Practicum Training
Psychology practicum at CHOP academic year 2010-2011
Application process
Adolescent HIV Initiative Practicum
Regional Autism Center/Center for Autism Research
CARE Clinic Follow-Up Support Program
The Center for Management of ADHD
Behavioral Health in Urban Schools Program
CHOP Family Care Center
The Family Stress and Illness Program
Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Center
Clinical Translational Research Center / Assessment and Neuropsychology Services
Division of Oncology - Assessment Practicum 2010-2011
Division of Oncology - Intervention Practicum 2010-2011
Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy (RND) Program
Inpatient Rehab Psychology Practicum Student Department: Psychology
Pediatric Sleep Center
Psychology practicum at CHOP academic year 2010-2011
The Psychology Practicum Program at CHOP provides graduate students in psychology with opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in applying theory to practice within the field of pediatric psychology.
Practicum rotations are semester-long and may include the following supervised activities: assessment and treatment of patients with various pediatric conditions, parent teaching, and discharge planning/community referrals. In addition, students may be asked to assist with research projects and program development.
Practicum students may also have the opportunity to attend educational presentations, such as lectures, grand rounds and seminar, relevant to pediatric conditions and professional development of healthcare providers. By providing such opportunities, CHOP hopes to contribute to the students’ professional growth, education and competence.
Application process
Interested individuals should send a CV, a cover letter and an application form via e-mail to psychologytraining@email.chop.edu. Please include your area of program interest in your cover letter.
Adolescent HIV Initiative Practicum
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Jerilynn Radcliffe, PhD, ABPP
The Adolescent HIV Initiative offers an opportunity for deepening training in diversity and work with an interdisciplinary medical team. The practicum student works with an outpatient interdisciplinary team including medicine, nursing, social work/case management, health education, psychiatry and psychology to provide primary and specialized comprehensive care to youth ages 14-24 who live with HIV/AIDS.
Our youth are primarily behaviorally infected with HIV and confront issues of adjustment to the disease, disclosure to significant others, including sexual partners, adherence to medical regimens and other psychosocial issues such as diversity in sexual orientation or housing/insurance/legal issues. The patients served in this clinic are 80 percent African American; 50 percent describe themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or questioning in their sexual orientation.
Psychology practicum students are involved in mental health screenings conducted on all new patients, counseling around adjustment to disease and adherence, disclosure, depression and anxiety, and consultation with the team around mental health issues. There is also some opportunity to observe psychiatric evaluations of patients receiving care within this clinic. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist as well as an experienced Master’s level counselor.
The Practicum is offered for 16 hours (two days) per week.
Job Responsibilities
- Attends weekly Case Review meetings, now held Tuesdays 9 to 10 a.m.
- Conducts mental health depression screening evaluations.
- Conducts cognitive screening evaluations to inform medication adherence programs.
- Provides short-term counseling around such issues as anxiety reduction, adjustment to diagnosis.
- Completes progress notes on one-to-one treatment sessions.
- Completes written reports of cognitive screening evaluations.
- Participates in ongoing clinical research., if available.
- Participates in monthly Journal Club.
- Fulfills other assigned responsibilities as appropriate.
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a doctoral program in School, Clinical, or Counseling Psychology
- Experience with adolescents
- Background in cultural diversity
Regional Autism Center/Center for Autism Research
Lisa Blakey, PhD; Susan Epstein, PhD
The psychology practicum student will obtain broad knowledge in evaluation and diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) across development (toddlers through teenagers), providing assessment of the cognitive, academic, behavioral and emotional functioning of children with ASDs. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Job responsibilities
- Administers and interprets measures of cognitive, academic, behavioral, and emotional functioning for patients participating in research studies in the Center for Autism Research, under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
- Performs evaluations using standard tools and techniques.
- Obtains training in gold standard tools for evaluation of ASDs, such as the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R).
- Completes written reports of assessment results. Obtains approval and feedback on all reports and makes edits within a reasonable amount of time.
- Prepares for and is responsive to supervision in individual and group formats.
- Participates in additional research and didactic activities as appropriate.
