The P.E.I. government has announced a $2-million program to reduce the time young students have to wait for a psychology assessment to less than one year.

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The current wait time is 3½ years.

On Monday morning, the government announced measures to reduce that time to less than a year by 2020, including:

Adding two psychologist positions, increasing the complement to 10.4.
Contracting private practice psychologists to reduce the wait list.
Adding recruitment incentives that cover licensing fees, relocation and other costs.
Hiring four intervention support teachers to assist classroom teachers.
Hiring two assistive technology facilitators to help implement recommendations for helping students.

The government said one new psychologist is in the process of being hired.