Thanks to everyone for your insight and for sharing your knowledge. Its been very helpful!!
I went to MD's liscencing site (its FINALLY up) and got some more liscencing info. I also found the MD. Psych Association website but it wasn't helpful to me as a student.
That was disappointing.
I just finished an application for a residential counselor position, and am planning on dropping it off today. I am trying to get in touch with a past professor so I can make a better decision re: straight psy.d or go the master's route.
My focus has always been working with children (birth to five) and/or adolescents. For the year I was at GW in the Infant Special Ed program, I concluded that I was very interested in the assessment portion of early intervention. (I didnt finish b/c it was too interdiscplinary: I wasnt interested in OT or PT, but I did like the speech aspect). GW's Psy.D program allows one to determine a track and a minor, one of which is assessment and child development, essentially. I already know that I dont want to teach, or do extensive research, or publish. So I know a Psy.D program would be better suited for me in that sense. I'm a little concerned b/c I am lacking research experience.