.
7.
EPPP.
"EPPP" is the
				Examination for the Professional Practice of Psychology owned by the
				ASPPB.
8.
Full-time
				residency.
"Full-time residency" is at least 26 weeks of weekly
				face-to-face classroom instruction during the course of an academic year,
				received from faculty at an on-campus location where student and instructor are
				physically present in the same room at the time instruction is
				delivered.
9.
Intervention
				services.
"Intervention services" is limited to consultation, behavior
				management, social skills training, and conducting psychoeducational
				groups.
10.
NASP.
"NASP" is the National Association of School Psychologists.
11.
National Register; NR.
"National Register" or "NR" is the National Register of Health Services
				Providers in Psychology.
12.
NR credential.
"NR credential" is the National Register Health Service
				Provider in Psychology credential.
13.
Occasional services.
"Occasional services" means consultation within Maine by a psychologist
				licensed in another state or jurisdiction but not licensed by the board,
				subject to the provisions of Chapter 9 of the board's rules. "Occasional
				services" does not include psychotherapy.
14.
Psychoeducational group.
"Psychoeducational group" is an intervention based on psychological principles
				in which the provider assists the clients in managing their personal behavior
				using a structured educational format. Psychoeducational groups are
				distinguished from group psychotherapy by the instructional focus of the former
				versus the interpersonal and/or process approach of the latter.
15.
Psychotherapy.
"Psychotherapy" is treatment based on psychological principles in which the
				treatment provider works directly with the client or client group and in which
				the personal relationship, verbal, or non-verbal interaction between the
				treatment provider and the client or client group is a primary vehicle for
				effecting change. Psychotherapy includes, but is not limited to, recognized
				styles of individual, marriage and family therapy, and group
				psychotherapy.
16.
Social
				skills training.
"Social skills training" is working directly with
				clients for the purposes of education, training, habilitation or
				rehabilitation. Social skills training is limited to training in specific
				identified basic self-care skills, social skills and activities of daily living
				appropriate to the clients' age group.