User:
Site Name: Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health
Department: CMHC/Child Facility
Half-day interviews will take place on a Monday, Tuesday, or Friday morning or afternoon in January 2024. Applicants will virtually tour our facility and have individual interviews via Zoom with the Psychology staff on topics related to working with children and families, including, but not limited to assessment and management of suicidal crises, trauma-focused treatment, cultural humility and multicultural aspects of counseling, ethics, and supervision. Additionally, candidates will have the opportunity to meet virtually with the current interns to inquire about their experiences.
Each group of applicants will be photographed via Zoom to ensure interviewers remember the correct applicant during the ranking meeting. Applicants may, without penalty, notify the internship director either prior to or during the interview day turn off their camera during the picture taking time if they prefer not to be photographed.
The purpose of the Psychology Internship Program is to provide the intern with specialized training in the provision of services to children, adolescents and families in an applied setting. The internship is an organized program that endorses the scholar-practitioner philosophy. It is community-based and systemic in nature. The Internship faculty has developed a strong, diversified, evidence-based training program that consistently informs the interns that science and practice are interlocking skills that form the foundation of psychological knowledge and application. Thus, the Internship provides training in clinical interventions that are evidence-based and incorporate issues of human diversity throughout the curriculum. As such, an intensive integration of theory and practice is stressed throughout the year. The process of critical thinking, hypothesis testing and other elements of the scientific method are engendered and integrated into all experiential activities throughout the training process. Interns will be expected to have a strong interest in, as well as display a strong commitment to, developing a level of expertise in working with children and families in the community.
(training opportunities continued)
Sexually Inappropriate Behavior Remediation (SIBR) Program: The Sexually Inappropriate Behavior Remediation (SIBR) Program specializes in the treatment of adjudicated adolescents who have engaged in sexually inappropriate behavior. Group therapy is the primary treatment modality with all other agency services available to the client on an adjunct basis. Assessment services are provided as an aid to various Stark County legal offices and human services agencies. While an intern will not be able to conduct risk assessments or group therapy with court adjudicated sex offenders during internship due to the high level of accountability to the court that is required by the SIBR Program, interns may gain experience conducting individual therapy or group therapy with non-adjudicated sexual offenders after completing the Victim/Offender Seminar.
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: www.childandadolescent.org 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.