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in clinical or school psychology
- Experienced in assessment of cognitive and behavioral functioning of children
- Competent in administering and scoring psychological and behavioral assessment measures
CARE Clinic Follow-Up Support Program
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Nancy Braveman, MS, PsyD
The CARE Clinic Follow-Up Support Program offers psychosocial support services and mental health treatment to children and families where there is suspected or known sexual abuse. The program typically treats children from 2 to 16 years of age who have been seen at CARE Clinic for a specialized medical exam and treatment related to concerns of sexual abuse. Practicum students would work as part of an outpatient team that includes medicine, nursing, social work and psychology. The practicum is offered for 14-16 hours per week.
Job Responsibilities
- Attends weekly team meetings (held Tuesdays or Thursdays 12-1 p.m.).
- Attends CARE Clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-5 p.m.
- Conducts short term mental health treatment.
- May provide ongoing play therapy to select cases.
- Completes written progress notes of treatment sessions.
- Completes initial assessments of new patients.
- Participates in research activities, including collecting and scoring PTSD and depression inventories of caregivers of children seen at clinic.
- Assists with data entry and analysis.
- Receives at least one hour per week of individual supervision.
- Participates in direct observation of and by clinical supervisors.
- Participates in additional research and didactic activities as appropriate.
Education and Experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in clinical or counseling psychology, or clinical social work.
- Preferably has had at least one year of supervised clinical experience.
- Experience and interest in doing trauma-related work with children and families.
The Center for Management of ADHD (2009-2010 academic)
Director: Thomas J. Power, PhD
The Center for Management of ADHD at CHOP is a multidisciplinary program providing assessment, treatment, and consultation services for children with ADHD and their families. The Center treats children from ages 3 to 18 years. In addition to clinical services, the ADHD Center is also dedicated to research investigating innovative treatment services for children with ADHD.
Job Responsibilities
Assessment (4-16 hours per week):
- Participating in diagnostic evaluations
- Training in administration and scoring of standardized intellectual and academic achievement tests
- Recording and communicating behavioral observations
- Collaborating with lead clinician (licensed psychologist) in interpretation of assessment findings
ADHD Center Family Intervention Study
We are also seeking students interested in participating in the ADHD Center Family Intervention Study (FIS). FIS is an NIMH-funded clinical trial of family-based psychosocial treatment for children in grades K-6 who have ADHD and academic difficulties.
Positions include:
Clinical Assistant (4 hours per week – M, T, W, or Th evening):
- Co-leading child therapy groups (8-10 children with ADHD) using a manualized intervention
- Assisting in monitoring intervention integrity
- Supervision provided by a licensed psychologist
- Psychology doctoral students with child experience preferred
Research Assistant – 12-20 hours per week:
- Collecting and scoring behavioral rating scales from parents and teachers
- Conducting direct observations of students’ classroom behavior
- Scoring test protocols and study outcome measures
- Second or third year doctoral students with experience with direct observation of child behavior preferred
Research Assistant – 8 hours per week:
- Collecting and scoring behavioral rating scales from parents and teachers
- Scheduling evaluations for study recruitment and data collection
- Assisting with data entry and all study recruitment activities
- Bachelor’s level or higher; data entry experience preferred
For more information, please contact Seth Laracy.
Behavioral Health in Urban Schools Program
Program Director: Ricardo Eiraldi, PhD
Advanced practicum and externship placements available for graduate students in psychology for the 2010-2011 academic year.
Project ACCESS is looking for graduate students in psychology to join our applied research team. Project ACCESS is a school-based intervention research program offering evidence-based skills training and behavioral interventions within a school-wide positive behavior support program to children experiencing internalizing and externalizing problems. Project ACCESS is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is being offered at two urban K-8 schools in Northeast Philadelphia.
Job Responsibilities
- Conducting Conjoint Behavioral Consultation with parents and teachers
- Co-leading training groups with children at risk for internalizing and externalizing problems
- Conducting comprehensive psychological evaluations
- Performing classroom behavioral observations
- Establishing and monitoring behavioral interventions
- Assisting with data collection activities
- Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of clinical and school psychologists, teachers, school counselors and school social workers, fellows in psychiatry, and psychology graduate students
Education and experience
- Enrollment in a graduate-level psychology program
- Strong interest in and/or experience with working with diverse, under-served children in urban schools
- Spanish-speaking ability is a plus but not required
For more information, contact Dr. Ricardo Eiraldi or Natasha Watkins.
