)? I noticed that most sites ask for at least 300 hours and, sometimes, additional testing hours, 100 or so. Now, I wonder whether one is able to accumulate 300 as a third year or, how many are possible as a fourth year, fifth year, respectively??
Hi:
Sorry to hear that. I myself am concerned about the amount of hours I am able to get. Since you applied as a third year, how many hours do you think are realistic to get as a third year (not asking for your numbers
we all have different goals and callings, if you will, and i would hope that your classmates would understand that and be supportive of you. good luck to you hope you get a great internship next time. i imagine you will be highly competitive next year after just having the internship application experience alone, not to mention more clinical training.
A good thing about this forum is that it provides a place for students to realize that there are many ways to make progress into the profession, that none of them are easy, quick, or inexpensive, and that you really do have to start on the adult world task of sorting out for yourself what your values and needs are. There are no guarantees of professional success or happiness. It is difficult to watch others in your cohort take different paths and 5 or 10 years from now you will see how still more diverse the outcomes will be--and not necessarily in the direction you'd predict. This forum is full of stories where disappointment led to satisfying outcomes a year or so later. And there are some of satisfying outcomes that led to disappointment. At the core, I think, being able to radically accept the circumstances and then move in the directions of your own personal values is most reliable.
Graduating with your peers is over-rated and fades quickly, especially relative to doing what you truly want to do. Taking a year to apply again, having the dissertation completed if possible, and perhaps having some gainful employment in a clinical area will put you in a much different situation in the next round. Just looking at the Match stats makes it clear that not everyone can get through the gate to the next stage at the same time and so paths and mileage may vary. But if you stay on course you will find your way. And every year there are some amazing positions that do open up in the post-Match season. Not many, but you only need one.
Hi everyone!
My official doctoral program academic training supervised practicum will be over in one month. I will start applying for my predoctoral internship next year (Fall 2012). Right now I am looking for a placement to work and have more experience next year before I go to my Internship. And yes, I would rather find something that I can count as my APPIC experience hours.
According to APPIC, we can record our experience as APPIC Intervention Experience only if it is included into our "academic training and credit or program-sanctioned training or program-sanctioned work experiences (e.g., VA summer traineeship, clinical research positions, time spent in the same practicum setting after the official practicum has ended)". This experience must be approved by the program director and supervised.
I haven't found any specific information about program sanctioned hours and the quality of supervision required for this kind of experience. Should it be individual, or can it be only group supervision?
Would anyone please let me know if I need individual supervision for this work.
Would just group supervision be fine?
Thanks in advance for your response!
Thanks AcronymAllergy!
Another question: when we count the APPI hours, what hours exactly can we count as AAPI Intervention Hours? Do I understand it right, that I summarize individual hours, group, couples, intake, assessment, etc?
Also, when we count # of different individuals, do we add clients /patients whom we have seen individually, or do we also add those whom we have worked with in group format?
Sorry for all the simple questions, I am just confused and worry that I did all the calculations incorrectly...
Thanks!!!
^^ Beat me to it.
I *wish* I could count all those group folks as separate individuals. I'd have TONS by this point.
I don't have personal experience with this; however, a friend of mine did this last year. All of her coursework was completed except her dissertation, which we are required to finish before going on internship. She took the year off to work, and ended up at a great, highly competitive internship placement this year. I can't say whether or not sites asked her about her taking extra time (which was due to personal issues, not a problem with her dissertation), but at the end of the day, it didn't seem like it affected her negatively.
I would actually encourage you to look at the application site portal.appicas.org. If its still up. The instructions for hours is pretty simple. My school also paid for time2track to help us keep up with our hours for practicum and this helped me a lot, not that I'm endorsing you to pay for it. The intervention part breaks down hour from group to individual to school etc. and it will list there what it needs whether # of individual or groups.Thanks AcronymAllergy!
Another question: when we count the APPI hours, what hours exactly can we count as AAPI Intervention Hours? Do I understand it right, that I summarize individual hours, group, couples, intake, assessment, etc?
Also, when we count # of different individuals, do we add clients /patients whom we have seen individually, or do we also add those whom we have worked with in group format?
Sorry for all the simple questions, I am just confused and worry that I did all the calculations incorrectly...
Thanks!!!
I've seen/used better excel spreadsheets. Groups are a PITA to enter/track, especially if you have multiple groups, open groups, etc.To each his/her own. I dislike T2T (and this was after I helped research it for our program and get it implemented--now everyone's "required" to use it).
