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Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (COPGTP) Membership Application
The Council of Professional Geropsychology Training Programs (CoPGTP, pronounced COG-TIP) is an organization of programs providing training at the competence level and beyond. CoPGTP grew out of the June, 2006, meeting that produced the Pikes Peak model. CoPGTP is committed to the promotion of excellence in training in professional geropsychology and to supporting the development of high quality training programs in professional geropsychology at the graduate school, internship, postdoctoral fellowship, and post-licensure (post-registration) levels of training. We welcome international members to our group.
2024 Membership Annual Fees:
Annual Regular Member Fee $200.00 USD
Annual Associate Member Fee $100.00 USD
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Membership Definitions:
Members in CoPGTP are training entities with at least one geropsychologist engaged actively in training (or having engaged actively in training). Members offer didactic and/or experiential training in geropsychology, which may occur in a range of settings. Members of the training council are programs rather than individuals. However, it is recognized that training programs in professional geropsychology may, and often do, consist of one geropsychologist supervising training in one or more settings. A “program” consisting of one individual may join as a full member of the council if the individual is a professional geropsychologist who provides didactic and/or experiential geropsychological training as a core part of their work that assists trainees in meeting one or more of the Pikes Peak competency areas. Alternatively, an individual may join as an associate member if these conditions are not met.
Associate Members in CoPGTP are training entities, including individual trainers, that show significant interest and substantive involvement in geropsychology training even though the training entity does not meet criteria for full membership. Associate members do not have voting privileges.
Geropsychologists are psychologists with knowledge, skill, training, and experience related to the aging process who specialize in assessment and intervention with older persons. The geropsychologist(s) affiliated with a professional geropsychology training program should themselves have been trained in a program that is recognized as providing training in core elements of geropsychology at one or more of the following levels of training: graduate school, internship, and/or post-doctoral level. At the Membership Committee’s discretion a combination of independent learning experiences and 5 years practice in an applied geropsychology setting may substitute for this requirement.