Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 510-2-.05 - Internship and Postdoctoral Supervised Work Experience
(1)
Requirements. In order to satisfy the experience requirement for
licensure the applicant must have completed an internship and a postdoctoral
supervised work experience (SWE).
(2)
Definitions.
(a) An Intern is a person who is engaged in
the predoctoral year of applied experience in a psychological
internship.
(b) An Internship is an
organized, coherent set of training experiences in the specialty/concentration
area of the practice of psychology (i.e., clinical, counseling, school, mental
retardation/developmental disability or industrial/organizational psychology)
that are characterized by greater depth, breadth, duration, frequency, and
intensity than practicum training and is either APA or CPA accredited or meets
the equivalency criteria set by the Board.
1.
An applicant who was enrolled in an APA or CPA approved program prior to May of
2003, and who was a student in good standing, will be deemed to have met the
above noted internship requirement, and,
2. Provided the applicant completed/graduated
from the program within a seven (7) year period from the date of
enrollment.
(c) An
Internship Site is a setting in which an internship occurs and is either a
hospital, accredited school, university, consulting firm, public agency, public
or private organization, or public or private practice.
(d) A Fellow is a person who is engaged in
completing a postdoctoral supervised work experience or a post-doctoral
fellowship.
(e) A Postdoctoral
Supervised Work Experience (SWE) is 1500 hours of individually supervised
experience following the internship and the completion of the doctoral
degree.
(f) An Internship or
Postdoctoral Supervisor (internship/SWE Supervisor) is a psychologist who
oversees an internship or SWE and who meets both of the following requirements
below:
1. Possesses current licensure issued
by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists or current licensure issued
by a psychology board in another jurisdiction whose standards are not lower
than those of Georgia; and
2. Is
not currently under the terms of a disciplinary order against the professional
license issued by the Georgia Board of Examiners of Psychologists or licensure
issued by any other state or jurisdiction.
(g) A Senior Industrial/Organizational (I/O)
Psychologist is a person who has earned a Ph.D. in I/O psychology or a related
field within the discipline of psychology, and who:
1. Meets the educational requirements for
licensure of I/O psychologists; and
2. Has completed five years of independent
practice concentrated in one or more of the following domains:
(i) Employee Selection and
Placement;
(ii) Performance
Management;
(iii) Human Factors and
Engineering Psychology;
(iv)
Organization Development; and
(v)
Training and Development. Fulfillment of this practice requirement shall be
documented by three other psychologists, who are licensed and are members of
the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, who attest to the
nature and extent of the candidate's expertise and work experience, and to the
quality of work; and
3.
Provides documentation of achievement and competence in the practice of I/O
psychology. Fulfillment of this requirement shall be documented by provision of
descriptions of three separate and organizationally significant interventions
in the domains listed above for which the applicant had primary responsibility
for all phases including: problem definition, design, development,
implementation, and evaluation. For each intervention, a 1-2 page narrative
description must be submitted. The description must include a summary of each
phase and the name, address, and telephone number of a person from the client
organization whom the Board could contact for additional information, if
necessary.
(h) A
Non-Licensed I/O Supervisor is a person who has an earned Ph.D. in
Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychology or a related field within the
discipline of psychology who is not licensed, but may also qualify by meeting
the following requirements:
1. Five years of
practice in Industrial/Organizational psychology; and
2. Submission of three references to the
Board from other psychologists, attesting to the nature of his or her area of
expertise, work experience, and quality of work. At least one reference must be
from a psychologist who is a current or former direct supervisor.
(i) A Non-Licensed MR/DD
Supervisor is a person who has an earned Ph.D. in mental retardation/
Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) psychology or a related field within the
discipline of psychology but who is not licensed may also qualify by meeting
the following requirements:
1. Five years of
practice in MR/DD psychology; and
2. Submission of three references to the
Board from other psychologists, attesting to the nature of his/her area of
expertise, work experience, and quality of his/her work. At least one reference
must be from a psychologist who is a current or former direct
supervisor.
(j) A
Secondary Supervisor is a person who oversees no more than 20% of an internship
or SWE. For interns, the secondary supervisor must be affiliated with an
internship program. All secondary supervisors must meet the following
requirements:
1. Current licensure by the
State of Georgia or by a licensing board in another jurisdiction in Psychology,
Medicine (Psychiatry, Neurology, or other relevant medical field);
and,
2. Pre-approval (in writing)
by the primary internship/SWE supervisor.
