How to usePlan, verify, act

How to use Doodle.

Doodle helps students organize behavioral health practicum search work: planning a search, reviewing candidate leads, saving promising options, tracking outreach, using templates, and checking resume fit.

Doodle uses official and public information to help organize your research. It is not a verified placement service, and candidate leads are not proof of current openings.

Functional areas require an active account. Eligible students may join the waitlist with a verified .edu email; invitations expire after 24 hours and inactive accounts are permanently deleted after 30 days.

Start here

  1. Start a search with realistic inputs for your program, location, supervision needs, settings, and populations.
  2. Review scored candidate leads and read the evidence notes for each lead.
  3. Save a lead that looks worth independent verification.
  4. Open the tracker and move the lead as your outreach changes.
  5. Use templates and the resume helper to prepare the next step.
  6. Verify every site, contact, deadline, supervision detail, eligibility rule, and school requirement independently.

Important limits

  • Doodle provides source-backed practicum leads and verified School Search information for planning and comparison.
  • Doodle has limited student seats. Open public signup is not available, and active accounts require a verified .edu email plus a valid invitation.
  • .edu verification confirms control of a mailbox only. It does not prove school endorsement, enrollment status, placement eligibility, or school approval.
  • Doodle is educational and workflow support only.
  • Doodle is not a placement service, not a verified placement database, not a school approval system, not a licensing-board resource, not a clinical supervisor, not an employer, not a recruiter, not a staffing agency, not an employment agency, not a consumer reporting agency, not a healthcare provider, not a therapy service, not a crisis service, not a legal adviser, and not a financial adviser.
  • Candidate practicum leads are not verified current openings.
  • Source information may be incomplete, delayed, or unavailable and must be checked directly.
  • No emails are sent from Doodle.
  • Doodle does not guarantee placement, interviews, school approval, academic credit, licensure approval, supervision approval, employment, or acceptance by any site.
  • Doodle does not make admissions, placement, internship, supervision, hiring, licensure, eligibility, interview, selection, or approval decisions.
  • Labels, badges, scores, rankings, summaries, and tracker statuses are not verification, approval, recommendation, or suitability decisions.
  • Your school or program approval process still matters.

Before you begin

  • Use Doodle only for general practicum-search organization.
  • Do not enter Social Security numbers, passwords, verification codes, medical records, protected health information, therapy notes, client or patient information, confidential school documents, payment details, bank information, government IDs, emergency information, or other highly sensitive information.
  • Watch for red flags such as requests for money, checks, gift cards, crypto, reshipping, bank information, payment-card details, Social Security numbers, government IDs, passwords, verification codes, unofficial channels, or urgent pressure.
  • Doodle is not for emergencies, crisis support, therapy, clinical decisions, licensure decisions, school approval decisions, employment decisions, eligibility decisions, legal decisions, or financial decisions.
  • Doodle is not permanent storage or a backup. Keep your own records outside Doodle.
  • If someone may be in immediate danger, call 911 or 988 in the United States.

Verify before relying

A candidate lead appearing in Doodle does not mean it is accepting students, approved by your school, approved by a licensing board, or suitable for your practicum.

  • Verify with your school, academic program, practicum office, field placement office, internship coordinator, program handbook, syllabus, or student handbook.
  • Verify directly with the agency, employer, supervisor, site, or organization.
  • Verify state, licensure, certification, supervision, insurance, background-check, and training-hour requirements with the appropriate official source.
  • Get written confirmation from your school or program if preapproval is required before outreach, interviews, or placement.

Feature limits

  • Saving a lead does not create an application, interview, offer, approval, relationship, endorsement, partnership, or affiliation.
  • Tracker statuses are personal organization notes only and do not verify agency status, school approval, supervisor approval, licensing eligibility, employment status, or placement status.
  • Templates are examples only. Edit every message for accuracy, and remember Doodle does not send email for you.
  • Resume-helper guidance is a drafting aid only. You are responsible for truthful, accurate, current, and appropriate materials.
  • Automated or AI-assisted guidance may be incomplete, outdated, inaccurate, or unsuitable. Review, edit, fact-check, and verify it before relying on it.
  • If you send, submit, or reuse Doodle-assisted text, you are responsible for that final content.

Help by topic

Getting started

Begin with Practicum Search if you need placement leads, or School Search if you are comparing education pathways. Save only the options you want to investigate further.

Finding practicum leads

Enter your location, program level, schedule, setting, population interests, and supervision needs. Review the evidence and verification questions on each lead before contacting an organization.

Using School Search

Compare programs by degree, delivery format, location, accreditation source, institution context, cost, and admissions details. Confirm every important requirement directly with the school and accreditor.

Understanding sources and verification

Doodle uses information from official and public sources. Details can change, so verify contacts, requirements, deadlines, and school approval directly before acting.

Account and sign-in help

Use the exact email connected to your invitation. Confirm your email, accept the Terms and Privacy Policy, then sign in again if access has not updated.

Reporting incorrect or outdated information

Share the page, organization or program name, the statement that appears incorrect, and a public source that shows the current information. Never include client, patient, or private school records.

Frequently asked questions

Does Doodle guarantee a practicum placement?

No. Doodle helps organize research and outreach, but each organization and school decides eligibility, availability, supervision fit, and approval.

Does a school result guarantee licensure eligibility?

No. Accreditation and federal context are important signals, but licensing rules vary by profession, state, degree, and individual circumstances.

Can Doodle contact an organization for me?

No. Doodle provides preparation and direct links. You decide when and how to contact an organization.

What should I avoid sending in a help email?

Do not send passwords, government identifiers, medical records, client or patient details, financial information, or private school documents.

Contacting Doodle

Email non-sensitive questions or corrections to hello@doodleit.org.

Include the page, what you expected, what happened, and a general description of the issue.

Protect your privacy

  • Do not send client, patient, or clinical information.
  • Do not send passwords or full legal identifiers.
  • Do not attach private medical, financial, or school records.
  • Keep examples general and use public source links when reporting an error.

Report a barrier

If something on Doodle is hard to use, use this reporting action and include the page, what you were trying to do, and a non-sensitive description. A person will review your message. Doodle is not an emergency or crisis-response service.

Do not include passwords, medical information, client details, government IDs, financial details, or private school records.

Doodle it

When you are not sure where to start, Doodle it: run a search, review the evidence, save what looks worth verifying, and keep your next steps visible.

Doodle is not an emergency, crisis, legal, medical, or school-approval service.