Are you into biting?

Hitting?

Scratching?

How about a little drooling?

Spitting?

Regurgitation?

Okay, so there is really nothing

sexy about this….

But we do have a great opportunity for those of you

interested in human services

Long, long ago (before most of use were born),

Dr. Malott dreamt up the Behavior Analysis Training System (BATS)

BATS was composed of many subsystems. Those subsystems all worked towards the well-being of the

overall system.

The overall system worked towards the well-being of humanity (and the well-being of a few graduate and

undergraduate students).

One of these subsystems was the Professional Psychology Practicum (PPP)

This system was designed to provide Master’s students with the necessary experience to earn the

Temporary Limited License in Psychology

Great!

But….why would I want a license in psychology?

The Ethics Code of the American Psychological Association states:

“Psychologists provide services,

teach,

and conduct research

only within the boundaries of their competence,

based on their education,

training,

supervised experience,

or appropriate professional experience.”

So basically, don’t do anything until you’ve had

the proper education,

training, and supervision!

But….I still don’t understand what

this has to do with a license…

Well, the licensing regulations of the state of Michigan require that you have:

One course in Assessment,

One Course in Therapy

And

A 500-hour supervised applied practicum

Before you are allowed to receive a Master’s level license in psychology

So the licensing board of Michigan only provides a license to those people

who have the proper education, training, and

supervision!

This ensures that everyone who has a license in Michigan has complied with the Ethics Code.

Why do I need the state of Michigan’s

endorsement?

Can’t I just tell my clients that I have

the necessary education, training, and supervision?

Most clients rely on insurance coverage to pay for psychological services

AND

Most insurance companies will not provide reimbursement for services not provided by a licensed psychologist

SO

If you want to get paid, you’ll probably want to have a license…that is unless you plan on working for only financially elite clients…

And chances are, the financially elite clients are NOT going to seek services from someone who just says they have the necessary education, training and supervision.

They are going to want the piece of paper…the license to back up your claims.

Now you’re telling us that in addition to

completing regular graduate work, we also have to find a way to do all this licensure stuff?

How are we going to find a way to do all of

that?

Glad you asked!

Because I designed the Professional

Psychology Practicum to serve

the needs of Master’s students

interested in getting a license…

…that means that any of my

Master’s students in my

Behavior Analysis Training System can get

a license…

It’s an integrated option in my

Master’s program!

What about that supervision

requirement?

Does Dr. Malott provide the

supervision?

Unfortunately, only a fully licensed

psychologist can provide the

supervision…

So I leave all the official supervision up to our fully licensed

psychologist, Dr. James Kaye

I am Dr. Kaye

I provide the supervision so all the PPP students can get

their license!

However, I do provide valuable

suggestions during

supervision meetings!

And I oversee the educational requirements for

my licensure candidates

Wow, that sounds great!

It is awesome to think that Dr.

Malott put this all together!

Why thanks!

Now that we have sold you on the need for a license, let’s introduce you to the client populations

that you will be working with in PPP:

Croyden Avenue School—Autistic Impaired and Developmentally Disabled Clients

This is aclassroom at Croyden

Population #3:Young Adult Program: Emotionally

Impaired and/or Developmentally Disabled Clients.

Young

Adult

Program

Community Mental Health: Clients are assigned based on individual preferences.

Emphasis is placed on intellectual and personality assessment experience.

Community Mental Health

We included all those sites so that our students would have a wide variety of client experience

Our hope is to help our students develop killer resumes so that they can get killer jobs when they graduate!

That sounds great, but what

if I want to specialize in a

particular population like

autism or developmental disabilities?

• General Track with Licensure

• General Track without Licensure

• Autism/DD Track with Licensure

• Autism/DD Track without Licensure

PPP offers four different tracks!

If you choose to specialize in

Autism/ Developmental

Disabilities, then all of your practicum

experience is concentrated in

that area!

Can I do anything to

prepare myself for the

graduate practicum?

Sure! You can apply for grad school at WMU

and join Dr. Malott’s

BATS program!

This definitely sounds like a

great opportunity!

Who do I contact to get

involved?

Jessie

Her contact information is

included on the business cards

passed out today.

Contact Jessie! She is the PPP senior systems

manager.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Join PPP and…

Thanks for watching!

…help save the world with behavior analysis, one client at a time.

Thank You!

Any Questions?