BRAINS - DeVos Children’s Hospital-Ottawa CMH Training Consortium

We are pleased to offer a Pre-Doctoral level Psychology Internship Program Consortium. Below is a summary of the missions, training opportunities, and benefits of this consortium. We have applied to APPIC and are currently under consideration by APPIC (as of September 2009).

We are registered with the National Matching Service and will be participating in the computer match process for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Tracks:

Neuropsychology Track - accepting two (2) interns. Each intern will spend half-week at BRAINS, and half-week at DeVos Children’s Hospital.

General Psychology Track - accepting one (1) intern. Intern is placed at Community Mental Health of Ottawa County and will receive training in assessment/triage, therapy, and developmental disability specializations.

Particulars: 

  • Full-time positions only.
  • Start date: June 1, 2010  - 2,000 hour/12-month program
  • Stipend: $20,000
  • Benefits: 
    • Health Insurance benefits for intern 
  • Vacation: Six (6) major holiday, plus two (2) weeks vacation/sick leave
  • APA approved doctoral programs preferred
  • Applicants eligible for licensure in Michigan at the MA LLP or MA TLLP level preferred

See  www.michigan.gov under Psychology for more information.

  • http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdch_psyc_full_app_pkt_92012_7.pdf

Please submit applications in accordance with AAPI on-line and National Matching Service procedures.

Please address specific questions to Rochelle Manor, Ph.D. Director of Training.

Click Here to contact Dr. Rochelle Manor via e-mail.

B.R.A.I.N.S. LLP & B.R.A.I.N.S. Foundation

B.R.A.I.N.S. LLP is dedicated to helping individuals and families understand the complexities of their functioning and endeavors to maximize the potential for success. Development can be altered by many factors, such as complications during pregnancy/delivery, injury, illness, exposure to toxins, emotional distress, or family related issues. We hope through the utilization of the resources offered at this clinic that development might be enhanced and there will be ongoing functional gains/stability.

To aid in this process, B.R.A.I.N.S. has brought together specialists from many disciplines, being able to offer a multidisciplinary approach to understanding and treatment. The family is an integral part of the treatment team. Joined with the other specialists, the team anticipates offering unique treatment challenges to expand the capabilities within the individual/family. Working together in one central location allows the professionals to actively collaborate throughout treatment, hopefully avoiding some of the limitations that can be experienced when professionals are located at multiple offices/locations.

Finally, B.R.A.I.N.S. endeavors to strengthen the confidence and energy of the system surrounding those in need through building relationships in the community. These relationships afford greater opportunities through avoiding the competitive nature that can be exhausting for individuals/families and clinicians allowing us to focus our commitment to a vision of care and growth.

The BRAINS Foundation is dedicated to raising and distributing funds to pay for services to uninsured or underinsured families, developing innovative educational and treatment services, training for professionals, and furthering professional understanding through research. Community education and advocacy are also elements of The BRAINS Foundation mission. It is through the efforts of The BRAINS Foundation that supervisor stipends and training seminars can be offered. Typically, student volunteers and paid trainees are “hired” through The BRAINS Foundation, but are part of the general staff and multidisciplinary team of BRAINS.

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital is part of the Spectrum Health system, one of the nation’s top integrated delivery systems. The Children’s Hospital mission is caring for children and their families with compassion, excellence and innovation. This mission is fueled by the Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital vision to be among the nation’s leading comprehensive children’s hospitals, delivering the highest quality healthcare.

The hope is to achieve this vision through providing accessible programs and services specifically designed to meet the needs of children and their families, sustaining a team of care givers who are passionate about our mission, advancing children's health through research, education, and innovation, responsible stewardship of our resources including community philanthropy and volunteers, providing patient care environments specifically designed to meet the needs of children and their families, and advocating for issues promoting the health and welfare of children. 

Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital operates under Spectrum Health’s core values of kindness, integrity, teamwork and respect. 

The pediatric psychology department at Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital provides inpatient and outpatient consultation services for physicians within a pediatric hospital setting. Consultations primarily involve psychological and/or neuropsychological assessment of children from ages 4 months to young adulthood. The hospital serves children and families from a variety of different cultural, ethnic, and SES backgrounds. The psychology department is involved in numerous different specialty clinics and programs including hematology/oncology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, neurology, endocrinology, bone marrow transplantation program, nephrology, neurofibromotosis, lead clinic, brain tumor clinic, etc. The psychology service is also actively involved in community outreach programs providing workshops and lectures to local community agencies and groups.

Community Mental Health of Ottawa County

The mission of Community Mental Health of Ottawa County is to partner with persons who are challenged by a serious and persistent mental illness and/or developmental disability in a manner that maximizes their integration in the community.

Using a person centered philosophy, we will be effective stewards of resources entrusted to us. We will use contemporary approaches to develop partnerships in delivering services and supports. Services and supports will be provided along a continuum from prevention to enabling consumers to live fully in the community.

Community Mental Health of Ottawa County is CARF accredited.