6 Months

Child and Adult Neurodevelopmental Clinic (CAN) – Treatment

25-26 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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Psychosis Clinic

24-25 Availability: Winter and Spring PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The UCLA Psychosis Clinic, directed by Stephen Marder, M.D., provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management and psychosocial interventions that aim to promote recovery and improve the quality of life for patients with psychotic disorders. DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION: Fridays, 8:30am-12pm 300 Medical Plaza Rm. 2208 HOURS PER WEEK: 5

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PEERS ® Clinic: Caregiver Assisted Social Skills Training for Young Adults

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: PEERS® for Young Adults is appropriate for individuals 18-35 years of age with a variety of presenting problems, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, learning disabilities, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and adjustment disorders. This on-site evidence-based intervention instructs young adults about important elements of socialization (i.e., conversational

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Insomnia Clinic Program

Available for the 25-26 training year CLINIC OVERVIEW: Insomnia is a very common and costly condition. At least 10% of Americans suffer from insomnia, and it costs the US workforce $63.2 billion a year in lost productivity. Furthermore, insomnia increases the risks of depressive, inflammatory, metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurocognitive disorders. Unfortunately, insomnia often remains untreated

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Aftercare Program

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Aftercare Program is a specialty clinic for treatment and research with patients who have recently had a first episode of schizophrenia. Trainees can serve as co-therapists in five different types of groups, a psychoeducational group for new patients, cognitive remediation via computerized training, a Bridging Group

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Health Equity Elective

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: You may create an elective of up to 6 hours per week focused on Health Equity work (see https://uclahs.app.box.com/file/1237331805810 for more information on existing elective opportunities with Health Equity focus). Speak with your advisor or other faculty and staff to discuss your area of interest and find an activity that matches it or

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Youth Stress & Youth Mood (YSAM) Program: Research Rotation-Treatment and Prevention of Suicidal and Self-Harm Behavior

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This program offers specialized research and dissemination experience on suicide and self-harm in youths, with an emphasis on treatment and suicide prevention services. The YSAM program includes our SAMHSA Center for Trauma-Informed Adolescent Suicide, Self-Harm & Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention (ASAP) which is part of the

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Youth Stress & Youth Mood Program (YSAM): Evaluation and Treatment of Suicidal & Self-Harm Behavior and Depression

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This program offers specialized training in the evaluation and treatment of child and adolescent suicide-risk, self-harm, and depression. Training emphasizes evidence-informed and evidence-based treatment strategies, with an emphasis on treatments developed and/or tested in YSAM programs, specifically: emergency evaluation and acute care strategies (Family Intervention for Suicide

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thinkSMART Program

Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: thinkSMART is a novel, 12-week behavioral intervention, designed to target executive functioning weaknesses in adolescents. The focus of the group is to teach compensatory strategies to teens and their parents (concurrently) to target weaknesses in areas of time awareness/management, planning, problem solving, task initiation/completion, and organization. Teens

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

Available for the 25-26 Training Year PROGRAM 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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