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Member Site Information
APPIC Member Number: 2029
Program Type: Internship
Membership Type: Full Membership
Site: Travis County Juvenile Probation Department
Department: Travis County Psychology Internship Program
Address: 2515 South Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas 78704
Country: United States
Metro Area: Not Applicable
Not Applicable
Distance from Major City: within Austin city limits
Phone: 512-854-7543
Fax:
Training Director Email: casey.oneal@traviscountytx.gov
Co-Training Director Email:
Web Address: https://www.tcjuvenileprobation.org/en/services/health-services
Brochure Website's Address: https://www.tcjuvenileprobation.org/en/services/health-services
Primary Agency Type: Prison or Other Correctional Facility
Additional Agency Types:
  • Prison or Other Correctional Facility
Member of APPIC since:
Accreditation
APA Accreditation Accredited
CPA Accreditation Not Accredited
Internship Staff/Faculty Information
Training Director: Casey O'Neal
Chief Psychologist: Daniel Hoard
Number of Full-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 7
Number of Part-Time Licensed Doctoral Psychologists on Staff/Faculty 0
Position Information
Start Date: 07/14/2025
Funded
Number of Full Time Slots Expected Next Class: 4
Number of Part Time Slots Expected Next Class: 0
Stipend
Full Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 45427.20
Part Time Annual Stipend for Next Class: 0
Fringe Benefits: Dissertation Release Time, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Sick Leave, Vacation
Other Fringe Benefits (not indicated above):
Brief description of the typical work day for an intern at this training site For the 2025-2026 training year we are moving back to the rotation model of internship training where interns will focus on intervention for six months and assessment for six months. On the intervention rotation interns will have opportunities to work with youth in our post-adjudication secure residential facility, in our pre-adjudication detention facility, as well as youth in the community through our mental health court diversion programming. Interns will lead groups, meet with individual clients and work with families as well as interface with multidisciplinary teams and participate in court hearings related to intervention clients. On the assessment rotation interns will complete a minimum of 18 assessments comprised of interview-based psychosocial assessments, full psychological evaluations with testing, and risk assessments. Interns will participate in a sequence of training focused on preparation for court room testimony as well as the provision of supervision to a doctoral practicum student. On both rotations interns will participate in weekly didactic trainings, individual and group supervision, and professional development seminars as well as other rotation-specific departmental meetings.
Does this site have practicum psychology students on site? Yes
Doctoral Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Masters Psychology Practicum StudentsYes
Do Psychology Interns/Postdocs Have the Opportunity to Supervise Practicum Students?Yes
Is this program fully affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Is this program partially affiliated with one or more doctoral programs? No
Internship Application Process
Accepting Applicants: Yes
Application Due Date: 11/01/2024 11:59 PM EST
A Virtual Interview are: Required
Interview notification date: 11/15/2024
Tentative interview date: N/A
Interview process description:

