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Internship Program

Orleans Parish Permanency Infant Placement Team

The Orleans Parish Permanency Infant Program (also known as the Infant Team) is contracted by the Orleans Parish Office of Community Services to do assessments of children aged 5 years old and under in foster care and any potential caregivers of those children. The results of these assessments are reported in writing to the Office of Community Services along with recommendations regarding the best interest of the child. Included in these recommendations are any needed developmental, psychological or psychiatric referrals, therapeutic interventions, as well as recommendations about the child's placements and changes in visitations. Generally, therapeutic services are offered to the biological parent(s) to address those issues which brought the child into foster care. Where indicated, therapy may be offered to other potential or actual caregivers to assist in promoting an emotionally supportive and beneficial relationship with the child. Most therapy is done dyadically, with the caregiver and child together. There are times when the Team recommends individual therapy for either the caregiver or the child as well. The progress of therapy is documented in quarterly reports to the Office of Community Services who forwards these to the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court. These are included in considerations by the Court with regard to decisions about reunification versus termination of parental rights, and to the child's permanency plan. At times, the Infant Team primary clinician may be subpoenaed to Court as a fact or expert witness to testify in greater detail about the Team's findings.

Every year the Infant Team welcomes one or more psychology for training in this important and valued work. Interns are given one case to follow for the year and are closely supervised. They attend staffings on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30am - 11:00am during which the faculty and interns discuss current cases, review tapes of assessments or therapy and come to a consensus on recommendations regarding each case. The interns take the role of primary clinician on their case, working directly with the OCS case worker assigned to the case, doing all assessments, maintaining a chart on the client(s) and producing written quarterly reports. The intern may be subpoenaed to testify as a fact witness only. If this occurs they are well-prepared by OCS's attorneys and by the faculty members of the Infant Team. Should expert testimony be needed, the intern's direct supervisor would be called in to do so. The year follows the academic model and so begins July 1 and ends June 30.