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Training/Rotations

Child and Adolescent Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship 

Training Settings

The fellowship program is housed within the Department of Psychiatry, which is a part of the TTUHSC School of Medicine. Psychology and psychiatry training programs are interconnected so that trainees across disciplines learn and practice together. Many of the child and adolescent patient referrals come through the Campus Alliance for Telehealth Resources (CATR): Supported by Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) Program. This program provides free mental and behavioral health services to PreK-12th grade students through telemedicine within their schools. The child and adolescent services occur in a brand new, state-of-the-art Relational Health Center within Covenant Children’s Hospital. View this video to learn more about the Relational Health Center:

Rotations

Postdoctoral fellow schedules will be individualized based on the fellow’s training needs and goals. Below is a list of possible rotations. Please note that rotation availability may vary each year. 

Adolescent Medicine Clinic:

  • Consult-based clinic in which brief assessment and intervention is conducted within a primary care setting
  • Presenting problems often include eating disorders, trauma, and internalizing disorders
  • In-person
  • ½ day for 6 months

Assessment Clinic:

  • Comprehensive psychological/neuropsychological assessments for youth
  • Example assessments: IQ, Achievement, ADOS-2, Executive Functioning, Learning and Memory, Language, Motor Functioning, Broad- and Narrow-Band Mental Health, etc.
  • In-person
  • 1 day for 6 months

Externalizing Clinic:

  • Evidence-based psychotherapy (individual and group) for youth with externalizing symptoms
  • Example groups: Defiant Children, Defiant Teen, Group Triple P (Child and Teen Versions)
  • Includes in-person and telehealth
  • ½ day for 6 months

Internalizing Clinic:

  • Evidence-based psychotherapy (individual and group) for youth with internalizing symptoms
  • Example treatments: Coping Cat, C.A.T Project, Unified Protocols for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Group
  • Includes in-person and telehealth
  • ½ day for 6 months

Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) Clinic: 

  • Behavior management program designed for young children experiencing behavioral and/or emotional difficulties and their families
  • In-person
  • ½ day for 6 months

Pediatric Psychology Clinic:

  • Evidence-based psychotherapy (individual and group) for youth with chronic health conditions 
  • Example presenting concerns: Medication non-adherence, sleep difficulties, pain, feeding difficulties, adjusting to diagnosis, comorbid internalizing and externalizing disorders and illnesses
  • Includes in-person and telehealth
  • ½ day for 6 months

Peer Relations Clinic:

  • Evidence-based psychotherapy (individual and group) for youth who have experienced peer victimization and/or bullying
  • In-person
  • ½ day for 6 months

Trauma Clinic:

  • Evidence-based individual psychotherapy for youth who have experienced trauma and associated difficulties
  • Example treatments: Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT); Trauma and Grief Component Therapy for Adolescents (TGCTA)
  • Includes in-person and telehealth
  • ½ day for 12 months

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