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We need to discuss the final evaluation process that ultimately becomes the barrier to an intern voicing injustices and discrepencies experienced at his/her practicum.  It's the same as in a paid position where employees have to say "yes" and "no" is not an option.   

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"designate an internship coordinator to be the liaison between the organization and the interns"

This is a very good suggestion since so many organizations fail to recognize the importance of orientation process  - I have had to   learn just about everything on my own, pay the school for the internship, spend excessive additional hours over and above agreed upon and needed hours because I never received appropriate orientation.   

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The US dept of Labor must look into the internship placement practices of various academic programs.  I believe this is the root of the problem. 

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 Response to Gary:

"site visits" - it sounds really good, but in reality, it is a "drive-thru" approach to a very important  process.       

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As a two term psychology graduate student intern, I advocate for internship paid (preferred) or unpaid.  However, I propose programs held accountable to adere to a process to better match intern placement and requiring formal course or certification for supervisiors.  

There are numerous definitions of supervision. Clinical supervision is an ongoing relationship with power differential aimed at developing and training future professional in various fields (e.g. psychology).  

Unfortunately, few supervisors report having had formal courses on supervision, and most rely on their own experience as a supervisee" (ASPPB, 2003, p. 1). Additionally, fewer than 20% of supervisors have had formal training in supervision (Peake, Nussbaum, & Tindell, 2002). Many psychologists perform clinical supervision, with little or no formal training or experience, other than being supervised themselves at one time. Moreover, The Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) task force on supervision concluded, "Given the critical role of supervision in the protection of the public and in the training and practice of psychologists, it is surprising that organized psychology, with few exceptions, has failed to establish a requirement for graduate level training in supervision."

C.E.Watkins, Jr. (Ed.). Handbook of psychotherapy supervision. New York: Wiley.

State of Oregon http://www.oregon.gov/OBPE/APA EPs 2002.pdf

Ronnestad, M.H., & Skovholt, T.M. (1993). Supervision of beginning and advanced graduate students of counseling and psychotherapy. Journal of Counseling and Development, 71, 396-405.

American Psychological Association. (2002). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of . Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html conduct 2002

ASPPB Supervision Guidelines Revised 2003. (2003). Final report of the ASPPB Task Force on Supervision

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