Alaska Administrative Code › Title 12 - Professional Regulations › Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing › Chapter 60 - Board of Psychologist and Psychological Associate Examiners › Article 2 - Experience and Education › 12 AAC 60.083 - Additional criteria for doctorate degree

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the criteria established in
				  12 AAC 60.082, programs of
				  graduate study for a doctorate degree in psychology must require
(1) the equivalent of three full-time
				  academic years of graduate study, two years of which are through the
				  degree-granting institution, and one year of which is in full-time residence at
				  the degree-granting institution;
(2) courses covering the following program
				  components:
(A) methodology and history,
				  including course work in each of the following four areas of study:
(i) history and systems;
(ii) psychology measurement;
(iii) research methodology;
(iv) techniques of data analysis
				  (statistics);
(B)
				  foundation in psychology, including course work in each of the following five
				  areas of study:
(i) biological bases of
				  behavior, including physiological psychology, comparative psychology,
				  neuropsychology, and psychopharmacology;
(ii) cognitive-affective bases of behavior,
				  including learning, memory, perception, cognition, thinking, motivation, and
				  emotion;
(iii) social bases of
				  behavior, including social psychology, cultural, ethnic, sex roles, and
				  organizational behavior;
(iv)
				  individual differences, including personality theory, human development,
				  individual differences, abnormal psychology, psychology of women, psychology of
				  persons with disabilities, and psychology of the minority experience;
				  and
(v) knowledge and use of
				  ethics;
(3) a
				  supervised practicum or laboratory experience appropriate to the area of
				  practice in psychology; and
(4) a
				  predoctoral internship; a predoctoral internship must include the following
				  components:
(A) the internship must be
				  designed to provide a planned, programmed sequence of training experiences, the
				  primary focus of which is to assure breadth and quality of training;
(B) the internship setting must have
(i) a clearly designated psychologist who is
				  responsible for the integrity and quality of the training program and who is
				  licensed or certified by a state or provincial board of psychology
				  examiners;
(ii) two or more
				  psychologists available as supervisors;
(iii) a written statement or brochure
				  describing the goals and content of the internship, stating clear expectations
				  and quality of an intern's work, and made available to prospective
				  interns;
(C) supervision
				  must be provided by the person who is responsible for the cases being
				  supervised; at least 80 percent of the supervision must be provided by a
				  psychologist;
(D) at least 25
				  percent of the intern's time (minimum 375 hours) must be spent in direct client
				  contact providing assessment and intervention services;
(E) the internship must include at least
(i) two hours per week of regularly
				  scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision with the specific intent
				  of dealing with the direct psychological services rendered by the
				  intern;
(ii) two hours of other
				  learning activities, such as case conferences, seminars on applied issues,
				  co-therapy with a staff person, including discussion and group
				  supervision;
(F)
				  supervision and training relating to ethics must be an ongoing aspect of the
				  internship program;
(G) an intern
				  must use a title such as "intern", "resident", "fellow", or other designation
				  of trainee status;
(H) the
				  internship experience must consist of at least 1,500 hours and must be
				  completed within 24 months.