Emphasis is placed on systems consultation to the faculty, staff, and administration of the school. In-class observations are a regular component of the consultation experience. Individual resident supervision occurs weekly throughout the school year. Second year residents receive experience in consultation to the Dependency Court and Juvenile Court. Residents perform court-ordered psychiatric assessments and provide court testimony under the direct supervision of a forensic child and adolescent psychiatrist.
Residents also participate in a forensic seminar throughout the two years of training.
Residents gain experience with a variety of neurological conditions including seizures, headaches, movement disorders, tics and Tourettes syndrome, developmental delay, cerebral palsy and neurocutaneous disorders, as well as traumatic brain injury. This page was created by Patricia Turpin, UCSD Psychiatry.