Description

1 CE Hour.

The APA Commission on Accreditation (CoA) requires accredited internship programs and those seeking accreditation to train and evaluate interns in a set of nine Profession Wide Competencies (PWCs). Programs must identify the specific training and experiential activities interns engage in to develop and demonstrate competence in each PWC in Table 2 of the self-study for accreditation, which can be a daunting and challenging task. The Supervision PWC is often misinterpreted as the intern’s participation in supervision rather than the intern’s provision of supervision. Interns must be trained and evaluated in skills designed to develop their ability to supervise other mental health professionals. This can be particularly challenging for sites that do not have junior trainees for interns to supervise. Given that many interns will go on to become supervisors in their careers, it is crucial interns are well prepared to provide high quality supervision. This training will support internship sites in developing creative ways to train their interns in the critical skills of Supervision.

Learning Objectives

Attendees will be able to:

• Describe the skills interns should have upon completion of the internship within the PWC area of Supervision and why these are important.
• Identify intern activities that strengthen their competence in the area of Supervision.
• Implement new strategies for training interns in the area of Supervision that are beneficial to the site.

Presented by Dr. Jenna Symons

Dr. Jenna Symons is a Senior Staff Consultant with Clover Educational Consulting Group. She has been with Clover since 2017 and has supported multiple psychology training programs at all levels through program development and accreditation processes. Prior to joining Clover, Dr. Symons served as the training director for a large internship consortium and led the program through its first accreditation site visit.