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A
one-year (10 months/1500 clock hours) internship in school
psychology is required and is taken upon completion of all
other program requirements (except the dissertation). For
licensure purposes, however, it is strongly recommended
that students complete a full-year (12 month/2000 clock
hours) internship. Students must secure internships (with
the program's assistance and facilitation) with facilities/districts
that have an organized internship program. Internships must
be approved by the faculty member responsible for coordinating/directing
internships within the School Psychology Program. Only internship
placements consistent with program objectives receive approval.
Selection of internship must conform to NASP standards and
be consistent with those guidelines set for by the Council
of Directors of School Psychology Programs (CDSPP) and/or
APPIC. Internships usually require students to move to a
distant location for one year of intensely supervised experience
(there are currently no organized internship programs in
the Hattiesburg area). Students are expected to have completed
or made substantial progress toward completing their dissertation
prior to beginning their internship so that they may devote
their full attention to this important professional component
of their training program.
Normally,
early in the Fall semester of each year, the faculty director/coordinator
of internships meets with all students who will be applying
for internships for the following year to acquaint them
with the procedures for applying, identification of potential
sites, and review of applicable guidelines (e.g., NASP,
CDSPP). It remains, however, the responsibility of the individual
student to secure her/his own internship. Our students have
been highly successful in obtaining APA accredited internship
placements. Below is a sampling of internship placements
that our students have secured over the past several years:
- John's Hopkins - Kennedy Krieger Institute
- The May Institute
- Meyer Rehabilitation Institute (Nebraska
Internship Consortium) - Omaha, NE
- Boys' Town (Nebraska Internship Consortium)
- Omaha, NE
- The Devereux Foundation - Devon, PA
- Dallas Independent School District
- University of Tennessee Consortium - Memphis
- Medical Coll. of Toledo (Northwest Ohio
Consortium)
- Children's Primary Hospital - Salt Lake
City, UT
- Louisiana Internship Consortium - New
Orleans
- Child Development Center - Mississippi
Med. Center
- Methodist Richard Young Hospital (Nebraska
Internship Consortium) - Omaha, NE
- Houston Independent School District
- Humble Independent School District - Texas
- Cypress Fairbanks School District - Texas
- Children's Mercy Hospital - Kansas City
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