Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) is a parent education program published as a series of books. STEP was developed and published by the psychologists Don Dinkmeyer Sr., Gary D. McKay and Don Dinkmeyer Jr. The publication was supplemented by an extensive concept for training and proliferation. STEP has reached more than 4 million parents and has been translated into Spanish, French, German, and Japanese. Korean and Chinese adaptations are in progress. STEP is based on Alfred Adler's individual psychology and the work of the psychologists Rudolf Dreikurs and Thomas Gordon. An evaluation of the
Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists oversight of licensees and certified professionals involved in the practice of psychology. Those professionals include psychologists, provisionally licensed psychologists, psychological associates, and licensed specialists in school psychology. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, as of 2010, the agency had oversight of 6,547 licensees. Since 1987, the Board has required an oral examination for applicants for licensure as psychologists. In 1981, the Legislature amended the Act to add three public members to the TSBEP bringing the total number of members to nine. The Governor with the advice and consent of the Texas Senate appoints the members of the