Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Child Development Center is recruiting three post-doctoral psychology fellows. Established for nearly 30 years, the Child Development Center takes great pride in training leaders in our field. Boasting a psychology faculty of 21, supported by a team of psychometricians, we work with colleagues that include Developmental Behavioral Pediatricians, Neurologists, Nurse Practitioners, Speech and Language Pathologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapist, Genetic Counselors, and predoctoral trainees in our APPIC-approved internship track. Our fellowship provides advanced training to individuals who are interested in working in an interprofessional, academic medical setting offering excellence in assessment and treatment for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. This is a one year position, with the option of renewing for a second year.
Experiences are individualized based upon the fellow’s interests and training goals and can include:
- Interdisciplinary diagnostic assessment teams with primary concern of autism spectrum disorder for children ranging from 18 months to young adulthood.
- Pediatric interdisciplinary medical clinics including the Neurodevelopmental Clinic, Non-Accidental Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Fellows Clinic, and International Adoption Clinic
- Evaluation of complex, medically fragile patients with severe and profound intellectual disabilities at an ICF/IID.
- Ongoing outpatient behavioral treatment including PCIT and the RUBI parent training program
- Intensive Outpatient Feeding Treatment
- Inpatient consultation and liaison service on our psychiatric inpatient unit, which is in the process of opening a unit specializing in children with a comorbid developmental disability.
Additionally, the CDC Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Fellowships offers:
- specific training in advocacy, quality improvement science, administration, and program development
- didactic and umbrella supervision opportunities to focus on building supervision skills
- opportunities to contribute to medical education of other professions and to lead didactic seminars
- research activities directed by the fellow’s interest or in collaboration with ongoing faculty projects
- The Child Development Center is nationally recognized as an Autism Speaks/Autism Treatment Network/Autism Learning Health Network site.
- faculty academic appointments in the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University
Nationwide Children’s Hospital is the nation’s second largest children’s hospital. With the generous support of a transformational $50 million gift from Big Lots and their Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital will open America’s largest behavioral health treatment and research center in the spring of 2020. Nationwide Children’s Hospital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information about Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Columbus, Ohio, visit us on the Web at http://www.nationwidechildrens.org
Interested candidates should send/email a cover letter stating career goals, a curriculum vitae, and two letters of recommendation either via direct email from letter writers or use of standard mail. The positions will be open until filled and applications will be reviewed immediately. Anticipated start date is August 24th 2020. The position’s salary will be $47,484 for the first year and will increase to $47,844 if fellows stay for a second year; fellows are supported by a full benefits package. For additional information, please view http://NationwideChildrens.org/Intellectual-Neurodevelopmental-Fellowship. Please email Dr. Kryszak with any questions or inquires. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled.