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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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
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
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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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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24-25 Availability: Fall, Winter Spring – 1 intern per trimester PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The mission of the UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program (www.fitprogram.ucla.edu) is to provide comprehensive promotion of healthy eating, physical activity, psychosocial wellbeing (psychological, social, familial, and educational), and overall wellness for children and adolescents and their families. Our goal is to provide
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Available for the 25-26 training year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Family Therapy Clinic focuses on treatment and training in Family Therapy assessment, consultation, and ongoing outpatient psychotherapy. It provides weekly systemic strength-focused treatment to families of children and adolescents with a wide range of diagnoses. Patients are referred from the community or after having gone through
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Available for the 25-26 Training Year PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The UCLA EMPWR (“empower”) Program provides specialized psychotherapeutic interventions to LGBTQ+ adults, youth, and their families dealing with stress and/or trauma in a safe and affirming treatment setting. Specialized individual, family, and group therapies build on personal strengths, foster healthy identity formation, and mitigate the consequences of
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PROGRAM 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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