University Health Child/Adolescent Outpatient Track | National Psychology Training Consortium

The Child and Adolescent position will be located within an outpatient behavioral health clinic serving of Kansas City metro area and outlying areas, including the southeast suburbs, and housing both Adult and Child treatment teams. We see a diverse range of patients from varying socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. The Child & Adolescent team is a cohesive unit comprised of psychologists, qualified mental health providers (Masters-level social work, counseling), psychiatrists, and psychiatry residents. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide a high level of clinical care, and to implement evidence-based practices whenever possible. Current modalities include but are not limited to: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)-based skills, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) techniques, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Parent Management Training (PMT). Common presenting concerns treated include: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, OCD, behavioral difficulties, ADHD, DMDD, ASD, grief & loss issues, and adjustment disorders.

Interns will be able to gain experience providing individual therapy, group therapy, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Additionally, interns will provide a range of clinical intervention services and will gain experience with treatment planning, crisis intervention, outcome measurement, and consultation with other professionals. Outpatient clinics routinely utilize standardized outcome measures and some outpatient testing opportunities might be available at times. Interns will also participate in group supervision with a third licensed psychologist at one of the outpatient settings.

Rotation Schedule

Interns typically work a Monday – Friday schedule from 8:00 to 5:00 pm. No weekend work, on-call, or holiday work is required. Typical inpatient workdays will include attending multidisciplinary treatment team meetings, gathering patient outcome data, providing group therapy, providing brief individual therapy, and completing psychological assessments. Outpatient workdays will generally include supervision, providing individual therapy, and providing group therapy when available. Each week will include multiple hours of group supervision in some form, a minimum of two hours of individual supervision, and a minimum of two hours of journal review.

Interns will also have a dedicated office space on their outpatient days to see patients and complete medical record entries. All interns have access to programs such as Microsoft Office, Internet browsers, an electronic records systems provided by Cerner (PowerChart / eCare), online test scoring, and other online training tools. The shared network G: drive can be accessed from all University Health computers and contains group curriculum materials, individual interventions, report templates, multicultural articles, and other educational resources on various relevant topics. Each intern also has a personal H: Drive they can use for online storage.

Example Schedule

Time of Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:00 am	Chart Review/Outcome Measure	Chart Review/Outcome Measure	Chart Review/Outcome Measure	Chart Review/Outcome Measures	Didactics
9:00 am	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Didactics
10:00 am	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Didactics
11:00 am	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Group Consultation	Didactics
12:00 pm	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
1:00 pm	Individual Supervision	Journal Review	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Journal Review
2:00 pm	Outpatient Group	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Supervision of Practicum Trainee
3:00 pm	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy	Outpatient Therapy
4:00 pm	Documentation	Group Supervision	Individual Supervision	Documentation	Documentation

Please note that not every experience is identical and site schedules are a general guideline. Interns may be required to make themselves available at other times as needed. What is provided above is an example of what the work week might look like for an intern at this site.

Placement Locations

The Child/Adolescent Outpatient Track for University Health Behavioral Health System is comprised of the following locations:

- University Health Behavioral Health- Crossroads: This outpatient center provides mental health services to citizens in the downtown Kansas City Crossroads neighborhood. It provides a broad range of clinical services for children, adolescents, and adults.
- Lakewood Counseling Service: This outpatient center opened in 2006 to provide mental health and substance abuse services to citizens of Eastern Jackson County. It provides a broad range of clinical services for children, adolescents, and adults.

It should be noted that the University Health office locations are approximately 2 – 2.5 hours away from quarterly in-person didactic training (including orientation) in Springfield, Columbia, and Jefferson City, Missouri. Due to the distance, interns at this location will be provided with some travel reimbursement considerations for any required training to these events.

APPIC Training Experiences

Treatment Modalities

Example treatment modalities (as listed by APPIC):

Assessment	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Individual Intervention	Major Area (50%+)
Couples Intervention	N/A
Family Intervention	N/A
Group Intervention	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Community Intervention	N/A
Consultation/Liaison	Experience (21% to 30%)
Crisis Intervention	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Brief Intervention	Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Long-Term Intervention	Exposure (1% to 20%)
Cognitive Rehabilitation	N/A
Primary Care	N/A
Supervision of Prac. Students	Experience (21% to 30%)
Evidence-Based Practice	Major Area (50%+)
Evidence-Based Research	Exposure (1% to 20%)

Supervised Experiences

Common presenting concerns treated include: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, OCD, behavioral difficulties, ADHD, DMDD, ASD, grief & loss issues, and adjustment disorders.

Example supervised experiences (as listed by APPIC):

Health Psychology	Exposure (1% to 20%)	Forensics / Corrections	N/A
Women’s Health	Exposure (1% to 20%)	Sexual Offenders	N/A
HIV / AIDS	Exposure (1% to 20%)	Geropsychology	N/A
Eating Disorders	N/A	Pediatrics	Major Area (50%+)
Sexual Disorders	N/A	School	N/A
Sports Psychology	N/A	Counseling	N/A
Rehabilitation Psychology	N/A	Vocational / Career Development	N/A
Physical Disabilities	Experience (21% to 30%)	Multicultural Therapy	Experience (21% to 30%)
Learning Disabilities	Exposure (1% to 20%)	Feminist Therapy	N/A
Developmental Disabilities	Experience (21% to 30%)	Religion / Spirituality	Experience (21% to 30%)
Assessment	Exposure (1% to 20%)	Empirically-Supported Treatment	Major Area (50%+)
Neuropsychology – Adult	N/A	Public Policy / Advocacy	N/A
Neuropsychology – Child	N/A	Program Development/Evaluation	N/A
Serious Mental Illness	Major Area (50%+)	Supervision	Emphasis (31% to 49%)
Anxiety Disorders	Major Area (50%+)	Research	N/A
Trauma/PTSD	Major Area (50%+)	Administration	N/A
Sexual Abuse	Emphasis (31% to 49%)	Integrated Health Care–Primary	N/A
Substance Use Disorders	Exposure (1% to 20%)	Integrated Health Care–Specialty	N/A

