The Kennedy Krieger Institute’s Behavioral Psychology Department is pleased to announce recruitment for postdoctoral fellowship positions on the Behavior Management Clinic’s service for 2020-2021. Kennedy Krieger offers APPIC member postdoctoral fellowship training within this internationally recognized children’s hospital renowned for its commitment to improving the lives of children with neurodevelopmental and behavioral disorders and their families. Ours is a university affiliated, interdisciplinary setting with a focus on assessment, clinical service delivery, training, community partnerships, education, and research.
In depth training in family based care within a behavioral and cognitive behavioral framework forms the basis for data driven, function based assessment and treatment across a range of presenting problems. In addition to CBT, fellows will receive training in assessment and treatment grounded in applied behavior analysis principles and procedures, including outpatient application of analogue methodology for assessment and treatment planning. Fellows are involved in a number of activities including clinical assessment and treatment, consultation, community outreach and training, and some limited research involvement for interested fellows. Fellowship training and experience within the Behavior Management Clinic is geared toward immersion in advanced clinical activities that prepare fellows for licensure and independent practice. The clinic provides outpatient treatment to culturally diverse families and consultation or support to community care providers serving children with a variety of externalizing and internalizing disorders and co-morbidities, as well as varying functioning levels. Treatment is family centered and primarily clinic-based, but it may also include opportunities for community service delivery on a case-by-case basis for purposes of advocacy, tailoring of treatment interventions, and to facilitate generalization and maintenance of treatment gains. Treatment modalities are dictated by presenting concerns and may include behavioral parent training, individual therapy, and/or group therapy. Collaboration with internal and community providers and professionals is integral to BMC’s care model.
Training is individualized in order to tailor fellowship experiences to the fellow’s specific goals. With three unique training sites, fellows are offered some variety in training experience. Fellows may work across one or two sites that target service to military-connected families, feature co-location with Johns Hopkins Pediatric and Family Medicine practices, and/or exposure to briefer assessment and treatment services. Regardless of training, BMC offers certification in PCIT to all postdoctoral fellows. Trainees are also offered opportunities to participate in community and clinic marketing events by providing presentations/trainings to a variety of stakeholders and by attending local events/conferences. Fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in the Leadership and Education in Neurodevelopmental Disability (LEND) interdisciplinary training program, including the Room to Grow conference.
To Apply:
The Kennedy Krieger Institute is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins Hospital School of Medicine and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, or religious affiliation. Interested candidates must have a Ph.D. or Psy.D. in Psychology (e.g., clinical, school) or Applied Behavior Analysis from an APA-accredited program, must have completed an APA-accredited Doctoral internship, and must have their dissertation defended prior to August 1, 2020.
Please send a cover letter, CV, degree verification form, three letters of reference (can be sent directly from letter writers), and transcript to psychology@kennedykrieger.org. Application review will begin as soon as CV and cover letter are received.