Internship Training Program

*APA Affiliated 

DVUSD partners with the Avondale Elementary School District to provide an organized, structured training program that ensures a well-rounded, high-quality experience for interns. The internship is structured to meet Arizona’s requirements for licensure as a psychologist and certification as a school psychologist. The APA-affiliated program consists of 2000 hours of training over a 12-month period, with at least 25% in direct service. Interns are also expected to achieve the goals and objectives of the internship program, as stated below, and to abide by the APA Code of Ethics, the requirements of the DVUSD training program, and DVUSD policies and procedures. The program is designed for a well-rounded school psychology experience. 

Interns are exposed to both Special Education and General Education programs. Under the supervision of licensed psychologists, interns provide psychoeducational and psychological evaluations, consultation, training, counseling, behavior management, and crisis intervention services. Training assignments are made to ensure that each intern has the opportunity to provide assessment and intervention to students with various needs and diagnoses and to serve various age, cultural, socioeconomic, and minority groups. The wide diversity among students and staff in DVUSD enables the internship to offer interns considerable multicultural experiences. Special efforts are also made to provide experience with low-incidence disorders.