VII. INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS

INTERNSHIP POLICIES FOR CLINICAL PsyD STUDENTS

a) Application Process

1. Students apply for internship during the Fall Semester of their fourth year (from entry at B.A. level). Interviews are generally granted by agencies in December and/or January.
   
   
2. When requesting faculty letters of recommendation and the Dept. Chair's eligibility form, you must include pre-addressed envelopes for each letter and form needed. Give the envelopes to the program administrator at least three weeks before the application is due.
   
   
3. Students must be in good standing having completed sufficient coursework and clinical practica to be qualified for an internship position. Every internship application includes an endorsement by the Department Chair. Incomplete grades must be completed before the Dept. Chair will sign the eligibility form.
   
   
4. The dissertation proposal must be completed and signed off by your committee members by Oct. 15 of the semester in which you are applying for internships. The Chair's Verification of Internship Eligibility and Readiness form is not sent unless the dissertation proposal is completed by Oct. 15, and the IRB application is submitted. Clinical students must take the General and Departmental Comps no later than August of the year you intend to apply for internships and all remediations must be completed. Comps results are usually available by the middle of October.
   
   
5. All Clinic paper work must be completed, as signed by the Clinic Director on the "Psychological Clinic Eligibility form." The Chair's "Verification of Internship Readiness" form is not sent until this form is signed.

b) Acceptance of Internship Offers: For internship sites that participate in the match process, students must abide by the match guidelines.

c) Evaluation: The internship director evaluates your performance at the end of the experience. You will receive a grade of Pass or No Credit for each semester.

d) Waiver of Internship Requirement for Clinical PsyD Students: Such a waiver is based on pre-GSAPP internship experience or based on a typical internship combining experience at two different agencies. A proposal must be submitted to and approved by the Coordinator of Practicum Placements and the Program Director describing sites, client populations, nature of practicum/internship activities, supervision, number of hours, etc. Such an internship must be documented to meet APPIC criteria. NB: Credits will not be given for internships waived and it will not appear on your official Rutgers transcript.

e) Clinical students are expected to do internships at APA accredited sites. If this is not possible, the student must ask the faculty's permission to attend another site. The student's request should include acknowledgement that attending non-APA accredited internships may put them at a disadvantage in the future.