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For more than 20 years, Switzer Learning Center has
been actively involved in training doctoral level
psychology interns.
Our internship training program has full time
stipend positions that focus on psychotherapy with
children and adolescents, psychological assessment
and testing, behavioral assessment,
interdisciplinary consultation, case management, and
advocacy.
The Center serves a culturally and ethnically
diverse population of all income levels.
Students with whom the intern works may range
in age from 8 to 22 years old, and will have a
variety of learning, emotional and behavioral
problems that have brought them to Switzer Learning Center.
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Program Description:
The psychology internship training program
begins each school year in September and continues
through the middle of August.
Interns work full time and receive a monthly
stipend for their work.
Interns will provide individual psychotherapy
and crisis intervention with the Switzer students
assigned to their caseload.
They will review clinical and educational
records for their students, administer
psychological, academic and behavioral assessments
and participate in their student’s annual Individual
Educational Planning (IEP) meeting. Internship
training includes both individual and group
supervision as well as didactic training, case
conferences, interdisciplinary team meetings and
conjoint sessions with the student’s
parents/guardian and their supervisor.
For additional information about the coming year’s
internship training program, please contact Director
of Clinical Services by email at
clinical@switzercenter.org.
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Internship Application:
As a member of the Association of Psychology
Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC), Switzer Learning
Center’s internship
program follows the policies and application
procedures of that organization.
Please go to the APPIC website (link
to
http://www.natmatch.com/psychint/reglink.htm) to
complete your internship application.
In accordance with California Law (AB1858)
psychology interns at nonpublic schools must be
registered with the Board of Psychology (BOP) as a
Psychological Assistant.
Therefore, the intern must possess a Masters
Degree in Psychology from an accredited institution,
in addition to completion of their doctoral level
course work prior to beginning their internship.
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