There are also opportunities to participate in psychosocial programming activities such as skills training groups, medication maintenance groups, or assertiveness skills training. On some units interns can gain experience in the design and implementation of individual and group behavior therapy programs. Training is assured in all of these areas through collaboration with other staff members and through supervision by psychology staff. Interns are expected to play an active role on a multidisciplinary treatment team at some point during their internship year. As members of a treatment team interns attend weekly meetings and assist in the development and implementation of treatment strategies.
Interns also have opportunities to provide consultation to other members of the treatment team.
Interns are provided with between 2 and 4 hours of individual supervision per week. On most rotations interns work closely with a primary supervisor, and this provides additional opportunities for direct observation of the intern's work and informal supervision. All interns have a single supervisor for their yearlong outpatient work, and the typical amount of supervision for this is one to two hours per week. In addition to the individual supervision time, interns are provided with 1 to 2 hours per week of group supervision. Interns usually receive substantially more supervision than is implied by the minimum standards.