Applicants will be notified of their interview status by email. Interviews will take place on four days in January 2025. All interviews will be conducted by the department's psychology faculty and will occur virtually using Microsoft Teams to maximize equality of access and minimize applicant expenses. Applicants selected for an interview will meet with all 7 psychology faculty members and will participate in a group information session with other applicants, our current interns, and postdoctoral fellows. The entire interview process takes approximately 2 1/2 hours. Because our site contains a correctional facility we are able to provide a video during the Info session of the local area as well as portions of our campus to include intern office space, but we are not able to provide images/video of the secure portion of our site. Prospective interns are welcome to reach out if they are in the Austin area and would like to tour our site. 
How to obtain application info: Visit Website
Preferred method of contacting the program: Email the Program
We have matched with interns from these programs:
Internship Applicant Requirements
US Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a U.S. Citizen, Authorization to Work or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in the US is Required: Yes
Canadian Citizenship Required: No
If NOT a Canadian Citizen, Authorization to Work in Canada or to Engage in Practical Training (CPT or OPT) in Canada is Required: No
Masters Degree Required: No
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Proposal Approved: Yes, by application deadline
Dissertation Defended: No
Minimum Number of AAPI Intervention Hours (if applicable): 400
Minimum Number of AAPI Assessment Hours (if applicable): 30
Minimum Number of Combined Intervention and Assessment Hours (if applicable):
Does your program require applicants to submit supplemental materials (i.e., an assessment report and/or a case/treatment summary): No
Minimum Number of Years of Grad Training Required (if applicable):
Accepted / Not-Accepted Program Types
Clinical Psychology Accepted
Counseling Psychology Accepted
School Psychology Accepted
APA-Accredited Accepted
CPA-Accredited Accepted
PCSAS-Accredited
Non-Accredited Not Accepted
Ph.D Degree Accepted
Psy.D. Degree Accepted
Ed.D. Degree Accepted
This institution, department, internship, or postdoctoral program requires trainees to sign a statement about personal behavior and/or religious beliefs as a condition of admission and/or retention in the program: No
How to obtain text of statement: N/A
Other Requirements: Trainees are required to complete department screening and pre-employment evaluations, which include a mandated computerized screening instrument, urine drug screening, TB testing, and national and local criminal background checks, as well as child abuse registry and sex offender registry checks. All interns must be completely free from all drugs on the urine drug screening no matter the legality or prescription status. We require interns to provide the drug screening and TB test in Texas in advance of the start date and can schedule this flexibly to coordinate with your housing search and a site visit.
Program Description

The Travis County Psychology Internship Program is an APA-accredited program that offers interns the opportunity to strengthen clinical skills and gain exposure to a broad and diverse range of professional experiences. The mission of the Travis County Psychology Internship Program is to prepare interns to enter the field of psychology with the skills and training necessary to provide culturally competent, empirically supported, and clinically effective psychological services to justice involved youth and families. The overarching goal of the program is to prepare professionals to successfully meet the unique challenges of practicing psychology within a system and to ensure clinical competency in working with culturally diverse groups.

All direct care services and internship activities take place through Travis County Juvenile Probation Department. Interns work with youth who have been placed in the department's detention or residential facilities as well as with youth who are coming to the department to complete psychological evaluations, to participate in Mental Health specialty court.

All interns participate a variety of clinical activities to address nine competencies in the areas of: Research, Assessment, Intervention, Ethical & Legal Standards, Individual and Cultural Diversity, Professional Values, Communication and Interpersonal Skills, provision of Supervision, and Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Consultation Skills.  These experiences take place in the department's pre and post-adjudication residential facility as well as with justice involved youth receiving community-based services through the department.

For the 2025-2026 training year, we plan to return to our Pre-COVID rotation model of internship training. In this rotation model, interns will focus on assessment related tasks for six months of internship and intervention related tasks for six months of internship.  Interns will complete rotations in pairs, two beginning with assessment and two with intervention, and will change rotations at the mid-point of internship training in January. Throughout both rotations interns will have weekly opportunities to program as a full cohort of four in didactic trainings, seminars, and group supervision experiences. 

Interns on the assessment rotation focus on training sequences around the various types of assessment utilized at TCJPD to include risk assessments, forensic psychological evaluations, and psychosexual evaluations. Interns may participate in psychological evaluations for youth diverted from the justice system into an innovative community program. Interns will complete a minimum of 18 assessments on this rotation. Interns will also participate in a training sequence related to fundamentals of courtroom testimony that includes regular court observations and culminates in a mock-testimony experience related to an evaluation written by the intern. Interns will participate in a three-month training sequence related to the provision of peer supervision with a doctoral practicum student. Interns will additionally receive supervision and training in a variety of professional development topics and will have opportunities to participate in multidisciplinary teams.