3. Is not currently under the terms of a
disciplinary order against the professional license issued by the Georgia Board
of Examiners of Psychologists or licensure issued by any other state or
jurisdiction.
(3) Supervisor-Intern/Fellow Relationship.
(a) Supervisory relationships are governed by
the Code of Ethics in Chapter 510-4. The internship/SWE supervisor may not be
an employee of an agency which is headed by the supervisee, nor be employed by
an entity in which the supervisee has an interest.
(b) The internship/SWE supervisor shall not
take primary supervisory responsibility for more than three interns or fellows
concurrently without Board approval. Industrial/Organizational supervisors are
not limited to three interns or fellows, but for each intern or fellow the I/O
supervisor must spend a minimum of two supervision hours for each 40 hours the
intern or fellow works.
(c) The
internship/SWE supervisor shall:
1. Co-sign
all written reports of interns or unlicensed fellows;
2. Co-sign insurance claims with the intern
or unlicensed fellow;
3. Assure
that claims to third-party payers clearly reflect who rendered the
service;
4. Assure that the intern
or fellow:
(i) Informs clients/patients of the
supervisor-intern/fellow relationships; and
(ii) Informs clients/patients that they may
confer with the internship or postdoctoral supervisor about any aspect of the
services provided.
(4) Internship Requirements.
(a) General Standards: The general standards
for an internship will be met when one of the following is fulfilled:
1. Completion of an APA or CPA accredited or
Association of Psychology and Internship Centers (APPIC) member internship of
at least 2000 hours; or
2.
Completion of a non-APA or non-CPA accredited or APPIC member internship which
complies with the following criteria:
(i) The
internship must be completed in no less than 11 months and no more than 24
months after its inception. I/O internships must be completed in 48 months. In
cases of disability or hardship, the Board, in its sole discretion, may permit
exceptions to this requirement.
(ii) The internship consists of 2000 hours of
organized training experiences appropriate to the academic program specialty
area.
(iii) The intern must spend
at least 500 hours in direct contact with clients/patients. I/O Interns are
exempt from this requirement.
(iv)
The intern must have completed a minimum of 60 semester hours of graduate
course work in psychology prior to the inception of an internship.
(v) Supervised program activities (practica)
for which course credit is awarded may not be used to satisfy any internship
hours.
(vi) The internship must
provide training in a range of assessment and treatment/intervention activities
conducted directly with persons or organizations who receive psychological
services.
(vii) The administrative
director of the internship site or its training director shall, upon request of
the Board, furnish a written statement of the internship's goals, its content,
and the criteria by which the quality and quantity of the intern's work will be
evaluated.
(viii) At least 80% of
the internship supervision must be provided by one or more licensed
psychologists. Final evaluations by supervisors must indicate satisfactory
completion of the internship.
(ix)
The intern must use a title which identifies a trainee status, i.e., "intern",
or "resident".
(x) Prior to the
inception of the internship, the internship supervisor(s), university doctoral
program training director or designate and intern must enter into a written
internship agreement that specifies the goals and nature of the training
experiences. Upon completion of the internship, the intern and internship
supervisor(s) must sign the agreement and confirm thereby that the internship
has been completed satisfactorily.
3. Applicants who are Senior
Industrial/Organizational Psychologists will be deemed to have met the
internship requirements for licensure.
(b) Internship Supervision.
1. The Internship Supervisor must approve the
Intern's workload, which must be sufficient to afford the Intern appropriate
experience but must not be so great as to impair his/her ability to provide
competent service to clients/patients.
2. The internship supervisor must require the
intern to maintain a file on each client, or of his/her work progress in the
case of I/O interns. The intern must update each file no less than once each
month with a current summary of client contacts and with a rationale for the
procedures that were used.
3. The
internship supervisor must limit the intern's activities to the application of
assessment, treatment and/or intervention techniques, and methodology which the
supervisor is qualified to utilize.
4. The internship supervisor shall hold
primary responsibility for the intern's assessment procedures and treatment
and/or intervention programs. An intern should be notified as soon as possible
if his/her performance is unsatisfactory.
5. All fees for services shall be paid
directly to the internship agency or directly to the supervisor.
