VI. PRACTICUM REQUIREMENTS

RESTRICTIONS ON PRACTICUM HOURS

Clinical PsyD: If a practicum is 2 and 1/2 days per week or more, the Clinical PsyD faculty recommends that students take no more than 9 didactic course credits.Advanced Clinical Psychology students may apply for a waiver of practicum credits for those experiences that have been supervised by licensed, doctoral-level psychologists. Decisions about practicum waivers are made by the coordinator of Practicum Placements. It is strongly urged that students not waive the practicum, as this is the context in which they practice what they learn in the classroom.

Department of Applied Psychology (School & Organizational PsyD) Practicum Requirements have 4 components:

• Individual supervision provided by the field supervisor (individual face-to-face contact at least one hour each week as well as review of materials, observations, jointly conducted activities, etc.).
• Practicum activities on the practicum site require one day each week (at least seven hours) for the 15 weeks of each semester.
• Additional flexible time of one half day each week (writing reports, special meetings, preparation, etc.)
• Supplemental group Adv. Supervision at GSAPP (two and one half hours each week 18:826:605,606, or 18:829:605,606).

Advanced School Psychology Students Second Year Practicum Waiver Application Form requires detailed information regarding previous supervised experiences:

• Location and clients served
• Role and title of supervisee
• Dates of activities
• Activities under direct supervision of supervisor and approximate percentage of time given to carrying out these activities
• Average total hours per week devoted to supervised activities
• Hours per week of face-to-face individual supervision provided by supervisor
• Professional level of the student at time.

The total number of supervised hours must be validated by the practicum supervisor.