Population Served:

5-12, 13-17, Forensic, Outpatient, Trauma

Mandatory Days:

Thursday - all day

Appropriate for:

Second Externship

Orientation

CBT

Posted

October 19, 2018

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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Metropolitan Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center (RDTC) –Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Track (Formally GB-CBT Track)

Description of Externship:

The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) Track at the Metro Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center has 2-3 openings for the 2022-2023 training year. Our site provides externs with training in evidence-based trauma treatment and forensic assessment writing.  Students receive specialized training in Game-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Family Systems, and the Attachment, Regulation and Competency Framework.  Students have the unique opportunity to co-lead 3 GB-CBT group cycles, which includes a child group and a caregiver group.  Externs also have the opportunity to provide individual therapy for 5-6 clients with trauma histories, conduct forensic psychosocial evaluations of children suspected to have been physically and/or sexually abused and/or neglected, and conduct pre- and post-assessments of treatment cases. Additionally, externs have the opportunity to observe forensic video interviews with the special victims units and work with a multidisciplinary team at the Child Advocacy Center to improve the outcomes of families impacted by trauma. The Child Advocacy Center includes professionals from Newark Beth Israel Center’s Metro Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center (RDTC), the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P), and the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office (ECPO).   Externs receive weekly individual and group supervision with a licensed psychologist trained in a variety of trauma-informed treatments.  In addition, externs are also provided with didactics to educate them about issues relevant to trauma and maltreatment.   The CAC is committed to training and allows externs to design their externship based on their training needs.


General information about externship site:

Please contact Supervising Psychologist, Dr. Anderson (Lindsay.Anderson@rwjbh.org), with questions about the program. 

Website:https://www.rwjbh.org/childrens-hospital-of-nj-at-newark-beth-israel/treatment-care/child-abuse-treatment-and-services/residency-extern-programs/


URL for Externship Brochure:  https://www.rwjbh.org/childrens-hospital-of-nj-at-newark-beth-israel/treatment-care/child-abuse-treatment-and-services/residency-extern-programs/


Length of externship (in months): 11 months

Start Date: June 27, 2022

End Date: May 25, 2023

How many hours a week are expected of extern?: 16 hours/week (There is also the option for students entering their third or fourth externship to extend the externship to 20 hours a week)

Specialty tracks: N/A

# of externs to be accepted for 2022-2023: 0

Minimum level of readiness (any prior experiences or level of training required for applicants): Applicants should have some knowledge of psychopathology, various treatment orientations and have some experience working with children and families. Applicants should also have an interest in learning to perform forensic evaluations and provide individual and group psychotherapy to multiculturally and socioeconomically diverse families of children who have experienced abuse/neglect.

Preferences: It is preferred that applicants have experience providing individual and/or group psychotherapy to children/adolescents. Trauma experience or interest in trauma preferred.

Do you provide a stipend? If so, how much?: No (students have received funding from NJPAF in the past although this is not guaranteed)


Interviews:

We have already started interviews and will be interviewing throughout February 2022.  We are currently not accepting new applicants.  

Interview process? One-day individual virtual interviews. Externs are also provided with an overview of our program.

What application materials are required? Letter of interest, CV, Two letters of recommendations (one must be from previous externship site)


Intervention and Assessment:

Intervention training experiences offered: Individual Trauma-Focused Psychotherapy; Child and Caregiver Group Therapy; Forensic Evaluations

Estimate average number of individual patients that students will carry; estimate number of groups and other types of interventions: Students typically provide treatment for 5-6 individual therapy cases, and co-lead an average of 3 groups.   The number of individual clients and number of groups is determined by the externs training needs, as well as client needs.

Assessment training experiences commonly offered: Forensic Psychosocial Evaluations, Pre- and Post-Treatment Integrative Evaluations, Intakes, Intake Report Writing, Behavioral Assessment, Structured Interviewing, Mental Status Exam, Forensic Video Observations and Write-ups

Expected number of full assessment batteries completed during externship (defined as administration of a battery of standardized tests): Approximately 15-18 Estimate # of integrated assessment reports per year: Approximately 15-18

If offering Rorschach, which scoring systems used: N/A


Supervision:

Estimate hours/week of individual supervision: 1-2 hours

Estimated hours/week of group supervision: 1.5 hours

Estimated hour/monthly of didactics: 1-1.5 hours per week

Estimated co-therapy hours with supervisors: 1.5-3

Context of didactics (seminars, Grand Rounds): Seminars

Estimated informal open door "curbside" supervision: Open

Describe direct supervision: Integrative style

Specify if observation occurs during intervention, assessment, consultation (audio, video, live in person (in treatment room, one-way mirror, live video stream): Live in person observations


Support:

If you have only one extern, would you be to have the extern participate in a peer support consortium with other sites- live or "SKYPE"?: N/A

Is the agency readily accessible through public transportation?: Yes

Wheelchair accessible: Yes

Are home visits required as part of the trainee's duties?: No

Is a transportation stipend provided?: No


Company Name:

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Metropolitan Regional Diagnostic and Treatment Center (RDTC) –Child Advocacy Center Track (Fo

Location:

Newark, New Jersey

Population Served:

5-12

Mandatory Days:

Thursday - all day

Appropriate for:

Second Externship

Orientation

CBT

Posted

October 19, 2018

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