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Internship Program

Infant & Child Track: Didactics

Required Seminars and Case Conferences:

Harris Center for Infant Mental Health Didactics:

Interns participate in a two and a half-hour weekly seminar where they are taught theoretical aspects of infant development, the parent-caregiver relationship, and evaluation and therapeutic techniques when working with this population. The seminar will also incorporate presentation of clinical evaluations and treatment, much of which is videotaped for discussion by the group.

LSUHSC Behavioral Sciences Center-Assessment Clinic (BSC-AC) Case Staffing Seminar

This weekly case staffing seminar allows all interns to formally present assessment cases of infants, children, adolescents, and adults evaluated through the BSC-AC. Fundamental of psychological testing including test administration, selection of testing instruments, collection of collateral reports, integration of testing data, report writing, recommendations for feedback sessions etc. will be discussed throughout the year.

Child and Adolescent Treatment and Teaching (ChATT) Case Conference:

This year long case conference involves presentations of clinical cases seen in the Infant, Child, and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic. Interns and trainees from social work and child psychiatry also present cases to the multidisciplinary team made up of faculty members from Psychology, Child Psychiatry, and Social Work. Occasionally, guest speakers will present information about community resources for children. The infant/child interns meet four times per months - twice for multidisciplinary staffing and twice for group supervision with the other psychology interns; the adult/child interns meet twice per month for group supervision only.

Ethics and Various Topics/Issues in Clinical Psychology:

This weekly didactic/discussion session consists of various special topics in clinical psychology and ethical decision-making and personal development as a psychologist. Multidisciplinary core faculty and outside lecturers (e.g. psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, law enforcement personnel, social workers, and financial advisors) discuss a variety of issues including juvenile violence, licensing issues, job negotiation, cultural diversity, financial issues following graduation, child/adult neuropsychology, and/or challenging treatment issues. If available, additional topics may be included at the request of current intern class.

Six sessions focus on basic neuroanatomy, neuropathology, and brain-behavior relationships with an overview of psychometric and behavioral approaches to neuropsychological assessment. These sessions will cover an introduction to neuropathology and basics of neuropsychological assessment. The psychology intern should be able to understand neuropsychological reports and make appropriate referrals for neuropsychological assessment at the end of these six sessions.

The early part of the year will focus on covering Louisiana laws (i.e., child/elder abuse reporting) and psychological assessment instruments. Monthly journal club meetings are also conducted in which all interns and group facilitator choose current journal articles to critically review related to current theoretical and clinical practice. In addition, each clinical psychology intern is required to make a formal presentation/job talk on a topic or issue of his/her choice prior to the end of the training year.

Multidisciplinary Case Conference/Group Supervision:

Fundamentals of psychological testing and psychotherapy are reviewed in an effort to develop a common language among all the psychology interns, who presumably have been taught how to conceptualize clinical cases from differing theoretical orientations and emphases.This unique, yearlong case conference involves presentations of diverse assessment and therapy clinical cases seen at the various LSUHSC-NO Child, Adolescent and Adult Inpatient, Outpatient, and School Clinics/Settings. Psychology interns as well as multidisciplinary clinical faculty members of psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers formally present cases from varying clinical orientations/schools of thought (i.e., Cognitive-behavioral, Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic, Family Systems, Multicultural, Narrative, Existential/Humanistic, and/or Feminist perspectives).

Integration of test data, history, and DSM-IV diagnostic criteria will be emphasized with particular attention placed on differential diagnosis. More advanced levels of diagnostic and treatment issues with various populations are also presented (e.g., the borderline conditions, the spectrum of narcissistic disorders, and the spectrum of depressive disorders). Particular attention is paid to the technical and process issues involved in therapeutic alliance building, alliance maintenance, development of a focus, collaborative efforts to translate understanding into behavioral change, and the sensitive handling of termination. Videotapes/audiotapes of actual therapy processes are viewed/discussed (if available and as needed).Occasionally, participants present special topics including current literature, empirically validated treatment approaches, resources for patients/clients and other topics related to clinical practice.

Other Educational Opportunities:

Special Topics in Forensic Psychiatry Seminar. This seminar is designed primarily for the Forensic Psychiatry Fellows, but psychology interns are welcome to attend. This course provides an overview on the basics of civil and criminal law as applied to child, adolescent, adult and geriatric clinical populations. The course addresses forensic assessments, testimony, and report writing. The professionals teaching the seminar include district court judges, attorneys, forensic psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and neurologists.

Family Mediation Seminar. This seminar is designed to provide interns with an introduction to the use of family mediation as a model for resolving conflict. Particular attention is given to the application of mediation in the context of post-separation or divorce handling of child custody and visitation rights.

While on the primary rotations, interns will be required to attend in service and other training activities, which are germane to their functioning as members of the multidisciplinary team. For example, during the child/adolescent rotation. interns will attend in-service training at New Orleans Adolescent Hospital and child seminars at LSUHSC NO.

Psychiatry Grand Rounds, including case conferences, are held at LSUHSC NO three times per month. Departmental, local, national, and international experts give presentations on diagnostic and treatment issues, biological psychiatry, epidemiological findings, socio political issues, theoretical developments, and philosophical issues in clinical psychiatry. Interns also have an opportunity to present at Grand Rounds, time permitting.

Interns may attend evening study groups that are held on a monthly basis by the New Orleans Neuropsychological Society. Also, interns have an open invitation to attend monthly lectures offered by the New Orleans Psychoanalytic Institute, a well-established training program for psychiatrists and psychologists. Monthly presentations by the Louisiana Infant Mental Health Association are also open to all interns.

New Orleans is a popular city for continuing education programs and conventions. In the last few years the American Psychological Association, National Training Institute: Zero to Three, the Society for Research in Child Development, the Society for Personality Assessment, the International Neuropsychological Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Louisiana Psychological Association have held their annual conventions here. Each February, the Louisiana State Psychological Association holds a workshop for psychologists. In recent years, the LPA and local hospitals have sponsored many useful clinical workshops. Some examples are "The MMPI 2 in Clinical Practice" presented by James Butcher; "Diagnosis and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder" presented by Otto Kernberg; "Differential Therapeutics" presented by John Clarkin; "Systemic Interventions" presented by Paul Watzlavick, etc. Interns are usually charged a reduced fee or are admitted gratis to these workshops and programs.