Field Placement

Students are in field placement during each of the five years of training. The first three years are practica, which are introductory experiences designed to acquaint the students with a variety of clinical settings in which they can develop fundamental skills in the seven core competency areas. Each practicum offers progressively more responsibility and patient/staff interaction.

The last two years of the program comprise the internship which is accredited by the American Psychological Association (750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242, 202-336-5979). The students enter the final two years of the integrated internship when all requirements of the first three years are met. The internship experience includes didactic course work including continuous case seminars and internship rotations at various sites. These rotations consist of service units encompassing the varied settings in which professional psychologists practice.

These settings, which may be oriented toward children, adolescents, or adults, include all types of mental health service activities ranging from inpatient to outpatient clinics, schools for students with learning disabilities, forensic related placements, hospital units, community mental health facilities, neuropsychology clinics, rehabilitation centers, and organizations that consult to businesses.

The integrated internship, which is taken three days a week over a two-year period, is considered equal to a full-time pre-doctoral internship.

Field Placment Manuals

• Internship Manual
  
  
• Practicum Manual 

Institute for Graduate Clinical Psychology
Bruce Hall
1604 Walnut Street

Widener University
One University Place
Chester, PA 19013
tel: 610-499-1206
graduate.psychology@widener.edu

Linda K. Knauss,PhD
Director of Internship Training
tel: 610-499-1211

Elisabeth Gibbings, PsyD
Director of Practicum Training
tel: 610-499-1221