Candidates
The internship only accepts students currently matriculated in an American Psychological Association accredited doctoral program in Clinical, Counseling or School Psychology. In addition to enrollment in an APA accredited graduate program, all candidates for admission will meet the following requirements:
- At least 500 hours of formal, supervised practicum training in assessment & treatment.
- Satisfactory completion of comprehensive examinations.
- Adequate preparation for internship as indicated by a statement from the applicant's graduate program director.
The internship welcomes applications from doctoral psychologists who hold degrees in areas other than clinical or counseling psycholgy and are respecializing in clinical or counseling psychology. These applicants must be certified by a director of an APA accredited professional psychology graduate program as having participated in an organized program in which the equivalent of pre-internship preparation (both didactic and clinical experience) has been acquired.
Interns entering our program from 1998 to 2008 came from:
| Argosy University - Atlanta | SUNY at Buffalo |
| Auburn University |
Texas A & M University University of Central Florida |
| Bowling Green State University | University of Cincinnati |
| Case Western Reserve University | University of Florida |
| Central Michigan University | University of Hartford |
| Drexel University | University of Kansas |
| Florida State University | University of Kentucky |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | University of Maryland - Baltimore County University of North Dakota |
| Miami University | University of Southern Mississippi |
| Mississippi State University | University of Toledo |
| North Carolina State University | University of Tulsa |
| Northern Illinois University | University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee |
| Nova Southeastern University | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Ohio State University | Washington University West Virginia University |
| Oklahoma State University | Western Michigan University |
| Spaulding University | Xavier University |
| Southern Illinois University |
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Application Process
Careful attention to the instructions below will prevent delays in processing your application.
Nationwide Children's Hospital is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC). We abide by all APPIC policies related to the application, intern selection and matching processes. We agree to abide by the APPIC policy that no person at this training facility will solicit, accept or use any ranking-related information from any intern applicant. Click here to review APPIC's match policies. You may contact APPIC at:
APPIC Central Office
10 G Street, NE Suite 440
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 589-0600
appic@aol.com
This year marks the first year APPIC will use the APPIC Application for Psychology Internships (AAPI) online. All application materials (i.e. letters of recommendation, DCT approval letter, transcript, AAPI, etc.) will be either submitted online or mailed to the application service.
Visit the APPIC website for more information and to apply.
All applications and materials are due by November 2, 2009.
We will not consider an application unless it contains all of the materials listed above. It is your responsibility to ensure that your application dossier is complete.
Selection For Interview
Interviews are by invitation only.
We believe that a personal interview is extremely helpful to both the applicant and faculty in assessing the fit of our internship with an applicant’s training needs and professional goals.
The application review and interview process is handled separately by each training track. After the November 2 application deadline, each application will be reviewed by at least 3 faculty members. After the application reviews are completed, faculty for each track meet to decide which applicants to invite for an interview. Those applicants selected for interview are then contacted by the coordinator for the respective track and invited for a 1-day interview. Applicants invited to interview will be contacted no later than December 14, 2009. Per APPIC policies, all applicants will be notified of the status of their application by this date.
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