Nationwide Children's Hospital Internship in Professional Psychology has six tracks with 15 total interns.
Pediatric Track - 4 slots – Specializing in providing therapy to children and their families with acute and chronic medical diagnoses. Interns have a strong focus on inpatient consultation-liaison service working with a wide array of medical services, with possibilities including (but not limited to) Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonology, NICU, PICU, Burn/Surgery Unit, Nephrology, Hospital Pediatrics, Endocrinology, and Orthopedics. Interns maintain outpatient treatment caseload, all with medical component, and receive training in biofeedback and feeding interventions. Interns rotate through multidisciplinary specialty medical clinics. Interns will also build a competence in assessment training.
Clinical Child Track - 3 slots - Structured around a primary placement in an interdisciplinary community mental health center with minor rotations in the following areas: (Primary Care, Developmental Disabilities, Crisis Services, GI Clinic, & Sleep Clinic). Psychological assessment is a signficant component. Interns maintain an active therapy caseload with a wide range of diagnoses and ages. Provide case-centered consultation to local schools.
Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Track - 4 slots -Structured around a primary placement in the Child Development Center, an interdisciplinary assessment clinic. Member of an interdisciplinary team evaluating children suspected of autism/developmental delays. Ample treatment experiences covering a wide range of presenting problems for children with developmental disabilities. Consult to medical clinics, inpatient medical services, and schools. Interns participate in a wide array of case conference, training, and educational opportunities with a focus on intellectual & developmental disability.
Neuropsychology Track - 1 slot - 50 to 60% of time completing outpatient neuropsychological and early developmental evaluations. Carry a caseload of outpatient treatment cases referred from a wide range of hospital medical services. Opportunities for inpatient neuropsychological evaluations, consultation in medical clinics, and research.
Autism Treatment Track – 2 slots – Structured around a primary placement at the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders. The intern conducts a range of intervention services with children and adolescents diagnosed with ASD. Intervention services are strongly based in applied behavior analysis and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Consultation and advocacy services are conducted with school and community organizations. Psychological assessment experience provided through comprehensive re-evaluations of developmental skills and diagnostic profiles.
Pediatric Acute Treatment (PAT) track - 2 slots - This experience is dedicated to training interns in the treatment of children and adolescents in acute care and brief treatment settings. The PAT intern will conduct most of their clinical work on the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit at the Behavioral Health Pavilion and with the Mood and Anxiety Program (MAP; outpatient therapy), with rotations in MAP Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Psychiatry Consult/Liaison, the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research (CSPR), Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit, and Psychology Consultation and Liaison. The PAT intern participates in a variety of treatment, assessment, and prevention services for individuals who require acute care. Treatment experiences include brief individual, child and family therapeutic interventions in inpatient psychiatry; ongoing outpatient intervention and group facilitation in intensive outpatient programs; participation in community support and suicide awareness programs; and consultation and intervention for individuals receiving care on medical floors.