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Psychology Predoctoral Internship

ACGME Accredited:  No

APA Accredited: Yes
Interns per year:  10
Application Deadline: November 1
Duration:  1 year
Postgraduate Training Required:  
U.S. Citizenship Required: 

USC-UCEDD Psychology Predoctoral Internship

Program Description

The University of Southern California University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (USC UCEDD) at Children's Hospital Los Angeles offers an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited internship in clinical psychology.  The internship is comprised of two required placements and one specialty placement in a variety of departments and clinical services. The two required clinical placements represent generalist skills of a child-focused psychologist: Child/Family Therapy and Psychological Assessment. The specialized placements focus on an area of specialty practice such as:

  • Pediatric Psychology
  • Early Childhood Mental Health
  • Enhanced Assessment
  • Trauma Psychology 
  • Adolescent Medicine

The training program is designed to prepare doctoral candidates to assume the role of a practicing professional in both the private and public sectors of mental health care and psychology practice. Through didactic lectures and seminars, intensive supervision and ample direct patient contact, interns receive comprehensive experience in quality psychology training which engages them in psychological assessment treatment/therapy, consultation and community involvement. The internship program provides training in the principles of psychology as applied to pediatric behavioral and developmental disorders through supervised experience in outpatient mental health clinics, community clinics and/or pediatric hospital units.

The USC UCEDD's psychology predoctoral internship joined the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) in 1997 and received seven years of full accreditation by the APA in 2004. The year-long, full-time, predoctoral clinical and pediatric psychology internship begins July 1st and ends June 30th. The application deadline is November 1.

To Apply

To find out more about our program, please visit www.uscuceddtraining.net and review the latest Psychology Predoctoral Internship program brochure. To apply, please refer to the contact information below.

Contact Information

Program Director
Sara Sherer, PhD
Email 

or call Wendy Eckersley at
(323) 361-1647

Address
Children's Hospital Los Angeles 
Division of General Pediatrics
USC-UCEDD 
4650 Sunset Blvd., M/S # 115               
Los Angeles, CA 90027

For information about the program’s accreditation, please contact the:

American Psychological Association
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation 
750 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Fax:  202-336-5978  |  Email

202-336-5979