The purpose of the internship is to provide specialized clinical training with children, adolescents, and families. The goals of the program are to enhance each trainee's knowledge base and clinical skills in relation to developmental psychopathology, assessment, treatment planning, and treatment implementation. The training program emphasizes understanding children, adolescents, and families from a developmental and systems perspective. Diagnostic evaluations are followed by patient-specific treatment planning. A wide range of diagnostic and treatment skills are utilized.
Intensive supervision is provided to facilitate each trainee's professional growth.
However, there is significant continuity in many respects throughout the entire 12-month program. For example, while on the Outpatient rotation, interns conduct Inpatient testing, and while on the Inpatient rotation, interns carry a small number of Outpatient cases. The Outpatient Rotation includes diagnostic assessment, treatment, outpatient and inpatient testing Forensic work, and either a Pediatric Consultation Liaison Rotation or Neuropsychological Testing Rotation. During the Outpatient rotation, Child and Adolescent interns have approximately 10 hours of outpatient contacts per week involving assessment and treatment. Interns receive intensive supervision by the full-time and adjunct faculty.