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Child and Adult Neurodevelopmental Clinic (CAN) – Treatment

26-27 Availability DESCRIPTION This elective provides an opportunity to gain experience and familiarity with people with neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism spectrum disorder, and genetic conditions through a 4-month commitment for assessment training as part of our comprehensive assessment team (also involves presenting at our multidisciplinary case conference) or a 6-month commitment for treatment cases—group treatment […]

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Insomnia Clinic Program

Available for the 26-27 training year ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION:  Insomnia Clinic will offer a 6-month elective of 4 hours/week or a 12-month elective of 4 hours/week, thus 100 or 200 hours in total.  Trainees will first have an afternoon of lectures and then shadow an attending delivering individual sessions of CBT-I over 2 weeks; after this

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PEERS ® Clinic: Evidence-Based, Parent-Assessed Social Skills Training

Available for the 26-27 Training Year ELECTIVE DESCRIPTON: This on-site intervention is one of the only evidence-based social skills interventions in the world. PEERS® is an international program, used in over 150 countries and has been translated into over a dozen languages. This program, developed at UCLA by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, instructs youth about important

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Peds Liver Transplant Clinic

25-26 Availability: 1 intern per trimester to complete 4-month elective July-Oct, Nov-Feb or March-June PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: For this elective, interns serve as the primary mental health professional integrated within a primary care clinic for adolescents and young adults. The goal of training is to provide the psychologist with an introductory experience in evaluation, brief intervention

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Parent Training Program

Available for the 26-27 Training Year ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION: Behavioral Parent Training is specifically aimed at disruptive child behavior problems. It is highly structured and delivered to families in groups as a therapeutic intervention. Child/teen diagnoses include Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders (high functioning), DMDD and, less frequently, Conduct Disorder, Anxiety

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Family Stress, Trauma and Resilience Clinic (STAR)

Available for the 26-27 training year ELECTIVE  DESCRIPTION: The Family Stress, Trauma and Resilience (STAR) Clinic elective is designed to provide trainees with an introduction to traumatized children and their families, with an emphasis on children who are currently or have previously undergone medical traumas (e.g., organ transplant, chronic invasive medical treatment) or other community

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Family Development Program (FDP)

ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The Family Development Program (FDP) provides evaluation, consultation, prevention and treatment services for families who are facing early life medical challenges with their infant, including high-risk pregnancies and NICU stays. The mission of FDP is to enhance the ability of family members to care for themselves and each other, and to cope with

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Child and Adolescent OCD Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

26-27 Availability: Fall, Winter Spring ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The UCLA Pediatric OCD IOP provides in depth evidence-based treatment for youth ages 5 to 17 with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Our patient population primarily includes youths who either have failed outpatient care, need additional treatment following step-down from inpatient or residential treatment, or have traveled from an area

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Adolescent Medicine Outpatient Clinic Elective

26-27 Availability: 1 intern per trimester to complete 4-month elective July-Oct, Nov-Feb or March-June ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION: For this elective, interns serve as the primary mental health professional integrated within a primary care clinic for adolescents and young adults. The goal of training is to provide the psychologist with an introductory experience in evaluation, brief intervention

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