• Our resident carries a weekly case load of 10-12 outpatient individual, group and family therapy appointments with children and adolescents.
• Common presenting concerns include mood and anxiety disorders, externalizing disorders and neurodevelopmental disorders. Residents indicate their clinical interests to faculty and, when available, receive referrals that reflect their interests.
• Therapy sessions take place at The University of Kansas Health System – Marillac Campus or via Telehealth, with the resident completing appropriate documentation in the electronic medical record.
• The focus of therapy will be on helping the resident learn how to use empirically supported treatments such as CBT, ACT, Systems theory, and DBT.
• Our resident has the opportunity to participate in the KUMC Intensive Outpatient Program. The IOP program uses a DBT-based approach to treat adolescents with anxiety, depression and other mental health concerns, many of whom recently discharged from an inpatient stay.

• Our resident performs psychological evaluations of inpatients who are referred for psychology services. Evaluations will include examinations to characterize and diagnose psychopathology, cognitive status and generate empirically supported treatment plans and recommendations for hospitalized children.  
• Residents will have the opportunity to conduct group therapy sessions for children while hospitalized.
• Residents will serve in a supervisory role with the psychology interns during their child rotation at Marillac.  
• Our resident will have the opportunity to work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, pediatricians, master-level therapists, nurses and pharmacists.

• Residents will provide psychological evaluations of children and adolescents referred by KUMC physicians and outside referral sources. Common referrals include ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, anxiety, depression and mood related challenges. 
• Residents receive training and supervision of autism spectrum disorder evaluations in which the ADOS-2 is administered.
• Residents perform psychological evaluations of inpatients referred for psychology services.

• Our residents will have the opportunity to provide supervision of psychology interns, medical residents and child psychiatry fellows.
• Our residents will have the opportunity to provide formal teaching in the Psychiatry Resident and Psychology Didactic series, as well as at the department Grand Rounds series.
• Residents have the opportunity to participate in performance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Residents may have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other departments within the health system. Previous collaborations have included PCIT clinic, multi-discipline team autism evaluations, sports psychology and Turning Point programs.
• Residents complete a Leadership Project in a topic area of their choice. Previous residents have completed projects focused on streamlining evaluation templates, supervising undergraduate research and conducting community outreach.

At least 2 hours of formal individual supervision is provided each week and informal consultation is available any time. The director of the Child Psychology Program serves as the primary supervisor and has final oversight of resident’s activities during the training year, including providing at least one hour of formal individual supervision to the resident each week. Formal and informal secondary supervision will be provided by other child psychology faculty. The constructive supervision is designed to help residents grow personally and professionally while also cultivating important clinical skills.

Other KU Medical Center faculty and staff will provide additional informal supervision and learning opportunities that enhance the resident’s interprofessional training experiences throughout the residency year.

All psychology residents in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences participate in postdoctoral didactics and peer development. The one-hour, biweekly didactic sessions provide advanced training in areas such as, but not limited to, professional development, ethics, psychotherapy and leadership.

Peer group interactions are scheduled on alternating weeks. Since our residents are based in multiple locations and settings, these interactions give them a chance to build professional and collegial relationships.

Although this is primarily a clinical training program, residents are encouraged to engage in research and scholarly activities. The faculty is committed to supporting and aiding the resident in submitting a project to a national conference. We also expect the resident’s clinical work to incorporate both science and practice.