Requirements to renew a state or national license or certification can impact the selected professional learning experiences of psychologists. As a result, most credentialing agencies maintain some requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) or continuing education (CE) to renew or maintain a credential. Nevertheless, requirements across different credentialing agencies lack consistency in the type of activities required, as well as the number of hours mandated, and are regularly changing. Further, despite evidence on the value of varied types of CPD/CE activities to the promotion of lifelong learning, many state agencies’ CPD/CE requirements include a limited or restricted set of allowable activities for renewal. The current paper reviewed CPD/CE requirements across state education agencies that credential school psychologists, state boards of psychology that credential psychologists for independent practice, and agencies that issue a national credential. Results reveal considerable variability, though with more consistency and alignment with best practices among state boards of psychology when compared with state education agencies. State agencies should aim to increase consistency, and utilize national standards and existing national credentials for setting renewal requirements.

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将证书更新的 CPD/CE 要求与心理学和学校心理学专业学习的最佳实践保持一致。

更新州或国家许可证或认证的要求可能会影响心理学家选择的专业学习经验。因此，大多数认证机构对持续专业发展 (CPD) 或继续教育 (CE) 保持一些要求，以更新或维持证书。然而，不同认证机构的要求在所需活动的类型以及规定的小时数方面缺乏一致性，并且经常发生变化。此外，尽管有证据表明各种类型的 CPD/CE 活动对促进终身学习具有价值，但许多州机构的 CPD/CE 要求包括一组有限或受限的允许更新活动。当前的论文回顾了州教育机构的 CPD/CE 要求，这些机构对学校心理学家进行了认证，为独立实践提供证书的心理学家的州心理学委员会，以及颁发国家证书的机构。结果显示出相当大的可变性，尽管与州教育机构相比，州心理学委员会的最佳实践更具一致性和一致性。国家机构应致力于提高一致性，并利用国家标准和现有的国家证书来设定更新要求。