JFK Partners—Colorado’s University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) and Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) is the major training facility for the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Program. The training emphasizes an interdisciplinary approach to research, assessment, and intervention, family support, service coordination, and community integration to meet the needs of persons with developmental disabilities. Development of disciplinary and interdisciplinary expertise, leadership and consultation skills and research as well as clinical growth are the goals of the postdoctoral training program. The Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellow participates in interdisciplinary evaluations, interventions and consultation with a wide range of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) with an emphasis on working with individuals with autism across the lifespan. The fellow also attends seminars offered at JFK Partners and in the Department of Developmental Pediatrics through Children’s Hospital Colorado, and is expected to pursue a scholarly project in developmental disabilities.
The Psychology Post-Doctoral Fellowship typically includes: 60% specialized clinical training (assessment, intervention, consultation) in IDD with an emphasis on autism, 25% research, and 15% didactics (seminars, workshops, observations in various settings). As part of their research/scholarly time, the postdoctoral fellow will work on a PCORI funded comparative effectiveness trial examining Facing Your Fears in Schools and Zones of Regulation in schools for autistic students with anxiety. We work to individually tailor training experiences to the post-doctoral fellow’s expertise and learning goals. Several licensed psychologists supervise and mentor JFK post-doctoral fellows as primary faculty. Fellows will also have the opportunity to work with additional faculty in activities such as group therapy supervision of the Facing Your Fears program (link).
Fellows are provided office space, computer, and computer support (technical support, network access, internet access, software). Fellows have access to a wide variety of quality training experiences available on the CU Anschutz Medical campus in addition to their core training. Current statutes in Colorado require psychology "candidates for licensure" to have one year of supervised post-doctoral experience (which includes 1,500 hours of experience practicing psychology under supervision) before taking the Colorado examination for licensure. Fellows are expected to meet these requirements during the post-doctoral fellowship year.
The following faculty are involved in the JFK Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
Our application procedure includes the submission of the following documents:
JFK Partners is committed to the recruitment of culturally and ethnically diverse individuals. Bilingual Spanish-speaking applicants, and all other qualified applicants, are encouraged to apply.
The deadline for receipt of materials is December 1, 2024. send all materials to Christine.Cook@cuanschutz.edu.
Please contact either Judy Reaven (Judy.Reaven@cuanschutz.edu) or Christine Cook (Christine.Cook@cuanschutz.edu) with any questions.