Please go to our web site that describes the department and detailed information about the intern training program. Website is located at: https://www.cfisd.net/Page/6469
The Cypress-Fairbanks ISD Internship Program in the Department of Psychological Services follows a Practitioner-Scholar Training Model that provides psychology interns the skills and training necessary to become successful practitioners of child and adolescent psychology, with an emphasis on psychological services within a school district. Training also emphasizes the ability to use these skills in different settings and with a diverse range of children and adolescents; to act and present information in a professional, ethical manner; and to communicate recommendations effectively to students, parents, school personnel, and other mental healthcare professionals.
Interns engage in an organized sequence of activities under supervision. During the first three weeks of internship, they are oriented to the intern program and the department's services to the district. Assignments to both site supervisors and campuses are made during this time, and training plans are individually developed for each intern.
The typical work week for interns involves providing services at their campuses, receiving individual and group supervision, and attending targeted training seminars. Monday through Thursday, interns provide comprehensive psychological services to campuses to which they are assigned. Interns are assigned to at least one school at varying developmental levels (elementary and secondary), with a varying degree of responsibility and task demands in each setting. Interns have the opportunity to work with students in general education, as well as students with disabilities, from ages 2 to 21. The district provides several programs to meet various educational needs, such as Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE), Life Skills, and Adaptive Behavior (AB).
Each intern will receive a minimum of two hours of individual, face-to-face supervision per week (per APA guidelines). Typically this is spread across site supervisors, with one-half-hour of supervisory time spent with each assigned site supervisor for each day assigned with that supervisor/site. Fridays are dedicated to training and group supervisions. Interns spend the morning in group supervisions with assessment and treatment groups followed by meeting with the Coordinator of Interns and Director of Psychological Services and finishing off the morning with Family Interaction Training Clinic supervision.
Additional information about our training rpogram can be found in our training manual: https://www.cfisd.net/Page/6469
Application deadline is November 10, 2023
A completed application to our program will consist of:
- APPIC "universal" application including Program Verification of Eligibility for Internship including curriculum vitae, all official Graduate school transcripts and three letters of recommendation
- One sample psychological evaluation