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Internship Program

Infant & Child Track: Outpatient Experience

LSUHSC New Orleans Child and Adolescent Clinic (at the BSC):

The LSU Child and Adolescent Clinic serves the New Orleans metropolitan area. It is designed as a teaching and training clinic for child psychiatry residents, clinical psychology interns, and social work trainees. Referrals to the clinic come from both the public and private sectors, including private practitioners in the community, pediatric clinics at the Medical Center of Louisiana and Children's Hospital, community mental health centers, and local schools. The clinic serves primarily middle and lower income clients. Fees are set on a sliding scale, which is based on household income. The clients range in age from one to 17 years. Infant/child interns carry a large caseload and complete approximately ten outpatient test batteries.

Psychology interns will have the opportunity to perform various types of assessment and treatment with children and adolescents. These can include comprehensive intake evaluations, intellectual and personality testing on a consultation basis, individual psychotherapy, play therapy, family therapy, and parent training. Interns will also have the opportunity to work with other mental health professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team. The type of cases will be negotiated with the Director of the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Clinic, the Child Coordinator of the Clinical Psychology Internship, as well as the Director of Internship Training, and will be based on the intern's training needs and client availability.

Behavioral Sciences Center-Assessment Clinic (BSC-AC) (All Interns)

The BSC Assessment Clinic was established in 2010 to help meet the urgent need for psychological evaluation services to the greater New Orleans area which was heavily impacted by Hurricane Katrina resulting in a decrease of available diagnostic centers and clinicians in the region. The BSC-AC provides interns with more specialized training and experience assessing patients of all ages referred for a variety of psychiatric, medical, and behavioral issues. Psychological/cognitive issues including learning problems, ADHD, depression, anger, anxiety, and memory/cognitive disorders are routinely assessed in the assessment battery which includes the WPPSI/WISC/WAIS, Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement, Trail Making Test, Achenbach Scales, PAI/MMPI, and CPT to name a few.

A standardized battery approach is used with the clinician, with the assistance of their clinical supervisor, supplementing the battery with additional measures as indicated by the referral question. Services are available for individuals ages 3 to 89. Under the direction of the BSC-AC Clinical Director, Dr. Brennan, the psychology intern receives supervision from a licensed clinical psychologist on the core faculty. In addition, all interns attend a weekly 90-minute Case Conference Seminar to formally present and discuss cases assessed thorough the clinic. Infant/Child Interns are required to carry an active assessment case at all times throughout the training year with adjustments made to the caseload depending on complexity of cases assigned (average 1-2 per Infant/Child Intern). The majority of services completed through the BSC-AC are conducted in one-day (about 6 hours) with additional sessions scheduled as needed. Results with appropriate recommendations are provided in 30 to 60-minute feedback session appointments within 4 to 6 weeks from completion of all aspects of testing including collection of collateral reports from caregivers, teachers, etc.

LSUHSC New Orleans Behavioral Sciences Center (BSC):

Since 2008, the Behavioral Sciences Center has become the primary outpatient clinic for the entire department and its various trainees of all disciplines. The BSC is located in the Touro-Gumble Building, 3450 Chestnut Street, New Orleans, in close proximity to the other major training sites. Medical Director is Howard J. Osofsky, M.D, Ph.D. and the director of Psychotherapeutic Services is Phillip Griffin PhD.

Through federal funding by a Primary Care Stabilization Grant managed by the Louisiana Public Health Institute the LSU Department of Psychiatry has been able to dramatically expand the BSC from six offices to twenty five so that it now easily accommodates the service and training needs of the department

Psychology interns see their adult and child case loads at the BSC where they perform intake evaluations, individual psychotherapy, couples and family therapy, and group therapy. Outpatient psychological evaluations will also be part of the BSC experience. This clinic has the capability of offering services to virtually anyone without consideration of ability to pay. Referrals to the BSC come from all segments of the community (i.e., self referral, community practitioners, mental health agencies, university counseling centers, and inpatient facilities).

Supervision is provided by the full-time faculty psychologists and by several part-time clinical faculty who are engaged in clinical practice within the community. There are opportunities to provide, under supervision, a full range of psychotherapeutic interventions including dynamic therapy, cognitive therapy, interpersonal therapy, behavior therapy, and behavioral medicine oriented applications for the medically compromised and chronic pain conditions. Interns will carry three or more cases at the BSC for the entire year. The types of cases will be determined by the Clinical Director and the Director of Internship Training and by the needs of the intern and the cases available.