Nationwide Children's Hospital Internship in Professional Psychology has seven tracks with 17 total interns.
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 interns will have opportunities to engage in clinical work through the Mood and Anxiety Program (IOP, outpatient therapy), Partial Hospitalization Program, Psychosis Clinic, and inpatient psychiatric units. Interns will also have opportunities to rotate as part of the Psychiatry and Psychology Consult/Liaison teams, Center for Suicide Prevention and research (CSPR), and Youth Crisis Stabilization Unit (YCSU). Interns participate 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; psychoeducational and diagnostic assessment, 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.
Integrated Primary Care (IPC) Track - 1 slot - Structured around a primary placement in an integrated pediatric primary care clinic (two different home clinics throughout the training year). While in clinic, the intern will engage in diagnostic assessments, targeted, evidence-based treatment and integrated care through consultations (warm handoffs) during the primary care visit. The intern will also complete psychoeducational assessments for patients outside of primary care, including assessments of cognitive functioning, academic achievement, developmental assessments, and social-emotional assessments. Interns also will have the opportunity to engage in secondary clinical experience, designed to complement their training in primary care (e.g., Healthy Weight and Nutrition, Comprehensive Pediatric Feeding Clinic, Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Acute Care, and/or Proud Linden Parenting Program (PLPP).
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, Suicide Screening & Sleep Clinic). Psychological assessment is a significant component. Interns maintain an active therapy caseload with a wide range of diagnoses and ages.
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.
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.
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.
Neuropsychology Track - 1 slot - 50 to 60% of time completing pediatric neuropsychological evaluations including inpatient and outpatient assessment. Interns will carry a small caseload of outpatient treatment cases focusing on evidence-based interventions for patients with neurologic and other medical conditions. Interns also provide consultation services in multidisciplinary medical clinics.