Psychology Internship

New York Center For Child Development (Manhattan) announces two paid internship positions in school and clinical child psychology with a concentration in early childhood mental health and developmental disorders for program year 2011-2012.

The Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation and Treatment Program is a model/demonstration project funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to serve children five and under and their caregivers residing in Central and East Harlem. The program identifies, assesses and treats caregiver-child dyads with social-emotional challenges. The project has strong training and consultation components providing outreach to professionals in the community to raise awareness and build competencies in the prevention, identification and treatment of social-emotional and behavioral problems in young children. Affiliations with a community health care facility, an early childhood education facility and a preventive services agency afford penetration into the community. Cross-systems collaboration and transformation-of-practice are overarching aims. The program is informed and guided by the Developmental-Individual difference-Relationship based (DIR®) approach to assessment, formulation and intervention.

The Internship Experience:

  • A full time paid internship program commencing September 1, 2011.
  • Rich clinical experience in DIR® (Developmental-Individual difference-Relationship based)/Floortime™ psychotherapy, screening and assessment, classroom consultation, transdisciplinary team participation, community agency collaboration.
  • Supervised experience in 0-5 assessment (Bayley, ADOS, WPPSI, etc.-estimated 8-15 batteries).
  • A six-month rotation in a state-of-the-art integrated health and psychology outpatient pediatric clinic and two three-month rotations in an early childhood education and preventive services agency.
  • Acquisition of knowledge and competencies in infancy and early childhood best practices including DIR® and the integration of infant mental health and early intervention.
  • A dynamic cross-disciplinary perspective.
  • Clinical supervision from senior psychologists (including a faculty member of the DIR® Institute) with expertise in family-centered, relationship-based infancy and early childhood development, assessment and intervention.
  • Periodic group supervision in DIR® from Dr. Serena Wieder.
  • Tutorial didactics on such topics as: Autistic Spectrum Disorder; Trauma Treatment; Relationship-Based Intervention: The Real and the Representational; The Human Infant: Complexity in Synthesis.
  • Opportunities to develop teaching and consultation skills.
  • A first-hand opportunity to practice community psychology.
  • Opportunities for parent agency (NYCCD) staff development experiences and community-based seminars and didactics.
  • Opportunity to attend the DIR®/ICDL conference with Dr. Serena Wieder.

Who should apply?
Highly motivated, outstanding doctoral candidates in school and clinical-child psychology with a passion for infants and young children, community service and cutting-edge practice.

Duration:
The 12-month internship runs from September-August with a 40-hour work week.

Compensation and Benefits
The internship stipend is $20,000.00 per annum, paid at a biweekly rate. Interns operate on the administrative schedule of New York Center which means they receive four weeks of vacation, two of which are mandatory (the week between Christmas and New Years and the last week in August) and two of which may be taken when the school is not in session. After a three-month probationary period, they are entitled to vacation and sick time as provided in the employee handbook and they are eligible to join the health insurance plan. They receive eight paid holidays a year, as well as two floating holidays. They receive nine sick days, three of which can be used as personal days.

PLEASE NOTE: The NYCCD internship program is entering its third year and, as a result, is in the process of becoming an APPIC-registered program (estimated registration: November 2010).

Applications to the internship program are through the APPIC website. The APPIC Match number for the internship is: 208911

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS DECEMBER 1, 2010.

For any questions or clarifications about the internship please contact
Marielis Martinez
(212) 289-6100, ext. 308
marielis.martinez@nyccd.org

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