CHOP Family Care Center
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Nancy Silverman, PhD
Two practicum positions are available for the 2010-2011 training year (7/1/10 - 6/30/11) at the CHOP Family Care Center, a clinic specializing in the treatment of infants, children and adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV infection. The clinic provides both primary and specialized care and consists of a multidisciplinary staff including medicine, nursing, social work, health education, nutrition, and psychology.
The practicum focuses primarily on psychological assessment, and involves learning to administer, score, interpret and write up the results of cognitive and developmental evaluations across a wide age range (infancy to early adulthood). Instruments routinely used include: Bayley Scales of Infant Development (3rd edition), WPPSI-III, WISC-IV, WASI and WAIS-IV. Opportunities are also available to administer and write up comprehensive psychoeducational batteries utilizing tools to assess academic functioning (WIAT) as well as tests of other relevant areas such as memory and learning, phonological processing and executive functioning. Students are also responsible for and receive training in presenting test results and recommendations to both caregivers and clinic team members. The practicum also offers the opportunities to conduct individual and group psychotherapy. Students receive close individual supervision from a licensed psychologist on all assessment activities. For therapy activities, individual supervision with a trained social worker is provided. Practicum students also participate in regular multidisciplinary patient care meetings that occur at the close of each clinic day.
Practicum is either for 8 hours (one day) or 16 hours (two days) per week. Students must be available on either Mondays or Wednesdays.
Students in at least their second year of graduate training are preferred as is some exposure to administering cognitive/IQ tests.
To apply, please submit a CV, letter of interest, names of two references, and a de-identified assessment report (written either for a class or in a clinical setting).
The Family Stress and Illness Program
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Paul Robins, PhD Clinic Director, and Mary Rourke, PhD
The Family Stress and Illness Program provides family based outpatient services to address the psychological needs of children and families experiencing acute or chronic illnesses, as well as more general child clinical concerns.
The unique strengths of families are recognized through all aspects of care, in particular the essential impact families have on illness management and health outcomes. Priority is assigned to providing care for children and families who have recently experienced inpatient medical hospitalization and require ongoing psychological care to optimize healthy adjustments. Many children seen through this program are experiencing somatoform spectrum type concerns (e.g., recurrent abdominal pain, irritable bowel syndrome, and other pain presentations).
Job Responsibilities
- Complete initial intake, progress notes, treatment plan, and discharge summary
- Prepare for and participate in weekly team based as well as individual supervision
- Schedule Families
- Provide Individual and family therapy
Education
Doctoral Candidate in psychology
Weekly Hours
Thursdays, 1-5pm, other hours as assigned
Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing Center
Loretta Martin-Halpine, PsyD; Valerie Chen, PhD; Collen Lukens, PhD
The psychology practicum student works with an interdisciplinary team comprised of psychology, medicine, nutrition, speech therapy, and occupational therapy to evaluate and treat feeding disorders. The clinic serves a range of children, typically between the ages of 9 months to 5 years, who demonstrate a variety of feeding problems, such as limited intake of food and/or fluids, limited variety of foods accepted, and failure to transition to advanced food textures. In addition to working in the outpatient clinic, opportunities may also include outpatient feeding therapy. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Job Responsibilities
- Evaluates behavioral aspects of feeding as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- May provide outpatient feeding therapy.
- Develops a treatment plan.
- Completes written notes of treatment sessions.
- Participates in parent training.
- Fulfills other assigned responsibilities as appropriate.
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in school, clinical, or counseling psychology or applied behavior analysis
- Experience with behavioral treatment models preferred
- Clinical experience with young children preferred
Clinical Translational Research Center / Assessment and Neuropsychology Services
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Juliana Bloom, PhD, Jennifer Minkin, PhD
The Department of Psychology is pleased to announce the availability of a part-time practicum student position in both the Clinical Translational Research Center and the Assessment and Neuropsychology Service for the upcoming 2009-2010 academic year.