(c) Specialty Areas. In addition
to the general standards for internships enumerated above, internships in the
specialty areas of clinical, counseling, school, I/O and in MR/DD psychology
must meet the requirements delineated in the following section. Specialty areas
are defined by the doctoral program described on the applicant's transcript. A
clinical psychology specialty is defined by an earned doctoral degree with a
concentration in clinical psychology. A counseling psychology specialty is
defined by an earned doctoral degree with a concentration in counseling
psychology. A school psychology specialty is defined by an earned doctoral
degree with a concentration in school psychology. An industrial/organizational
specialty is defined by an earned doctoral degree with a concentration in
industrial/organizational psychology. A mental retardation/developmental
disabilities specialty is defined by an earned doctoral degree with a
substantial program of study in the specialized area of mental retardation or
developmental disabilities psychology.
1.
Clinical Psychology and Counseling Psychology Internships.
(i) Internship supervisors must be staff
members of the internship site, or an affiliate thereof, who carry clinical
responsibility for the cases being supervised.
(ii) The internship must have a clearly
designated staff psychologist who is responsible for the integrity and quality
of the training program, and who is a licensed psychologist.
(iii) The internship site must have two or
more psychologists on its staff, at least one of whom satisfies the definition
of an internship supervisor. An internship supervisor or secondary supervisor
must be on site to personally intervene in a crisis situation requiring
immediate attention.
(iv) The
internship site must have a minimum of two psychology interns during the
internship. The Board may make exceptions in cases of hardship.
(v) The internship supervisor must meet at
least two hours per week in regularly scheduled, individual, in person, contact
with the intern to review psychological services rendered directly by the
intern.
(vi) The internship must
include at least two hours per week of scheduled learning activities such as:
conferences involving cases in which the intern was actively involved; seminars
dealing with clinical issues; co-therapy with a staff member which includes
discussion of the therapy; group supervision; or additional
supervision.
2. School
Psychology Internships.
(i) Internship
supervisors must be staff members of the internship site, or an affiliate
thereof, who carry clinical responsibility for the cases being
supervised.
(ii) The internship
must have a clearly designated staff psychologist who is responsible for the
integrity and quality of the training program, and who is a licensed
psychologist or a school psychologist who is certified at the doctoral level by
a State Department of Education.
(iii) The supervisor must be either a staff
member of the internship site or an affiliate thereof who is responsible for
the cases being supervised. Supervision may be provided by a combination of
staff members and an affiliate. When supervision is provided exclusively by an
affiliate, an administrative head of that staff must be responsible for the
accuracy of the documented work hours. An internship supervisor or secondary
supervisor must be on site to personally intervene in a crisis situation
requiring immediate attention.
(iv)
The internship site must have a minimum of two psychology interns during the
internship. The Board may make exceptions in cases of hardship.
(v) The internship supervisor must meet at
least two hours per week in regularly scheduled, individual, in person, contact
with the intern to review psychological services rendered directly by the
intern.
(vi) The internship must
include at least two hours per week of scheduled learning activities such as:
conferences involving cases in which the intern was actively involved, seminars
dealing with clinical issues, co-therapy with a staff member which includes
discussion of the therapy, group supervision, or additional
supervision.
3.
Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Internships.
(i) The Internship must be an organized
program designed to provide the Intern with a planned, coherent sequence of
supervised experiences of quality in a broad range of professional psychology
activities including research and/or intervention within an organizational
setting.
(ii) At least 80% of the
Internship Supervision must be provided by one or more psychologists.
(iii) At least one-half of the Internship
time must be spent in professional psychological activities with or on behalf
of a client (person or organization).
(iv) The Internship agency or director of
training must, upon request of the Board, furnish a written statement of the
internship goals and the nature of experiences of the Intern's work.
(v) All professional activities of the Intern
must be conducted in a setting where a Supervisor is available for consultation
within a reasonable period of time based on the nature of the supervised
experience.
(vi) The Internship may
consist of more than one (but no more than four) separate work experiences.
Each experience must last at least three months (500 hours) and must meet all
other I/O Internship requirements.
4. Mental Retardation/Developmental
Disabilities (MR/DD) Internships.
(i) The
internship site must employ a clearly designated internship training director
who shall be responsible for the integrity and quality of the internship,
however, the internship may occur at more than one site.
(ii) At least one of the internship
supervisors must be a licensed psychologist whose specialty area is MR/DD
psychology or a licensed psychologist with considerable experience in the
practice of MR/DD psychology.
(iii)
The internship must provide training in a variety of assessment and
intervention activities conducted with persons with MR/DD. The training in
assessment activities must include an emphasis on the selection of appropriate
evaluation instruments. The training in intervention activities must include
experience in applied behavior analysis for persons who carry MR/DD as at least
one of their diagnoses. Experience with individuals with dual diagnoses,
including mental illness, substance abuse, and behavior disorders, is strongly
recommended.
