Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC) Pediatric Psychology/ Child and Adolescent Psychology Fellowships
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Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC)
Orange, California
Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training
This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure.
Yes
This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities.
Yes
This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience.
Yes
This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience.
Yes
This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.
Yes
This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities.
Yes
This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures.
Yes
This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training.
Yes
The focus of the Postdoctoral Fellowship training program at Children's Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) is to provide advanced in-depth training in child/pediatric psychology and prepare individuals for careers in medical settings. The CHOC Fellowship offers specialized training in child clinical psychology applied in a general pediatric tertiary care setting. Postdoctoral Fellows are supervised by Psychology faculty who have expertise in pediatric and child clinical psychology, as well as specialized interests in neuropsychology, pain management, disruptive behavior disorders, infant development, and sports psychology. The Program provides experience with consultation/liaison to sub-specialty pediatric units, neuropsychological assessment, and work in our outpatient Pediatric Psychology Clinic. Three of the clinical fellowships will specialize in Pediatric Psychology, including one-two fellowship positions specializing in Consultation and Liaison services on medical floors, one fellowship specializing in eating disorders working with our Medical Stabilization of Eating Disorders program, and one fellowship position specializing in Oncology. One two-year fellowship will focus on pediatric neuropsychology with a variety of pediatric medical populations with a focus on neuropsychological assessment. Two fellowships will work with our Acute Services within our intensive outpatient program, medical stabilization of eating disorders program, and emergency department. Two fellowships will work within our Pediatric Psychology Project Health program offering higher level of care outpatient mental health services to children with co-occurring medical and mental health conditions, as well as in our Mental Health Crisis Clinic. Two fellowships with work within our Thompson Autism and Neurodevelopmental Center providing assessment and intervention services. Fellows will coordinate with the respective multidisciplinary teams throughout the year, participating in clinical work, program development, and clinical research activities within the teams. Fellows will see more complex cases and be responsible for further developing clinical services within their teams. They will provide inpatient and/or outpatient consultation services, outpatient therapy and/or assessment services, participate in outpatient clinics with multidisciplinary team members, and complete a postdoctoral fellowship project within their area of specialization. The training program is housed within the Department of Pediatric Psychology which provides comprehensive psychological services throughout the CHOC Children's Hospital. Postdoctoral fellows share some training experiences and seminars with interns in an APA accredited psychology internship as well sharing some educational opportunities with medical residents. Further, fellows have the opportunity to evaluate/consult/treat a wide variety of families from diverse backgrounds. Fellows participate in research activities and complete a clinical/research project during their fellowship. Fellows also have the opportunity to provide supervision to practicum students or interns. Fellows who speak Spanish can also participate in a year long specialized seminar designed to increase comfort and competence in providing psychological services in Spanish as well as supervision in Spanish.
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Childrens Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Emphasis or focus area
- Child/Adolescent
- Other Emphasis
- Pediatric Psychology
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Heather Huszti, Ph.D.
- Contact Email
- mnagel@choc.org
- Contact Phone
- (714) 509-3455
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 47
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 41
- Number of Positions
- 10
- Applications recieved last year
- 68
- Accepts Int'l Students
- Stipend
- $73070
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Created Date
- Tuesday, November 19 2019
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Professional Development Time, Sick Leave, Vacation
Assistance with Loan Repayment, Assistance with Licensure, Free parking, 3 additional educational days, vision coverage and legal insurance
- Research opportunities
- All fellows will have the opportunity to complete a postdoctoral fellowship project which can be a research, clinical research, quality improvement, needs assessment, or other applied project, depending upon the fellow's interests and training goals.
- Application Instructions
- Application Procedure
The application deadline for fellows is December 2, 2024, to begin training on August 25, 2025.
Please email all application materials to Marni Nagel, Ph.D., Manager Psychology Training Program, Senior Psychologist at Psychology_Training@choc.org. Please have letters of recommendation sent directly by recommenders to Dr. Nagel at Psychology_Training@choc.org. Please include the following in your application:
• Letter of interest indicating which track(s) you would like to be considered for, and your perceived fit with the program
• Curriculum vitae
• Graduate school transcripts
• Three letters of recommendations from graduate faculty and/or clinical supervisors – 1 letter from your graduate program, 1 letter from your internship site, and 1 additional letter from a supervisor of your choice
Virtual interviews will be held in January and are by invitation only in order to minimize the significant financial and time burden for applicants. On-site tours of CHOC can be arranged for any interested applicants and is not a requirement. The interview process includes a semi-structured interview. This format allows all applicants the same opportunity to show all of the skills and knowledge they have gained over the course of their graduate training. It also ensures that we ask you about all important areas. Time is also scheduled for more open-ended discussions where you can ask questions about our fellowship site. We also schedule time for you to talk to with current fellows. With applicants’ permission, we would like to take a picture at the interview in order to assist the memory of the selection committee. This is a totally voluntary process, and all applicants are welcome to opt out of the photograph. In the past we have had applicants bring a camera and take pictures of us as well. We invite you to do the same as we know how helpful that can be as a memory aide. We do ask that you respect the privacy of our patients and not take pictures that would include them.
We anticipate making initial offers mid-late January upon completion of interviews. Timelines may vary for each track. Any applicant requests to hold offers will work with the Training Director to determine timeframes for decision making, which may vary depending on track and applicant factors. The selection and offer process will be discussed during interviews, and applicants can reach out directly to the Training Director at any time with any questions.
The pediatric neuropsychology fellowship does not participate in the APPCN match and will be making offers on a rolling basis prior to the APPCN match date.
Applicants offered positions with our program should understand that prior to beginning the fellowship they will be required to successfully pass a required brief medical examination, which includes a drug test. Applicants will also undergo a required background test which CHOC requires of all employees in order to ensure the safety of our pediatric patients.
Application Requirements
Admission requirements for fellows include a doctoral degree in psychology from an APA accredited program; anticipated completion of a 1-year clinical APA accredited internship; one year of experience providing clinical services to children, preferably in a medical setting; a background in basic psychological testing measures (e.g. IQ, achievement, objective and projective personality measures); and finally, exposure to and interest in pediatric health psychology, pediatric neuropsychology, and/or child and adolescent psychology through coursework, clinical placement, or research. Postdoctoral fellows are required to complete their doctoral degree requirements prior to the start of the postdoctoral training year.
This record was last updated on Saturday, November 9, 2024
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