TRAINING SITES:
Please review the PTC guidelines (see the hyperlink titled "Read Our Background, Policies, and Procedures" listed below under NEW TRAINING SITES NOT CURRENTLY PART OF THE PTC as well as the POLICIES section on this website).
These guidelines include a “preferred" application deadline starting in mid-December but final application deadline by 1/6/25 by 5pm and notification day of 2/10/25. Thus, you could have an application deadline of Friday 12/13/24 - before the final application deadline of 1/6/25 - but PTC participating sites cannot make offers to student trainees prior to notification day on 2/10/25.
Thus, the most essential criteria to be a member of the PTC and having your training listed on the PTC website site is that you abide by the application deadline & notification process (e.g., no application deadline before mid-December, and no offering of training positions until the designated notification day).
Training sites that do not abide by this agreement may be removed from the PTC website.
STUDENT TRAINEES:
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Several training sites have provided updated information about their training opportunities for AY2025-2026 as of Monday 11/18/24. When you click on "Practicum Training Info" you can tell if it is updated because the top of the form should say "Prac Site Info Form AY 2025-2026".
Training sites continue to provide updated information about their practicum opportunities and will be updated over the coming weeks. A site that has not updated their Google form may still be seeking applicants, so if you are uncertain about whether they are accepting applications, please reach out directly to that training site.
Sites listed here may make changes to their training programs and may not inform the PTC of those changes (e.g., changes in training site name, changes in clinical director, etc.) including not being able to take on trainees for the upcoming training year. Keep in mind that training sites may not have updated their information with the PTC. We are working to update all sites, so check the website regularly for possible updates.
Unfortunately, we are not able to currently alphabetize all listings; please be certain to scroll through all listings to the end of the website to ensure you see each potential training site.
If you have questions about whether or not a training site is seeking applicants, please contact directly site coordinators via the listed email for more detailed site information (e.g., brochures, application directions, practicum details, and confirming they are seeking applicants for their training program).
If you believe that a training site listed here is not abiding by the PTC guidelines related to application deadline (having a deadline before mid-December up until 1/6/25 is acceptable) or notification process (offering you a position prior to the 2/10/25 notification day), please email massptc@gmail.com and provide information about your experience so that we may address this violation of the PTC guidelines.
Welcome to the Massachusetts Practicum Training Collaborative!
This listing is intended to distribute information to students about clinical training sites in the Boston area and surrounds. It aims to assist students in locating sites and learning about available training positions. Students will still need to check with their academic programs before applying to sites to determine if there are restrictions on the training sites to which they can apply.
Many additional training sites have committed to using the PTC guidelines, but have not yet listed themselves on the website. If you don't see the site you are interested in, please contact them directly to learn about their application process and determine if they are adhering to the PTC guidelines, and contact your academic program training coordinator as well.
If you are a student, click on View Practicum Sites to see a full list of training sites.
DOCTORAL STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE:
During the AY24-25 year, the PTC is working to update the website by mid-October. However, please keep in mind that some training sites do not provide updated information until later in the year, and some training sites develop training opportunities later in the year. The PTC website will be updated regularly up until the January 6, 2025 application deadline. Please check the website often, as sites will be updating their information and new sites will be joining the PTC as the fall semester continues.
For many of the practicum training site listings on the website, you will see a hyperlink title "Practicum Training Info" - this is a Google form that will have the most current information about training sites seeking practicum trainees for AY25-26 training opportunities.
If you notice errors in links or information that is not accurate, please email. the PTC at: massptc@gmail.com. Thank you!
TRAINING SITES PLEASE NOTE:
IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN THE PTC, PLEASE COMPLETE THE WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE GOOGLE FORM (SEE BELOW FOR LINK) TO UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION ON THE PTC WEBSITE
NEW TRAINING SITES NOT CURRENTLY PART OF THE PTC:
To add your program as a PTC participant, please read the PTC background, policies and procedures (see below) and then email the MassPTC (see below).
For details about the collaborative, you can Read Our Background, Policies, and Procedures. If you have general questions about the collaborative, or wish to report a problem or concern, please send and email to: massptc@gmail.com.
Recommended Application Deadline: Preferred starting in mid December 2024 (no earlier than 12/13/24, but due by Monday January 6, 2025
Notification Date: 8:00 AM on Monday February 10, 2025, with 1 hour to hold an offer
(PLEASE NOTE: the 1 hour hold is new for 2025 - this is a change from past PTC notification day process).
As you may know, for the past several years, the Training Committee (TC) of the MPA has been developing the Practicum Training Collaborative among doctoral programs and training sites in Massachusetts and surrounding states.
The impetus for a Practicum Training Collaborative (PTC) came from students, doctoral programs and training sites, who voiced concerns about the problematic practices they had experienced and desired a system that was more organized, structured, and fair.
In response, the PTC gathered information in a variety of ways, including dinner meetings among representatives of academic programs and training sites together, and separately; through surveys and other feedback; from the MPA general and Training Forum list serves and from consultation with a similar collaborative in greater New York City. We also ran a pilot program during the 2015-16 training year and gathered input from participants on their experiences Throughout, the TC and a sub-group working on the PTC, discussed the information we received and the various pros and cons of different approaches.
We now present what we believe is the best way to move forward. Although there are still details to be worked out, a number of basic ideas have emerged.
The MPA Training Committee will
Doctoral programs are asked to
Training sites are asked to
Students are asked to
Jessica Lazar, Psy.D. Co-Chair (Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School)
Pamela S. Friedman, Psy.D. Co-Chair (Brigham & Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School)
Sidney Trantham, Web Coordinator (Boston College) - please email MASSPTC@GMAIL.COM for any MassPTC website change requests
(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Brookline Center for Community Mental Health)
(Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center, Nashua, NH)
(Worcester Lake Avenue VA Clinic)
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