Practicum is a graduate course in which students receive credit (3-12 hours) for working in a community agency. The student is supervised by a professional in the agency and by a member of the Psychology Department. Examples of available practicum settings are listed below.
Community Mental Health/Counseling Settings
Cambria County Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Family Counseling of Armstrong County (Community Mental Health)
Health America
(Indiana) Community Guidance Center (Community Guidance Center)
IUP Child Study Center and University School
IUP Counseling Center
Staunton Clinic (Outpatient)
Hospital Settings
Allegheny Neuropsychiatric Institute
Conemaugh Counseling Associates
Harmarville Rehabilitation Center
Lakewood (InterCare) (not accepting applications until further notice)
Loretto Federal Corrections Institution
Mercy Regional Health Systems (Pathways)
Pain Evaluation and Treatment Center
Staunton Clinic (Partial Hospitalization/Inpatient)
St. Francis
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic (Comprehensive Inpatient and Outpatient Behavioral Sciences Center)
Alternative Practicum Settings
Other settings have had practicum agreements with IUP in the past but are either seldom used, have not been used for some time, or are currently in a state of transition. Moreover, some of the settings do not have a licensed doctoral level psychologist to provide supervision. These sites should only be used for experience beyond our minimum requirement. Alternate supervision arrangements would need to be made as licensed supervision is required for a practicum to be acceptable. The names of other practicum settings are available upon request.