(iv) The supervisor
must meet at least two hours per week in regularly scheduled face-to-face
contact with the intern to review psychological services rendered by that
intern.
(v) The internship must
include at least two hours per week of scheduled learning activities such as
case conferences, individual program or service planning meetings, seminars
dealing with professional issues, or in-service training.
(vi) The intern must have scheduled and
unscheduled opportunities to interact professionally with such persons as
interns, psychologists, and professionals from other disciplines and other
agencies. The intern must have experience in working with professionals from
other disciplines as part of an interdisciplinary team involved in assessment
and intervention activities. At least 250 hours of the internship must be
completed in an organized program for persons with MR/DD to provide sufficient
experience in the interdisciplinary team process.
(vii) All professional activities of the
intern must be conducted in a setting where a licensed psychologist is
available for consultation within a reasonable period of time based on the
nature of the supervised experience. The internship supervisor, or another
equally qualified person, must be available to intervene in a timely manner in
an emergency.
(viii) Documentation
of the internship must be submitted to the Board.
(5) Postdoctoral
Supervised Work Experience (SWE).
(a) General
Standards and Requirements: The general standards for a postdoctoral supervised
work experience will be met when the following is fulfilled:
1. Licensure requires 1500 hours of SWE that
is deemed acceptable to the Board which comply with the guidelines set forth
below:
2. The SWE must be consonant
with the fellow's area of intended practice, and must be within the range of
competency of the supervisor(s). It must occur after all requirements for the
doctoral degree are completed.
3.
The SWE must be completed in no less than 11 months and no more than 24 months
after its inception. Supervision begins on the date the contract is signed by
the supervisor(s) and fellow.
4.
The content of the SWE must include a minimum of 500 hours of client/patient
involvement as defined as including face to face client/patient contact,
document review, test scoring, note/report writing, or any other professional
activity which directly relates to the treatment of or services provided for
the client/patient.
5. All SWE
hours must be documented on a weekly log which is co-signed by the fellow and
supervisor. The SWE log shall contain at least the following information:
(i) The professional activities, tasks, or
work performed during that week.
(ii) The number of hours worked during that
week.
(iii) The number of hours of
client/patient involvement during that week.
(iv) The number of hours of individual
supervision during that week.
6. Postdoctoral Supervised Work Experiences
(SWE) conducted in academic settings meet the non-client/patient involvement
hours requirement through activities that transmit psychological knowledge or
application of psychological principles in the work setting (e.g. teaching,
research, university and professional service and governance, and
administration).
7. An applicant
who has completed 1500 hours of supervised experience in no less than 11 months
and no more than 24 months in a formal postdoctoral fellowship that is APA
accredited or APPIC member or acceptable to the Board will be deemed to have
met the SWE requirement for licensure. No SWE log is required for individuals
in these programs.
8. An applicant
who meets the definition of Senior Industrial/Organizational Psychologist will
be deemed to have met the SWE requirement for licensure.
(b) Supervision Requirements:
1. The postdoctoral supervisor(s) and fellow
must enter into a written and signed supervision contract prior to the
inception of the SWE. The contract must specify the work experience goals, its
content and the criteria for ensuring the quality and quantity of the fellow's
work. It is not necessary that the supervisor be on site for the supervisee's
clinical work.
2. The fellow must
meet with the supervisor individually to discuss cases and other professional
activities at least one hour for each 30 hours of SWE. That meeting must occur
during the week the fellow provides the services or during the week following
the provision of those services. Supervision must be individual, and may be
accomplished through in person meetings or real time, face to face video
teleconferencing. I/O Fellows are exempt from this requirement.
3. At the successful conclusion of the SWE,
all supervisors shall attest to the adequacy of the applied experience and
supervision on a postdoctoral supervised work experience affidavit of
supervisor form (Form G).
4.
Supervision of the Postdoctoral Industrial/Organizational work experience may
be conducted by a qualified psychologist employed by the same institution or
agency as the Fellow. Alternatively, the supervision may be provided by private
arrangement with a qualified psychologist employed elsewhere so long as the
Supervisor and Fellow meet face-to-face at least twice a month for a minimum of
four hours per month. At least one half of the SWE hours must be spent in
professional psychological activities with or on behalf of a client (person or
organization). At a minimum, the Supervisor must review and comment on any
research or intervention designs, monitor progress on such efforts, and review
and comment on any reports, recommendations, or interventions resulting from
such efforts.
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