What are the goals of preinternship supervised practice training for doctoral students in professional psychology?
In what order should these goals be accomplished? Group members agreed that training ought to be varied but integrated with other training experiences and devised nine specific training goals. These include applying ethical reasoning, understanding legal and regulatory aspects and integrating theory, research and practice. Nadine Kaslow, PhD, of Emory University, also suggested that there be a meeting of internship trainers to further discuss these goals. …but encouraging creativity In other group discussions, participants agreed on the need for common training goals, and took pains to emphasize that those goals should not be restrictive. This was evident in groups’ answers to the following questions: • Should there be national standards for the undergraduate psychology major? What are the pros and cons? Group members noted, first of all, that APA has already convened a Board of Educational Affairs (BEA) task force to tackle this issue. The group considered–and largely approved–10
