NYU Grossman School of Medicine offers nine predoctoral externships that provide advanced training in seven subspecialties of child and adolescent psychology at the Child Study Center part of Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone, as well as locations on Long Island and in New Jersey.

Our externs learn about implementing clinical behavioral and cognitive behavioral therapy approaches for children, adolescents, and their families, and consult directly with staff psychiatrists to develop effective collaborative, team-based care models.

All externships are overseen by Samantha Busa, PsyD, lead in psychology externship training, and Lori K. Evans, PhD, director of psychology externship training. They can be reached at Samantha.Busa@NYULangone.org and Lori.Evans@NYULangone.org. To apply for an externship with our program please use the American Psychological Association’s NYNJADOT Externship Opportunities website. Please apply to no more than two externship listings.

All externships take place July 2024 to June 2025. The time requirement is 16 hours per week. Participation is contingent upon completion of a clinical education affiliation agreement with NYU Langone Health and your university. Although we allow for some changes to our standard agreement, major substantive changes are not permitted. We recommend you review the agreement with an advisor from your program before applying to ensure you are able to be an extern with us.

Our onboarding process for new externs takes approximately one month. We are not able to begin onboarding new externs until the clinical education affiliation agreement is signed by both parties. Any delays due to a pending affiliation agreement or slow response on the part of the externship candidate to requests from NYU Langone’s human resources department may postpone the start of the externship.

ADHD and Early Childhood Emphasis Externship

Through the Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders Service, our externs gain experience treating ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders in children and teens. Our service has a strong emphasis on evidence-based treatment, including the provision of empirically supported treatments and reliance on clinically significant data to plan interventions and assess treatment gains. As our patients frequently present with comorbidity, our externs also gain experience with anxiety disorders, autism spectrum disorders, learning disorders, and other conditions. Whenever possible, we also encourage externs to collaborate with numerous other clinical services at the Child Study Center, part of Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone.

This combined externship also offers experience in our clinical Early Childhood Mental Health Service, working with families of children aged 5 years and younger who have an array of social, emotional, and other developmental concerns. Our externs gain experience using age-appropriate assessment and interviewing skills, collaborating with other providers, observing children with their parents and in school, and providing treatments that frequently include parents and children together in session. Our service emphasizes a behavioral and developmentally sensitive approach to intervention.

We are seeking externs for one position at our Manhattan office. Candidates may apply online. If you have questions about the ADHD and Early Childhood Emphasis Externship, contact Timothy L. Verduin, PhD, at Tim.Verduin@NYULangone.org, or Stephanie M. Wagner, PhD, at Stephanie.Wagner@NYULangone.org.

Combined Emphasis in Empirically Supported Assessment and Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Selective Mutism

The Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders Service and the Selective Mutism Service at the Child Study Center seeks doctoral students to complete a year-long special combined externship in the assessment and treatment of functional disturbances due to either neurodevelopmental disorders or selective mutism.

When treating patients with neurodevelopmental disorders, specifically those with ADHD and learning disorders, externs engage in focused neuropsychological assessments and intake evaluations and provide treatments to address the impact of organizational skills and executive function deficits in both home and school situations. Clinical efforts are informed by empirically-developed and tested methods for children, teens, and young adults. When treating children who have difficulty engaging in verbal interactions in the form of selective mutism, externs engage in specialty assessment procedures and provide treatments that involve individual, family, and group therapy. Assessment and treatment for both types of patients incorporate school consultations and integrated activity with child and adolescent psychiatrists.

As an extern at the Child Study Center you have the unique opportunity to learn from faculty and staff who were instrumental in laying the foundations for this program. You train under the primary supervision of Richard Gallagher, PhD, the director of the Organizational Skills and Executive Function Treatment Program within the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders Service and co-director of the Selective Mutism Service. Other faculty and postdocs provide supervision with direction from Dr. Gallagher.

We are seeking externs for two positions at our Manhattan campus. Candidates may apply online. If you have questions about the Combined Emphasis in Empirically Supported Assessment and Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Selective Mutism Externship, please contact Dr. Gallagher, at Richard.Gallagher@NYULangone.org.

