A survey of APA-approved internship facilities.

Matthews, Janet R.; Matthews, Lee; Maxwell, Wayne A.

doi:10.1037/0735-7028.7.2.209

Cited by 8 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 5 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For example, average salaries earned by interns tended to decrease over the last decade. Although this trend may be due to more students accepting internships without stipend, the mean salary of $7,049 found in this sample is comparable to the $6,235 figure found in a 1976 sample of 95 APA-approved sites (Matthews, Matthews, Maxwell, 1976). This finding lends credence to Landsbaum's (1970) contention that interns select sites for their quality rather than for financial or geographical reasons.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

The quality and process of the internship experience.

Cole¹,

Kolko²,

Craddick³

1981

Professional Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This article describes an effort to provide the pyschological community with information regarding internship experiences as seen from the unique perspective of the intern. A survey was constructed to assess the intern's work activities, concerns, expectations, ratings of internship quality, and those aspects of training that were considered assets or deficits. A comprehensive profile on each internship site was developed to provide feedback regarding the intern's prior academic preparation and to facilitate the application process of prospective interns. Although this study focused on Georgia State University's clinical/ academic program, it is hoped that this effort will also be used as a model for evaluating the academic and internship training of psychologists at other institutions.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 60%

The quality and process of the internship experience.

Cole¹,

Kolko²,

Craddick³

1981

Professional Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…directors of internship training programs (Hess & Hess, 1983: Malouf. Haas, & Farah, 1983: Matthews. Matthews, & Maxwell, 1976Sturgis, Verstegen, Randolph, & Garvin, 1980;Tedesco, 1979), or interns (Cole, Kolko, & Craddick, 19gl;Steinheiber&Gaynor, 1981).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

The psychology internship marketplace today.

Eggert¹,

Laughlin²,

Hutzell³

et al. 1987

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The most recent comprehensive information about internships in professional psychology was based on data from the 1979-1980 training year. To update this information, we collected data about internships from the 371 members of the Association of Psychology Internship Centers for the I984-I9S5 training year. We examined the number of internship positions, current stipend levels, types and breadth of major supervised training experiences, types of academic programs from which applicants would be considered, number of staff, number of intern applications, and sources of internship funding. We found differences by APA approval status, geographical region, and type of internship setting. It appears that the marketplace for interns has expanded and that APA approval of both academic programs and internship sites continues to play a significant role in the process.The topic of internships in professional psychology touches virtually every clinical, counseling, and school psychologist.Not only is completion of an internship experience a required part of much professional psychology training, but also many professional psychologists continue involvement with the internship process through training, supervising, or advising interns. Kurz, Fuchs, Dabek, Kurtz, and Helfrich (1982) conducted one of the more comprehensive studies of internships, using the 272 entries in the eighth edition (1979)(1980) of the Association of Psychology Internship Centers (APIC) directory (Kurz, 1979). Their results indicated that internship settings varied widely in funding and training opportunities but that internships approved by the American Psychological Association (APA) tended to have more funded interns with larger supervisory staff than did non-APA-approved internships. They found, as had Drummond, Rodolfa, and Smith (1981) before them, that applicants from APA-approved clinical psychology academic programs were the most preferred by a majority of training sites. Their descriptive analysis concluded with a discussion of the uncertain future of internships given predictions of shortages in internship positions

show abstract

“…The purpose of this article is to provide an exploratory assessment of the types of legal/forensic experiences that are currently available in internship programs approved by the American Psychological Association (APA). This information should be particularly useful to prospective interns, since Matthews, Matthews;and Maxwell (1976) have noted that the lack of relevant information concerning internships prevents application by some students to sites they would otherwise have sought. Further, the assembling of a comprehensive listing of legal/forensic-oriented internship sites hopefully will facilitate communication among such sites concerning common problems, approaches, issues, and goals, while at the same time fostering increased training in this area both at these sites and others.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

An exploratory assessment of APA internships with legal/forensic experiences.

Levine¹,

Wilson²,

Sales³

1980

Professional Psychology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

An open-ended questionnaire was sent to all American Psychological Association-approved internship programs requesting information on training experiences in their programs that expose the intern to the interface between psychology and law. A listing of the various types of legal/forensic experiences available from specific sites is presented. The scope of these experiences and the need for qualitative assessment of them is discussed.In recent years, an increasing number of articles have appeared discussing the positive role psychologists can play in various parts of the legal system. For example, burdened with few mental health professionals (Fenster, Litwack, & Symonds, 1975), increasing offender populations (Nietzel & Moss, 1972), little knowledge of research/evaluation techniques (Twain, McGee, & Bennett, 1973;Waldo, 1971), and an isolation from academic institutions and/or professional groups possessing pertinent knowledge and capacity (Andrews & Gendreau, 1976), the correctional system has acknowledged a strong need for an increased involvement of psychologists.The criminal justice system has shown a similar need. For example, professionals see the need for psychologists to be involved in pretrial, presentence, and prerelease assessments (Twain et al., 1973), crisis intervention with victims and families of offenders, counseling of police officers, participation in police recruitment procedures, and training of law enforcement personnel in cultural/racial tension reduction and riot prevention (Brodsky, 1973).The need for psychologists to be involved in civil legal areas, although less widely discussed, is no less important. For example, psychologists are involved in helping solve family problems arising out of impending legal separations and divorces, providing consultation services to state service agencies (e.g., Department of Welfare), and providing expert testimony before courts, administrative tribunals, and legislatures relating to numerous civil (and criminal) matters (e.g., the impact of mental distress coverage in workmen's compensation laws).From this brief discussion, it is clear that psychologists are needed to perform a wide variety of services that are directly related to the law, legal system, and legal process (Sales & Elwork, in press). Yet, traditionally when psychology "touched" the law, it was referred to as forensic psychology. That is a misnomer, however, since the term forensic applies only to matters belonging to or connected with a court (Black, 1968). Therefore, the phrase legal/forensic has been chosen for this article, since it is meant to encompass all areas in which an interface between psychology and the law may occur. As such, the term is broad in scope and applies to the involvement or potential involvement of psychology in all legal matters (e.g., evaluation of insanity, incompetency) and all legal agencies (e.g., law enforcement, courts, and correctional agencies).With this broad involvement, it is no wonder that practicing clinicians rate legal/ forensic training as a hig...

show abstract

A survey of APA-approved internship facilities.

Cited by 8 publications

References 5 publications

The quality and process of the internship experience.

The quality and process of the internship experience.

The psychology internship marketplace today.

An exploratory assessment of APA internships with legal/forensic experiences.

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About