Pre-Doctoral Psychology Internship Policy

 
1.  The Training Director must give approval in order for a student to
     begin the internship application process. Students are to work with
     the Internship Coordinator in applying for internships.
  
2.  A student may not begin the psychology internship without obtaining
     candidate status.  Beginning with students who enter in Fall 2007, the
     dissertation proposal (Chapters 1-3, References, Appendices) must
     be approved by the Dissertation Committee on or before December
     15th or the student must withdraw from internship application.  The
     student may not interview or enter the match without an approved
     proposal.
  
3.   A potential internship site must be APA accredited or an established
      internship training program including:
                        
      a.  A regularly publicized psychology internship program.  It is
           preferable that the site be listed in the most up-to-date APPIC
           manual; or if it is a new site, it should be listed in a major
           publication such as the APA Monitor.

      b.   Acceptance of more than one intern each year.
        
      c.   A designated director of training on site who is a
            licensed psychologist.

      d.   A series of didactic training workshops or presentations.

      e.   The opportunity for interns to present cases.

      f.   The internship program is a full year (12 months) in length and
           provides a minimum of 1500 hours of total training.  Further it
           should meet the hour requirement for licensure in the state in
           which the site is located.
 
 4.   The Training Director must approve the internship.