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About the Internship Experience
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It is the belief of the School that equal to one's academic experience is the immediate and effective application of theoretical knowledge in practice. Thus, each student is required to be involved, as part of his or her degree program, in an integrating clinical Internship.
An Internship site is defined by AGS as any place where theoretical learning maybe applied in a supervised environment. The Internship portion of the program consists of 12 credits. Students are required to take 8 quarters (8 credits) of Internship, a 2 credit Graduate Internship, which can occur any time in the second year, and a 2 credit Integrative Paper relating to the Internship experience. The first three courses must be taken in the first year or before the completion of the first year courses. The other five courses are to be taken in succession, prior to completing the program. For each of the quarters of Internship, except the first (590), which is an orientation, a supervisor on site must complete an evaluation of the student's performance.
The student must log all hours and attend the supervision class at AGS. Grading is Pass/Fail and is based on a satisfactory evaluation from the site supervisor, logging at least the minimum number of required hours on site, completing all class assignments and attending fifteen hours of Internship class. The Graduate Internship occurs after all required classes are completed and one quarter of therapy has been accomplished.
The Graduate Internship may take as long as necessary to complete. It consists of the student bringing two faculty members to his/her Internship site for an on-site evaluation of his/her skills with clients. Eight hours of supervision and evaluation are required.
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