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Pre-doctoral
and Post-doctoral Psychology Fellowship
The
Psychology Training Placement in Early Childhood
The Psychology Training Placement in Early Childhood is
a Track of the APA-accredited
Psychology Training Program at the Child Study Center.
The Placement provides strong, multi-faceted training in
working with young children and their families. By the end
of the two year placement, Fellows will have received intensive
training in the following areas:
-
Evaluation of children 6 and under (both Comprehensive
and Focal)
Treatment of children under 6
- Consultation
to and treatment of parents of young children in both
group and parent guidance modalities
- Mental
health consultation to early childhood settings for both
normative and at-risk children
- Teaching
and supervision of the evaluation of young children
These
training goals will be met with the following program components:
Pre-doctoral
Year:
1. Evaluation
of children 6 and under (both Comprehensive and Focal)
Clinical
Child Development: The purpose of this multidisiplinary
seminar is to expose trainees to both conceptual material
and clinical observations on the complexity of assessing
the development of young children and their families.
Meets on Thursdays from 10-12. Faculty: Nancy Close, Sherin
Stahl, Janet Madigan, Jean Marachi, Christy Heise, Megan
Lyons
Mini-Team
Participation: The Fellow will participate in an evaluation
team devoted to the developmental assessment of young
children referred for developmental delays.
2. Treatment
of children under 6
Play
Therapy: It is recommended that fellows carry up to four
treatment cases with young children at any point in time.
During the pre-doctoral year, weekly individual supervision
will be provided by Nancy Close, Ph.D.
3. Consultation to and treatment of parents of young children
in both group and parent guidance modalities
Parent
Guidance: Fellows will carry at least one
case in which they work only with parents around developmental
crises with their children. This is an important area
of clinical work which focuses on young children and requires
an understanding of how adults transition to being parents.
During the pre-doctoral year, weekly individual supervision
will be provided by Nancy Close, Ph.D.
4. Mental
health consultation to early childhood settings for both
normative and at-risk children
Ongoing
consultation to early childhood education programs:
As a part of the Yale Early Childhood Education
Consortium, the section provides a mental health consultant
to early childhood education programs in New Haven. Fellows
participating in this experience will regular consultants
to early care and education settings and learn about developing
ongoing consultative relationships with childcare programs.
Mental
Health Consultation in Preschools Seminar: Co-led by Christy
Heise, M.S.W. and the post-doctoral psychology Fellow,
this seminar provides an opportunity for group supervision
about mental health consultation.
5. Additional
Experiences
Administrative Mentor: Each fellow will work individually
with a member of the section faculty who will provide
individual mentorship through the fellowship year. This
is not intended to serve as a clinical supervisor-fellows
will receive supervision from clinicians among the faculty-but
rather, the advisor will guide the fellow through the
fellowship, assist in selection of electives, and in career
planning. The administrative mentor for the pre-doctoral
year will be Walter Gilliam. The administrative mentor
for the post-doctoral year will be Michele Goyette-Ewing.
Psychopharmacology
referrals: Dr. Marachi will coordinate a weekly psychopharmacology
clinical seminar to accommodate all psychopharmacology
questions regarding young children seen through our clinical
services. Dr. Marachi and his team will also provide follow-up
as needed for families for whom medications are recommended.
Fellows who request a psychopharmacology consultation
for their patients should plan on attending this seminar
at least on the occasion that their patient is being seen.
It is recommended that fellows make an effort to attend
regularly so that they gain an appreciation of the complexities
of medication use with young children.
Summer training period:
Basics
of Developmental Assessment: Fellows will learn the basics
of four approaches to developmental assessment: The Bayley
Scales of Infant Development; The Mullen; The Intermediate
Developmental Assessment (IDA); and the Early Screening
Procedure (ESP). Dr. Lynette Tay will provide a seminar
during the summer for the Bayley; Dr. Walter Gilliam will
provide instruction in the Mullen and ESP, and Dr. Nancy
Close for the IDA. Additionally, fellows will attend a seminar
on the administration and scoring of the Vineland Adaptive
Behavior Scales.
