Pediatric Psychology, Department of Psychology
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Scottish Rite for Children
Dallas, Texas
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
Scottish Rite for Children’s Psychology Department offers a one-year, 12-month Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship. The fellowship is designed to prepare doctoral-level psychologists to practice in ambulatory care, inpatient, or outpatient pediatric settings. The fellowship offers clinical and research training in pediatric psychology (e.g., adjustment to chronic illnesses, surgery preparation and education, pain management, adjustment to long-term hospitalization) as well as clinical child psychology (e.g., Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, affective/anxiety disorders, behavioral/conduct problems, and parenting issues). Training is provided in the areas of interdisciplinary care, hospital consultation/liaison, inpatient treatment, brief outpatient treatment, crisis assessment/intervention, and limited psychological assessment and testing. Specific patient populations include but are not limited to, children with acute, procedural, and chronic pain, rare orthopedic conditions, sports-related injuries, neurological disorders, and rheumatological disorders. Although Scottish Rite for Children has a niche focus on orthopedic conditions and sports medicine, the skills acquired in pediatric psychology during this fellowship will generalize to working with other medically complicated youth. Similarly, prior experience treating patients with orthopedic impairments is not a prerequisite to apply to this fellowship.
The Pediatric Psychology Postdoctoral Training Program is offered through the Psychology Department of Scottish Rite for Children at both our Dallas and Frisco Campuses. The Psychology Department is committed to quality clinical care and healthy child development despite the stress and demands associated with the child’s health-related condition. Licensed psychologists and affiliated staff with expertise in pediatric psychology and behavioral health coordinate and participate in interdisciplinary health care, related teams, hospital committees, and research. Direct clinical inpatient and brief outpatient services are provided to SRC patients and their families and caregivers.
The Psychology Department at Scottish Rite for Children is committed to evidence-based practices and the scientist-practitioner model. As such, the fellow will be offered opportunities to engage in collaborative research with fellowship supervisors and other staff. The Fellow’s daily schedule varies depending on consults received in the Psychology Department and his/her current rotation. It will likely include attending clinics, seeing patients in the clinic setting in collaboration with other medical providers, presurgical assessment and preparation, brief outpatient therapy as indicated by the medical plan of care, rounding on inpatients, crisis assessment and intervention, participating in educational activities, and participating in research. The fellow also attends training sessions (didactics, rounds), participates in at least two hours of supervision per week, and on-call coverage as assigned.
We have one unfilled position left for the 2023-2024 Training year!
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Childrens Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Recognized Specialty
- Clinical Child Psychology
- Emphasis or focus area
- Child/Adolescent
- Other Emphasis
- Pediatric/Health Psychology
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Emily B. Gale, PhD, LP, ABPP
- Contact Email
- emily.gale@tsrh.org
- Contact Phone
- 214-559-7666
- Duration in Months
- 12
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 4
- Number of Positions
- 2
- Applications recieved last year
- 10
- Stipend
- $57,000
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Unfilled Positions
- 0
- Fringe Benefits
- Health insurance within 30 days of start, on-site gym, wellness programs, free parking, and paid time off.
- Research opportunities
- Our departmental staff are actively involved in various collaborative research projects. Fellows are expected to participate in research activities, and specific projects and roles are determined based on a match between fellow interests and available research opportunities.
- Additional Comments
- The Psychology Department at Scottish Rite for Children is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice for all people. We strive to acknowledge and validate the important role of individual differences with our patients and their families, as well as with our colleagues and community. We are interested in actively working to understand our implicit biases and challenge ourselves to continually expand our individual work in this area.
- Application Instructions
- Please use the APPA CAS Application for Psychology Postdoctoral Training to submit all required application materials. Required application materials include: 1) Curriculum vitae; 2) Three (3) letters of reference, including one from internship supervisor; 3) Cover letter that includes a statement of interest; 4) Graduate transcripts; and 5) Letter from your graduate program indicating that degree will be conferred by August 2023.
We do not anticipate that the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic will have any bearing on our application or interview process at this time.
We will accept and review applications on a rolling basis, and strongly encourage applicants to submit their materials as soon as possible. The final date to submit application materials is January 2nd, 2023. If you have any difficulty submitting your application materials via the APPA CAS system, please contact Dr. Gale at Emily.Gale@tsrh.org.
Thank you for your interest in Scottish Rite for Children, and we look forward to reviewing your application!
This record was last updated on Thursday, February 16, 2023
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