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UC Davis MIND Institute Psychology Training/Northern California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Program

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UC Davis Department of Psychiatry/MIND Institute
Sacramento, California

Starts on Monday, September 1, 2025

Applications due Sunday, December 1, 2024

Elements of quality clinically focused postdoctoral training

This training experience is a planned and programmed sequence of training that aims to ensure preparation for advanced practice rather than one that is focused on providing supervised hours for licensure. Yes

This training experience ensures that training takes precedence over service delivery regarding the nature, content, volume, and quality of the postdoc’s activities. Yes

This training experience ensures that postdocs receive at least two hours of individual supervision per week for the duration oof the experience. Yes

This training experience is administered by a doctoral-level licensed psychologist who directs and organizes the training experience and its resources, is responsible for the selection of postdocs, and monitors and evaluates the goals and activities of the experience. Yes

This training experience has two or more doctoral-level licensed psychologists who have sufficient time to provide quality supervision and training.   Yes

This training experience includes regularly scheduled structured educational activities that help postdocs its defined goals. These activities may include didactics, seminars, case conferences, and/or research activities. Yes

This training experience has written Due Process and Grievance procedures. Yes

This training experience has the stable and necessary financial (e.g., stipend) and physical resources (e.g., computers, physical space) needed for effective training. Yes

The UC Davis MIND Institute Psychology Training Program and the Northern California Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program, which includes the California State University Sacramento (CSUS), is recruiting for two 1-year, APPIC-approved postdoctoral psychology fellowship positions for the 2025-26 academic year. These postdoctoral fellows will specialize in Child Clinical Psychology/Neurodevelopmental disabilities. This is a combined clinical psychology and LEND fellowship program. Fellows participate in clinical assessment and intervention for children with developmental concerns, and LEND interdisciplinary programming, to include seminars and community-based programs. Supervised experiences include consultation, assessment, and treatment of individuals from infancy through adolescence who present with neurodevelopmental concerns. Fellows provide evidence-based interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for anxiety amongst youth with and without autism or other developmental disabilities. 

The UC Davis MIND Institute is an internationally known leader in research and clinical care for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) and plays a strong role as an innovative and broad-based center for educating and training the next generation of professionals in ASD/NDD. All of the 50+ faculty of the MIND institute are hired through 1 of 20 academic departments and 5 schools at UCD and, thus, all have a commitment to and expertise in teaching and education. More information about the Psychology Training Program can be found here: https://health.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/education/psychology-training-program/index.html The LEND program is a graduate level, interdisciplinary, leadership program that aims to improve the health of infants, children, and adolescents with disabilities. The CSUS graduate programs participate in the LEND and include faculty and trainees from the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Education, and Physical Therapy. More information about the LEND program can be found here: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/education/lend/lend-index.html Trainees and faculty from diverse professional disciplines participate in seminars, clinical work, community work and a project related to neurodevelopmental disorders in children. Leadership training is also an important component of this program. The postdoctoral fellow will participate in all of the above-mentioned areas of training. Fellows have the unique opportunity to learn in a collaborative and interdisciplinary setting during their postdoctoral training to specialize in discipline specific skills through work with their mentors and also to develop interdisciplinary skills from their work with other specialists. We have a strong emphasis on culturally and linguistically sensitive and competent, family centered care embedded throughout this program. 

Additional Information

Agency Type
Medical School/Health Science Center
APPIC Membership
Yes
APA Accredited
No
Recognized Specialty
Clinical Child Psychology
Emphasis or focus area
Child/Adolescent
Other Emphasis
Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders including Intellectual Disability and ADHD
Research Time
Less than 25%
Training Director
Dorcas Liriano Roa, PhD
Contact Email
hs-mind_psychtraining@ucdavis.edu
Contact Phone
916-703-0263
Virtual Interviews
Virtual Only
Duration in Months
12
Hours Per Week
40
# of Licensed Supervisors
9
Number of Positions
2
Applications recieved last year
16
Stipend
$58000
Will follow APPIC Selection Standards
Yes
Estimated offer date
Monday, February 3 2025
Created Date
Wednesday, November 16 2016
Unfilled Positions
0
Fringe Benefits
Leaves of absence: Fellows are eligible for medical or parental leave (FML). Fellows accruing fewer than 1,500 hours due to leave must ensure that arrangements are made to complete a minimum of 1,500 hours to the training program’s exit criterion. Parking: Fellows may purchase a monthly parking permit for $48 per month. It can be automatically deducted from a paycheck and is pre-taxed. Support. Postdoctoral fellows are provided with appropriate shared office space, computer access, and a phone line. Assessment and therapy materials required to carry out learning and clinical activities are provided. Fellows have access to the UC Davis library system, which includes a health sciences branch at the UC Davis Medical Center and the main library on the Davis campus. The library provides loan services for written materials, access to the catalogs of all nine UC campuses, literature search tools such as PsychInfo and PubMed, and access to electronic journals. The Health System also offers confidential, cost-free assessment, counseling, consultation and referral services to all UC Davis Health System faculty and staff through the Academic and Staff Assistance Program (ASAP). If a postdoctoral fellow is unable to obtain necessary support, they are instructed to contact the Director of Training who will make every effort to meet all reasonable requests.
Research opportunities
The postdoctoral trainee will have an active role in one or more research projects being carried out in a mentor’s lab through a clinical research placement. A majority of LEND faculty across institutions are outstanding researchers conducting innovative studies across a variety of disciplines and areas of interest. The UCD MIND institute supports critical research designed to understand the causes and to develop effective diagnoses, treatments, and preventions for neurodevelopmental disorders. Additional studies in discipline specific areas occur at UCD and CSUS. Sample research is included in faculty listings at http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/
Additional Comments
Visit our website for more information: https://health.ucdavis.edu/mind-institute/education/psychology-training-program/postdoc-app
Application Instructions
Please submit your application via APPA CAS (program code 9251; https://www.appic.org/Postdocs/APPA-CAS-Postdoc-Application-Information). A complete application will include the following: • A completed application • Cover letter • Up to date Curriculum Vitae • Three letters of recommendation. Letters from doctoral internship supervisor, practicum placement supervisor, and graduate school faculty are preferred. Please note: Applicants should ensure that their cover letters speak to the following points: • Interests and training goals, including their alignment with the mission and values of the MIND Institute. • Experience working with individuals from a range of diverse backgrounds. • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and any prior involvement in DEI initiatives. • Experience with the ADOS-2 and any cognitive assessment measures. • Commitment to evidence-based practice. • Theoretical orientation • Any experience providing services in a language other than English. • Any lived experience the applicant wishes to share (not required). Application deadline is Monday, December 1, 2024. Applicants will receive notification in December as to whether they are invited for an interview. Candidates will have the opportunity to meet with current trainees and virtually tour the MIND Institute and clinic. These interviews help both the program and the applicant to determine if there is a good fit between the applicant’s experience and training goals and the program’s needs and training objectives. Interviews will be held virtually in January. Please note that these dates are tentative; final dates will be provided to you if you are invited to interview. Offers will be extended pending final budgetary approval. If you have any questions, please contact the Director of Training Office at 916-703-0263 or hs-mind_psychtraining@ucdavis.edu. Note: The APA CAS application portal lists the correct application deadline of December 1, 2024, in the header. However, the content in the Documents section lists the application deadline as November 22, 2024. Please note that the correct application deadline is December 1, 2024.

This record was last updated on Monday, October 28, 2024

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