Clinical Child and Adolescent PsychologyFellowship Clinical Rotation Sites
Alongside UC Davis clinical faculty, doctoral psychology interns, as well as psychiatry residents and fellows, our clinical child and adolescent psychology fellows will receive their advanced training and provide direct psychological services at the following locations.
A Note About Secondary Rotations
Secondary Rotations are subject to change and scheduling is based on contract renewal and community need. Depending on recruitment outcomes, there may be flexibility in providing post-doctoral fellows with opportunities across these secondary rotation sites. In addition, there are potential possibilities to have future trainees rotate in the various UC Davis Outpatient Psychiatry services, as they are undergoing significant growth and expansion.
Please see the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry website for further detail.
Primary Rotation: Community Mental Health
Sacramento County Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (CAPS) Clinic
The CAPS Clinic serves diverse Sacramento County Medi-Cal/EPSDT child and family recipients. Fellows typically spend 3-4 days at the CAPS Clinic engaging in psychological testing, therapy (individual, dyadic, family, group), and consultation. Fellows receive generalist child (0-21) and family training, with a particular emphasis on trauma/childhood adversity, dyadic/parent management training, and comprehensive psychological testing. Trainings are tailored to support fellows in learning evidence-based practices with infants and very young children (0-6) and adolescents and transitional-aged youth (TAY, 18-21). Clients at CAPS present with a wide range of complex diagnostic concerns. Many of our clients and their families struggle with multiple environmental stressors including low income, unemployment, poor social support, and/or family history of mental health or alcohol/substance abuse problems. Oftentimes, our clients and their family members have also experienced neglect or abuse and may be involved with Child Protective Services (CPS) and/or probation.
Learn more about the Sacramento County Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (CAPS) Clinic
In addition, fellows who match with our program for the training year will have an advanced rotation in the following:
- Neurodevelopmental/Group Therapy Management
Rotation site: MIND Institute - Teen Intensive Outpatient Program
Rotation site: Children’s Behavioral Health Center
Advanced Rotation: Neurodevelopmental/Group Therapy Management
MIND Institute
The UC Davis MIND Institute is a collaborative international research center, committed to the awareness, understanding, prevention, and treatment of autism spectrum disorders, fragile X syndrome, and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The MIND Institute employs a consortium of scientists, educators, physicians, psychologists, undergraduate and graduate level trainees, and parents.
As part of the Advanced Rotations, one fellow will have an opportunity to co-lead a social skills group for children with autism spectrum disorder at the MIND Institute. The group is an evidence-based, manualized treatment that typically runs for 25 sessions (November through June) for school-aged children (ages 8-17). It largely utilizes CBT principles with a focus on helping the children have positive and successful social interactions. This rotation also provides additional opportunities learning about group therapy development and management, as well as the supervision of other MIND trainees.
Responsibilities include:
- assisting with lesson planning
- leading activities
- providing supervision to volunteers who assist with the group
- attending didactic seminars
- interfacing with parents
Learn more about group therapy and the Social Skills Program at the MIND Institute
Advanced Rotation: Teen Intensive Outpatient Program
Children's Behavioral Health Center
The Children’s Behavioral Health Center at UC Davis has a team of experienced psychiatrists, psychologists, nurse practitioners, and trainees who provide psychiatric evaluations and evidence-based mental health treatment to children and adolescents. We provide academically-informed care for mood and anxiety disorders, psychotic disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, and trauma disorders, among other conditions. Clients at the CBHC generally have traditional health insurance and come from all over Sacramento and beyond.
The intensive outpatient program (IOP), specifically, sees adolescents who need more acute stabilization after a hospitalization or to avoid a hospitalization. The ten-week program consists of 11 hours per week of therapy services, which include both parent and teen skills groups, family therapy, and individual therapy. The IOP team is made up of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and both psychology and psychiatry trainees. Post-doctoral fellows will conduct individual and family therapy with IOP clients, as well as co-lead group therapy. They also attend weekly rounds and consultation team meetings as well as supervision.