Regulation .04-2 Supervised Professional Experience — Practice-Oriented Programs.
Regulation .04-2 Supervised Professional Experience — Practice-Oriented Programs.LinkCopy Citation
A.
For applicants for licensure graduating from practice-oriented programs, supervised professional experience may be accrued through:
(1)
Pre-internship;
(2)
Internship;
(3)
Pre-doctoral post-internship; or
(4)
Post-doctoral experiences.
B.
The academic training program director or the post-doctoral training supervisor shall attest to the hours accrued to meet the requirements of this regulation on a form required by the Board.
C.
An applicant may utilize pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experience:
(1)
To accrue up to 1,500 hours toward the supervised professional experience required for licensure; and
(2)
That occurs following the completion of the first year of the doctoral program.
D.
Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall:
(1)
Consist of an organized sequence of training that is of increasing complexity to prepare the student for internship;
(2)
Follow appropriate academic preparation;
(3)
Be overseen by the graduate training program;
(4)
Be an extension of the student's academic coursework and within the scope of education received;
(5)
Be in service-related activities such as treatment, assessment, interviews, report writing, case presentations, supervision, and consultation for at least 50 percent of the training experience; and
(6)
Be devoted to face-to-face client contact for at least 25 percent of the training experience.
E.
Pre-internship and pre-doctoral post-internship experiences shall contain a written training plan that:
(1)
Includes the responsibilities of the student, training site, and graduate training program;
(2)
Describes how the student's time will be allotted;
(3)
Ensures the quality, breadth, and depth of the training experience by specifying the:
(a)
Goals and objectives of the training experience;
(b)
Methods of evaluation of the student's performance; and
(c)
Rules governing the training experience;
(4)
Specifies the requirements of supervision to include:
(a)
The nature of supervision;
(b)
The identities of supervisors; and
(c)
The form and frequency of feedback from the agency supervisor to the training faculty;
(5)
Provides rationale for the training experience based on previous academic preparation and previous training to ensure that the overall experience is organized and sequential; and
(6)
May be provided to the Board with the application to document the pre-internship or pre-doctoral post-internship experience.
F.
Pre-internship and Pre-doctoral Post-internship Supervision Requirements.
(1)
Every 20 hours of pre-internship experience and pre-doctoral post-internship shall include the following:
(a)
At least 2 hours of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision that addresses the direct psychological services provided by the student; and
(b)
At least 2 hours of other learning activities such as:
(i)
Case conferences;
(ii)
Seminars on applied issues;
(iii)
Conducting co-therapy with a staff person including discussion of the case; or
(iv)
Group supervision.
(2)
In exceptional circumstances, the Board may waive the requirement for face-to-face supervision if the academic program director attests to the nature of the circumstances and assures the Board that the quality of supervision was not compromised.
G.
Internship experiences shall:
(1)
Consist of a minimum of 1,750 hours of supervised experience; and
(2)
Be completed within 24 months.
H.
The internship program shall be:
(1)
Accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) or the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA);
(2)
A member program of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral Internship Centers (APPIC); or
(3)
Part of an academic program that:
(a)
Is approved or designated by the:
(i)
APA;
(ii)
CPA; or
(iii)
Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB)/National Register; and
(b)
Includes an internship that is approved by the program's academic training director as meeting its criteria for an internship.
I.
Post-Doctoral Supervised Professional Experience—Practice-Oriented Programs.
(1)
A maximum of 1,500 hours of the professional supervised experience may be obtained through post-doctoral supervised experience.
(2)
Post-doctoral supervised experience shall be completed if an applicant does not have 3,250 hours of pre-doctoral supervised experience.