External mental health service providers in schools and the effective delivery of school psychology
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This document describes the APS position on psychological service delivery in schools and what factors schools need to consider in accessing psychological services.
The preferred model for delivering psychological services in the school context is for services to be provide...
Last reviewed Apr 2018
Working with Interpreters: A practice guide for Psychologists
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This resource provides guidance for psychologists to work effectively with qualified interpreters.
Where a client communicates in a language other than the psychologist’s primary language, or would prefer to communicate in their preferred language, working with a qualified...
Last reviewed Aug 2026
Exploring the Sweetgrass Method: a culturally grounded, relational framework for mental health pract
Ahead of his visit to Australia, to run a series of events with the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association, Dr Mark Standing Eagle Baez sat down with APS to walk through his culturally grounded, relational framework for mental health practice.
When Dr Mark Standin...
Last reviewed Jul 2026
Harnessing the power of AI in psychology
Optimising AI in psychology, while minimising the risks is a key aspect of APS’s pre-budget submission and it requires urgent attention.
Whatever your position on AI, there is no doubt it is revolutionising almost every industry, including psychology.
On one hand, the...
Last reviewed May 2024
Every day dilemmas for school psychologists
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Psychologists who provide services in schools have to manage a wide range of ethical, legal and professional obligations.
These are made more complex due to the age of the recipients of services and the staff duty of care to act in loco parentis – literally ‘in the place of...
Last reviewed Apr 2018
A curriculum for a continent: Psychology studies in secondary school
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Simon Crowe was awarded the 2013 APS Distinguished Contribution to Psychological Education Award for his outstanding contributions to teaching at all levels of the psychology curriculum, from the secondary school level through to undergraduate and postgraduate lecturing and su...
Published Jun 2017
School Psychological Services Policy: Managing communication and confidentiality
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The Psychology Board of Australia Code of Conduct came into effect for all registered psychologists practicing in Australia on 1 Dec 2025. The following resource will be updated to align with the new Code of Conduct. This resource should be read in conjunction with the Code o...
Last reviewed Jan 2026
Insomnia disorder practice guide
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Last reviewed Jan 2023
One Clinical Framework: A national framework for the provision of allied health treatment services
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InPsych
There is now strong evidence that early return to work and minimising ‘discretionary’ absenteeism is associated with greatly improved long-term health and wellbeing outcomes for people injured at work (AFOEM, 2011; Cotton, 2011). Generally, individuals participating in work ha...
Published Jun 2017
Managing student confidentiality in the school setting: Principals and school psychologist guidance
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The Psychology Board of Australia Code of Conduct came into effect for all registered psychologists practicing in Australia on 1 Dec 2025. The following resource will be updated to align with the new Code of Conduct. This resource should be read in conjunction with the Code o...
Last reviewed Jan 2026