Psychology Internships and Fellowships at Children's Hospital Colorado
Internships
Children's Hospital 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 interns'training institution or by the intern.
We are now accepting applications for the 2013-2014 training year. Please download the 2013-2014 Internship brochure(.doc) for detailed information about our internships. Please contact jason.williams@childrenscolorado.org or christine.mann@childrenscolorado.org for more information.
Fellowships
Children's Hospital 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
