Children's Hospital of Philadelphia- Center for Autism Research- PASSAGE 2025-2027
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Starts on Monday, August 4, 2025
Applications due Friday, December 13, 2024
This training experience has chosen to follow the APPIC Postdoctoral Selection Guidelines.
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 Center for Autism Research (CAR) was established by CHOP and the University of Pennsylvania to coordinate, sponsor, and support state-of-the-art research into understanding the causes and course of autism. Studies focus on screening, diagnosis, development, mental health, neuropsychology, genetics, and neuroimaging of autistic individuals. CAR has a large training program spanning both research and clinical mentorship. Researchers and clinicians are co-located in our Center, and there are multiple opportunities for cross-discipline discussion around clinical issues and clinically relevant research. This provides a rich environment for fellows interested in pursuing a career in research, clinical work, or a combination. Fellows also have opportunities to participate in didactics and other programming associated with CHOP’s broader post-doctoral fellowship program.
The Partnership with Autistics for Successfully Supporting Adult Goals and Experiences (PASSAGE) Program was established by CAR to support research, clinical care, and training aimed at improving the transition to adulthood for autistic youth. The PASSAGE Program has a strong connection with an advisory committee composed of autistic adults, caregivers, and professionals, with many individuals identifying as being in more than one of the 3 advisor groups. The PASSAGE Program is connected to the new Advancing Transition and Learning for Adult Success (ATLAS) Center in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Studies focus on applied research with immediate impacts for transition-age youth on the autism spectrum, including development of new assessment measures of patient-centered outcomes (quality of life, daily living skills, mental health), evaluating patient-centered outcomes, and development or adaptation of treatments tailored for the transition age range.
This postdoctoral fellowship offers specialty experiences in autism intervention research at both the pre-services stage and intervention development stage, and clinical experiences with diagnostic evaluations and opportunities to master assessment of individuals ages 14 to 25. Key goals for the fellow are to participate in ongoing research and manuscript preparation to support existing projects and furthering development of their own research questions, obtain the clinical and supervisory experience needed for licensure, and support the PASSAGE Program’s and CAR’s educational and training mission through local community and academic presentations. This fellow will be a core member of a team comprised of: Clinical Research Assistants, Social Workers, a Psychiatrist and Licensed Psychologists – as such, there is ample opportunity for collaboration and leadership.
This fellowship provides comprehensive training within the scope of two NIH-funded projects within the PASSAGE Program: · An NIMH-funded, pre-services longitudinal study that seeks to identify the role that executive function and self-determination play in the development of daily living skills for autistic youth transitioning out of high school, the downstream impact of daily living skills on their quality of life, and the role of social determinants of health in the development of daily living skills. This project aims to identify factors that could enhance the effectiveness of treatments targeting daily living skills. (PI: Dr. Benjamin Yerys) · An NICHD-funded study that aims to fill the need for comprehensive lifestyle treatment for obesity designed specifically for autistic individuals transitioning to adulthood. This is a mixed methods study grounded in the Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST) Preparation Phase that will generate a set of stakeholder-generated and prioritized treatment components that can be tested alone or in combination for subsequent treatment optimization. (PI: Dr. Emily Kuschner) As part of their training, fellows will participate in a research project with brief diagnostic and psychological assessments, qualitative interviews, support and lead data analyses for presentation at national and international conferences (ABCT, INSAR), support and lead manuscript preparation, and develop a specialization in adolescent and young adult assessment, with an emphasis on supporting successful transitions out of high school/secondary education including a comprehensive evaluation of autism and psychiatric symptoms for accessing government services.
