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[LadyHalcyon]

It depends on whether you want a more assessment focused internship. The minimum intervention hours to shoot for is 500. I have seem applications vary widely in regard to assessment hours (anywhere from 50 to 250).There is a place on the application that allows you to specify the number of hours you expect to obtain during the second half of your final practicum. If you want an assessment heavy internship site, I suggest you aim for at least 150, 200 would be even better. I should also note I received interview invitations from sites where I didn't meet the required assessment hours specified on the directory.

Hi all,

I'm in a Psy.D. program and am looking to apply for an APA internship for APPIC 2020. I know this is likely a difficult question to answer exactly, but how many intervention and assessment hours would make me competitive in order to be matched? My program is pretty short, only two years of practicum, a third year school internship (we are a Clinical/School combined program) and then our fourth year internship, which I am aiming for an APA internship.

My other question, since I haven't completed applications yet, is when the sites state the minimum number of intervention and assessment hours they require, is that at the time of application, or with the additional number of hours of intervention and assessment I will be getting in my third year, while I am going through the process?

Thanks for your help, please let me know if there is any other information you need to best assist me.

 

[psych.meout]

Thank you, this is really helpful!

I'm at a neuropsych practicum right now, so I anticipate being close to 200 hours of assessment by August of this year. My intervention hours will be closer to 400. Both of those numbers are before my third year internship in a school which is part of our program...would those hours (whether they have been logged or estimated) count toward the 500 a site would be looking for? Because I'll be working as a school psych intern for a year before I am at the APA internship I hope to have.

Would you be supervised by a licensed psychologist at the school internship?

 

[AcronymAllergy]

Thank you, this is really helpful!

I'm at a neuropsych practicum right now, so I anticipate being close to 200 hours of assessment by August of this year. My intervention hours will be closer to 400. Both of those numbers are before my third year internship in a school which is part of our program...would those hours (whether they have been logged or estimated) count toward the 500 a site would be looking for? Because I'll be working as a school psych intern for a year before I am at the APA internship I hope to have.

When you apply, you'll be able to "count" the hours you've accumulated up to that point. The APPIC application also allows you to list your number of additional anticipated hours by the time internship starts. However, it's up to each individual internship site whether they will include those in your total and/or use them to determine if you've met any minimum criteria they might have.

When in doubt (e.g., if you're at 450 intervention hours when you apply, and a site has a minimum of 500), I would recommend emailing the training director of the program(s) in question.

 

[WisNeuro]

Okay thank you! One other question: I know a poster above said this happened to her but do programs regularly bring people in for interviews that are a small amount short of the posted minimum hours in the APPIC application? Is it a good idea to apply to programs I'm interested in even if I don't meet the hours requirement exactly?

Going to depend on the program, but in general, it depends on the strength of the application. If an applicant has a stellar application that is just short, we may still invite for an interview. If the app is pretty average, and they are below the cutoffs, it's a no invite. Sites that get few applications per spot may be more lenient.

 

[laughingasong]

Okay thank you! One other question: I know a poster above said this happened to her but do programs regularly bring people in for interviews that are a small amount short of the posted minimum hours in the APPIC application? Is it a good idea to apply to programs I'm interested in even if I don't meet the hours requirement exactly?

I matched at a program where I fell short of the hours for intervention (I had ~460, requirement was 500). I also interviewed at one program where I fell short of the assessment hours, and one other program where I fell short of the intervention hours. I recommend accruing as many hours as you can, but you should be fine (especially if you aren't aiming for the MOST competitive programs out there).