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THE MBTI® PRACTITIONERS CORNER

A. QUALIFYING PROGRAMS
The test publisher is the qualifying agent as to who may purchase and administer their psychological instruments with the guidance of the American Psychological Association standards. In 1983 the first publisher-approved Qualifying Program for the MBTI® Inventory was offered. There are now 8 designated providers. For a list of providers contact: www.cpp.com/qual/worklist.asp

All practitioners of the MBTI® Inventory are encouraged to attend a Qualifying Program as many who qualify through a tests and measurement course have not had a grounding in either psychological type or the MBTI® Inventory.

The Qualifying Programs are designed to give the practitioner the minimum knowledge considered necessary to begin administering and interpreting. Growing expertise comes with experience and continued learning.

B. THE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Representatives from each of the Qualifying Programs met for several years to develop the Certification Program which would encourage practitioners towards advanced learning and would develop a body of recognized advanced practitioners who could be referred as such.

For more information: www.mbticertification.org or contact the MBTI® certification administrator at 866 526.6284.

C.  Membership in the Association for Psychological Type (APT)
APT is the membership association for practitioners of the MBTI® assessment and all those who are interested in psychological type. It promotes the practical application and ethical use of psychological type and provides continuing learning through conferences, local chapter and regional programs, the quarterly Bulletin of Psychological Type and the MBTI® research journal.

For membership requirements, extensive membership services, and networking see www.aptinternational.org.

D. Ethical Guidelines for Administration and Interpretation of the MBTI® assessment.
"First, and foremost, 'person-to-person' feedback between the practitioner and the client is required. The interpretation session must be scheduled before the client receives his or her personal results."   —from Interpretation Requirements for the MBTI® assessment by Jeffrey Hayes, Sr. Vice President, CPP, Inc. and Naomi L. Quenk, Vice Chair, Myers & Briggs Foundation. Bulletin of Psychological Type, Vol 26, No. 2, Spring, 2003, p. 22 and Vol. 26, No. 3, pp.41-43. This document explains the rationale for these ethical standards. If you do not have access to this document,

  Other instruments might use the structure and names for the sixteen types but if anything other than the authentic MBTI® instrument was
  used the results are not MBTI® types or preferences and should not be presented as such. In addition, a person-to-person feedback
  between practitioner and client is important and the interpretation session should be scheduled before the client receives the results.