The Clinical Translational Research Center provides comprehensive behavioral assessment services for a range of NIH-funded research studies. The Assessment and Neuropsychology Service provides outpatient neuropsychological evaluations for patients with a wide range of medical, genetic, and neurologic conditions.
Clinical responsibilities may include but are not limited to participating in the administration and scoring of measures, report writing, clinical interviews, and feedback sessions with patients and their families, all under the supervision of a licensed psychologist or licensed psychologist/pediatric neuropsychologist.
To be considered for this position, students are expected to have completed basic didactic training and clinical experience in intelligence and academic testing, have experience working with children, and preferably some experience with neuropsychological assessment measures.
This practicum will advance the student’s knowledge and mastery of cognitive and behavioral assessment measures, understanding of brain-behavior relationships, development of clinical skills in a pediatric hospital setting, and conduct and professionalism with hospital staff, patients and families. Dependent on the student’s schedule, there will also be opportunities for didactics.
The rotation will consist of two 8-hour work days a week for 10 months. Please submit one de-identified work sample of an assessment report with your CV and Cover Letter.
For more information, please contact Juliana Bloom or Jennifer Minkin.
Division of Oncology - Assessment Practicum 2010-2011
Lamia P. Barakat, PhD
The Division of Oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers an assessment practicum for advanced psychology graduate students with previous experience conducting cognitive assessments and familiarity and/or experience with neuropsychological measures for children and adolescents. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist in the Division of Oncology.
Job responsibilities
The practicum provides students with extensive experience administering neuropsychological measures to pediatric oncology patients and interpreting the findings to address potential cognitive effects of their disease and/or treatment. Patients referred to the service vary in age, cancer diagnoses, and time since diagnosis with some in active treatment and others who are cancer survivors
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in school, clinical, or counseling psychology
- Experience with Wechsler tests and familiarity with neuropsychological measures
- Competent in administering and scoring of psychological and behavioral assessment measures.
- Prior experience conducting cognitive/psychoeducational assessments with children/adolescents.
- Availability of 12-16 hours a week (at least one full day on site).
- Requires some mobility and some bending and lifting.
To Apply
Please complete the application and provide requested work samples in addition to an updated CV. Send your materials to:
Lamia P. Barakat, PhD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd., 4 Wood Oncology
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
If you have questions about this practicum position, please contact Lamia P. Barakat, PhD, Director of Psychosocial Services in Oncology and Coordinator of Psychology Practicum in Oncology, at barakat@email.chop.edu or Melissa A. Alderfer, PhD, Oncology Assessment Practicum Supervisor, at alderfer@email.chop.edu.
Division of Oncology - Intervention Practicum 2010-2011
The Division of Oncology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia offers an intervention practicum for advanced psychology graduate students with familiarity and/or previous experience with clinical intervention for children, adolescents, and their families. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist in the Division of Oncology.
Job responsibilities
The practicum provides students with opportunities to participate in programming activities such as working with other staff members on the development of educational workshops for patients and/or parents, review coping materials with families of children newly diagnosed with cancer, co-lead a support group for parents of children with cancer, facilitate school re-entry for children with cancer, and provide psychological intervention for children and families. Patients referred to the service vary in age, cancer diagnoses, and time since diagnosis with some in active treatment and others who are cancer survivors.
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in school, clinical, or counseling psychology.
- Experience and/or familiarity with empirically-based intervention approaches for children/adolescents and their families.
- Experience and/or familiarity with pediatric psychology theory and research.
- Prior psychological intervention experience with children/adolescents and their families.
- Availability of 8-16 hours a week.
- Requires some mobility and some bending and lifting.
To Apply
Please complete the application and provide requested work samples in addition to an updated CV. Send your materials to:
Lamia P. Barakat, PhD
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Oncology
3400 Civic Center Blvd., 4 Wood Bldg.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399
If you have questions about this practicum position, please contact Lamia P. Barakat, PhD, Director of Psychosocial Services in Oncology and Coordinator of Psychology Practicum in Oncology, or Lynne Kaplan, PhD, Oncology Intervention Practicum Supervisor.
Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy (RND) Program
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Jennifer Sherker, PhD
The psychology practicum student provides an assessment of the cognitive, academic, personality, and other types of functioning of children and adolescents completing the Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy (RND) Program for treatment of Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Job responsibilities
- Administers and interprets measures of cognitive, academic, personality, and other types of functioning for patients within the RND Program, under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist.
- Performs evaluations using standard tools and techniques.
- Scores measures per standard scoring guidelines.
- Helps to draft interpretive reports, as appropriate.
- Fulfills other assigned responsibilities.
- Prepares for and is responsive to supervision in individual and group formats.
- Participates in research activities, as appropriate.
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in school, clinical, or counseling psychology
- Experienced in assessment of cognitive and academic functioning of children/adolescents
- Competent in administering, scoring, and interpreting psychological and academic assessment measures
For more information, please contact Jennifer Sherker.
Inpatient Rehab Psychology Practicum Student Department: Psychology
(NOT ACCEPTING APPLICANTS)
Gayle Chesley, Ph.D.
The psychology practicum student will be afforded the opportunity to develop skills in inpatient consultation with a rehabilitation population, including inpatient children and adolescents and their families. Medical diagnoses include traumatic brain injury, stroke, brain tumor, spinal cord injury, and orthopedic injury. The student works under the close supervision of a licensed psychologist.
Job Responsibilities
- Direct Face-to-Face Contact
- Completing initial evaluations of new patients as assigned. Practicum students will begin by observing consultations, then participating in the interview process, and finally conduct evaluations independently.
- Conducting psychotherapy with appropriate rehabilitation inpatients.
- Participation in team meetings with the patient and/or family as indicated, including family meetings, discharge meetings, and School Re-Entry meetings.
- Consultation with Rehab team members and other involved services (e.g., Psychiatry).
- Completing written consultation reports.
- Attendance at interdisciplinary Team Planning Meetings (TPM), and participation as appropriate.
- Participating in behavior rounds with Dr. Chesley for assigned patients as needed.
- One hour of individual supervision per week with Dr. Chesley.
Education and experience
- Enrolled in a graduate program in school, clinical, or counseling psychology
- Has completed at least one year of supervised clinical work
- Has an interest in working with children and families as a career goal
- Has experience working with children and families (does not need to be a formal practicum experience)
- Has one year of supervised clinical experience
- Must be able to be present at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 1-2 half weekdays
For more information, please contact Gayle Chesley.
Pediatric Sleep Center
Lisa Meltzer, Ph.D., Jodi Mindel, PhD
The Pediatric Sleep Center rotation provides practicum students the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary team from pulmonary, neurology, and psychology. Practicum students will gain knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of both physical and behavioral sleep disorders, with a special emphasis on the behavioral treatment of bedtime problems and night wakings.
We have two clinics, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons, where we see patients from ages 4 months to 21 years with a variety of sleep disorders. Both clinics see approximately 12-16 patients in the afternoon. Students are responsible for interviewing patients, formulating diagnoses, creating treatment plans, and providing follow-up care.
Required meetings/activities
- Both the Wednesday and Thursday clinics are 6 hour rotations (1-5 p.m.). Each student will see an average of two new patients per clinic each week, conducting a thorough history, presenting the case to the team, and then providing feedback and recommendations to the family.
- On Wednesdays, there is a required weekly didactic (“sleep shorts”) from 12-1 p.m. (prior to clinic).
- On Thursdays, there is a required weekly didactic (“sleep grand rounds”) from 12-1 p.m. (prior to clinic).
- Practicum students are responsible for dictating their notes prior to leaving clinic.
- Practicum students will provide follow-up with their behavioral cases by telephone throughout the week. Typically this adds up to approximately one hour per week.
- Group supervision will occur after clinic on both Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Optional meetings/activities
- Practicum students have the option of attending the didactics on the day they do not attend clinic (sleep shorts Wednesday or sleep grand rounds Thursday). Additional didactics are offered by the University of Pennsylvania Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology on Mondays and Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m.
Practicum students will dictate their reports at the end of each clinic, and will edit their reports prior to the following clinic. Students are required to note all patient contact by phone during the week.
For more information, please contact, Lisa Meltzer or Jodi Mindell.
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