Interns on the intervention rotation will focus on training sequences around residential and community-based treatment services. Interns will receive an initial 30-40 hours of DBT training, which is utilized with our community-based mental health court intervention clients. Interns will have a combination of individual clients in both our ISC residential program and our community-based COPE mental health court programming. Interns will lead groups and work with families/guardians in both settings as well. Interns on this rotation participate in a training sequence related to assessing suicide risk in a correctional setting. Interns on this rotation will participate in a training sequence involving the exploration of a research topic and culminating in a presentation to the internship faculty, fellow interns, and postdoctoral fellows. Interns will additionally receive supervision and training in a variety of professional development topics and will have opportunities to participate in multidisciplinary teams.

Internship Training Opportunities

Populations
Infants:
Toddlers:
Children: Yes
Adolescents: Yes
Adults: Yes
Family: Yes
Older Adults:
Inpatients:
Outpatients:
LGBTQ+: Yes
Ethnic minorities: Yes
Spanish-speaking: Yes
French-speaking:
Deaf/Hearing-impaired: Yes
Students: Yes
International Students:
Rural: Yes
Urban: Yes
Low income: Yes
People without housing: Yes
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Treatment Modalities
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Individual Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Couples Therapy:
Family Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Group Therapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Community Intervention: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Consultation/Liaison: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Crisis Intervention: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Brief Psychotherapy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Long-term Psychotherapy: Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Cognitive Rehabilitation:
Primary Care:
Evidenced Based Practice: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Evidence Based Research:
Supervision of Practicum students : Experience (21% to 30%)
Other:

(training opportunities continued)

Experience
Health Psychology:
Women's Health:
HIV/AIDS:
Eating Disorders:
Sexual Disorders:
Sports Psychology:
Rehabilitation Psychology:
Physical Disabilities:
Learning Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Developmental Disabilities: Experience (21% to 30%)
Assessment: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Neuropsychology-Adult:
Neuropsychology-Child:
Serious Mental Illness: Experience (21% to 30%)
Anxiety Disorders: Experience (21% to 30%)
Trauma/PTSD: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Abuse: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Substance Use Disorders: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Forensics/Corrections: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Sexual Offenders: Experience (21% to 30%)
Geropsychology:
Pediatrics:
School: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Counseling: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Vocational/Career Development:
Multicultural Therapy: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Feminist Therapy:
Religion/Spirituality: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Empirically-Supported Treatments: Major Area of Study (50% or Greater)
Public Policy/Advocacy: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Program Development/Evaluation: Experience (21% to 30%)
Supervision: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Research: Experience (21% to 30%)
Administration: Exposure (1% to 20%)
Integrated health care - primary:
Integrated health care - specialty:
Other:

Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://www.tcjuvenileprobation.org/en/services/health-services  for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.

Summary of the Characteristics of the Specified Internship Class
2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021 2021-2022 2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026
Number of Completed Applications: 70 54 60 83 71 70 51
Number of applicants invited for interviews: 32 32 32 36 36 36 36
Total number of interns: 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Total number of interns from APA/CPA accredited programs: 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Total number of interns from Ph.D. programs: 3 3 1 3 1 0 1
Total number of interns from Psy.D. programs: 1 1 3 1 3 4 3
Total number of interns from Ed.D. programs: 0 0 0
Number of interns that come from a Clinical Psychology program 2 1 3 3 4 1 3
Number of interns that come from a Counseling Psychology program 1 1 1 0 3 0
Number of interns that come from a School Psychology program 1 2 1 1
Range of integrated assessment reports: lowest number of reports written
Range of integrated assessment reports: highest number of reports written
Summary of Post Internship Employment Settings of Each Internship Class (1st Placement)
2022-2023 2023-2024 2024-2025
Academic teaching:
Community mental health center: 0 0 0
Consortium: 0 0 0
University Counseling Center: 0 0 0
Hospital/Medical Center: 0 0 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System: 0 0 0
Psychiatric facility: 0 1 0
Correctional facility: 4 3 0
Health Maintenance Organization: 0 0 0
School district/system: 0 0 0
Independent practice setting: 0 0 0
Other (Academic Psychology Department): 0 0 0
Link to Program's Trainee Admissions, Support, and Outcome Data: https://www.tcjuvenileprobation.org/en/services/health-services
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