Delaware Administrative Code
Title 24 - Regulated Professions and Occupations
Department of State
Division of Professional Regulation
3500 - Board of Examiners of Psychologists
Section 3500-7.0 - Supervised Experience

7.1 The types of supervision pertinent to licensure as a psychologist or registration as a psychological assistant are comprised of three types of supervisory experiences: predoctoral internship supervision, supervised postdoctoral experience, and supervision of psychological assistants.

7.2 Predoctoral internship supervision is required by doctoral programs in psychology. The predoctoral internship consists of a minimum of 1,500 hours of actual work experience completed in not less than 48 weeks, nor more than 104 weeks. At least 50% of the predoctoral supervised experience must be in clinical services such as treatment, consultation, assessment, and report writing, with at least 25% of that time devoted to face-to-face direct patient or client contact. No more than 25% of time shall be allocated for research. Face-to-face as used in this section and hereinafter means either in person or live video conferencing.

7.3 Supervised postdoctoral experience must consist of 1,500 hours of actual work experience under the supervision of a licensed psychologist. This experience must be completed in not less than one calendar year and not more than three calendar years. At least 25% of the 1500 hours of experience shall be devoted to direct service in the area of the applicant's academic training. "Direct service" consists of any activity defined as the practice of psychology or the supervision of graduate students engaging in activities defined as the practice of psychology. There must be at least one hour of face-to-face supervision for every 10 hours of clinical work. The Board will accept group supervision so long as no more than five postdoctoral applicants met with the supervising psychologist at one time and there were at least two hours of group supervision in place of every one hour of individual supervision.

7.4 The purpose of the postdoctoral supervision is to train psychologists to practice at an independent level. This experience should be an organized educational and training program with explicit goals and a clear plan to meet those goals. There should be regular written evaluations based on this program.

7.5 Supervision of psychological assistants is required at the frequency of one hour of face-to-face supervision for every 1-10 hours of clinical work by the psychological assistants and must comply with Section 9.0 of the Regulations.

7.6 The unlicensed practice of psychology is prohibited in Delaware; therefore, individuals accruing supervised postdoctoral professional experience in psychological work in Delaware must obtain a psychological assistant registration before commencing such supervision.