Qualifications:
- Experience working with transition-age youth and/or autistic people of all ages
- Experience with diagnostic, and/or cognitive testing of adolescents and young autistic adults with a wide range of behavioral presentations
- Experience with evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatments; experience with treatments adapted for autistic people are a plus
- Experience with quantitative data analyses with large datasets; experience with multivariate analyses, including structural equation modeling, is a plus
- Experience with qualitative interviews and thematic analysis is a plus
- Knowledge of the CARS and/or ADOS is a plus
Additional Information
- Agency Type
- Childrens Hospital
- APPIC Membership
- Yes
- APA Accredited
- No
- Emphasis or focus area
- Child/Adolescent
- Other Emphasis
- Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Research Time
- Less than 25%
- Training Director
- Benjamin Yerys, PhD (Contact Person), along with several other CAR faculty- depending on the position; Lauren Krivitzky, PhD (Director of Fellowship Training at CHOP)
- Contact Email
- yerysb@chop.edu
- Contact Phone
- 267-425-1173
- Virtual Interviews
- Virtual Only
- Duration in Months
- 24
- Hours Per Week
- 40
- # of Licensed Supervisors
- 2
- Number of Positions
- 1
- Applications recieved last year
- 0
- Stipend
- $66300
- Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
- Yes
- Estimated offer date
- Wednesday, February 5 2025
- Unfilled Positions
- 1
- Fringe Benefits
- Fellows receive a salary of 66,300 in year 1, in bi-weekly paychecks. All employees and fellow trainees of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are eligible for individual health insurance via group plans after 30 days of employment status. At this time, Fellows may elect to purchase health insurance for themselves, a spouse and/or dependent(s) through one of the available group plan options. We advise all Fellows to continue pre-existing individual health insurance coverage through the first 30 days of the Psychology Fellowship Training Program. Fellows are also given a 1,000 Stipend for Professional development/conference travel.
Fellows will accrue 20 PPL (paid personal leave) days in their PPL bank to be used as needed for vacation, personal time, fellowship interviews or illness. Fellow employees are eligible to draw upon their PPL bank only following the first 90 days of employment at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. In addition, Fellows will be allowed the following eight announced holidays: New Year's Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Juneteenth.
Subsequent to administrative approval, a fellow may request an additional five day leave for participation in professional conferences or for the purpose of other professional development activities. During any scheduled absence, adequate coverage for clinical responsibilities must be arranged with each clinical supervisor and the Training Director.
- Research opportunities
- The CAR postdoctoral fellowship offers specialty experiences in ASD, diagnostic evaluations and opportunities to master assessment of individuals, age 3 months to 50 years. Assessments occur in our research clinic and in the interdisciplinary Regional Autism Center clinic at CHOP. Opportunities to participate in intervention studies, parent trainings and community presentations are also available. Participation in research development, implementation and publication is based on the fellow’s career goals, level of experience and CAR’s needs.
- Additional Comments
- Fellowships are either 1 or 2 years (depends on the specific positions)
Applications are rolling and applications will be considered until all positions are filled. Start dates are flexible. Some positions are dependent upon information regarding grant funding that may not be known until closer to notification deadlines. We will communicate clearly with applicants regarding anticipated funding and notification dates with respect to funding availability.
- Application Instructions
- Fellowships are either 1 or 2 years (depends on the specific positions)
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. All applicants must have: (1) attended an APA-accredited doctoral program; (2) completed an APA-accredited internship; and (3) completed all requirements for their doctoral degree prior to beginning the fellowship. Applicants must have defended their dissertation prior to the start of the fellowship.
To carry out its mission, it is of critical importance for the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to keep our patients, families and workforce safe and healthy and to support the health of our global community. In keeping with this, CHOP has mandated all workforce members (including trainees) on site at any CHOP location for any portion of their time be vaccinated for COVID-19. This mandate also applies to workforce members or trainees performing work for CHOP at non-CHOP locations. The CHOP COVID-19 vaccine mandate is in alignment with applicable local, state and federal mandates. CHOP also requires all workforce members and trainees who work in patient care buildings or who provide patient care to receive an annual influenza vaccine. Employees may request exemption consideration for CHOP vaccine requirements for valid religious and medical reasons. In addition, candidates other than those in positions with regularly scheduled hours in New Jersey, must attest to not using tobacco products.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected category. CHOP is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor seeking priority referrals for protected veterans.
HOW TO APPLY:
To apply for a fellowship position, please apply through the APPA-CAS portal.
• A one- to two-page cover letter describing previous professional academic preparation and work experience relevant to a postdoctoral fellowship in psychology, career interests and specific plans, and reasons for applying to the Fellowship Program. Please specify to which fellowship positions you are applying.
• A curriculum vitae
• Three reference letters
This record was last updated on Tuesday, September 10, 2024
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