Internship

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The internship is a full-time field experience supervised by a school district, child guidance center, hospital, mental health agency, consortium, or other approved setting which provides opportunities for practice and supervision of the major professional functions of the school psychogist. The internship is taken after completion of course work and practica, and is designed to enhance professional attitudes, responsibility, communication skills, critical judgment, and technical skills.

Internships provide experience in basic school psychological skills, such as assessment, consultation, direct and indirect intervention, staff development, and educational programming. The internship also emphasizes the use of advanced skills in dealing with severe individual and small-group problems, as well as problem identification and problem solving at the systems level. The internship experience is also designed to foster leadership skills in the creative use of existing resources and development of new resources which will enable schools to provide more appropriate educational services to children and youth.

Some students elect to complete their internships with school districts in the Columbia area. Others have secured internships in APA-approved programs. Recent student internship placements include:

• Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (TX)
• Virginia Beach Public Schools (VA)
• Cherry Creek School District (CO)
• Lewiston Independent School District (TX)
• Georgetown University School of Medicine Child Development Center (DC)
• University of Tennessee Professional Psychology Internship Consortium
• Nebraska Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology
• Louisiana School Psychology Internship Consortium
• Richland I School District/Montcrief Hospital Developmental Clinic (SC)
• Richland II/USC School of Medicine (SC)
• The Kennedy Kreiger Institute (MD)
• Sarah A. Reed Children's Center (PA)
• Children's Hospital of Orange County (CA)
• Cobb County Schools (GA)
• University of Kansas Professional Psychology Internship
• Austin Internship Consortium in Professional Psychology (TX)
• Richland County School District No. 1 (SC)
• Richland County School District No. 2 (SC)
• Illinois School Psychologists Consortium
• St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital/Columbia University

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