For over fifty years, AHRC has been offering services to people with developmental disabilities as well as to their families. The Department of Family and Clinical Services, of which Psychological Services forms an integral part, is one of the largest outpatient clinics in New York City focused on providing services to persons with developmental disabilities.

As part of their training, psychology interns can expect to become involved in a number of service delivery programs including:

• outpatient mental health services

• interdisciplinary assessment services

• sobriety services for individuals with substance abuse problems

• rehabilitation services for persons with traumatic brain injury

• crisis intervention services provided via a mobile team

As part of an interdisciplinary team, psychology interns will interact with a broad range of professionals including physicians, social workers, nurses, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists and physical therapists.

The Training Model
Over a twelve month period, interns are provided with  opportunities of graduated complexity to develop expertise and effective intervention skills in the areas of psychopathology and developmental disabilities via exposure to experiences of graduated complexity and quantity. The goal of training skilled independent professional psychologists is achieved via a program of individual mentoring, group supervision and exposure to case studies and formal clinical presentations by experts in the field.

Supervision
Supervision of interns will be provided on several levels:

• Interns will be assigned two supervisors for the year who will each  provide a minimum of one hour of individual supervision per week.
  

• At least one hour per week of group supervision focused on review of evaluation and treatment cases
  

• A weekly one hour group supervision for long term treatment cases is provided.
  

• An hour per week of additional supervision in specialized areas such as crisis management, substance abuse, etc.
  

• Interns will participate in weekly departmental meetings devoted to presentations provided by multiple disciplinary in-house and outside staff.

The Population Served
AHRC’s mission is to serve persons with developmental disabilities and their families. In carrying out this mandate, psychology interns can expect to work with an ethnically and socially diverse population of service recipients only some of whom have disabilities. These include:

• children, adolescents and adults with mental retardation
   

• non-disabled siblings and other family members
  individuals with traumatic brain injury
   

• various clinical and paraprofessional service providers

Remuneration
Pre-Doctoral level psychology interns are paid as employees of AHRC and are eligible for all benefits available to full-time staff, including sick leave, paid holidays, vacation and health insurance. Currently, full-time interns are paid an annual salary of $15,000. Four weeks of paid vacation are generally taken in August.

Application Procedure

Prerequisites for application:
Applicants are expected to have completed all required academic and practicum work prior to beginning the internship.

Applicants must be registered in an APA-approved doctoral program in clinical or counseling psychology. This requirement may be waived for individuals enrolled in an equivalent program. 

We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, religion, creed, color, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.

How to apply:
A complete application should contain the following documents:

• current curriculum vitae (CV)

• latest academic transcript

• APPIC Application for Psychology Internship (AAPI)

• three letters of recommendation

Match Process
APPIC standards with regard to Match procedures are strictly followed.  Match applicants are required to undergo background checks before appointment. 

Applications should be sent to:
Chief Psychologist
Department of Family and Clinical Services
AHRC
83 Maiden Lane, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10038

To obtain further information, please contact:
David Louick, Ph.D.
212-780-2578
david.louick@ahrcnyc.org