Abstract
The school psychology internship is arguably the capstone training experience in the field, yet there is a paucity of research related to the internship in general and internship supervision in particular. This paper describes results of a national survey of NASP-approved specialist-level training programs regarding selection procedures, supervision practices, and satisfaction with the school psychology internship experience. Results indicate trainers’ overall satisfaction with the internship experience provided to interns. Results also indicate wide variability in internship placement practices, satisfaction with supervision across NASP competencies, and variability in trainer judgments of field-based supervisors’ readiness to provide high quality supervision which meet NASP 2010 competency standards. Findings are discussed in light of best practices for school psychology intern training.
