La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § LXIII-305

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 8, August 20, 2024

Section LXIII-305 - Specialty Areas

A. Health Service Psychology. The provision of direct health and/or behavioral health services requires training in an applied health service area such as clinical psychology, counseling psychology, clinical neuropsychology, school psychology, or other developed health service areas that are offered under training programs that are accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) in a health service area. Training programs may also combine two or more of the recognized practice areas listed above. In addition to didactic courses, training in health service psychology shall include early and continuing involvement of students in applied healthcare settings. Such experiences shall occur at two levels: practicum and internship.

1. The practicum level is an earlier, prerequisite phase of involvement, usually for academic credit, often on campus, with typical time commitment of 8 to 16 hours per week. Practicum settings should provide supervised training in interviewing, appraisal, modes of intervention and research skills or other skills appropriate to the student's level of experience and area of specialization. A minimum of 300 hours of practicum experience should precede the internship. This should include at least 100 hours of direct client contact and at least 50 hours of scheduled individual supervision.

2. The following will be used to identify organized psychology internship training programs.

a. An organized training program, in contrast to supervised experience or on-the-job training, is designed to provide the intern with a planned, programmed sequence of training experiences. The primary focus and purpose is assuring breadth and quality of training.

b. The internship agency had a clearly designated staff psychologist who was responsible for the integrity and quality of the training program and who was actively licensed/certified by the State/Provincial Board of Examiners in Psychology.

c. The internship agency had two or more psychologists on the staff as supervisors, at least one of whom was actively licensed as a psychologist by the State/Provincial Board of Examiners in Psychology.

d. Internship supervision was provided by a staff member of the internship agency or by an affiliate of that agency who carried clinical responsibility for the cases being supervised. At least half of the internship supervision was provided by one or more psychologists.

e. The internship provided training in a range of assessment and treatment activities conducted directly with clients seeking psychological services.

f. At least 25 percent of trainee's time was in direct client contact (minimum 375 hours).

g. The internship included a minimum of two hours per week (regardless of whether the internship was completed in one year or two) of regularly scheduled, formal, face-to-face individual supervision with the specific intent of dealing with psychological services rendered directly by the intern. There must also have been at least two additional hours per week in learning activities such as: case conferences involving a case in which the intern was actively involved; seminars dealing with clinical issues; co-therapy with a staff person including discussion; group supervision, additional individual supervision.

h. Training was post-clerkship, post-practicum and post-externship level.

i. The internship agency had a minimum of two interns at the internship level of training during the applicant's training period.

j. Trainee had title such as "intern," "resident," "fellow," or other designation of trainee status.

k. The internship agency had a written statement or brochure which described the goals and content of the internship, stated clear expectations for quantity and quality of trainee's work and was made available to prospective interns.

l. The internship experience (minimum 1,500 hours) was completed within 24 months.

B. General Applied Psychology. The provision of psychological services in applied non-healthcare areas include services outside health and behavioral health fields; direct services to individuals and/or groups for assessment and/or evaluation of personal abilities and characteristics for individual development, behavior change, and/or for making decisions about the individual; and may also include services to organizations that are provided for the benefit of the organization. Training areas recognized by the board in general applied psychology include those specialty programs designated as educational psychology, developmental psychology, experimental psychology, social psychology, or industrial-organizational psychology. Internship training for non-health service psychology areas may take the form of post-doctoral supervised experience as defined in the regulations of the board.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § LXIII-305

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Board of Examiners of Psychologists, LR 13:181 (March 1987), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Examiners of Psychologists, LR 19:1323 (October 1993), LR 36:1005 (May 2010), Amended Department of Health, Board of Examiners of Psychologists, LR 49674 (4/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:2353 and R.S. 37:2356.