From Houston to Minnesota: The commission to plan the updating of neuropsychology’s training guidelines

Objective: The Houston Conference Policy Statement established an integrated model of training for clinical neuropsychologists and has been widely implemented. However, developments and needs related to professional competencies, cultural/linguistic diversity, and technology prompted the need to update training guidelines. In 2021, an interorganizational Planning Commission (PC), with Commissioners from 17 organizations within clinical neuropsychology, was formed to develop a process by which training guidelines would be comprehensively updated via the Minnesota 2022 Conference to Update Educational and Training Guidelines in Clinical Neuropsychology, held 12–16 September 2022. Method: The PC met virtually from June 2021 through August 2022, and responsibilities included conference site selection, fundraising, Delegate selection, and conference goals, schedule, and policies. The PC also defined the roles and responsibilities for the conference and subsequent activities among the Delegates, Steering Committee, and Content Panels. Conclusion: The PC set the stage for the participants of the Minnesota Conference to undertake a generational updating of training guidelines. The 25 years since the Houston Conference and the long process of completing the Minnesota guidelines underscore the need to update training guidelines with greater frequency.