Basic
Psychopharmacology: Dr. Marachi will provide a seminar over
the summer regarding the use of psychotropic medications
for young children. This seminar will provide an excellent
grounding for the psychopharmacology clinic for young children
seen through the early childhood clinic (see below). This
seminar is tentatively scheduled for the summer from 9:00
to 10:00AM (July and August) on Friday mornings. Adjustments
to time/schedule may be discussed with Dr. Marachi.
Mental
Health Consultation in Preschools Seminar: Co-led by Christy
Heise, M.S.W. and a post-doctoral psychology Fellow, this
seminar provides background to the practice of mental health
consultation.
Post-doctoral Year:
1. Evaluation
of children 6 and under (both Comprehensive and Focal)
Mini-Team
Participation: The Fellow will participate in an evaluation
team devoted to the comprehensive developmental assessment
of young children.
Independent
Assessments, including School Readiness Referrals: The
Fellow will conduct developmental evaluations outside
of mini-teams, when deemed appropriate. Some of these
referrals will come from area early childhood settings
who participate in Connecticut’s subsidized child
care program, School Readiness.
2. Treatment
of children under 6
3. Consultation
to and treatment of parents of young children in both group
and parent guidance modalities
Parent
Guidance: Fellows will carry at least one case in which
they work only with parents around developmental crises
with their children. This is an important area of clinical
work which focuses on young children and requires an understanding
of how adults transition to being parents. During the
pre-doctoral year, weekly individual supervision will
be provided by Nancy Close, Ph.D.
Working
with parents in groups: As part of the
Parents First initiative, post doctoral fellows will have
the opportunity to co-lead groups for parents that will
take place in early childhood education settings. These
groups bring parents together around normative child development
concerns. Supervisor: Michele Goyette-Ewing, Ph.D.
4. Mental health consultation to early childhood settings
for both normative and at-risk children
School
Readiness Quality Enhancement Multidisciplinary Team:
This multidiscipinary team meets once a month on Mondays
9:30-11:30 to discuss referrals from School Readiness
programs. There will be opportunities to attend or present
lectures on a variety of topics related to mental health.
Individual consultation is also an option. Contact: Nancy
Close.
Monthly
Yale Early Childhood Education Consortium Consultants
meeting: The Fellow can participate in this monthly meeting
of the Yale Early Childhood consultants, who are members
of the Center's clinical faculty. Led by Nancy Close.
Mondays 1:00 once a month.
5. Teaching
and supervision of the evaluation of young children
Early
Childhood Focal Question Clinic Participation: During
the post-doctoral year, the Fellow will serve as a direct
supervisor to an Evaluator learning to perform evaluations
of young children. These Evaluators are graduate student
in psychology training programs. The Post-doctoral Fellow
is responsible for providing teaching around case presentation,
planning the assessment protocol, administration of instruments,
scoring of measures, interpretation of findings, and planning
the parent feedback meeting. The Fellow is also expected
to closely supervise the written report. The post-doctoral
Fellows also help to facilitate referral of appropriate
cases to the clinic and maintain the clinic schedule.
The success of the clinical training experience is dependent
upon appropriate and steady referrals.
Mental
Health Consultation in Preschools Seminar: During the
Post-doctoral year, the Fellow may have an opportunity
to co-lead this seminar with Christy Heise, M.S.W. which
provides didactic background over the summer and group
supervision to clinicians providing mental health consultation
during the academic year.
6. Additional
Experiences
Administrative
Mentor: Each fellow will work individually
with a member of the section faculty who will provide
individual mentorship through the fellowship year. This
is not intended to serve as a clinical supervisor-fellows
will receive supervision from clinicians among the faculty-but
rather, the advisor will guide the fellow through the
fellowship, assist in selection of electives, and in career
planning.
