Please note this page and the individual site pages are being continuously updated for the 2025-2026 match.

Applicants are free to apply to as many of the internship opportunities described below as they would like. Each internship experience has a separate match code which can be ranked independently of one another in the match; however applicants need submit only one on-line application.

Click on “More about this internship” links to learn more about the experiences of interns in each of these sites, view the “virtual tour,” and review benefits offered to interns.

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District 15 (Palatine)

Community Consolidated School District 15 serves around 12,000 students in grades Pre-K through 8th in seven northwest suburban communities: Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Hoffman Estates, Inverness, South Barrington, Arlington Heights, and Schaumburg. The district is located about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, IL. The student population is diverse with over 75 languages or dialects spoken. All buildings have a well developed MTSS for academic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs. A focus of the internship involves working with diverse populations to provide culturally responsive practices for students and families. Opportunities include facilitation of evidence-based instructional and mental health practices, systems-level consultation, and leadership with MTSS and PBIS. The typical week includes 3 days at one of the buildings serving a diverse population and 2 days providing district-level coaching for mental health and Multilingual supports and program evaluation. Stipend $23,000. More about this internship

Division of Disability Resources & Educational Services (DRES) at the University of Illinois and the University of Illinois Laboratory High School (Champaign/Urbana) (Not recruiting for 2025-2026)

DRES provides support services for over 4000 undergraduate and graduate students with a wide range of disabilities attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Interns’ responsibilities include conducting diagnostic interviews, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and psychological assessments for diverse clientele with learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorder, psychological disorders, ADHD, acquired brain injury, physical disabilities, and chronic medical conditions. Interns also have opportunities to gain supervision skills. During the school year, interns spend three days per week at the University of Illinois Laboratory High School, often referred to as Uni High, which is located immediately adjacent to the University of Illinois campus. A school with approximately 300 students, Uni High selectively enrolls academically talented students. Uni High offers a unique opportunity for interns to learn and specialize in activities related to gifted and talented programming. Interns will have the opportunity to develop expertise in the delivery of psychological services within schools including prevention, consultation, assessment, and intervention activities to address student academic, behavioral, social, emotional, or mental health needs. Stipend: $20,000.    More about this internship

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville/Metro East Public Schools (Edwardsville) (Not recruiting for 2025-2026)

Each year, SIUE and a local school district partner on the doctoral internship experience. Our current partners are the Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 and the Triad Community Unit School District #2. The psychology intern spends approximately 3 days per week in that year’s partnering school district   and the remainder of their time at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). During the summer months, the intern typically spends three days per week at SIUE and two days per week in district. Scheduling is fluctuated as needed to accommodate ISPIC training activities, conference attendance, and other needs. Interns must pass a background check and maintain their own malpractice and health insurance. Stipend: $23,000 More about this internship.

Evergreen Coaching and Counseling Services, Inc. and the Vermilion Association for Special Education (Champaign/Urbana/Danville)

Evergreen Coaching and Counseling Services, Inc., is a dynamic private practice that serves a variety of clients in Champaign-Urbana, but also surrounding counties. The clinical opportunities available through Evergreen are broad and diverse. A large portion of the clinical work done by staff at Evergreen are State-contracted evaluations, though Evergreen also fields referrals from the University of Illinois, local school districts, hospital systems, and community members for the evaluation and treatment of children and adults. In addition to evaluation services, staff at Evergreen carry caseloads of clients seeking mental health counseling and academic coaching. Vermilion Association for Special Education (VASE) is a Special Education Cooperative serving 10 rural community districts in Vermilion County surrounding the city of Danville, Illinois.  VASE also houses a therapeutic day school program designed to serve students who are struggling with a variety of special education disabilities and whose needs cannot be adequately met in their home school districts. VASE provides a unique opportunity for interns to learn and specialize in activities related to rural school psychology with students with diverse needs and social-economic statuses.  Danville is approximately thirty (30) miles east of Champaign, Illinois. Interns spend 2 days a week at Evergreen and 3 days a week in a school setting through VASE during the school year. During the summer the intern typically works 32 hours at Evergreen with 8 hours available for dissertation work and training. The full stipend is $20,000. Interns maintain their own malpractice coverage. More about this internship.

