Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 3201 - Rules and Regulations of the Mississippi Board of Psychology › Chapter 6 - EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE › Rule 30-3201-6.3 - STANDARDS FOR DEFINING THE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Current through June 25, 2024
The internship must be accredited by the APA or the CPA
				  except as noted below. The internship shall be appropriate to the applicant's
				  graduate training specialization.
Programs working toward accreditation must have an active
				  application with APA or CPA at the time the intern completed the program or
				  within two years of the applicant's completion of the program. The names of
				  programs that have submitted application for accreditation, and the status of
				  the applications, are available from the APA and the CPA.
The internship consists of a minimum of 2000 hours of
				  supervised experience and must be completed within a two year period. Full time
				  interns shall receive a minimum of four hours of supervision per week, at least
				  two hours of which will include individual supervision. Other individual or
				  group supervision will be provided when necessary as determined by the Training
				  Director or primary supervisor.
The internship shall be in a setting or settings that, in
				  the aggregate, provide both a broad spectrum of psychological services, and
				  serve a varied clientele. Such a setting should provide experiences that
				  include a variety of diagnostic categories and intervention orientations,
				  supervision by licensed psychologists, and opportunity for consultation and
				  program development.
The rat
io of supervision time to direct service
				  time should be sufficient to ensure
adequate learning; namely, at
				  least two hours per week of formal, face-to-face individual supervision.
Supervision consists of direct, formal contact with a senior
				  prof
essional who is
responsible for the educational
				  development and guidance of the trainee or supervisee. Class work, practicum
				  experience or other course related experience may not be counted as part of the
				  required supervision.
Supervision must be for the direct provision of
				  psychological services by the applicant to individuals or groups of
				  clients/patients. An applicant's own personal growth experience, personal
				  therapy or encounter groups, may not be counted as part of the required
				  supervision experience. The supervision of others may not be counted as part of
				  the required supervision experience.
Supervisors must meet the following criteria:
A. The supervisor must be employed for no
				less than twelve (12) hours per week at the facility where the internship
				experience is obtained; or, if this is not possible due to practical
				considerations, the applicant must provide evidence of the supervisor's
				contractual relationship with the facility. In either event, the supervisor
				must be available for supervision and consultation at any time during the
				supervisee's work week.
B.
				Supervisors must be licensed for practice of psychology in the jurisdiction
				where the supervision is provided.
C. The professional qualifications of each
				direct supervisor must be appropriate to the services rendered.
D. The supervisor, at the time of
				supervision, must not be in a dual relationship with the supervisee;
E. The supervisor must have sufficient
				knowledge of all clients for whom supervision is provided, including
				face-to-face contact with the client when necessary, to effectively develop and
				monitor service delivery procedures and the supervisee's treatment plan.
If the internship is not APA or CPA accredited, it
				  must;
1. Meet all other criteria as
				defined in Section 6.3 above, and
2. Be specifically submitted to and approved
				by the Board on a case-by-case basis.