PSYCHOLOGY EXTERNSHIP -- CHILD AND ADOLESCENT TRACK
MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER
ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINCE
The goal of the Child and Adolescent Externship Track is to prepare externs to work primarily with children and adolescents and
their families in an outpatient setting, including being competent to use Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) with depressed
and/or suicidal adolescents (and their families). We view this externship as a “mini-internship” and our externs will be training
alongside out psychology interns. As part of this externship students will increase their competency in assessing, diagnosing,
formulating, and treating children and adolescents (ages 4-17) and their families, individually and in groups, using a variety of
evidence-based short- and long-term psychotherapies, while also learning how to liaison with schools, foster care agencies, the
Committee on Special Education, and other relevant organizations in the area.
In order to do achieve this goal, externs in the Child and Adolescent Track are provided with opportunities to work with patients
presenting with the full range of psychiatric disorders, many of whom are from ethnic minority groups, economically challenged,
and may have comorbid medical, substance-related and/or addictive disorders. Externs will see patients in both the Child and
Outpatient Psychiatry Department (COPD) and our Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program (ADSP), both of which are
housed in the same office. Externs are assigned 4 individual/family cases as follows:
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1 DBT patient that involves beeper coverage and participation in DBT consultation Team.
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2 ADSP patients (adolescents).
1 COPD patient (child).
Additionally, externs will conduct 2-3 comprehensive neuropsychological evaluations in the COPD or ADSP and 8-10
comprehensive diagnostic intakes in our ADSP. Externs will receive training in the Kiddie-Schedule for Affective Disorders and
Schizophrenia (K-SADS) and other assessment instruments.
We have an extensive group therapy program in both the ADSP and COPD. Externs will co-lead 2 Behavior Movement
Regulation Groups. These groups are offered across multiple age groups for patients in the COPD and ADSP presenting with a
broad range of psychopathology. Externs will also have an opportunity to observe and possibly co-lead one of the following
groups on a limited basis:
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Parenting Skills Group
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DBT Multi-Family Skills Group
DBT Graduate Group
Externs receive a total of 5-6 hours of clinical supervision (individual, dyadic, and group modalities) on a weekly basis.
Requirements:
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Students entering 4th year or higher in a clinical or school based doctoral psychology program.
Prior psychotherapy experience.
Available 3 days per week (up to 20 hours). Must be available 12-7 Tuesdays and 9-1 Mondays.
Must attend an intensive DBT training at Montefiore on 5 consecutive Thursdays throughout July and August 2015.
Available for a 12 month externship from 7/1/15-6/30/16. These dates are not flexible.
To Apply:
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Applications will not be accepted before January 20, 2015 and must be received by January 23, 2015.
Interested applicants should submit the following:
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Cover Letter
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CV
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Writing sample (case report or testing report).
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2 Letters of recommendation
All applications must be sent by email to mlupkin@montefiore.org.
Please set the subject line of your email to read “Externship Application 2015” to make sure that your
application is sorted properly.
Applicants may contact Michelle Lupkin, Ph.D., Director of Externship Training, at 718-696-3030 or via email at
mlupkin@montefiore.org with any questions.