Livingston County Special Services Unit (Flanagan)

Livingston County Special Services Unit (LCSSU) is a cooperative located approximately 40 minutes from Bloomington/Normal. The cooperative is known for its progressive practices and its history of training school psychology doctoral and specialist level interns. Several member districts are working to perfect their MTSS systems for academic and social-emotional supports. Interns are encouraged to individualize their internship plans relative to their training needs and interests. There are a number of professional opportunities available that can lead to a well-rounded internship experience. Interns have the opportunity to serve students across all levels of academic and social-emotional need. Individualized training experiences typically include counseling, transdisciplinary play-based assessments, serving our specialized school programs for children with autism spectrum, communication, or social-emotional/ behavioral disorders, and assisting with all stages of our universal social-emotional- behavioral screenings. Interns are provided laptops, iPads, clerical support, and assessment and intervention materials. Interns must provide their own transportation but receive some mileage reimbursement for travel. Stipend: $30,000 with reimbursement for student insurance costs. More about this internship.

Maine District 207:  Maine East High School & Maine West

Maine Township High School District serves over 6,500 culturally diverse students in Des Plaines and Park Ridge as well as parts of other neighboring communities. Maine Township High Schools are acknowledged to be among the nation’s best. There are two different internship opportunities available in Maine Township-Maine East and Maine West. Stipend: $20,000. 

Maine East High School is widely acknowledged to be one of the most culturally rich, ethnically and socioeconomically diverse high schools in the country.  Having over fifty different languages and nationalities and a range of socioeconomically classes well represented, interns have the opportunity to have many unique and challenging experiences. The faculty and staff embrace diversity and are committed to facing the challenges of this unique population. You will find Maine East to be a very stimulating educational environment that offers interns a variety of school and clinical psychology opportunities with a depth of supervision. Interns leave Maine East confident in their therapy, assessment, and consultation skills due to the range, depth, and complexity of their experiences at Maine East. 

Maine West High School is a high school located 30 minutes from Chicago. It serves the Des Plaines, IL community. Maine West serves about 2,000 students. The student demographics make up a diverse ethnic population with a range of socioeconomic backgrounds. 14% of the students are identified as multilingual learners and families have indicated a variety of languages spoken in the home. District 207 understands that “getting it right for every student” is a complex endeavor that requires support and attention that goes well beyond academics. School is a student’s home away from home … and just like at home, the adults need to continue their learning journeys (Adult Learning) to meet the changing needs of the family. District 207 strives to meet every student where they are (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support) to help them reach their fullest potential.

At Maine West, interns can expect to gain a range of clinical experiences within a school setting. The cases interns are exposed to are complex and rich with learning opportunities.The intern is assigned a caseload for counseling that takes into account the intern’s unique training needs and desired experiences. Interns can expect to gain a range of experience with crisis management and case conceptualization. The intern will also complete re-evaluations to determine special education eligibility and assist in educational decision-making. Interns have meaningful exposure to Bilingual Evaluation, Newcomer Screening, Crisis Prevention, Collaborate Problem Solving, Family Engagement and Universal Screening. Other activities include but are not limited to group counseling, teacher consultation, writing Individualized Education Plans, participating on a problem solving team, collaborating with parents and outside providers, and completing functional behavior analyses and behavior intervention plans. More about these internships

Township High School District 211 High School and Academy (Palatine)

District 211 High School Track: The D211 High School Track internship is focused on providing an intern therapeutic, consultative, and assessment experience in a fast-paced, large, innovative high school setting with diverse population needs. This experience honors the intricacy of translating clinical experience into the educational setting and is balanced with a leadership role in assessing students whose medical, functional, emotional, or behavioral needs extend beyond the expansive programming offered in the District. The intern can expect an overall well-rounded internship experience with opportunities engaging within the continuum of special education services at a large public high school setting as well as district-level case study responsibilities. Upon completion, high school track interns will have gained significant experience and broadened their knowledge of both therapy and assessment.  It is anticipated that the intern will feel confident in conducting challenging case study evaluations, reporting results, and writing comprehensive psychological reports that will ultimately benefit the student and all those involved.  The intern will also be involved in crisis intervention including threat assessment, safety assessment, and mandated reporting.  Interns will also have experience maintaining a diverse caseload of special education and regular education students for individual counseling as well as co-facilitating a therapeutic group on a weekly basis.  Interns will gain significant experience functioning in a leadership role for IEP teams and with collaborating on multidisciplinary teams focused on building wide and district wide prevention and intervention efforts. We recognize that every intern will have had varying experiences and prior training, therefore, flexibility is built-in to this internship experience to intentionally provide new learning experiences for the student. Stipend: $30,051.28 plus full benefit. More about this internship.

