Things to know when entering Internship (Onsite or Online):

Applying:

 Every student must apply for internship each semester and the student is not
guaranteed admission if the application is not received on time.
 Applications do not serve as your registration for the class. You must work with your
advisor to complete your registration.
 The application can be found in Tevera or CIPPS
 Applications are due:
o For Fall Semester: April 1
o For Spring Semester: October 15
o For Summer Semester: February 15
Hours:

 To successfully complete internship 551, 552 or 554 (optional for all specializations
except Marriage and Family):
o Clinical Mental Health:
 600 total hours over 2 internships;
 120 direct hours per internship and 180 indirect hours per internship
o Marriage and Family:
 900 total hours over 3 internships
 150 direct directs per internship, with 40% of direct hours being
relational, and 150 indirect hours
 Relational hours= Face to face sessions with couples or families. Groups
only count if they include multiple sets of couples or families.
o Addictions:
 600 total hours over 2 internships
 120 direct hours per internship and 180 indirect hours
o School:
 600 total hours over 2 internships
 120 direct hours per internship and 180 indirect hours per internship

o Internships usually take place over a course of a semester but may be extended
until the hours are completed with approval from the internship site. An intern
may use multiple sites to complete a one semester internship experience.
o Students must complete all class requirements, and receive at least a combined
score of 3 on their Final evaluations.
o School counseling students are to gain experience at the elementary, middle,
and high school levels in some capacity during the practicum/internship
experience.
o All other specializations are to gain experience in multiple types of counseling
experiences. This does not necessarily mean that one must go to multiple

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 internship locations. This does mean that one must gain experience in multiple
programs (i.e. outpatient, inpatient, residential, school, home-based, etc.)
o Direct hours should be reflected as follows: 46-59 min=1 hour, 60-74 min= 1.25,
75-89=1.5, 90-104=1.75, 105-119=2
o Supervision should take place each week at the university and site levels.
University supervision is your group supervision requirement and lasts 1.5-2
hours and your site supervision is your individual supervision requirement and
lasts 1 hour. Students need a total of at least 100 supervision hours for
graduation ( this includes your University and clinical site supervision hours).
o Group hours- minimum 10 group hours to be completed at some point during
practicum or internship (Group hour requirement only for CMHC & SCH)

Internship Site:

 It is the student’s responsibility to find an appropriate and qualified internship site.

Approach this task as you would searching for employment.
 Students must have a counseling site application for their internship site if there is not
one already for the site. These applications are found in Tevera as a “New Site
Applications”
 Students need to be prepared to ask questions during the internship site search that
allows the student to feel they are going to be developed as clinicians.

Internship Contract:

 Every student must thoroughly read and understand the internship contract and have it
read and signed by the appropriate faculty and supervisors.
 Contracts must be signed prior to seeing clients otherwise the student risks those hours
completed prior to signing not counting.
 The internship contract can be found in Tevera or CIPPS.

IWU Clinic Manual:

 All students completing their internship at an IWU clinic must thoroughly read and
understand the IWU Clinic Manual
 This manual has useful information for all specializations, but is primarily used for those
seeing clients in our clinic.

Internship Site Supervisor:

 Supervisor must meet or exceed the following credentials:

a. A master’s degree in counseling, psychology or a closely related field.
b. Appropriate clinical license.

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 c. Two years of professional experience.
d. Conducts him/herself in a professional manner consistent with ACA ethical standards.
e. Does not have any of the following relationships with the intern:
1. *Previously served as the student’s therapist.

2. *Previously served as the student’s supervisor.

3. Is a friend or close relative of the student.

*Consideration will be given in certain circumstances and must be approved by

the University Clinic Coordinator Supervisor.

 The supervisor must be able to meet with the student at least 1 hour every week for
individual supervision.

Prerequisite Classes Needed:

 These vary by specialization. Look in the student handbook for specific information
related to prerequisites. Prerequisites mean the courses must be taken prior to taking
the practicum/internship class.

Insurance:

 Every student is required to have liability insurance

o Most students receive their insurance from their professional organizations
(ACA, AAMFT, etc.)
o Students are required to have the highest level of liability insurance as set by
their professional organization.
o Insurance expires after a year so mark the expiration date so to renew at the
appropriate time.
o If a student’s insurance lapses they risk not being able to count hours toward
graduation.

Internship Logs:

 For graduation and future licensure; student must have a direct and indirect log and
summary sheet for each month of internship
o This must be signed by the site supervisor and university supervisor each month
 All logs must be organized, in sequential order with the most recent on top.
 If there is any logs missing or any signatures missing, graduation or licensure may be
delayed.

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Clinical Recordings:

 Clinical recordings serve as a way to provide students with direct feedback regarding their
clinical skills and flow of session. As such, the more information supervisors have to evaluate the
better feedback can be provided. Students are required to have 3-4 recordings each semester,
this can be with the same client or different case. Audio recording is allowed for one of the three
recordings for the semester.

COMMON MISTAKES:

 For graduation and future licensure, you need:

o Complete portfolios at the end of each semester of practicum/insurance
o Appropriate signatures on all of these documents from your site supervisor, university
supervisor, clinic coordinator, and yourself where applicable

 KEEP COPIES OF EVERYTHING AFTER YOU GRADUATE

o Syllabi, logs, applications, contracts, CEUs, insurance, etc.
o Need to be a student member and carry liability insurance through that organization.

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