Internship Training Sites (Structure and Placements)

Predoctoral internship training at Sarah Reed Children's Center requires interns to learn to bridge the skills needed to serve children, adolescents, and their families in multiple settings. The Director of Training will make the final decision on the training site for each intern.  Interns receive year-long training emphasizing both clinical competencies (psychotherapy, clinical consultation, case conceptualization) and school psychological competencies (psycho-educational assessment, classroom and school-based consultation, and direct and indirect intervention. 

Training Site Assignments:

Psychiatrict Residential Treatment Program: Two interns will be assigned 3 days/week (60%) at the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Program.  The interns assigned to this site will receive specialized training with children from 5-18 who have serious emotional and behavioral disorders and complex trauma.  The interns will receive training in diagnostic assessment, individual child psychotherapy, family counseling and consultation, case conceptualization, trauma informed care (Sanctuary), multi-disciplinary clinical consultation, crisis intervention, and research.  In addition, these interns also recieve training and supervision in psycho-educational assessment, and direct and indirect consultation in the Millcreek Township/Sarah Reed Campus School (located on the grounds of the Residential Program). 

Millcreek Township School District: The two interns assigned to the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Program will also be assigned to a public school site for two days each week (40%).  The actual school (elementary, middle, high) will depend on the needs of the district and when possible the training interests of the intern.  The intern will function under the supervision of a doctoral level licensed psychologist/certified school psychologist.  The supervised training in this setting will include extensive experience in psycho-educational assessment, behavioral and classroom consultation, consultation with school personnel, families, and other professionals, individual counseling, and crisis intervention.   

Partial Hospitalization Program: The third intern will be assigned 5 days/week to our Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program.  The intern assigned to this site will receive specialized training with young children (3-8 years).  The intern will receive training in intake and diagnostic assessment, conducting child psychotherapy, family counseling and consultation, group therapy, case conceptualization, trauma informed care, multi-disciplinary clinical consultation, crisis intervention, and research.  They will also have opportunity to engage in on-site classroom consultation and to conduct psycho-educational evaluations.   

Interns may also have additonal training opportunities at other sites at the agency.  This may include intake, therapy, and assessment in our Outpatient treatment program (see below).

Training Site Descriptions:  

Psychiatric Residential Treatment Program and Integrated Campus School: Interns (2) provide a wide range of clinical services in our residential treatment program.  The two interns assigned to the Residential program spend 3 days/week at this site.  The Residential Treatment Program serves 50 children and adolescents with a range of psychiatric and educational needs requiring an intense level of service.  Underlying many if not most of our client's psychiatric problems, are their experiences of chronic, complex trauma.  Interns will be exposed to children who have histories of physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, psychological and emotional abuse, and witnessing domestic violence.  Many of our children have been in and out of foster homes and other out of home placements.  The children served in this program typically function within the low average to average range of intelligence, and are between the ages of 6 and 16 years.  This program is staffed with a range of professionals including psychologists, nurses, psychiatrists, therapists, and direct clinical staff, providing the intern with the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary environment.   

Most of the children admitted to the residential treatment program attend the on-grounds Campus School.  The Campus School program functions under the auspices of the local school district and is considered a public school. The two interns assigned to the psychiatric residential treatment program will be invovled in training at the Campus School.  Specifically, the interns recieve training and experience in working as a psychologist in a non-traditional school setting.    In the Campus School, the interns are involved in psycho-educational assessment, consultation services to the campus school classrooms, including direct intervention, behavioral programming, indirect intervention, teacher consultation, curriculum development and functional behavioral assessment. The interns are supervised in these activities by a certified school psychologist.

Millcreek Township School District:  Millcreek Township School District is a suburban school district serving Millcreek Township.  You may visit the website to view specific information about the district.  www.edline.net/pages/mtsd

Integrated Partial Hospitalization Program: One intern will be primarily located at our Early Childhood partial hospitalization program.  This program serves approximately 70 children each day in a therapeutic and educational atmosphere focused on improving the psychological and educational functioning of the child.  The intern assigned to the partial program will be in there five days/week. Children in this program are referred for a variety of social/emotional, behavioral and educational difficulties requiring a comphrehensive approach in a structured environment.  In this setting the intern will work as part of a team with clinicians, case managers, teachers, classroom support staff, psychiatrists, nurses, and other professionals.  Interns will be trained to provide intakes, individual child psychotherapy, family counseling and consultation, group therapy, psycho-educational and psychological assessment, classroom and teacher consultation, and a variety of consultative opportunities both inside and outside the agency. 

Outpatient Services
Interns may also have an opportunity to provide outpatient intake, psychotherapy and assessment services.  This is a new opportunity that we are beginning to plan for in the 2012-2013 training year. 

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