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Government-funded training positions

As the peak body for psychology in Australia, The Department of Health and Aged Care has recognised the APS as a primary partner in implementing the National Mental Health Workforce Strategy grant. We have allocated 500 training positions for existing supervisors who need to undertake a refresher masterclass to maintain their current PsyBA-approved registered supervisor status (refresher training is required every five years). 

Eligibility & applications

As part of the qualifying criteria of this grant, registered psychologists who work with priority populations, including First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD), and/or regional, rural, and remote (located in MMM3-7), will be prioritised to become Board-approved supervisors or to maintain their current PsyBA-approved registered supervisor status. Applications for masterclasses have re-opened with limited placements still available. Previous applicants need not re-apply.

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Latest CPD activities

Upcoming webinars

Explore all upcoming APS professional development webinars and join presenters collaborating with the APS with content that has been assessed as having met the APS Standards for CPD activities, which conveys the assurance of quality.

Evidence-based and neuroaffirming intervention for ADHD: Parent training

Join Maddi Derek and gain knowledge and practical tools to deliver 'parent training' - an evidence-based intervention recommended in the Australian Clinical Guidelines for ADHD. 

Webinar dates available: 1 July, 3 July, 21 October, 23 October 2025 

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Working with perpetrators of family violence - 26 August & 23 September 2025

Join Dr Peter Streker on this 2-part webinar providing a platform of knowledge and resources that can help psychologists work more confidently and effectively with perpetrators of family violence.

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eLearning

Autism: 3. Identifying co-occurring conditions

The latest instalment in the APS Autism series, this eLearning activity aims to help you improve autistic health and wellbeing by understanding and responding to common co-occurring conditions. Identify strengths and challenges associated with autism to enable you to support a positive autistic identity, and break down healthcare barriers, where present and relevant.  

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Mainstreaming the manosphere's misogyny: Exploring how teen boys navigate the Andrew tate effect

This CPD on the go® activity explores how teenage boys engage with manosphere content, particularly through the lens of Andrew Tate’s influence, and how this engagement functions as a form of emotional and social currency among peers. Drawing on focus groups with 13–14-year-old boys and a critical analysis of Tate’s media presence, the study unpacks how young people use this content to bond, joke, and affirm group identities, often without full awareness of its underlying misogyny. 1 CPD hour

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Impact of a brief compassion intervention on everyday experiences of autistic adults

Using a combination of self-report measures, heart rate variability (HRV) assessments, and daily experience sampling, the authors of this CPD on the go® activity investigated changes in self-compassion, emotional regulation, and physiological responses, this activity explores the feasibility and effects of a brief, self-guided, online compassion-focused intervention for autistic adults. 1 CPD hour

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Autism: 2. Assessment and identification

This eLearning activity will assist participants to understand these contemporary shifts in thinking and what they mean for practice, ensuring that the process of assessment is rigorous and inherently supportive of the dignity, rights, and strengths of autistic people. This is the second part of the Autism series of activities. 6 CPD hours

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Indigenous informed disaster recovery: Addressing collective trauma using a healing framework

This CPD on the go® activity explores the potential for an Indigenous-informed healing framework to address collective trauma from disasters. Members of the Disaster Response Network can access this activity free of charge. Submit your interest.

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