Psychology Lifespan Post Doctoral Fellow

Summary of Position:

• Postdoctoral fellow will work with patients, from early childhood through adulthood, with neurodevelopmental disabilities and comorbid emotional, behavioral, and social difficulties at RFK CERC. Primary responsibilities will focus on diagnostic and intervention needs.
• Administer, score, and write reports for:
• Psychological evaluations (including cognitive, adaptive, and social-emotional assessment)
• Psychoeducational evaluations
• Carry a caseload of weekly psychotherapy and psychoeducational treatment/remediation cases
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Provide feedback, recommendations, and/or referrals to patients and/or family/guardian from evaluations
• Provide follow-up with patients and/or families, as needed
• Consult with third parties (e.g., schools, medical personnel, clinicians), as needed
• Depending on experience and training, potential for a supervisory/teaching role to psychology externs
• Opportunities to attend and present at weekly multidisciplinary team conferences
• Opportunities to attend and present at weekly unit didactics
• Opportunities to attend weekly CERC core lectures and weekly Montefiore grand rounds
• Receive weekly supervision from a licensed psychologist

Site Description:

The fellowship offers individuals the opportunity to work with children, adolescents, and young adults, with learning, language, attention, social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties in the context of a multidisciplinary team (e.g., psychologists, social workers, speech/language therapists, pediatricians). The Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (CERC) is the clinical arm of The Rose F. Kennedy Center at Montefiore Medical Center. It provides a broad spectrum of clinical services for infants, children, adolescents, and adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities. One of the largest centers of its kind in the United States, CERC is a voluntary, nonsectarian agency whose services are essential components of the care available in New York City and New York State to all individuals with developmental disabilities. CERC's professional staff provides over 55,000 diagnostic, therapeutic and related visits to about 7,500 individuals and their families annually, while training close to 1,000 professionals each year. In addition to CERC, the Rose F. Kennedy Center houses The Rose F. Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD), The Leadership in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) fellowship, and The Rose F. Kennedy Center Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC). Under the auspices of these four components, The Kennedy Center offers a range of clinical services, training programs and research studies.

Requirements:

• Completion of Ph.D. or Psy.D. from a clinical psychology, school psychology, or related field
• NYS Limited License, required
• Experience with neurodevelopmental disabilities, preferred
• English/Spanish bilingual preferred, but others will be considered

Applications:

Interested applicants should submit their cover letter, CV, a sample redacted report, three letters of recommendation, a letter of good standing from educational institution, and official transcript to: Erin Rivelis, Ph.D. [email protected], Mayra Alvarez, PhD [email protected], and Monica McQuaid, Ph.D. [email protected]. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.