Each student has a set of placement documents that are required to submitted before their unit can be completed. For a list of your full requirements, refer to your Placement Handbook. These documents should be treated as your Assessment documents as you cannot complete your unit without them being correctly submitted and approved.
Master of Clinical Psychology (Post Registration – MClinPostreg)
Students on placement starting 2025 and beyond (Sonia Online)
All pre-placement and on-placement assessment forms are accessed and submitted via Sonia Online. Note: If you are returning from a LOA and are enrolled in the 3-structure placement stream, you will now also be using Sonia Online for all placement requirements. If you have any questions about this, please contact your placement coordinator.
Placement assessment forms including supervisor observation forms will be assigned as required and students can find any assigned assessments via the Forms page on Sonia Online.
Students can access the Timesheets/Logbook via the Placements page on Sonia Online. Please refer to the student user guide (located on the homepage of Sonia Online) for instructions on how to fill in and submit a timesheet.
Refer to your placement handbook for a list of required assessments throughout your placement.
Supervisor Observation process – 2-Placement Structure
Students are required to have their clinical work directly observed by a supervisor on at least two separate occasions during each placement as part of overall evaluation of the student’s progress. This can be completed by co-therapy, direct observation or, where this is not possible, via video or audio recording.
Students will need to self- select the appropriate observation in form Sonia and share their OneDrive link where their recordings should be stored. Students are encouraged to read more about submitting recordings here. Supervisors are then required to complete the supervisor evaluations directly into the Sonia form.
Three different supervisor observation forms are provided, depending on the type of session that your supervisor is reviewing. The observation forms should be completed by your supervisor, and your supervisor will use the session marking criteria to guide their feedback. In Sonia there are two versions of each observation form. You will choose the appropriate one depending on the supervisor assessing your observation.
- Should you be approved by your PC to have a supervisor, other than your primary supervisor, assess your observations then select the version that has “Other Supervisor” in the form name. For example, the “Post-Reg Observation Group Therapy: Other Supervisor” form is selected when the observation is for a Group Therapy Session and the supervising psychologist is NOT your allocated primary supervisor in Sonia.
- If your allocated primary supervisor in Sonia is assessing the supervisor observation, then select the version that has “Primary Supervisor” in the form name.
**IMPORTANT NOTE: THE BELOW SUPERVISOR OBSERVATION FORMS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BY FORMS WITHIN THE SONIA ONLINE SYSTEM. THE FORMS BELOW ARE GUIDES ONLY (AND ARE NOT TO BE DOWNLOADED / SUBMITTED UNLESS YOU ARE A 3-PLACEMENT STRUCTURE (E.G. CLP662/672, CLP663/673), AND ARE STILL USING CANVAS TO SUBMIT ASSESSMENTS)**
Adult Therapy Session
Child Therapy Session
Group Therapy
Intake sessions
Cognitive Assessment
Case Report and MSE/Formulation Requirements
Other Resources
The below resources are currently still to be used by all students (prior and beyond 2025)
Introduction letters for both structures for the Post Reg Masters of Clinical Psychology course can be found on the Pre-Placement Requirements page.