Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales 2.0 (COPPR 2.0)

Dr Kylie Rice (University of New England) and colleagues developed the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales ([COPPR Scales] Rice et al., 2022, 2025). The COPPR Scales were developed to guide psychologists in reflecting on and assessing their competencies.

In recognition of the updated APAC Standards and Psychology Board of Australia Professional Competencies for Psychologists, the COPPR Scales have since been updated as the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales 2.0 (COPPR 2.0). The COPPR 2.0 follows the original format in that it has both a self-report version for psychologists and trainees to complete on their own competencies, and an observer version for supervisors to complete for their supervisees. A new clinical subscale has also been added to enable the COPPR to be applied in clinical training pathways (based on APAC Level 4 Clinical endorsement competencies). Thus, these scales may be beneficial for professional and clinical psychology training courses in Australia. Post university, these scales may also be useful for the evaluation of internship and clinical registrar training pathways, as well as practitioner self-reflection.  These rating scales will allow psychologists, trainees and supervisors to reflect upon, assess and monitor competence development across the multiple domains of practice, which may then guide professional development and supervision.

We are collecting data to test the psychometric properties of the updated COPPR 2.0, and you, your trainees, supervisor/s and colleagues are invited to utilise these scales for self-reflection and placement/competency review purposes. All psychologists (at any stage of their career/training journey), are also invited to utilise the scales for self-reflection purposes. It is anticipated that the survey, once fully validated, will be freely available for practice, education, research and training purposes.

Practitioners can take a screenshot of their results, which they can then utilise for self-reflection purposes, tracking competency development over time, in supervision and for training/placement review. You, your staff, or your trainees, may complete the survey as often as you like, and in doing so you are able to assess and monitor competence development over time.

Link to the COPPR Scales

This project has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of New England (Approval No HE21-182, Valid to 31 December 2026).

Currently these surveys are provided for education, training and practice purposes only. If you would like to utilise the COPPR Scales in research - please contact Dr Kylie Rice by email: Kylie.Rice@une.edu.au . Copyright of the scales is retained by Dr Kylie Rice and colleagues, and the COPPR scales cannot be used or distributed without permission. There are several publications that are in the process of being published by Dr Rice and colleagues.

Contact

Dr Kylie Rice is an Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology at University of New England.
You can contact Kylie about this research, or other topics, by email Kylie.Rice@une.edu.au or phone 02 6773 4259.

Citations

Rice, K., Banner, S. E., Schutte, N., & Rock, A. J. (2025). A competency framework and measure for psychologists: the psychometric assessment of the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating (COPPR) Scales. Australian Journal of Psychology, 77(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530.2025.2457528

Rice, K., Schutte, N.S., Cosh, S.M., Rock, A.J., Banner, S.E., & Sheen, J. (2022). The Utility and Development of the Competencies of Professional Psychology Rating Scales (COPPR). Frontiers in Education, 7:818077. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.818077