NPE Study Planner: 12-Week Preparation Workbook | 46-Page PDF

Give your NPE preparation a clear structure

The NPE Study Planner is a 46-page printable PDF for psychologists preparing for Australia’s National Psychology Examination.

Use it to organise reading, practise applying knowledge, identify learning gaps and build a schedule around your work, health and available study time.

The planner brings knowledge and clinical reasoning together. Its prompts help you compare options, check assumptions and explain decisions using relevant evidence and professional guidance.

What’s included

• A flexible 12-week study plan, including recovery and consolidation.
• Study guidance across ethics, assessment, intervention and communication.
• A four-step framework for comparing responses to practice questions.
• One original worked teaching example about a request for client information.
• Worksheets for legal-context mapping, assessment comparisons, intervention planning and communication.
• Domain-readiness, reasoning, timing and logistics reviews.
• A reading tracker and reusable weekly planning sheet.
• Clickable links to official Board resources and a short glossary.

Adapt the plan to your circumstances

Choose your own study hours and adjust the suggested activities to your starting knowledge, responsibilities and access needs.

Use the review pages to record what you can explain and apply, what remains uncertain and what to work on next. The self-review tools support planning; they do not predict an examination result.

What you’ll receive

• One 46-page PDF.
• Searchable text and clickable official-resource links.
• Printable worksheets with space for handwritten notes.

This is a printable PDF, not an editable Word document or interactive question platform.

Practice materials are separate

Practice questions, a question bank and a full mock examination are not included.

The planner includes one worked teaching example and activities for use with separately sourced practice materials. It does not reproduce actual examination questions.

Check current examination requirements

Use the Psychology Board of Australia’s current curriculum, recommended reading list and candidate manual alongside this planner.

Check official instructions for eligibility, bookings, adjustments, delivery arrangements and results. Study schedules and reasoning prompts in this resource are independent suggestions, not Board requirements.

Written by Ethan Smith and published by PsychVault. Revised 25 October 2026.

This resource is not affiliated with or endorsed by Ahpra or the Psychology Board of Australia and does not guarantee a pass.

Licence

For the purchasing individual’s personal study use. Do not share, resell or publicly upload the PDF. Refer to the included licence and PsychVault terms for full conditions.