Dyson College of Arts and Sciences

13 tributed internship requirement over a maximum time period of three years. A grade of K (grade pending) remains on the student's transcript until the distributed internship is completed. Each student is required to receive signed approval from the Director of Field Training before the onset of all field training activities in each set- ting. Each student must also submit forms signed by his/her psychology field supervisor that attest to the nature, content, and duration of these training experiences. COMPETENCY BASED ASSESSMENT Students are monitored with respect to attainment of Discipline Specific Knowledge (DSK) and Profession-Wide Competencies (PWC). At least some portion of the evaluation for each competency area involves direct observation of the student. Some of these competency evaluations are embedded within required clinic practica or coursework. Other evalua- tions of competency take place through proficiency and competency ex- aminations (e.g. Qualifying Examination, Comprehensive Examination). Both clinic psychotherapy supervisors and psychology supervisors in students' externship and internship settings also provide ratings of com- petence across the broad range of professional competencies addressed within the program. Students consistently are provided feedback regard- ing mastery of competencies. Additionally, each student is provided with at least one annual feedback meeting with faculty members in which all information pertaining to both DSK and PWC in school-clinical child psychology is gathered, strengths noted, suggestions for growth provid- ed, and an overall evaluation determined. Each student also receives a written evaluation on an annual basis. COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION During the last semester of school psychology internship (typically the third year of the doctoral program), students are required to take the Comprehensive Examination. Students who have completed the first three years of doctoral course work, and have completed 1,200 hours of distributed internship, including 750 hours in a school setting, are eligi- ble to be recommended to the New York State Department of Education for Certification in School Psychology. Students must pass the Compre- hensive Examination in order to proceed to further doctoral study. Stu- dents are permitted to take the Comprehensive Examination a maximum of two times. ADVANCED STANDING STUDENTS Advanced Standing students are those who have satisfactorily complet- ed the course work and internship requirements of a school psychology program and are eligible for New York State School Psychology Certifica- tion. Although Advanced Standing students are given 45 graduate trans- fer credits toward the 111 graduate doctoral program, students with ad- vanced standing in the PsyD program must complete PSY 713, PSY 715, PSY 720, the Comprehensive Examination, and 18 additional graduate credits at Pace University prior to beginning the fourth year field experi- ences (PSY 821 and PSY 822) and related seminars. Advanced Standing students are required to take and pass all sections of the Comprehensive Examination and complete the program within six years. FOURTH YEAR (FALL) Credits PSY 509G (If working with client(s) in the McShane Center) 0 PSY 726 Evidence-Based Psychotherapy 3 PSY 821 School-Clinical Child Psychology Internship: Practice and Seminar 3 PSY 834 Doctoral Project Seminar 1 Fall Elective Choices (May vary): PSY 840 Advanced Neuropsychology I 2 PSY 841 Advanced Neuropsychology II 2 PSY 848 Substance Use Counseling 2 PSY 849 Psychopharmacology 2 Total Credits (May vary by student): 7/11 FOURTH YEAR (SPRING) Credits PSY 810 Advanced Psychopathology 3 PSY 822 School-Clinical Child Psychology Internship: Practice and Seminar 3 PSY 835 Doctoral Colloquium 0 Spring Elective Choices (May vary): PSY 740 Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Interventions 2 PSY 829 Family Interventions 2 PSY 842 Brief Interventions and Short-Term Psychotherapy 2 PSY 844 Parenthood 2 PSY 874 Group Interventions 3 Total Credits (May vary by student): 6/13 By the end of the fourth year, students should have selected an adviser and consultant for their doctoral project, formalized their doctoral proj- ect and begun work on their project (see description below). Students must have completed at least 92 graduate credit hours in the doctoral program and receive departmental approval in order to register for the full-time internship. FIFTH YEAR (FALL) Credits PSY 861 Full-Time Internship I 0 Total Credits: 0 FIFTH YEAR (SPRING) PSY 862 Full-Time Internship II 0 Total Credits: 0 FIFTH YEAR (SUMMER) PSY 860 Full-Time Internship (Before or aer Fall-Spring Internship) 0 Total Credits: 0 Program Electives Students select their electives by advisement. Elective Choices include: Credits PSY 509G Practicum 0 PSY 656 Developmental Disabilities 3 PSY 680 Program Evaluation 3 PSY 708 Community Dynamics 3 PSY 740 Advanced Cognitive Behavioral Interventions 2 PSY 743 Advanced Seminar in School-Clinical Child Psychology 3 PSY 828 Advanced Psychodiagnostics 3 PSY 829 Family Interventions 2 PSY 840 Advanced Neuropsychology I 2 PSY 841 Advanced Neuropsychology II 2

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