Alabama Administrative Code › Title 750 - ALABAMA BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN PSYCHOLOGY › Chapter 750-X-2 - THE APPLICATION PROCESS › Section 750-X-2-.07 - Internship Training

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Applicants who have successfully completed an internship that was accredited by
			 the American Psychological Association or the Canadian Psychological
			 Association at the time of the applicant's training will be recognized as
			 meeting the Board's internship training requirements.
(2) Internships which were not accredited by
			 the American Psychological Association or Canadian Psychological Association
			 will be acceptable only if they met the following criteria:
(a) The internship was an organized training
			 program, in contrast to supervised experience or on-the-job training. It must
			 have provided the intern with a planned, programmed sequence of training
			 experiences assuring breadth and quality of training.
(b) The internship agency had a clearly
			 designated staff psychologist who was responsible for the integrity and quality
			 of the training program and who was actively licensed/certified by a
			 State/Provincial Board of Examiners in Psychology.
(c) The internship agency had at least two
			 licensed psychologists on the staff as supervisors.
(d) Internship supervision was provided by a
			 staff member of the internship agency or by an affiliate of that agency who
			 carried clinical responsibility for the cases being supervised. At least half
			 of the internship supervision was provided by one or more
			 psychologists.
(e) The internship
			 provided training in a range of assessment and treatment activities conducted
			 directly with clients in need of psychological services.
(f) At least 25% of trainee's time was in
			 direct client contact.
(g) The
			 internship included a minimum of two hours per week (regardless of whether the
			 internship was completed in one year or two) of regularly scheduled, formal,
			 face to face individual supervision with the specific intent of dealing with
			 psychological services rendered directly by the intern. There must also have
			 been at least two additional hours per week in learning activities such as:
			 case conferences involving a case in which the intern was actively involved;
			 seminars dealing with clinical issues; co-therapy with a staff person including
			 discussion; group supervision; additional individual supervision.
(h) Training was post-clerkship,
			 post-practicum and post-externship level.
(i) The internship agency had a minimum of
			 two interns at the internship level of training during applicant's training
			 period. The Board may make exceptions in the case of school
			 psychologists.
(j) Trainees had a
			 title such as "intern," "resident," "fellow," or other designation of trainee
			 status.
(k) The internship agency
			 had a written statement or brochure which described the goals and content of
			 the internship. The brochure stated clear expectations for quantity and quality
			 of trainee's work, and was made available to prospective interns.
(l) The internship experience was the
			 equivalent of 1 year full-time training completed in no less than 11 months (10
			 months for school psychologist's internships) and no more than 24 consecutive
			 months.
(m) If two internship sites
			 are used to fulfill minimum requirements, references must be received from an
			 internship supervisor or internship director at each site.
(n) The Board retains the right to disallow
			 claimed experiences which violate common sense.