CRT is seeking a part-time Licensed Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience providing psychological assessments to children ages birth to five. The position is to begin immediately. Primary responsibilities include conducting comprehensive developmental and psychological evaluations for children ages 0-5 years who present with a wide range of nuerobehavioral, emotional, and developmental difficulties secondary to pre- and post-natal neglect/trauma. Opportunities for group therapy, research, and training/speaking are also available. Applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as a strong dedication to children and families in the child welfare system.
Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, CV, and a writing
sample consisting of two psychological evaluations completed with children
to:
Dr. Linda Schwartz
Children's Research Triangle
180
N. Michigan Ave.,
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60601
or
lschwartz@cr-triangle.org.
Children's Research Triangle's Research Department has been in the forefront of many issues related to maternal substance abuse in pregnancy, the outcomes of children prenatally exposed to drugs, and the child welfare implications of substance abuse in families. The staff at CRT has written articles that have been published in Pediatrics, The New England Journal of Medicine, The Journal of Pediatrics, The Journal of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and numerous other leading medical journals.
The CRT Research Department is offering part-time unpaid research internships to qualified undergraduates in the Chicago area during the 2007-08 academic year, as well as during the summer.
Internship Description: Interns will be involved in multiple ongoing research projects, including a CDC funded outcome study of a group therapy program for school age children who were prenatally exposed to substances, ongoing evaluation of a screening tool for alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, evaluation of a dyadic therapy intervention for children aged two to five and a group therapy intervention for adolescents prenatally exposed to alcohol, and the development of a database about children 0 to 18 who have been assessed and treated at the Child Study Center. Interns will be actively involved in most aspects of the research process including searching for relevant literature, putting together research materials, interviewing families, inputting and cleaning data, and performing some data analyses. Students will be provided with the necessary training to carry out this variety of job roles and will receive ongoing supervision by a licensed clinical psychologist. Interns will be expected to work between 6 and 10 hours a week. Students interested in working more hours a week can be accommodated. Internships can be set up for one, two, or more semesters.
Qualified Applicants will be undergraduate students who haveCompensation: Although interns will not be paid, their weekly transportation costs to get to Children’s Research Triangle will be reimbursed. In addition, they will be given multiple learning experiences into conducting empirical research, and working with prenatally exposed children and their families. Interns who are in a pre-medical course of study and who are interested in accompanying our pediatricians in seeing children will be invited to do so on a regular basis after at least one month of service. Interns who are interested in psychology and who are interested in observing psychological evaluations of children will be invited to do so on a regular basis after at least one month of service. Finally, interns may be offered authorship on submitted papers on which they have contributed substantially.
To apply, fax, email, or snail mail a
cover letter, resume and transcript
to:
Anne M. Wells, Ph.D.
Director of Research
Children's Research Triangle
180 North Michigan
Suite 700
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 726-4011
Fax: (312) 726-4021
awells@cr-triangle.org.
Contact Anne Wells if you have
questions about this internship.
