Updated July 11, 2024
Rehabilitation Psychology Fellows will have an elective opportunity to participate in the Neuropsychology Clinic that provides outpatient neuropsychological assessment for Veterans across the adult lifespan. Patient cases will be assigned based on training interest and identified areas of growth, with clinical supervisory oversight provided by one of the delegated neuropsychologists on staff. Comprehensive neuropsychological assessment will focus on a fixed-flexible approach and tests will be chosen based on the characteristics of the patient and referral questions. The Rehabilitation Psychology Fellow will have the opportunity to engage in the test-selection, test administration utilizing standardized approaches and appropriate modifications, scoring, case conceptualization, and integrative report writing. Furthermore, Rehabilitation Psychology Fellows will have the opportunity to provide feedback and psychoeducation to referring providers, patients, and families as part of service provision. In conjunction with this elective opportunity, Rehabilitation Psychology Fellows may also elect to participate in Neuropsychology Seminar and Case Conference as well as the Functional Neuroanatomy Didactics. For additional details, please refer to full description under Clinical Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship – Specialty Accredited in program brochure. Elective Rehabilitation Psychology Rotation Supervisors: Sarah S. Brindle, Ph.D., Phuong Chau, Ph.D., ABPP-CN, Morgan Macaluso, Ph.D., Judy Su, Ph.D., and Ashley Vaillancourt, Ph.D. Neuropsychology Fellows will have an elective opportunity to participate in a diverse range of training opportunities across a variety of rehabilitation settings (i.e., Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders, Blind Rehabilitation Center and Community Living Center/Acute Rehabilitation Unit) including intervention and both in- and outpatient assessment. For additional details, please refer to full description under Rehabilitation Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship – Specialty Accredited in program brochure.
Method and Frequency of Evaluation
The overall goal of our Psychology Postdoctoral Fellowship is to train psychologists who will be competent and skilled at creating and providing services in the community or VA system, and who are skilled in providing professional psychological services to a high- priority area of health care for Veterans. Postdoctoral Fellows are evaluated on General Competencies and Emphasis Competencies throughout the training year. The General Competencies are based on a range of required elements established by the APA’ s Commission on Accreditation known as Standards of Accreditation. The Emphasis Competencies are elements unique to the Fellow’s emphasis area of training. Fellows are evaluated at four points throughout the year; mid-evaluations at 3-month and 9-month intervals and full evaluations at 6-month and 12-month intervals. Fellows working in two- year positions are also evaluated at the 15-, 18-, 21-, and 24-month intervals. Evaluation includes objective ratings and narrative feedback on competency items. An initial review of these competencies with the Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow at the beginning of the year helps clarify what the Fellow would like to emphasize, guide their choice of training opportunities and possibly help guide their selection of a Fellowship Project. The final review will assist us in determining the overall success of the VALBHCS Psychology
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