Clinical Child and Adolescent PsychologyInternship Clinical Rotation Sites

Alongside UC Davis clinical faculty, doctoral psychology fellows, as well as psychiatry residents and fellows, our clinical child and adolescent psychology interns 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 doctoral interns 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

Setting and Population:

  • Interns typically spend 3 days at the CAPS Clinic (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday).
  • The CAPS Clinic serves diverse Sacramento County Medi-Cal/EPSDT child and family recipients. Clients also have comorbid anxiety and mood disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders, learning disorders, psychotic-spectrum disorders, emerging personality patterns. Depending on intern experience and interest, they may also receive supervised training working with infants and very young children (0-6).
  • 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.

Supervised Clinical Opportunities:

  • Comprehensive psychological assessment
  • Long-term therapy cases (individual, dyadic, and/or family)
  • Consultation with a multidisciplinary, county mental health and child psychiatry team

Training Opportunities:

Interns receive generalist child (0-21) and family training, with a particular emphasis on assessing and treating trauma/childhood adversity. Trainings are tailored to support interns in learning and adapting trauma-informed evidence-based practices to a community mental health setting. Seminar didactics include, but are not limited to:

Learn more about the Sacramento County Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Services (CAPS) Clinic

SECONDARY ROTATION: PEDIATRIC INTEGRATED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OR OUTPATIENT PSYCHIATRY

Midtown Ambulatory Care Center – Pediatric Clinic

Setting and Population:

Interns typically spend 2 days at the Pediatric Clinic (Monday and Tuesday). A range of specialized medical and mental health professionals staff the UC Davis Health Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatric Midtown Ambulatory Care Center Clinic. Specialties include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, hepatology, neurological surgery, psychotherapy and psychiatry. Medical students and psychiatry residents in psychiatry also complete rotations at the Midtown Pediatric Clinic.

Patients are screened by their pediatricians to have moderate symptoms of depression and/or anxiety. Following a population health model, clients seen at the Pediatric Clinic benefit from early intervention approaches to reduce the development of severe and persistent mental health symptoms. Clients come from diverse backgrounds and identities that are representative of the Sacramento community. Eligible clients are ages 8 to 17, although we can continue seeing patients who turn 18-years-old during treatment. While most clients have insurance, this clinic can also serve individuals with Medi-Cal/EPSDT.

Supervised Clinical Opportunities:

  • Semi-structured intakes
  • Brief Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depression
  • Brief behavioral health screening

Training Opportunities:

Interns receive training to introduce them to the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) from the University of Washington. Trainings aim to support interns in learning the brief, manualized treatment for depression and anxiety. Seminar didactics include, but are not limited to:

  • CBT Seminar and Case Conference (Elizabeth Solomon Loyola, Psy.D., UC Davis Health)

Learn more about the Midtown Ambulatory Care Center

Secondary Rotation: School-Based Mental Health

Washington Unified School District

Setting and Population:

  • Interns typically spend 2 days at the School-Based Mental Health (SBMH) site (Monday and Tuesday).
  • The UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Child and Adolescent Division (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Training Programs and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship) provide culturally responsive and trauma-informed, evidence-based behavioral health services at identified schools within the Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento. The UC Davis SBMH team will be comprised of licensed psychologists, board certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, doctoral psychology interns, and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows.
  • Students are identified by our Community Schools Site Coordinators. As a newer clinical rotation, the opportunities are still under development and are flexible to needs identified by the students, parents, and teachers. Services are provided across the school-aged (5-12) and adolescent student population (13-18). Clients come from diverse backgrounds and identities that are representative of the West Sacramento community, with a large immigrant and refugee population.

Supervised Clinical Opportunities:

  • Individual psychotherapy (Tier 2: Brief CBT; Tier 3: TF-CBT and DBT)
  • Group psychotherapy (DBT-STEPS and various social skills groups)
  • Behavioral health screening and assessment
  • Psychiatric consultation
  • Parent training and education
  • School staff support and training services

Training Opportunities:

Interns receive training to introduce them to the Community Schools model and best practices for integrating mental health services in public schools. Interns participate in seminar didactics that include, but are not limited to:

  • DBT Seminar and Case Conference (Meera Ullal, Ph.D., UC Davis Health)
  • School Psychology and School-Based Interventions (Zachary Shindorf, Ph.D., UC Davis Health)

Learn more about Washington Unified School District Center

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