I linked an article earlier in this thread (that was merged with the other thread, so I don't know which page, but try page 4??) that indicated the judge overseeing the receivership ordered the receiver into court on Monday to address concerns he was making things worse. There was also a NYT article linked by someone else in this thread today (@super.ego posted also on page 4) that followed the unravelling of Argosy in more detail.
...with match rates ranging from 7-50% over the past 10 years. Out of the fire, but back into a frying pan. For many of these students their fate was sealed the moment they entered into contract with Argosy. The odds may be more against them now, but they were never great to begin with. They have been robbed, and that was the plan from the beginning.
Most importantly, what will be the status of our position, as clinical psychologists? Will it be appropriate (or desired) to lose you focus in the midst of catastrophe?
That's......quite the reaction.
Of course the APA, the organization that accredited all those Argosy programs in the first place, doesn't have a conflict of interest in making this judgment.
But those are your parents, I don't think anyone would blame you for crying if/when one of them dies. In this case, we're talking about an abstract corporate entity that this person had not attended in three decades.
Is it really in the scope of the APA COA tomexamine the financial stability of programs? Should it be? Seems to be outside of the realm of what you should expect from a professional organization/guild.
APA can’t consider that in accreditation. It can, should, and doesn’t really consider outcomes though.
Yikes, that's true - I'm sure there are a lot of clients who are suddenly cut off if they were working with prac students. What a horrible mess.
Ugh. I didn't even consider access to care, particularly in regard to the likelihood students would be at low/no cost clinics and the clients effected would likely not have good alternative options.
This is something I've been wondering too - for students currently on internship, who are the internship DCTs even communicating with about the interns' progress? Who will they communicate with for next year's interns?
This is why it's really bad practice to rely on practica students to provide critical services. Are these practica students performing direct clinical services independently? Seems to me that any ethical concerns regarding abandonment fall squarely on the licensed supervisor (and there better be a licensed supervisor!).
Only 1 hour per week of group supervision? That's woefully insufficient, especially early in training.