Patient Populations

University Health is the largest and most comprehensive health safety-net provider serving Jackson County and Kansas City, Missouri. The service area comprises the urban core of Kansas City, along with the suburban and rural communities that surround the Kansas City metro area.

University Health serves a number of special populations which include those with low socioeconomic status, individuals who are unhoused, incarcerated individuals, and overall populations at-risk due to social and economic disadvantage.

The racial composition of University Health Sciences District service area includes two primary categories: White and African American. These two categories comprise 90.06% of the customers within the Health Sciences District area. Racially, the University Health Sciences District service area reflects the greater Jackson County, Missouri racial mix, with 67.31% White, 22.75% African American, 8.95% Hispanic, 2.06 % Asian, 0.46% Native American/Alaskan Native, 0.29% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 4.0% reporting some other race, and 3.13% reporting multiple races. The socio-economic data reflects the University Health Sciences District service area has a large number of people in poverty status.

University Health strives to maintain a diverse workforce. University Health strives to set a community example through taking a leadership role in diversity and inclusion, which includes partnering with other organizations in supporting the Trans Health Inclusion conference and other educational and networking opportunities. UH has developed both a Leader’s Diversity and Inclusion Council as well as an Executive Diversity and Inclusion council. There is both a behavioral health and corporate diversity committee, and University Health hospitals account for two of the 14 Missouri locations that have obtained the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Index Leader designation.

Children	40%
Adolescents	40%
Adults	0%
Family	10%
Older Adults	5%
Inpatients	0%
Outpatients	100%
LBGTQIA+	10%
Ethnic Minorities	40%
Spanish Speaking	5%
French Speaking	0%
Deaf/Hearing Impaired	1%
Students	0%
International Students	0%
Rural	10%
Urban	90%
Low Income	75%
Homeless	20%
Number of Counties Served
Total Number of Clients Served	9623

Our Supervisors

While we won’t know your exact supervisor assignments until the internship starts, these are examples of some of the individuals you may work with over the course of your year at the site.

Site Training Director

Ashlee Jones, Psy.D.

Dr. Jones works primarily with children, adolescents, and families as an outpatient psychologist at University Health, Crossroads Counseling in Kansas City, Missouri where she provides evidence-based treatments. She is a licensed psychologist and health service provider in the state of Missouri. She has extensive experience providing individual therapy, family therapy and psychological assessment. She provides psychological testing specifically with diagnostic clarification for Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has participated in ECHO Autism, ECHO Autism Center Engagement and ECHO Rubi. She has extensive experience providing didactic presentations on Autism, therapy with children, and psychological testing. Furthermore, Dr. Jones has provided supervision of masters-level and doctoral-level interns. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, APA Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology) and APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology).

Supervisors

Jennifer Keller, Psy.D.

Dr. Keller obtained training in various settings, including inpatient psychiatric hospital, community mental health center, university counseling center, learning diagnostic clinic, multicultural center, and hospice. She works primarily with children and adolescents, though she provides some specific services for the adult population. Dr. Keller was previously employed at the University of Tennessee Martin both as a staff psychologist and later as the clinical coordinator of counseling services. Dr. Keller was also formerly the preadolescent program director at Royal Oaks Hospital, where she provided and supervised clinical services on the preadolescent unit. Dr. Keller was previously an adjunct professor at Forest Institute of Professional Psychology and Missouri Valley College, and she is currently an adjunct professor at Avila University. Dr. Keller is the Section Chief for Psychology at University Health and an outpatient psychologist at UH Lakewood Counseling Service in Lee’s Summit, Missouri where she provides evidence based treatments. She is a licensed psychologist and health service provider in the state of Missouri. She has retired her license in Tennessee. Dr. Keller is a registrant with the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, APA Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology), APA Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology), and the Missouri Psychological Association. Dr. Keller currently sits on the board for the Greater Kansas City Psychological Association.

Life in Kansas City, MO

The Kansas City metropolitan area offers a wide range of activities and attractions to ensure there are plenty of ways to unwind during time away from training.

Sports

Kansas City offers multiple professional and semi-professional sporting events throughout the year, including baseball, ice hockey, football, soccer, college basketball, and auto racing. Be here to watch the 2015 World Series Champions in action.

Museums and the Arts

Kansas City has a variety of activities related to music, the performing arts, and visual art, including the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, the 18th and Vine Jazz District, Crossroads Art District, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and multiple indoor and outdoor concert centers.

Shopping and Entertainment

The Kansas City area provides several excellent shopping locations, including the Country Club Plaza and Legends Outlets. It also offers a variety of nightlife options, including the Power & Light District, Westport District, and multiple casinos. There are also multiple locations for family fun, including amusement and water parks, the Kansas City Zoo, LEGOLAND Discovery Center, and the Kansas City Sea Life Aquarium.

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