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Nationwide Children's Hospital: Trueman Fellowship in Autism Treatment

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Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio

Starts on Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Applications due Monday, December 16, 2024

This training experience is not an APPIC Member program and is not APA Accredited. Applicants should be aware that this training experience has not undergone a formal external quality review process.

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 Trueman Fellowship in Autism Treatment is a post-doctoral psychology training experience based in the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (CASD) at Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NCH).  Fellowship training is 1-year, with an option to extend to a second year to allow the fellow to complete a leadership development project.  This fellowship was developed to provide a unique opportunity for advanced training in evidence-based treatments of autism, across a range of ages, treatment modalities, and levels of functioning, and is conducted in a department rich in resources related to professional development. Our goal is to train psychologists to demonstrate leadership in the areas of service, training, research, and excellence in the provision of care for individuals with autism and their families. This fellowship is offered as one track of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Psychology Post-Doctoral training programs, along with tracks in Pediatric Psychology, Child Clinical, Neuropsychology, Acute Care, and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities. All NCH fellows participate in a monthly cross-track didactic series, along with their track-specific seminars. The NCH post-doctoral training program is housed within the Division of Psychology in the Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine at The Ohio State University. Nationwide Children's Hospital is one of the largest pediatric facilities in the United States, and is one of the nation’s largest pediatric providers of mental health services. The Hospital leadership has selected Behavioral Health to be the focus of the Hospital’s current and last 5-year strategic plans, which has resulted in the building of a Behavioral Health Pavilion that includes a specialized DD/IDD inpatient unit, and the development of the "On Our Sleeves" mental health support movement. The Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, one program of NCH Behavioral Health, employs 155 faculty and staff devoted to implementing a wide range of evidence-based interventions for children with ASD and their families. Services are organized into 4 clinical programs: 1) the Behavioral Intervention Program provides early intensive behavioral intervention for both toddlers and young children; behavioral and school consultation; and parent training for all ages; 2) the Autism Outpatient Psychotherapy Program provides individual psychotherapy, social skills groups, psychotherapy groups, crisis care, family supports, and school consultation to clients without cognitive or language impairments; 3) the Complex Behavior Program provides both day treatment and community-based behavior support service for individuals with severe problem behavior; 4) the Adolescent Transition Program provides services such as pre-employment skill building, adaptive counseling, transition-to-adulthood consultation, and a Project SEARCH internship program. Additionally, CASD provides extensive Community Outreach services, such as ASD awareness, seminars, intake and psychoeducational services, group parent training, sibling support, summer camps, and recreational programming. CASD services are offered to individuals from 12 months to 22 years of age, across the range of the autism spectrum, provided to a variety of recipients of care (individuals with ASD, their families and caregivers, community providers and other professionals) and in a range of settings. Substantial training opportunities in telehealth service delivery models are available in all 4 clinical programs. The five domains of competency that are emphasized in this Fellowship are assessment, intervention, consultation and interdisciplinary relationships, scientific foundations and research, and professionalism. CASD serves clients from a wide range of cultural backgrounds, and trainees will have the opportunity to develop and integrate cultural identity and humility into their service delivery. This post-doctoral experience will allow for training in this broad range of service options to provide the fellow with an excellent and broad basis of treatment knowledge (year 1), and to allow for clinical specialization and opportunities to provide supervision and implement program development (year 2). Collaboration with the NCH Child Development Center allows for additional opportunities to become proficient in diagnostic screening and assessment, cognitive assessment, and work within a multi-disciplinary team. Fellows will choose an area of emphasis (Complex Behavior, Behavioral Intervention, Autism Psychotherapy, Adolescent Transition) which will organize their primary duties, with other diverse clinical experiences worked around this major emphasis.  Applicants must have completed all requirements of an APA-approved graduate program specializing in child/adolescence and disabilities experiences, and completed a one-year APA accredited clinical internship. See above for additional information about application process, and see the website for more information about the fellowship experience http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/autism-psychology-post-doctoral-fellowship.

Additional Information

Agency Type
Childrens Hospital
APPIC Membership
No
APA Accredited
No
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Child Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Child/Adolescent
Other Emphasis
Treatment of ASD for children/youth/young adults
Research Time
Less than 25%
Training Director
Anya Froelich, PsyD, BCBA, COBA
Contact Email
nationwidetruemanfellowship@nationwidechildrens.org
Contact Phone
614-355-7570
Virtual Interviews
Virtual Only
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
15
Number of Positions
2
Applications recieved last year
8
Stipend
$64058
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Yes
Estimated offer date
Monday, February 24 2025
Created Date
Wednesday, November 2 2016
Unfilled Positions
1
Fringe Benefits
Partial reimbursement for moving expenses; paid time off - 15 days for illness, vacation, and personal time; additional time off - 6 days for NCH recognized holidays; up to 5 days for professional development activities; enhanced professional development stipend ($2000/yr); full health/dental/vision benefit; access to didactics and seminars; umbrella supervision and advocacy opportunities; training and presentation opportunities with schools, community/public agencies, hospital departments, and CASD staff.
Research opportunities
The fellowships at Nationwide Children's Hospital are based on the scientist-practitioner model. As such, involvement in clinical research will be encouraged. Research projects are typically self-initiated and often center around clinical outcomes or quality improvement. Presentations at conferences will be encouraged and limited financial supported may be provided.
Additional Comments
Nationwide Children's Hospital values diversity, inclusion, and equity, and we particularly encourage candidates from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We will encourage Fellows to positively contribute to our efforts to create a more diverse, inclusive environment in the Center, at NCH, and in the community. We welcome candidates with specialization interests within early intensive behavioral intervention, parent training, transition services, counseling and mental health supports, and complex/severe problem behavior. Fellows will choose an area of emphasis (Complex Behavior, Behavioral Intervention, Autism Psychotherapy, or Adolescent Transition) which will organize their primary duties, with other diverse clinical experiences worked around this major emphasis. All of these services areas have been adapted to allow for extensive telehealth service opportunities, along with maintaining a variety of safe face-to-face service options.
Application Instructions
Applicants must submit: letter of interest describing relevant training, work experience, and goals for post-doctoral development and career; curriculum vitae; three letters of recommendation; graduate transcripts; copies of 2 assessment or treatment reports. Materials should be emailed to: NationwideTruemanFellowship@nationwidechildrens.org or mailed to Anya Froelich, Psy.D, BCBA, COBA, at: NCH Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders, 195 West Schrock Road, Westerville OH 43081. Selected applicants will be invited for a virtual interview in mid-January/early February.

This record was last updated on Wednesday, October 9, 2024

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