INTERNSHIP IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR 18:826:633:01. School Psychology Program. GSAPP, Rutgers University.

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1 INTERNSHIP IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY SEMINAR 18:826:633:01 School Psychology Program GSAPP, Rutgers University Monday 5-7:45 PM Room: 258 Karen L. Haboush, PsyD Spring 2015 Phone: Office: 237A Introduction: The school psychology doctoral internship is the culminating supervised training experience for doctoral students. It consists of an organized sequence of training experiences designed to prepare interns for full time employment as doctoral level school psychologists. Supervised training includes professional practice experiences as well as didactic training, and individual and group supervision, including the Internship Seminar. This Seminar meets the CDSPP Guidelines for regularly scheduled, supervised, and documented training activities with other doctoral psychology interns, as well as group supervision requirements. Interns whose internship sites provide those experiences are not required to participate in the Seminar, provided those training activities are approved by the School Psychology Internship Coordinator. Successful internships involve ongoing collaboration between the GSAPP School Psychology program and internship sites to ensure the completion of professional activities which are consistent with School Psychology Program competencies along with CDSPP, APA and NASP internship guidelines. Regular Seminar meetings will provide a forum for ensuring that training experiences are appropriate and trouble shoot problems along with maintaining a connection between the university and internship site. Avenues for addressing intern s concerns will also be addressed. Evaluation of interns occurs in both a summative and formative manner at each internship site. Both on-site supervision and supervision provided through the Internship Seminar constitute sources of performance feedback and evaluation data. On-site supervisors submit written documentation of performance feedback at the end of each semester when they complete the Internship Progress Report. Interns are required to submit their Internship Logs at the end of

2 each semester. All written documentation must be received and reviewed by the Internship Coordinator and Program Director for students to receive credit for successfully completing their internship. A site visit is required for non-appic, non-apa sites. Activities which support the consolidation of intern s professional identity and preparation for full time employment constitute an integral part of the internship year and a focus of this Seminar. Support and assistance in the development of a Professional Portfolio containing illustrative work samples will be provided through this Seminar. Format: The Seminar meets weekly. Training activities will include: group supervision, guest speakers, topical presentations, review and completion of required documentation such as internship logs and contracts, and discussion of articles and case presentations. Priority will be given to providing supervision for pressing practice issues. Interns should notify the group of their desire to discuss any pressing concerns at the start of that night s seminar. Topical presentations are intended to reflect intern s preferences, as well as current issues within the field. Interns are strongly encouraged to specify those topics they are interested in learning more about through guest speakers and/or other learning activities. GOALS: Enhance professional development and consolidation of professional identity including roles and responsibilities of professional school psychologists Strengthen and support ethical decision making strategies in all aspects of professional practice Prepare students for full time employment Enhance self awareness and use of self reflection as part of professional development Support continued application and utilization of data-based problem solving framework to professional practice Provide a forum for collegial support and utilization of peer supervision, a popular model for supervision in professional practice Equip interns with current knowledge and scholarly research from the field of school psychology

3 RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS AND RESOURCES: Bransbetter, R. (2012.). The school psychologist s survival guide. San Francisco: Jossey-Boss. Newman, D. S. (2013). Demystifying the school psychology internship. New York: Routledge. Thompson, P.D. (2012). The school psychology licensure exam guide, second edition. New York: Springer. EVALUATION: Regular attendance at scheduled meetings, excluding religious observances Promptness: the Seminar will start promptly at 5:15 PM. Promptness is an essential part of professional decorum Active participation in Seminar meetings Demonstration of respectful & collaborative behavior with peers, instructor & guest speaker in accordance with Ethical Guidelines Refraining from use of technological devices (phones, laptops during the Seminar) unless for educational purposes Timely completion of Internship Contract Submission of Internship Log at the end of each semester Portfolio development

4 SPRING 2015 DATE FORMAT TOPIC GUEST SPEAKER 1/26/15 GROUP INTRODUCTION & UPDATES 2/2/15 PANELPRESENTATION SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP PANEL: RU CONSORTIUM SUPERVISORS 2/9/15 PANEL INTERNSHIP PANEL: PRESENTATION INTERNS N/A 2/16/15 GROUP CASE DISCUSSION N/A 2/22/15 GROUP CASE DISCUSSION:TRAUMA 3/2/15 GROUP CASE DISCUSSION N/A 3/9/15 GROUP URBAN SCHOOLS: TEACHER CONSULTATION & TECHNOLOGY RU CONSORTIUM SUPERVISORS INTERNS ( YEAR) DR. ELISSA SHERNOFF 3/16/15 SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK 3/23/15 GROUP TESTING ACCOMMODATIONS SARA TETA, M.ED. 3/30/15 GROUP INTERVIEWING & CV S SONA POLKOWSKI, MA 4/6/15 GROUP CASE DISCUSSION N/A 4/14/15 GROUP PROFESSIONAL DR.FRANCES

5 IDENTITY, ETHICS, & ADMINISTRATIVE CAREERS 4/20/15 GROUP CASE DISCUSSION N/A 4/27/15 GROUP TEACHER TRAINING & COLLABORATION: HIGH STAKES TESTING 5/5/15 GROUP READING DISABILITIES & ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 5/11/15 GROUP END OF YEAR REVIEW, SUMMATION & CELEBRATION STROMSLAND DR. RYAN KETTLER DR. K. STRATTON N/A SPRING BREAK: 3/16/15 PLEASE NOTE: SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY INTERNSHIP PANELS WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 2, 2015 (Rutgers School Psychology Consortium Supervisors) AND FEBRUARY 9, 2015 (Current interns) from 5:15-7:30. Panel discussion by current interns and internship supervisors regarding internship sites, application process (APPIC, Consortium, etc), and training experiences