Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

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Internship Program Admissions

Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program’s policies on intern selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:

The Berkeley Psychology Internship Consortium (B-PIC) offers full-time internship positions to doctoral students enrolled in APA accredited programs in school psychology. Students from clinical and counseling psychology will not be considered. 

Does the program require that applicants have received a minimum number of hours of the following at time of application? If Yes, indicate how many:
Total Direct Contact Intervention Hours Yes No  Amount:
Total Direct Contact Assessment Hours Yes No 

Amount:

Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:
A minimum of 450 hours of practicum experience.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*

Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Interns  $25,000
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Interns n/a
Program provides access to medical insurance for intern? Yes No
If access to medical insurance is provided:  
Trainee contribution to cost required? Yes No
Coverage of family member(s) available? Yes No
Coverage of legally married partner available? Yes No
Coverage of domestic partner available? Yes No
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)
Hours of Annual Paid Sick Leave 
In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave?  Yes No
Other Benefits (please describe):

*Note: Programs are not required by the Commission on Accreditation to provide all benefits listed in this table.

Initial Post-Internship Positions

(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)

  2020-2023
Total # of interns who were in the 3 cohorts 7
Total # of interns who did not seek employment because they returned to their doctoral program/are completing doctoral degree 1
  PD EP
Academic teaching 0 0
Community mental health center 0 0
Consortium 0 0
University Counseling Center 0 0
Hospital/Medical Center 1 0
Veterans Affairs Health Care System 0 0
Psychiatric facility 0 0
Correctional facility 0 0
Health maintenance organization 0 0
School district/system 1 4
Independent practice setting 0 0
Other 0 0

Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time. For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.