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California Psychology Internship Council to sunset after decades of halftime internships
Summary
The California Psychology Internship Council (KPIC) told the Board of Psychology it will wind down operations after a long decline in placements; board staff was told KPIC will maintain a website and post records for placements through 2010 onward.
Dr. Melody Schafer, chair of the California Psychology Internship Council (KPIC), told the California Board of Psychology on Aug. 22 that KPIC plans to sunset its match-based internship program because applications and placements have dwindled.
Schafer said KPIC — founded in 1991 and recognized by the Board of Psychology in 2001 — facilitated halftime and other local internship placements and later managed postdoctoral fellowships supported in part by state Mental Health Services Act stipend funding. “We’ve celebrated now 34 years of service and training and advocacy,” Schafer told the board.
KPIC’s presentation traced the program’s history and the policy and funding…
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