Emphasis in Anxiety and Mood Disorders Externship

The Anita Saltz Institute for Anxiety and Mood Disorders at the Child Study Center seeks an extern to treat children with anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, and obsessive–compulsive disorders, as well as mood disorders, including major depression and dysthymia. As children with anxiety and mood disorders also often display comorbidity with other disorders, our externs also gain significant exposure to children with ADHD and other externalizing disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, learning disorders, selective mutism, and other conditions.

Our service utilizes evidence-based treatments, primarily cognitive behavioral therapy, habit reversal training, and dialectical behavior therapy, to treat these conditions. Externs are supervised by psychologists on the anxiety and mood disorders team and report directly to Randi D. Pochtar, PhD, associate clinical director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorder Service.

We are seeking an extern for two positions. Candidates may apply online. If you have questions about the Emphasis in Anxiety and Mood Disorders Externship, contact Dr. Angelosante, clinical director of the Anxiety and Mood Disorder Service, at Aleta.Angelosante@NYULangone.org.

Autism and Related Disorders Emphasis Externship

The Autism and Related Disorders Emphasis Externship is seeking externs to provide services at the Child Study Center through our Autism Spectrum Disorder Service. We serve children, adolescents, and adults who have autism spectrum disorder, as well as those with a wide range of social communication difficulties. As individuals with autism spectrum disorder also often display co-occurring psychiatric disorders, our externs also gain significant exposure to individuals who have ADHD, anxiety disorders, depression, learning disorders, and other conditions. Although the clinical focus is on supporting people with autism, there may be opportunities for externs to treat and evaluate children at the Child Study Center who have other psychiatric presentations. Externs also have opportunities to participate in PEERS^® Social Skills Program and parent training cases, including gaining exposure to the Research Units in Behavioral Intervention (RUBI) Autism Network.

We are seeking an extern for one position. Candidates may apply online Applicants are required to have supervised clinical experience with children, preferably those with autism. If you have questions about the Autism and Related Disorders Emphasis Externship, contact Lauren J. Donnelly, PhD, clinical director of the Autism Spectrum Disorder Service, at Lauren.Donnelly@NYULangone.org.

Gender and Sexuality Service Emphasis Externship

The Gender and Sexuality Service Emphasis Externship at the Child Study Center serves transgender and gender-expansive children, teens, and young adults. Externs have the opportunity to take part in a gender-affirming clinical service through assessment, psychotherapy, and co-leading groups with expert supervision from faculty. As transgender and gender-expansive youth also often display mental health vulnerabilities, our externs also gain significant exposure to individuals with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, ADHD and other externalizing disorders, autism spectrum disorders, learning disorders, and other conditions.

The Gender and Sexuality Service provides evidence-based treatments, primarily cognitive behavioral therapy, to treat these conditions with particular sensitivity to the unique challenges that transgender and gender expansive youth experience. Applicants with interest and experience in minority stress, intersecting identities, and systemic inequities impacting transgender youth and their communities are encouraged to apply. The position is open to graduate students enrolled in a doctoral program with a terminal degree of PhD or PsyD.

We are seeking an extern for one position. Candidates may apply online. For more information about the Gender and Sexuality Emphasis Externship, contact Elizabeth Glaeser, PhD, at Elizabeth.Glaeser@NYULangone.org, or Samantha Busa, PsyD, clinical director of the Gender and Sexuality Service, at Samantha.Busa@NYULangone.org.

Emphasis in Neuropsychology and Learning Service Externship

The Child Study Center seeks experienced graduate students to complete a year-long Emphasis in Neuropsychology and Learning Service Externship at our Long Island campus, located in Lake Success on the Queens–Nassau County border and at our New York City campus, located at 1 Park Avenue.

The position primarily involves performing neuropsychological, psycho-diagnostic, developmental, and psycho-educational evaluations. Patient populations include children who have various learning disabilities, ADHD with comorbid learning problems, and other neurodevelopmental and neurological conditions that affect cognitive development and learning. Externs are required to administer, score, and write reports based on test results and also participate in intake and feedback sessions. Opportunities for classroom observations to supplement clinical evaluations may also be available.

