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Old 02-27-2012, 02:25 PM   #34
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Being placed on probation is virtually just as bad as having accreditation yanked. I go to Forest and recent internship applicants investigated whether our probation status influenced APA accredited sites decision on whether to accept our students. The results were overwhelming- it did.

Academic Year

Total Number of Students Enrolled in PsyD Program

n
2006-07 - 264
2007-08 - 262
2008-09 - 248
2009-10 - 275
2010-11 - 288

Students Who Obtained APA/CPA-Accredited Internship
n %
10 21%
12 28%
10 22%
8 20%
16 41%
9 32%
10 25%
11 34%
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No sympathy here, programs like this are directly responsible for the internship imbalance and rightfully so should have their accreditation yanked.

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Plus, I knew from day 1 that if I went to Forest I would have to make my way and rely little on help from the school. While the school provides decent academics and great clinical training (our clinic is APA accredited), .
you have an APA accredited internship and still you have a horrendous APA match rate.
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