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Site Name: Children's Hospital of Orange County
Department: Department of Pediatric Psychology
In order to better serve our applicants and considering the enormous investment of time and money required for in person interviews, we will continue with virtual interviews. Virtual interviews dates are 01/04/2024, 01/05/2024, 01/08/2024, 01/11/2024, 01/15/2024, 01/18/2024, 01/19/2024 and are by invitation only. Information about interview status is sent out via email. We make every effort to provide opportunities to learn about our site and program and will include a virtual tour of our setting so applicants can have a good sense of the environment. The interview process will include: an overview of our training program, a semi-structured interview with two faculty members, open ended discussions with Dr. Nagel as well as a discussion with current interns. In the past our interviews generally last from 8:00AM until 3PM and includ a hosted lunch break where applicants can speak with current interns. For those applicants who indicate they speak Spanish, a portion of the interview will be conducted in Spanish.
The goal of the internship program at Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is to prepare individuals for their professional career as psychologists working with children and adolescents, with speciality training in a hospital setting. The focus of the training program is on clinical activities, but we believe these activities must be based on strong scientific evidence. Internship training at CHOC includes a strong practice component coupled with a variety of supervision and didactic seminar experiences. As much as possible training is individualized to allow interns the opportunity to develop additional skills in their areas of interest as well as the opportunity to learn skills in new areas. For those interns who speak Spanish, there is the opportunity to participate in a specialty seminar designed to increase comfort and competence in providing psychological services in Spanish as well as supervision in Spanish. During the year, all interns participate in three six month long core rotations (1. consultation and liaison services in a medical setting, 2. child/ adolescent psychlogical assessment (neurodevelopmental and/or neuropsychological), 3. emergency department). All interns will also provide outpatient therapy with children with co-occurring mental health and medical conditions for the full year. In addition, all interns will participate in two six month long specialty rotations. These rotations may include (oncology, feeding, pulmonology, abdominal pain clinic, endocrincology, integrated primary care, medical stabilization of eating disorders, or mental health inpatient cener). In these specialty rotations there is an opportunity to work with different medical teams. In all of these capacities interns are an integral part of the multidisciplinary medical teams. Interns provide vertical supervision for doctoral practicum students, have individual and group supervision, and attend seminars. CHOC provides many opportunities for working with families from a wide range of cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds. CHOC welcomes applications from applicants with a special interest in working with children and families from diverse backgrounds. For interns who speak Spanish, there are specialized training opportunities, including supervision in Spanish to help increase comfort and competence in providing psychological services in Spanish. Specialized training opportunities in learning about Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) are also available through seminars.
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Opportunities to work with gender diverse population, culturally diverse population, Behavioral emergencies (suicidal ideation, etc)
Additional information about training opportunities: Not all rotations or training experiences may be available as described in the APPIC Directory. Please consult the program's application materials or their website at: https://www.choc.org/careers/residency-training-programs/doctoral-internship-program-clinical-psychology/ for a complete description of the training opportunities available at this training site. IF the site has not updated their information by August 1, feel free to contact the Training Director for additional information.