Department of Psychology
Training Programmes in Clinical Neuropsychology
3560 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1
SITE DESCRIPTION
Setting: Hospital
Populations Served:
 Inpatient/outpatient
 Older adults
 Brain injured
Areas of Focus:
 Geriatric psychiatry
 Neuropsychology
Primary Models of Care:
 Scientist-practitioner model of care
 Cognitive behavioural
PLACEMENTS OFFERED
 Ph.D practicum
 Ph.D. internship
CPA accredited (funded)
SPECIFIC TRAINING OFFERED
 Memory interventions
 Neuropsychological assessment
 Neurorehabilitation
North York
PREFERENCE GIVEN TO STUDENTS WITH PRIOR
EXPERIENCE IN:
 Neuropsychological assessment
CONTACT
Dr. Jill B. Rich
Internship Director
Department of Psychology
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
3560 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1
Tel: 416-785-2500 Ext. 2686
E-mail: jrich@baycrest.org
RECENT OISE STUDENTS
WEBSITE & APPLICATION INFORMATION
Website: http://www.baycrest.org/Education/6379.asp
Application Deadline: Please see the Baycrest internship website for details. See also the APPIC website for internship ( www.appic.org
).
Last updated January 2015

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Practicum – A 600-hour practicum, usually completed in summer, but also possible on a part-time basis
(two days per week) during the academic year. Placements are offered in clinical neuropsychology, geriatric psychology, rehabilitation, and memory intervention. The setting is a multidisciplinary centre in which programs designed to meet the medical, emotional, and social needs of older people are provided.
A particular emphasis will be on neuropsychological assessment procedures and the use of cognitive retraining techniques. Experience in counselling approaches and therapeutic interventions with the brain damaged will also be offered.
The student will be involved in separate rotations in multidisciplinary hospital programs of Rehabilitation
Medicine, Behavioural Neurology and Psychiatry. Practicum students will participate in Behavioural
Neurology, Rehabilitation, and Psychiatry Programs. Weekly clinical seminars are offered in Behavioural
Neurology, Neuropsychology and Speech Therapy. A staff of three psychologists will provide supervision.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
PRACTICUM
Fall/winter or summer practicum applications should be sent to Jill B. Rich (see below) by the February deadline at the following address:
Jill B. Rich, PhD
Department of Psychology
Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care
3560 Bathurst Street
Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1
Last updated Jan-23-07