Quick Start Guide for Entering Your AAPI Psychology Training Experiences
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This page applies to AAPI applicants.
Process for Trainees with Existing Time2Track Accounts
- If you've previously used Time2Track to track your activities and want to link them to your AAPI application, review the following information.
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Applicants must enter their psychology training experiences and practicum hours in Time2Track to complete their APPIC Application for Psychology Internships (AAPI) application. To enter your experiences efficiently, please review the process below prior to starting your application. Additionally, you may only include practicum experiences accrued up to October 1 of the year in which you are applying for internship. As you review the following information, note that DCT/TD refers to your Director of Clinical Training/Training Director at your academic doctoral program.
Phase 1: Start Your AAPI Application & Link It to Your Time2Track Account
Step
Action
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Start your AAPI application.
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Under the Psychology Training Experiences section in the AAPI application, follow the instructions to navigate to Time2Track and log in to your existing account. We recommend confirming the email associated with your Time2Track account before completing this step.
Please note: you do not need to purchase a Time2Track subscription to complete the Psychology Training Experiences section in the AAPI application.
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Once you're in Time2Track, you'll land on the AAPI Psychology Training Experiences Dashboard; review the instructions carefully. The Dashboard provides:
- An overview of your Practicum Hours, with breakdowns for your Doctoral and Terminal Master's Practicum Hours. Note that you can edit this information (detailed in Phase 2).
- A link to complete and submit your Summary of Doctoral Training to your DCT/TD for verification.
- A link to send your verified Time2Track data to your AAPI application.
- Your AAPI CAS ID. Note that the AAPI CAS ID is separate from your NMS Match ID. You'll need your AAPI CAS ID when communicating with Time2Track customer service.
- A link to download a PDF of the AAPI Psychology Training Experiences you listed in Time2Track.
Phase 2: Review & Complete the Summary of Practicum Experiences
First, navigate to the Summary of Practicum Experiences section in Time2Track to view your current experience totals. Your previously-entered activities and clients will automatically be added to your Summary of Practicum Experiences. Note that all activities, including confirmed, unconfirmed, and scheduled activities up to October 1 of the year in which you are applying for internship, will be added to your totals.
If you have additional experiences to enter or remove, you must make your edits in one of the following sections; you cannot make edits directly in the Summary of Practicum Experiences section:
- Enter or remove your experiences and details in Activities under the Activities tab, or
- Enter or remove your total sum experiences in Practicum Hours under the AAPI tab.
When deciding which option to use, consider the following:
- If you add your new practicum experiences under Activities, you can then use Time2Track's features that make it easy for you to track the specific components of your experiences (e.g., client demographic information and treatment setting types).
- If you add your new experiences under Practicum Hours, you can quickly enter total sum hours. To remove hours, simply enter a negative number.
Choose the option that works best for you. If you have any questions, consult with your DCT/TD.
You'll be finished with the Summary of Practicum Experiences once each of the following sections is completed, indicated by a checkmark. For specific details of each section, review Reviewing Your Summary of Practicum Experiences.
- Terminal Masters Information
- Intervention Experience: review your intervention experience totals and add comments as needed.
- Psychological Assessment Experience
- Adult Assessment Instruments: you must manually enter all adult assessment instrument information; it will not automatically populate from your Time2Track data. You can find your previously entered assessments in the Assessments tab.
- Child & Adolescent Assessment Instruments: you must manually enter all child and adolescent assessment instrument information; it will not automatically populate from your Time2Track data. You can find your previously entered assessments in the Assessments tab.
- Integrated Reports
- Supervision Received
- Additional Information About Practicum Experiences
- Support Activities
Important! Before you move on to Phase 3, confirm that a checkmark appears next to each section. Review the Troubleshooting Summary of Practicum Experiences page for additional tips.
Phase 3: Complete & Submit the Summary of Doctoral Training
Once you complete your Summary of Practicum Experiences, you can complete and submit your Summary of Doctoral Training.
Step
Action
1
Enter your doctoral program's information.
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Complete the Practicum Hours information.
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Enter your anticipated practicum experience (up to October 1).
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Enter your DCT/TD's information. Be sure you confirm the name and email associated with your DCT/TD's Time2Track account.
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- If you're ready to submit your Summary of Practicum Experiences and Summary of Doctoral Training, click the Send to DCT/Training Director button to send your experiences to your DCT/TD for verification.
- If you want to wait and review your Summary of Practicum Experiences and Summary of Doctoral Training, click the Save button. You can submit your information in Phase 4.
Phase 4: Review & Submit Your Application
Step
Action
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- If you submitted your Summary of Practicum Experiences and Summary of Doctoral Training in Phase 3, you can skip this step.
- If you didn't submit your information in Phase 3, review your experience totals in the Summary of Practicum Experiences and complete the Summary of Doctoral Training in Time2Track. Then, navigate to the Dashboard and click the Send to DCT/Training Director button to send your experiences to your DCT/TD for verification.
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Once your DCT/TD verifies your Summary of Doctoral Training and you receive an email notification, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Summary of Practicum Experiences and be sure that all sections have a green checkmark.
