The internship program has the following goals for students in the program.
- To promote competence in professionalism and commitment to values, ethics, and client welfare
- To encourage ongoing professional self-development and identity, including in the roles psychologists can play in multiple settings in the changing field of psychology
- To promote clinical skills that are based on empirically-based principles and well-articulated theories of practice
- To develop competence in effective understanding, advocacy, and empowerment of clients regarding the multiple systems that impact them
- To promote competence in and reinforce commitment to working with individuals from urban populations of color
- To promote competence in ethical practice and professionalism
- To promote skills in working collaboratively with other disciplines
- To develop professional competence in methods of diagnosis and assessment for either children or adults, with a particular focus on urban populations of color, and high need populations
- To develop professional competence in methods of psychotherapeutic intervention for either children or adults, with a particular focus on underserved, urban populations of color, and high need populations
- To develop professional competence in methods of consultation and assessment for either children or adults, with a particular focus on underserved, urban populations of color, and high need populations
- To promote competence in conveying psychological knowledge, including in community outreach
- To promote skills in program and health-care system analysis, intervention, leadership, and advocacy