The Competencies Conference: Future Directions in Education and Credentialing in Professional Psychology was organized around eight competency-focused work groups, as well as work groups on specialties and the assessment of competence. A diverse group of psychologists participated in this multisponsored conference. After describing the background and structure of the conference, this article reviews the common themes that surfaced across work groups, with attention paid to the identification, training, and assessment of competencies and competence. Recommendations to advance competency-based education, training, and credentialing in professional psychology are discussed. This is one of a series of articles published together in this issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Several other articles that resulted from the Competencies Conference will appear in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice and The Counseling Psychologist.

Although cases of anorexia nervosa and bulimia are being seen increasingly by health care professionals, little data is available on the prevalence of these disorders in the general population of school age children. Using a validated eating attitude test (EAT), a total of 5150 students, aged 12–20, from public schools and one university in the Province of Manitoba were surveyed. Overall, 5% of males and 22% of females scored 30 or above on the scale, suggesting significant concerns and attitudes regarding eating. These concerns were somewhat higher in urban versus rural settings and seemed to increase between the ages of 12 and 13 and remain high thereafter. Many of the students who scored high on the EAT were overweight, suggesting that these attitudes or concerns are not specific to anorexia nervosa and/or bulimia.

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