Noting the increasing importance of internship experiences in the graduate training of students for applied careers, this article presents a comprehensive case study analysis of an internship program. It reviews such issues as student preparation, supervision, grading, and intern-sponsor matching. (JDH)

Describes a national directory of 65 bachelor's, 246 master's, and 163 doctoral internships for human service agencies, such as community mental health, mental retardation, corrections, and rehabilitation. Lists number of positions available, availability of stipends, intern roles and functions emphasized and time spent in each, length of…

Consistent with C. J. Gelso's (1979, 1993, 1997) research training environment theory, the authors hypothesized that research training environments exist in predoctoral internships. The Internship Research Training Environment Scale (IRTES) was developed to assess research training environments found in predoctoral psychology internships.…