Training Activities

There are eight key training activities an intern can be expected to be exposed to during their internship year. These include:

 

Psychotherapy /Psychological Services: Interns will be required to conduct psychotherapy on a regular basis with children/adolescents and their families selected on the basis of treatment objectives, special needs, intern interests, or pressing situational adjustment difficulties. Interns may also develop, participate, and conduct groups focused on a variety of issues. Parent education and family therapy are strongly encouraged and form the foundation of all interventions.  Participating on multi-disciplinary teams and designing and implementing effective treatment interventions are an essential part of the intern's work with their clients.  The interns will provide consultation to staff in the areas of child and adolescent behavior management, clinical issues, social skills development, and other identified areas.  The intern may also provide on-going consultation to teachers and support staff in classroom management and educational programming.

 

Psycho-Educational Evaluation/Assessment: Interns will plan and conduct at least 10 comprehensive psycho-educational and/or psychological assessments throughout the year.   Interns will be expected to describe, conceptualize, organize, and plan assessments based on the identified needs of the client.  These evaluations provide interns with the opportunity to assess a unique sample of children with complex bio-psychosocial needs including learning disabilities and other educational concerns, differential diagnosis, clarification of treatment issues as well as treatment recommendations.

Clinical Consultation: Interns will be a participating member of multi-disciplinary treatment teams. In this role, the intern will provide consultation to other team members regarding treatment, diagnosis, behavior management, and intervention. Interns will collaborate with individuals from many different clinical disciplines. 

School-based Consultation: The intern will provide consultation to staff in the areas of child and adolescent behavior management, clinical issues, social skill development and other identified areas. 

Crisis Intervention:  Interns will be trained in Safe Crisis Management and will be expected to demonstrate skills in the area of crisis intervention.  Interns are not expected to participate in any type of physical restraint during their training.   

Research: Interns will be encouraged to develop or participate in a research project during their internship year.  They may do so independently, with faculty, or with another intern.  The requirement for research is very flexible and will be tailored to meet the interests of the intern when possible.  Interns can spend up to 2 hours each week engaged in research.  Past intern projects have typically focused on program efficacy, program development, treatment and program outcomes, and the development of new treatment strategies.  The specific project will be determined based upon the interns' interests and goals of the agency. 

Supervision:  There may be opportunities for interns to supervise masters level trainees in psycho-educational assessment, consultation, and behavioral interventions. 

In-Service:  Interns will be required to conduct in-service didactic training for our agency training department. 

  • Time Commitment

    This is an intensive full-time internship training program.  Interns split their week between the residential treatment program (3 days) and the external school district (2 days).  The typical residential workday is 8:00-5:00 pm.  However, the nature of residential treatment may require that interns' work-day extend beyond these hours and may include work on weekends.  The two weekdays the intern spends in the school district typically start at 8:00 and end at 3:00 pm.   The intern can expect to spend approximately 30% of her/his time in clinical activities, 25% in assessment and other school-based/related activities, 20% in consultation, 5% in research, and 20% in supervision and didactic activities.    

 

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