Lauren B. Fiedler, PsyD, and David Sukiennik, PsyD, are the primary coordinators of our externship at One Park and Daniela Montalto, PhD, is the clinical director of the overall Neuropsychology and Learning Service training program.

We are accepting applications for two extern positions at our New York City campus. For more information, contact Dr. Fiedler or Dr. Sukiennik, program coordinators for the position at our Manhattan campus, at Lauren.Fiedler@NYULangone.org and David.Sukiennik@NYULangone.org.

We are accepting applications for one extern position at our Long Island campus. For more information, contact David J. Marks, PhD, program coordinator for the Child Study Center—Long Island, at David.Marks@NYULangone.org.

Child Study Center—New Jersey

Externs at the Child Study Center—New Jersey provide clinical interventions created and advanced at the Child Study Center. Externs learn and deliver organizational skills treatment for children with ADHD and work with elementary school students, as well as extensions of this intervention for older students. Externs also learn to deliver treatment for selective mutism. Training opportunities for delivering game-based cognitive behavioral therapy (GB-CBT) for childhood anxiety and disruptive behavior disorders and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) for adolescents with emotional dysregulation are also provided. All interventions involve extensive opportunities to work with individuals, their families, and professionals in their schools.

We are accepting applications for three externships available at our office located in Hackensack, New Jersey. The externship supervisors are Justin R. Misurell, PhD, externship site director for the Child Study Center—New Jersey, and Richard Gallagher, PhD, director of special projects at the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Behavior Disorders Service and co-director of the Selective Mutism Service. For more information, contact, at Dr. Misurell at Justin.Misurell@NYULangone.org.

Child Study Center—Long Island

We are seeking an extern for the Child Study Center—Long Island, which serves children and teens with a variety of anxiety disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, social phobia, and obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well as mood disorders, including major depression and dysthymia. As children and teens with anxiety and mood disorders also often display comorbidity with other disorders, our externs also gain significant exposure to children and teens with ADHD and other externalizing disorders, autistic spectrum disorders, learning disorders, selective mutism, and other conditions. Our satellite office utilizes evidence-based treatments, primarily cognitive behavioral therapy, habit reversal training, dialectical behavioral therapy, and parent management training to treat these conditions.

We are accepting applications for one externship at the Child Study Center—Long Island, located in Lake Success, New York. The primary externship supervisor is Kaitlin R. Happer, PhD. For more information, contact Dr. Happer at Kaitlin.Happer@NYULangone.org.

Pediatric Integrated Behavioral Health Emphasis Externship

The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at NYU Langone offers two externship positions in pediatric psychology with the Integrated Behavioral Health Team. Our team provides clinical services, conducts clinical research, and develops programs that address the psychosocial aspects of illness or injury and promote positive health behaviors of children and families presenting with acute or chronic medical needs. The pediatric psychology externship track offers training across these three domains through outpatient pediatric services.

Pediatric psychology externs participate as a member of our psychosocial team and collaborate with multiple interdisciplinary teams on patient care, clinical programming, and research initiatives. Clinical training includes individual psychotherapy using brief, targeted interventions, often combining aspects of cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy–informed skills training, mindfulness, behavior management, parent training, and crisis intervention.

Foundational training in cognitive behavioral therapy and at least one prior cognitive behavioral therapy–based externship is required. Training in primary prevention mental health screening initiatives, integrated care research initiatives, and mental health programming initiatives are provided.

Additional aspects of clinical training include two hours of one-on-one clinical supervision per week, as well as one hour of group supervision delivered during weekly psychosocial team meetings. Externs also attend Child Study Center weekly case conferences, as well as weekly departmental grand rounds for additional didactic time, and may choose to attend the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison Service weekly case conference.

We are seeking an extern for two positions. Candidates may apply online. This is an advanced externship and applicants should be entering at least their fourth year of graduate school to be considered. For more information, contact Becky Lois, PhD, at Rebecca.Lois@NYULangone.org or 646-754-5021.