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Tarjan Center Developmental Disabilities Travel Award – Child

Available for the 26-27 training year ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The primary objective of the Tarjan Center Developmental Disabilities Travel Award is to train professionals in the identification of disorders associated with developmental disabilities and in interventions targeted for this underserved population. Trainees will attend the Tarjan Center Distinguished Lecture Series (at least 6 lectures over the […]

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Aftercare Program

Available for the 26-27 training year ELECTIVE 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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thinkSMART Program

Available for the 26-27 training year ELECTIVE  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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Tarjan Center Developmental Disabilities Travel Award – Adult

Available for the  26-27 training year ELECTIVE DESCRIPTION: The primary objective of the Tarjan Center Developmental Disabilities Travel Award is to train professionals in the identification of disorders associated with developmental disabilities and in interventions targeted for this underserved population. DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION: To be determined with your supervisor. HOURS PER WEEK: 1 hour

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UCLA Tarjan Center

Available for the 26-27 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The UCLA Tarjan Center is a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD). We are one of 67 federally designated UCEDDs across the country. These centers are authorized by the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (DD Act) and funded by the Administered on

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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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