Psychopharmacology
referrals: Dr. Marachi will coordinate a weekly psychopharmacology
clinical seminar to accommodate all psychopharmacology
questions regarding young children seen through our clinical
services. Dr. Marachi and his team will also provide follow-up
as needed for families for whom medications are recommended.
Fellows who request a psychopharmacology consultation
for their patients should plan on attending this seminar
at least on the occasion that their patient is being seen.
It is recommended that fellows make an effort to attend
regularly so that they gain an appreciation of the complexities
of medication use with young children. Currently Friday
9-10.
ELECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES
Inner
Life of the Young Child: This seminar led by Kyle Pruett
and Kirsten Dahl is a potential elective for Fellows doing
individual psychotherapy with young children. Fridays 8-9:30.
Continuous
case: Through the year, the faculty and
fellows will participate in a continuous case seminar in
which both faculty and fellows will present clinical material
from their own practices. The seminar will accommodate either
an ongoing case presentation over several weeks or the discussion
of vignettes and clinical dilemmas. Led by Janet Madigan
on Thursdays at 2.
Journal
Club: Members of the faculty and the fellows will come together
around the discussion of contemporary works from the peer-reviewed
developmental and psychiatric literature. Fellows will learn
not only the content of the contemporary literature but
also how to review papers and organize discussions and reviews
around thematic areas. Time to be arranged.
Group
Faculty Meetings: On a schedule to be arranged (not more
than once monthly), fellows will join with the section staff
and faculty to discuss the ongoing activities of the section.
This will provide fellows an opportunity to be involved
in an overall review of the section's work and also to contribute
to that continued review and planning.
Newborn
Followup Clinic: Fellows may cover at least one session
per month in the follow-up assessment of preterm infants
returning for ongoing developmental assessments. Training
is provided in the core seminar on developmental assessment
and supervision is provided through the follow-up clinic
faculty.
Cranio-Facial
Clinic: This is an opportunity to do pediatric psychology
with young children. This surgical clinic provides ongoing
care to children with complex malformations and injuries
to their face, head, and neck. Through our early childhood
section, we provide ongoing developmental and psychiatric
consultation to families and children pre- and post-operatively.
Supervisor is Dr. Nancy Close. Clinic meeting are some Fridays
from 12-1. There could also be research opportunities available
in the second year.
ELECTIVE
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Assessment
of High-Risk Families in a Research Setting: This is an
ongoing followup clinic for children born at high risk and/or
exposed to cocaine. Research opportunities should be discussed
with Dr. Mayes.
Perinatal
Mental Health Interventions: Interventions
for pregnant women is a new program in the early childhood
section. These interventions will take place in a community
health center (Fair Haven clinic) and also in a multidisciplinary
team seeing pregnant women referred for depression. Because
this is a new program, fellows may also have the opportunity
to participate in the design of the intervention and in
the refinement of clinical services. There is a program
evaluation component to this work. Supervisors will include
Drs. Mayes and Arietta Slade.
Parents
First: This is a multi-dimensional parent support and information
program for families delivered through child care centers
and health clinics. Services include parent groups, mental
health consultation to school personnel and parents, in-service
presentations to childcare staff, and a website. There is
a program evaluation component to this work. Coordinator:
Michele Goyette-Ewing
National
PreKindergarten Quality Survey: Opportunities may be available
to be involved in the production of public policy briefs
on issues of quality education programs for young children.
Supervisor: Walter Gilliam
High
Risk Pregnancy Intervention Study: This study examines the
use of a psychodynamically informed, cognitive behavioral
therapy intervention with high risk pregnant mothers. Supervisors
will include Drs. Linda Mayes
Impulsive
Child Study: This
study examines the use of a cognitive behavioral therapy
intervention with young children identified as having significant
difficulties with impulsivity. Supervised by Dr. Linda Mayes
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