Psychology Internships and Fellowships at Children's Hospital Colorado
Internships
Children's Colorado offers a psychology internship training program in Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology. This full-time, 12-month internship is accredited by the American Psychological Association. The program is also a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC).
Interns will receive a salary as well as holiday, vacation, sick, and professional leave. Employee health and dental benefits are also available. Proof of malpractice coverage must be provided by the intern’s training institution or by the intern.
We are now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 training year. Please download the 2013-2014 Internship brochure(.pdf) for detailed information about our internships. Please contact jason.williams@childrenscolorado.org or christine.mann@childrenscolorado.org for more information.
Fellowships
Children's Colorado offers three post-doctoral psychology fellowships in the following areas. All fellowships combine clinical and research opportunities.
Eating Disorders – focused on treatment and evaluation of children and adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders along a full spectrum of levels of care from medical stabilization, inpatient hospitalization, day treatment, intensive outpatient and outpatient services.
Pediatric Primary Care – focused on mental health, behavioral, and developmental consultation services in an outpatient pediatric primary care clinic and on program evaluation, research, and education around integrated mental health services.
Child Development Unit – outpatient multidisciplinary evaluation of autism, developmental disabilities and genetic disorders. The postdoctoral fellow works on the Child Development Unit with a team consisting of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics, Social Work, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech/Language and Psychology. The postdoctoral fellow also participates in a selected set of LEND training didactic opportunities and research relevant to developmental disabilities.
Autism Spectrum and Developmental Disabilities – focused on evaluation and treatment of autism and developmental disabilities including stabilization, evaluation, inpatient hospitalization and planning for the continuum of care.
Fellowships are designed as full-time 12-consecutive-month programs running from August through July. The specific start date in August may be negotiable based on internship completion date. Fellows will be required to participate in a week of orientation, please note this date may be at the beginning of July.
Application Information
Applications will be accepted from doctoral candidates who expect to have completed all doctoral degree requirements by the fellowship start date, including completion of internship and successful dissertation defense. Applicants must have completed their training in an APA or CPA accredited PhD or PsyD program in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology, and an APA accredited internship. Candidates are expected to have sufficient training and experience in Child Clinical and Pediatric Psychology to be able to maximally benefit from the experiences offered.
Application due date is January 3, 2013. Please send your CV, letter of interest including which are you are interested, and three sealed letters of recommendation to:
Children's Hospital Colorado
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Research and Training
13123 East 16th Avenue, B130
Aurora, CO 80045
Attention: Christine Mann
The program is committed to the recruitment of culturally and ethnically diverse interns. Bilingual Spanish speaking applicants, and all other qualified applicants, are encouraged to apply.
Please download the 2013-2014 Fellowship brochure(.pdf) for more information, or contact christine.mann@childrenscolorado.org for more information.
Externships
Children's Colorado offers a psychology training program in Child Clinical Psychology. This part-time, unpaid, 20 hour a week commitment focuses on the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and families.
Students must have completed formal cognitive assessment and must have prior experience with child and/or adolescent treatment.
This externship requires early application. Please download the 2013-2014 Externship brochure for more information.(.pdf) The application due date is January 31, 2013. Applicants who we believe are best qualified to benefit from our program will be invited to interview with our staff. Interview dates for selected applicants are February 19, 22, and 26 of 2013. Please send your CV, letter of interest to:
Children's Hospital Colorado
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Research and Training
13123 East 16th Avenue, B130
Aurora, CO 80045
Attention: Christine Mann
