2009-2010 CSPP Doctoral Program Handbook

PDF version of handbook

Table of contents

Key program personnel

General information

• The CSPP program
• Forms
• Transfer of coursework
• Filing a degree program and forming an examining committee
• Filing CSPP petitions
• Filing Graduate School petitions

Expectations regarding student self-disclosure while enrolled in CSPP

Required courses

• Master’s level degree requirements
• Doctoral level degree requirements
• Grading Basis
• Minor/Supporting field

Doctoral seminar

Advanced counseling practicum

Liability insurance

Psychological aspects of counseling supervision

Supervision practicum

• Requirements
• Minimum practicum hours

Predissertation research

Preliminary exams

• Written
• Oral

Predoctoral internship

• APA-accredited internships
• APPIC-member internships
• Internships meeting Minnesota psychologist licensure criteria
• Criteria for choosing a predoctoral internship
• How to find and apply for internships?
• Other internship requirements

Doctoral thesis

Final oral exam

Commencement and graduation

Student progress and retention policy and procedures

• Student conduct standards
• Performance standards
• Problematic performance policy
• Definition of problematic performance
• Evaluation of student progress
• Evaluation of teaching assistants
• Program response to student violations
• Readmission policy
• Student grievance process

Licensing requirements in Minnesota

• Licensed school counselor
• Licensed professional counselor, licensed professional clinical counselor
• Licensed psychologist

National certification and registry requirements

• National certified counselor
• Certified clinical mental health counselor
• National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
• American Board of Professional Psychology Diplomate

Appendices

1. Forms
2. Sequential step to CSPP doctoral degree
3. CSPP petition [.pdf]
4. Ph.D. program
5. Foundations courses that meet requirements in biological bases of behavior, learning/cognition, measurement and social psychology
6. Liability insurance
7. Approval of Predoctoral Internship Site [.pdf]
8. Internship Learning Contract [.pdf]
9. Sample internship learning contract [.pdf]
10. Internship Semester Evaluation [.pdf]
11. Status in Ph.D. Graduate Training Questionnaire and Anonymous Survey [.pdf]
12. Evaluation of Student Problematic Performance [.pdf]
13. TA Evaluation form [.pdf]
14. Minnesota Board of Psychology Rules of Conduct
    Minnesota Board of Psychology
15. APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct
    APA Online
16. CSPP Sanctioned Clinical Experience Agreement [.pdf]

August 2009