- Navigate to Dashboard and be sure that your Summary of Doctoral Training has an Approved status. If not, contact your DCT/TD.
- Navigate to the Dashboard and click the Finalize and Submit Time2Track Data button to mark the Psychology Training Experiences section in your AAPI application as complete.
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Return to your AAPI application to complete and submit your internship applications.
Process for Trainees New to Time2Track
- If you're new to Time2Track and need to input hours for the AAPI application, review the following information.
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Applicants must enter their psychology training experiences and practicum hours in Time2Track to complete their APPIC Application for Psychology Internships (AAPI) application. To enter your experiences efficiently, please review the process below prior to starting your application. Additionally, you may only include practicum experiences accrued up to October 1 of the year in which you are applying for internship. As you review the following information, note that DCT/TD refers to your Director of Clinical Training/Training Director at your academic doctoral program.
Phase 1: Start Your AAPI Application & Link It to Your Time2Track Account
Step
Action
1
Start your AAPI application.
2
Under the Psychology Training Experiences section in the AAPI application, follow the instructions to navigate to Time2Track and log in to your existing account or create a new free trial account.
Please note: you do not need to purchase a Time2Track subscription to complete the Psychology Training Experiences section in the AAPI application.
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Once you're in Time2Track, you'll land on the AAPI Psychology Training Experiences Dashboard; review the instructions carefully. The Dashboard provides:
- An overview of your Practicum Hours, with breakdowns for your Doctoral and Terminal Master's Practicum Hours. This page will be blank when you first log in.
- A link to complete and submit your Summary of Doctoral Training to your DCT/TD for verification.
- A link to send your verified Time2Track data to your AAPI application.
- Your AAPI CAS ID. Note that the AAPI CAS ID is separate from your NMS Match ID. You'll need your AAPI CAS ID when communicating with Time2Track customer service.
- A link to download a PDF of the AAPI Psychology Training Experiences you listed in Time2Track.
Phase 2: Enter Experiences under Practicum Hours
Enter your total sum experiences under the Practicum Hours tab. Be sure to include:
- Intervention Hours
- Psychological Assessment Hours
- Supervision Received
- Support Activities (enter all combined support hours under the Other category)
- Treatment Settings
- Patient Demographics
For guidance on categorizing your practicum hours, review Counting Practicum Hours or consult with your DCT/TD.
Phase 3: Review & Complete the Summary of Practicum Experiences
Once you complete entering your experiences, you'll then need to complete the Summary of Practicum Experiences. The data you enter on the Practicum Hours page will automatically appear in the Summary of Practicum Experiences. You must also complete additional information in select sections. You'll be finished with the Summary of Practicum Experiences once each of the following sections is completed, indicated by a checkmark. For specific details of each section, review Reviewing Your Summary of Practicum Experiences.
- Terminal Masters Information
- Intervention Experience: review your intervention experience totals and add comments as needed.
- Psychological Assessment Experience
- Adult Assessment Instruments: you must manually enter all adult assessment instrument information, as it is not collected on the Practicum Hours page.
- Child & Adolescent Assessment Instruments: you must manually enter all child and adolescent assessment instrument information, as it is not collected on the Practicum Hours page.
- Integrated Reports: you must manually enter integrated reports, as they are not collected on the Practicum Hours page.
- Supervision Received
- Additional Information About Practicum Experiences
- Support Activities
Important! Before you move on to Phase 4, confirm that a checkmark appears next to each section. Review the Troubleshooting Summary of Practicum Experiences page for additional tips.
Phase 4: Complete & Submit the Summary of Doctoral Training
Once you complete your Summary of Practicum Experiences, you can complete and submit your Summary of Doctoral Training.
Step
Action
1
Enter your doctoral program's information.
2
Complete the Practicum Hours information.
3
Enter your anticipated practicum experience (up to October 1).
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Enter your DCT's information. Be sure you confirm the name and email associated with your DCT/TD's Time2Track account.
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- If you're ready to submit your Summary of Practicum Experiences and Summary of Doctoral Training, click the Send to DCT/Training Director button to send your experiences to your DCT/TD for verification.
- If you want to wait and review your Summary of Practicum Experiences and Summary of Doctoral Training, click the Save button. You can submit your information in Phase 5.
Phase 5: Review & Submit Your Application
Step
Action
1
- If you submitted your Summary of Practicum Experiences and Summary of Doctoral Training in Phase 4, you can skip this step.
- If you didn't submit your information in Phase 4, review your experience totals in the Summary of Practicum Experiences and complete the Summary of Doctoral Training in Time2Track. Then, navigate to the Dashboard and click the Send to DCT/Training Director button to send your experiences to your DCT/TD for verification.
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Once your DCT/TD verifies your Summary of Doctoral Training and you receive an email notification, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to Summary of Practicum Experiences and be sure that all sections have a green checkmark.
- Navigate to Dashboard and be sure that your Summary of Doctoral Training has an Approved status. If not, contact your DCT/TD.
- Navigate to the Dashboard and click the Finalize and Submit Time2Track Data button to mark the Psychology Training Experiences section in your AAPI application as complete.
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Return to your AAPI application to complete and submit your internship applications.
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