District 211 Academy Track: The D211 Academy Track provides an internship experience at the District 211 public therapeutic day school.  This therapeutic setting fosters a small-school setting where high school students have the opportunity to receive intensive therapeutic supports from staff while building close-knit relationships with other students.  The program is tailored to meet the individual needs of the diverse special education population it serves.  In addition to a well-rounded internship experience, the intern will also have the opportunity to conduct comprehensive district-level evaluations for unique low incidence students placed in private therapeutic settings.  At the conclusion of internship, the intern will feel confident in conducting challenging case study evaluations, leading IEP meetings, reporting results, and writing a comprehensive psychological report that will ultimately benefit the student and all those involved.  At the therapeutic school, interns will also be involved with student crises which may require threat assessment, suicide assessment, and team response to maximize student safety.  Interns will have experience maintaining a small caseload of students for individual counseling as well as co-facilitating a therapeutic group on a daily basis.  We recognize that every intern will have had varying experiences and prior training, therefore, flexibility is built-in to this internship experience to purposely provide new learning experiences for the student. Stipend: $30,051.28 plus full benefits. More about this internship.

SIU School of Medicine & Springfield Public Schools (Springfield)

The Springfield District 186/SIU School of Medicine site provides a unique blend of training experiences in schools and in an academic medical center. Interns spend half their time in the Springfield public schools and half their time at SIU in an outpatient pediatric clinic. Because school activities are limited over the summer, the intern will spend 3 days/week in the schools and 2 days/week at SIU during the school year. During the summer, the intern will spend 5 days/week at SIU.

Springfield District 186 takes pride in offering a variety of programs and internship experiences involved in meeting the needs of a diverse, urban student body, as well as a large private/parochial student population in the community for which special education diagnostics and services are provided by the district. The district is committed to progressive, evidence-based practices designed to improve social-emotional functioning and academic achievement for all students. Interns become involved in evaluation, consultation, prevention, direct service, and crisis intervention roles while working in coordination with their school psychology supervisor. SIU School of Medicine is guided by a clear mandate to assist the people of central and southern Illinois in meeting their present and future health needs through education, research, and service. Interns provide developmental screenings for at-risk infants and toddlers (ages 6-months to 3-years) in the Developmental Continuity Clinic. They also provide evaluation, therapy, and consultation services through the outpatient Psychology Clinic, with patients typically ranging in age from 24 months up to 18 years. Common referral concerns include Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, learning disabilities, anxiety/depression, and behavioral problems. Interns gradually become involved in teaching medical students and residents through their clinical activities, and there are many opportunities for multidisciplinary consultation and collaboration with medical providers. Throughout the year across both sites, activities are designed to promote increasing independence of the intern as deemed appropriate by both the supervisor and the intern. Interns will need to maintain their own malpractice insurance and health insurance. Stipend $23,000. More about this internship

Southeastern Illinois System of Care; Egyptian/WOVSED

Egyptian Public & Mental Health Department (EHD) and Wabash Ohio Valley Special Education District (WOVSED) co-lead the Southeastern Illinois System of Care sites. The Southeastern Illinois System of Care is made up of organizations that collaborate and partner together to meet the needs of children, adolescents, and families that have a variety of needs. Training within this site will provide contact to and coordination with many other service organizations within the network in order to serve children and families. Interns will spend time within both school and clinical settings that engage in a collaborative, multi-tiered system of service provision.

Egyptian Public & Mental Health Department (EHD) is a community-based behavioral health agency located in southern Illinois that serves clients of all ages with a variety of needs related to mental health and substance use. With over 200 staff members, 40 staff working within the Child & Adolescent Division, and 70 years serving the community, EHD currently serves as the lead agency for the Project Connect and Integrated Care for Kids (InCK) and Adults (InCA) systems of care for mental health for the southeastern region and hosts numerous grants related to public and mental health concerns.

Wabash Ohio Valley Special Education District (WOVSED) is a special education joint agreement between 21 school districts located across southeastern Illinois. WOVSED provides special education services and resources to the students, parents, teachers, and administrators within the area. Stipend: $23,000 with 15 holidays as well as vacation, sick, and personal time. Mileage reimbursement between offices and to required activities is provided. More about this internship

TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 (Formerly Northern Suburban Special Education District/Glenview District 34) (Not recruiting for 2025-2026)

TrueNorth Educational Cooperative 804 (formerly NSSED) is a special education cooperative in the north shore suburbs of Chicago. It includes 18-member school districts that serve a total student population of 40,000 students and their families. The population tends to be mid to high SES with much diversity. Interns participate in functional, curriculum-based, and norm-referenced assessment in a context of data-based decision-making. Academic and behavioral functioning is assessed within an ecological framework. The internship position is a combination of time in a member school district, and TrueNorth Programs and Services including activities in the areas of autism, behavior and systems-level change. Stipend: $20,000 and full benefits. More about this internship