South Dakota Administrative Rules › Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Article 20:60 - PSYCHOLOGISTS › Chapter 20:60:08 - Internships › Section 20:60:08:01 - Supervised internship

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 10, July 15, 2024
In addition to the requirements in SDCL
				  36-27A-12(3), a
				  supervised psychology internship must meet the following requirements:
(1) The internship must be an organized
				training program that is distinct from and unrelated to current or previous
				employment and is designed to provide the intern with a planned programmed
				sequence of training experiences, emphasizing breadth and quality of training.
				Internship training must provide for the integration of scientific,
				professional, and ethical knowledge, attitudes, and skills basic to the
				professional practice of psychology;
(2) The internship agency must have a staff
				psychologist actively licensed at the doctoral level by the state in which the
				psychologist practices and provides supervision who is responsible for the
				integrity and quality of the psychology training program;
(3) Internship supervision must be provided
				by a staff member of the internship agency or by an affiliate of that agency
				who is responsible for the cases being supervised. At least two-thirds of the
				internship supervision must be provided by one or more psychologists licensed
				at the doctoral level by the state in which they practice and provide
				supervision;
(4) The internship
				must provide training in a variety of methods of assessment and diagnosis and
				of interventions and treatment across a variety of problems through activities
				conducted directly with clients;
(5) At least 25 percent of the intern's time
				must be in direct client contact for the purpose of delivering clinical
				services;
(6) The internship must
				include a minimum of two hours a week of regularly scheduled, formal,
				face-to-face individual supervision with the specific intent of dealing with
				services rendered directly by the intern. Supervision may include ethical and
				professional issues and considerations that have or could arise in the delivery
				of clinical services and may include the professional development and future of
				the intern. There must be at least one additional hour a week of supervised
				learning activities, such as co-facilitating group therapy with a staff person,
				joint supervisor-intern clinical interview or therapy session with clients,
				case conferences, treatment team case reviews, group supervision, and
				additional individual supervision;
(7) Training must be at postclerkship,
				postpracticum, and postexternship levels, and must follow all didactic course
				work relevant to the applied or specialty area of the academic curriculum
				required for the degree;
(8) The
				student must have a title such as intern, resident, or trainee or another title
				that clearly identifies the student or training status; and
(9) The internship agency must have a written
				statement or brochure which describes the goals and content of the internship,
				which state clear expectations for the quantity and quality of the trainee's
				work, and which is available to prospective interns.
General Authority:
SDCL
					 36-27A-12(3).
Law Implemented:
SDCL
					 36-27A-12(3).