APPIC Integrated Report -- neuropsych or psychological assessment

[PsychDreams]

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I searched in this forum and couldn't exactly find an answer to this question. I will be applying for internship next fall. I completed a neuropsych assessment practicum but did not write any reports from that training experience and no longer have access to that data to write one retrospectively. I'm currently in a child therapy practicum and will be picking up a couple of psychological assessments here that will include WISC, WCJ, NEPSY, projective data along with self report measures to be able to have a couple of writing samples to submit for internship.

My concern is that I want to apply to AMC sites primarily for an intervention based internship with children/adolescents. Will using the integrated report I described above count against me because it is not a neuropsychological assessment? Will it be seen as a "soft" report as I've seen other posts call it, or will internship site be concerned primarily with my writing and case conceptualization ability?

Thanks!

 

[PsyDr]

It is very very very strange that someone would have done an assessment practicum and not written any reports. That's kinda the purpose of the experience.

I would be prepared to explain this deviation from the usual educational experience. Maybe there's a decent reason, but you might want to have that reason really polished.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Agreed with PSYDR that it's something you'll want to be ready to discuss, just in case. I've seen it before in reviewing applications, although folks would typically end up with at least one written report even if they'd administered multiple batteries. I could also see it being supervisor-related (e.g., didn't want to "deal with" having trainees write reports and the time required to appropriately revise and discuss); if that's the case, you'll just want to think up a nice way to say it.

To answer the original question, the report may be slightly atypical in that many folks might use a true neuropsych report. But these sound almost like psychoed evals, and if that's the case, folks use those as report examples all the time.

 

[psych.meout]

Wouldn't having fewer (if any) integrated reports be more of a problem for someone seeking an assessment and/or neuropsych internship than the intervention/therapy one PsychDreams is alluding to?

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Yep. Which is why I don't know that I'd see it being especially problematic in this case. But like PSYDR pointed out, the application reviewer may just think, "huh, that's different" when seeing a neuropsych practicum with no reports.

 

[psych.meout]

Yep. Which is why I don't know that I'd see it being especially problematic in this case. But like PSYDR pointed out, the application reviewer may just think, "huh, that's different" when seeing a neuropsych practicum with no reports.

Ah, yes, good point. Honestly, how is a neuropsych practicum during a grad program going to be all that different from just being a psychometrist assisting with neuropsych testing if you don't do any integrated reports? Isn't that what distinguishes that level of training?

 

[PsychDreams]

Unfortunately I didn't realize prior to accepting that prac position that I would basically be used as a psychometrist, and AcronymAllergy you hit the nail right on the head as to why I didn't write reports.

Thanks for your suggestions and responses - I had been considering taking on another neuropsych prac just to get reports, but would rather not focus on that at this point of my training. However, it sounds like my integrated report might not be as big an impediment as I thought.