INTERNSHIP HANDBOOK 2021-2022 Internship in Health Service Psychology COUNSELING AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY MEMBERS OF THE CAPS TRAINING COMMITTEE Michael Adams, Ph.D., Director of Training Klint Hobbs, Ph.D., Clinical Director Hoku Conklin, Ph.D. Adam Fisher, Ph.D. Ofa Hafoka, Ph.D. Brett Merrill, Ph.D. Kersti Spjut, Ph.D. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction to the BYU-CAPS Psychology Internship Program...........................................................3 Philosophy Statement..............................................................................................................................5 Psychology Intern Job Description..........................................................................................................8 Student Development Services Center Organizational Chart..................................................................11 Services, Policies, and Procedures...........................................................................................................12 Recommendations for Center Management…………………………………………………………….15 Ethics Policy.............................................................................................................................................17 Suggestions for Case Notes......................................................................................................................18 Vacation Days and Sick Leave for Interns...............................................................................................19 Technical Assistance................................................................................................................................20 Psychology Licensure...............................................................................................................................21 Work Outside of Internship......................................................................................................................21 Goals, Objectives, Competencies, Activities, Assessment, and Outcomes..............................................22 Supervision Procedures.............................................................................................................................29 Supervision and Rotation Request Form………………………………………………………………..30 Supervision and Observation Forms.........................................................................................................31 Client of Trainee Consent Form…………………………………………………………………………33 Evidence-Based Write Up Description…………………………………………………………………..34 Sample Training Schedule.........................................................................................................................35 Training Rotations.....................................................................................................................................36 Intern Rotation Evaluation........................................................................................................................44 Training Contract.......................................................................................................................................45 Training Activities.....................................................................................................................................46 Professional Development Opportunities for Interns................................................................................47 Evaluation Procedures...............................................................................................................................48 Minimal Expectations for Core Competencies..........................................................................................49 Evaluations in the Internship.....................................................................................................................50 Intern Monthly Activity Sheet...................................................................................................................52 Intern Evaluation Form..............................................................................................................................53 Group Therapy Evaluation Form…………………………………………………………………………60 Supervision of Supervision Evaluation Form…………………………………………………………….64 Supervision Outcome Survey …………………………………………………………………..………..70 Intern Case Presentation Feedback Form…………………………………………………………….…..76 Agency Evaluation Form............................................................................................................................78 Intern Report on Diversity Training............................................................................................................80 Due process Policy and Procedures for Interns...........................................................................................81 Trainee Remediation Plan...........................................................................................................................84 Failure to Perform in a Satisfactory Manner..............................................................................................86 Psychotherapy and Grievance Policy for Interns........................................................................................88 Wrapping Up the Internship Year...............................................................................................................90 Completion Checklist for Intern Competencies..........................................................................................91 Research Activity Report…………………………………………………………………………………91 Clinical Policies and Procedures................................................................................................................93 Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct.........................................................................108 2 INTRODUCTION TO THE BYU-CAPS Internship in Health Service Psychology Welcome to the Brigham Young University (BYU) Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Internship in Health Service Psychology. AT BYU-CAPS, we place a great deal of importance on our training mission and highly value our psychology interns. We will do all that we can to help you succeed in our program and to have a meaningful and memorable internship experience. Counseling and Psychological Services and its allied agencies at BYU offers a diversity of training activities for our psychology interns. We want you to experience as much as possible, without becoming or feeling overloaded. We will help you tailor training experiences that best fit your interests, needs, and desired future career opportunities. Throughout the training year, we hope that you will work closely and create meaningful relationships with your supervisors, the CAPS Director of Training, Training Committee, and Counseling and Psychological Services professional and support staff. You are a valued, trusted colleague with important responsibilities and opportunities. We hope that you will make good use of supervision, feedback, and evaluations as you progress toward your goal of becoming a licensed psychologist. We will also ask you to evaluate us in an effort for us to improve the training we provide. Your feedback and suggestions for improvements to the Internship are always welcome and are taken into account as we work to make this program all that was promised when you decided to join us. The Internship Handbook has been developed to further acquaint you with our training program, to help you make good use of the training opportunities in CAPS, and to assist you in meeting the requirements for completion of the Internship. Please take time to become familiar with this handbook and to review the information on the internship website prior to the orientation that will take place as you begin the internship in August. Description of the Internship Handbook Contents • The Philosophy Statement of the Internship is our way of conveying to you what we feel is important in the training of psychology interns and the model we employ in our training. • The responsibilities of a psychology intern are summarized in the Psychology Intern Job Description in the format used by BYU for administrative staff positions. • To help you understand the setting for the Internship and how the various parts of CAPS are related, a copy of the Student Development Services (SDS) & CAPS Organizational Chart has been included. • The CAPS Services, Policies, and Procedures will introduce you to what is expected of those who offer clinical services at CAPS. More information on policies and procedures can be obtained from the CAPS Clinical Director. • Intern Vacation Days and Sick Leave. As administrative staff, interns are given vacation days and sick leave to be used throughout the training year. Guidelines for this are provided in Intern Vacation Days and Sick Leave. To ensure that interns have a quality training experience, work outside the Internship describes the Center’s expectation regarding additional work interns might wish to engage in during the training year. • The Goals, Objectives, Competencies, Activities, and Assessments section of the Internship Handbook will provide you with details on what is required of psychology interns and how the competencies are achieved and evaluated. Please be familiar with these expectations. They are your guide to successful completion of the Internship. • Supervision Procedures addresses how supervised experience