Competence in cultural diversity and individual

Our center staff – both support staff and professional staff – is racially and culturally diverse. We regularly engage in discussions among staff members to ensure that the trainees are viewing and treating their clients within the broader context of social environment – including race, gender identity, religion, and cultural differences. Because we are located in the Washington DC suburbs, our clients come to us from many different nations, religious affiliations, and cultural identifications – so we are challenged on a daily basis to expand our knowledge and understanding of individual differences. Our center is committed to providing Center-wide continuing education in-service training on topics of cultural diversity and competency

Exit Criteria for Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellows
(Houston Conference on Specialty Education and Training in Clinical Neuropsychology Guidelines)

Graduates from the postdoctoral fellowship program will be able to demonstrate:

A.  Advanced skill in the neuropsychological evaluation, treatment, and consultation to patients and professionals sufficient to practice on an independent basis.

B.  Advanced understanding of brain behavior relationships

C.  Scholarly activity, e.g. submission of the study or literature review for publication, presentation, submission of a grant proposal or outcome assessment

D.  A formal evaluation of competency in the exit criteria A through C shall occur in the fellowship program

E.  Eligibility for state or provincial licensure or certification for the independent practice of psychology

F.  Eligibility for board certification in clinical neuropsychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology

Evaluation and Grievance Procedures

1. The Director of Training will formally evaluate the postdoctoral fellow’s progress toward demonstrating competence in each of the exit criteria on a quarterly basis.
2. The Director of Training will confer with the primary supervisor and all supervisors to develop an action plan to assist postdoctoral fellows who are not performing at the expected level of competence. Possible actions include provision of educational materials, modeling, and supervision to facilitate improvement in weak skill areas.
3. Postdoctoral fellows will be asked to participate in evaluating the training program on a quarterly basis using a rating scale provided to them following acceptance into the program.
4. Postdoctoral fellows are encouraged to initiate discussions directly with all  involved parties to resolve any disputes or grievances. The Director of Training, The Chesapeake Center  Clinical Director, and other supervisors will be available for advice and guidance to resolve any disputes and resolutions. Should the matter not resolve directly, the  Director of Training and/or The Chesapeake Center Clinical Director will review the circumstances with the involved parties to facilitate a successful resolution.

Stipend of $48,000 per year including financial payments received for clinical services delivery at our consortium partner sites, The Neurology Center and NeuroBehavioral Associates.

Other benefits provided by the Chesapeake Center include:

• Paid Parking at Westmoreland Building in Bethesda
• Paid Professional Liability Insurance through APAIT
• Vacation –One week (5 days) is taken between the Christmas and New Year holidays when the Center is closed. The remaining two weeks (10 days) should be taken at non-peak testing times (typically the early summer months). Fellows will be allowed to use some of these 10 vacation days as personal leave days, as needed, to be approved by the primary supervisor and Center administration.
• Healthcare – Group Health Carefirst HMO Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Application Eligibility – Prospective residents must have:

1. A doctoral degree in one of the health service delivery areas of psychology or a doctoral degree in psychology with additional completion of a “re-specialization” program designed to meet equivalent criteria as a health services delivery training program in psychology.
2. Competed a clinical internship that satisfies APA or CPA criteria.
3. Doctoral Training Verification Form available from the APPCN website, signed by your training director or dissertation director. (Click Here for More Information)
4. Completed within their graduate training or re-specialization programs  the majority of the coursework in the Generic Psychology and Generic Clinical core areas, as well as additional coursework in the Brain-Behavior Relationships and Practice of Clinical Neuropsychology areas, as specified in the Houston Conference Policy Statement.
5. Demonstrated clinical training and competency with research methodology to meet equivalent criteria as a health services delivery professional in the scientist-practitioner model.
6. Provide graduate transcripts listing courses, grades and degrees.
7. Three letters of recommendation including a letter from the individual in your internship program that is most familiar with your neuropsychological training and assessments, as well as letters from  professors and/or clinical supervisors during your externships and doctoral level studies.
8. Curriculum vitae.
9. Two redacted neuropsychological reports ideally of your most recent assessments.
10. A list of all psychological and neuropsychological test instruments on which you have been trained and which you have used in your clinical training.