NYU Grossman School of Medicine offers a two-year, full-time clinical Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship within the Neuropsychology and Learning Service. at the Child Study Center, part of Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at NYU Langone. Experiences are designed to meet APA SCN-Division 40, Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology, and American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and American Board of Clinical Neuropsychology (ABCN) preparation guidelines.

The postdoctoral fellowship, offered through the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, is intended for psychologists who have preferably successfully completed an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited doctoral program and pre-doctoral internship; however, qualified candidates with comparable experience in neuropsychology are encouraged to apply and may also be considered. Applicants should have completed all doctoral requirements, including their dissertation, prior to beginning the fellowship.

Applicants should have an established foundation in areas related to fellowship experiences, including coursework in developmental/child psychology, neuroscience, neuroanatomy, and neuropsychology, as well as clinically relevant neuropsychological experiences with children and adolescents.

Postdoctoral fellows report to Daniela Montalto, PhD, clinical director of the Neuropsychology and Learning Service. Postdoctoral fellows are also supervised by the pediatric neuropsychologists Lauren Fiedler, PsyD, ABPP and David Sukiennik, PsyD.

Fellowship Training

Clinical Activities

Clinical activities comprise seventy to eighty percent of the fellow’s time. Clinical activities include outpatient neuropsychological assessment, consultation and intervention in pediatric neurodevelopmental disorders, including learning disabilities, ADHD, and Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as exposure to children and adolescents with a history of medically-related conditions, such as diabetes, prematurity, epilepsy, acquired brain injury, and neonatal complications constitute the clinical experience. These populations present with a wide range of neurological dysfunction (e.g., seizures, stroke) and cognitive difficulties (related to diagnosis and/or treatment) including problems in the areas of attention, executive functioning, memory, visuospatial reasoning, sensory/motor functioning and adjustment that afford fellows with broad-based training.

Fellowship training focuses on a developmental model of assessment, with experiences that include clinical work, didactics, and research. Upon completion of the fellowship, trainees will have gained the necessary clinical and research skills for independent practice in pediatric neuropsychology, as well as the knowledge base to pursue board certification in clinical neuropsychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP-CN).

Didactics

Didactic opportunities comprise ten percent of the fellow’s time. Postdoctoral fellows participate in formal didactics and professional development opportunities. These include weekly shared seminars with the NYU Langone Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Grand Rounds, NYU Child Study Center (CSC) case conferences, and child and adolescent psychology professional development seminars. Fellows have the opportunity to attend a neuroanatomy brain lab, offered twice per year. Fellows also have the option to receive formal training in autism spectrum assessment tools, including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2). Additionally, fellows will provide supervision to pre-doctoral trainees and consultation to psychiatry residents with the support of a faculty supervisor. Didactics may also include auditing course in neuroanatomy.

Clinical Research

Clinical research opportunities comprise roughly ten to fifteen percent of the fellow’s time. Neuropsychology postdoctoral fellows engage in clinical research projects within the department utilizing a mentorship model. Current research within the Neuropsychology and Learning Service team has been focused on the perceived utility of neuropsychological evaluations, validity of targeted measurement tools and subscales, and on demographic factors contributing to neuropsychological outcomes.

Fellows are required and supported in submitting two manuscripts for publication and two presentations at national or international meetings. Research support includes access to SPSS/R, RedCap, EndNote, Printing and Media Services, and statistician and librarian support.

The fellow will be involved in the following research activities:

• Attend weekly research meetings,
• Conduct reviews of relevant literature in areas of neuropsychology, neurodevelopmental disabilities, and childhood/adolescent psychopathology.
• Participate in an ongoing research project and may develop a research question related to the ongoing study for implementation during the fellowship term.
• Collaborate on manuscript presentation and poster submissions at national conferences.

Fellowship Aims

Fellows are provided with broad post-doctoral training in Pediatric outpatient neuropsychological assessments with children, adolescents, and young adults at the NYU Child Study Center. All aspects of the assessment process are supervised by licensed and/or boarded staff neuropsychologists.

Fellows will gain proficiency in neuropsychological evaluation of children and adolescents; treatment plan development with these populations; oral and written communication of evaluation findings.

Fellows also are trained in clinical consultation, advocacy and follow-up care with patients, with the goal of evaluating neuropsychological status and providing recommendations for interventions, treatment and further assessment. As part of this aim, fellows will also have the opportunity to participate in school-based Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings and trained in conducting classroom observations, with the support of their supervisor.

Fellows will be encouraged to collaborate on webinars on neuropsychology topics through the department. Opportunities for scholarly activity are promoted with the goal of presenting research results at national meetings and writing peer-reviewed manuscripts.

By the end of the two-year post-doctoral fellowship, fellows will have advanced skill in neuropsychological evaluation, treatment, and consultation and advanced understanding of brain-behavior relationships. Fellows will be eligible for state licensure. Fellows will have received training consistent with Houston Conference Guidelines for board certification.

How to Apply

Applications should include a letter of interest, CV, three letters of recommendation, and a clinical work sample (de-identified treatment summary/testing report) and be emailed to csc-psychtraining@nyulangone.org. Please specify which training experience you are applying to in the subject of your application email. All submissions receive a receipt of confirmation within three to five business days. If you do not receive a confirmation, kindly resubmit.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis with a final deadline of December 2, 2024. We encourage submission at the earliest possible date. Interviews will be offered both in-person and virtually, and will be scheduled for the end of December/early January through early February.

The salary for this position is $74,200.