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Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program (CCPSP)

Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program (CCPSP)

Christopher Houck, PhD, Director 

The Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program (CCPSP) is an APA-accredited specialty program in Clinical Child Psychology that offers a variety of positions at Bradley Hospital (a psychiatric hospital exclusively for children) and Hasbro Children’s Hospital (a full-service children’s hospital). Specialty clinical training is provided by experienced clinicians and researchers, and all positions include protected research time, didactics, and training in the provision of supervision.

Find available fellowships in our Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program (CCPSP).

As of 2017, the following standardized tables of admissions, support and initial placement data are required for all APA-accredited postdoctoral fellowship program websites. These tables are updated annually.

Postdoctoral Residency Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

Date Program Tables are updated: 6/26/24 (updated 3/13/25)

Program Disclosures

Does the program or institution require students, trainees, and/or staff (faculty) to comply with specific policies or practices related to the institution’s affiliation or purpose? Such policies or practices may include, but are not limited to, admissions, hiring, retention policies, and/or requirements for completion that express mission and values?

If yes, provide website link (or content from brochure) where this specific information is presented: See Eligibility

_X_ Yes

____ No

Postdoctoral Program Admissions

Briefly describe in narrative form important information to assist potential applicants in assessing their likely fit with your program. This description must be consistent with the program’s policies on postdoctoral fellowship selection and practicum and academic preparation requirements:

The Clinical Child Psychology Specialty Program (CCPSP) is APA-accredited as a specialty program in clinical child psychology.  Postdoctoral fellows in clinically-focused fellowships spend approximately 50-70% time conducting clinical work.

The three aims of the Clinical Postdoctoral Program (CCPSP) are: 

(1) To produce child psychologists who exhibit an advanced competency level with regard to professional skills/conduct and ethical standards (consistent with APA principles and local regulations) to function effectively as independent practitioners within health service settings;

(2) To produce child psychologists who exhibit an advanced competency level with regard to the basic knowledge and skills of research to function effectively as scientist-practitioners within health service settings.

(3) To produce clinical child psychologists who exhibit an advanced competency level with regard to the knowledge and skills specific to the specialty of clinical child psychology (consistent with the APA Standards of Accreditation for Health Service Psychology) to function effectively as independent scientist-practitioners in health service settings.

We offer training emphasis in the area of Clinical Child Psychology.

Clinical training supports postdoctoral fellows in establishing clinical proficiency, while integrating a professional role that is well grounded in ethics and mental health practice.  By the end of the fellowship, the postdoctoral fellow should attain advanced competence in the knowledge-base and clinical skills required for their area of emphasis and should be able to function independently in a similar clinical program in a new location. 

CCPSP fellowship positions are one year in duration.  In some cases, a second year of fellowship may be available when there are opportunities to continue clinical and research training in more depth. [Note:  This second year is not an “APA-accredited” fellowship year, but is designated as a Brown postdoctoral fellowship year.]  Agreement to continue for a second year of training, when available, is decided upon by the postdoctoral fellow and the primary supervisor midway through the first year. The supervisor informs the postdoctoral fellow that he/she would like him/her to stay a second year by mid-December.  Postdoctoral fellows must make a decision by January 1st in order to allow sufficient time to recruit a replacement. 

All postdoctoral fellowships are full-time, salary positions. 

All candidates for admission are held to the onboarding requirements of the hospital in which they will be employed/rotate. 

All candidates for admission who are clinical/counseling/school psychologists are also strongly encouraged to purchase their own liability insurance (Professional Liability (Malpractice) Insurance for Pre-Licensed Psychologist) while on fellowship.  Future employers may request that you supply proof of insurance while you were in training. 

Definition of 20% Research Component 

All approved postdoctoral fellowships in the PFTP will contain a minimum of 20% effort devoted to research.  It is the supervisor’s responsibility to provide a training experience that will meet this requirement. 

The 20% research experience should be active work that is conducted by the postdoctoral fellow (not completely delegated to others), and it should be geared toward producing a traditional scientific product (e.g. manuscript, presentation at a national professional meeting, grant application, instrument development).  Postdoctoral fellows decide on the appropriate research activity in conjunction with the faculty supervisor.  Ultimately, it is the postdoctoral fellow’s choice to determine the specific project.  Examples of appropriate activities include generating a project from the supervisor’s existing database; designing and implementing a new study; publishing work on projects begun prior to the fellowship including the dissertation.  All individualized training activities for postdoctoral fellows must include explicit goals and activities for this research component.

Primary supervisors are responsible for identifying an independent research supervisor for their postdoctoral fellows.  It is the responsibility of the primary supervisor to monitor that the fellow’s research goals are being met, and that research opportunities reasonably allow for these goals to be achieved.  The primary supervisor should meet with the research supervisor to work out a mechanism to ensure that this is accomplished. 

It is the supervisor’s and home institution’s obligation to provide at least minimal resources for the postdoctoral fellow to achieve their research goals (e.g., computing, access to statistical software, research administration/IRB services, assessment space). 

The 20% effort (8 hours per week) may include the research didactic component of the PFTP (DPHB Core Seminars). Clinical seminars are not included in the 20% time. 

Any one of the following would represent an appropriate product from a research activity: 

  • Peer reviewed publications e.g. journal article
  • Book chapter
  • Invited articles in professional journals
  • Academic presentations outside of Brown Medical School
  • Poster presentation, or paper presentation at a regional or national professional meeting, preferably with a published abstract
  • Poster presentation at Mind/Brain Research Day
  • Grant award from postdoctoral fellow initiated activity

​Describe any other required minimum criteria used to screen applicants:

CCPSP applicants must have: 1) met all requirements for doctoral degree, including defense, at time fellowship starts; 2) Health Service Providers must hold a doctoral degree from an APA-accredited program or equivalent; and 3) must come from an APA-accredited internship or equivalent. See Eligibility for more details.

Financial and Other Benefit Support for Upcoming Training Year*

Affiliated Hospitals 

Annual Stipend/Salary for Full-time Residents $61,008 yr. 1
Annual Stipend/Salary for Half-time Residentsn/a
Program provides access to medical insurance for Residents?YESNo
If access to medical insurance is provided:  
Trainee contribution to cost required?YESNo
Coverage of family member(s) available?YESNo
Coverage of legally married partner available?YESNo
Coverage of domestic partner available?YESNo
Hours of Annual Paid Personal Time Off (PTO and/or Vacation)Varies by Institution 
Hours of Annual Paid Sick LeaveVaries by Institution 

In the event of medical conditions and/or family needs that require extended leave, does the program allow reasonable unpaid leave to interns/residents in excess of personal time off and sick leave? 

[*NOTE: The Training Program allows for extended leave due to: 1) the birth of a child, or placement of a child for adoption or foster care or guardianship; 2) to care for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition; 3) for the trainee’s own serious health condition; and/or 4) any other leave consistent with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).  Postdoctoral fellows must follow the Human Resources policies of their employing institution regarding the specifics of their leave (e.g. duration allowed, use of benefits).  It is an APA accreditation requirement that all postdoctoral fellows must complete a calendar year of full-time postdoctoral training (2000 hrs.).  If leave is taken during the calendar year of fellowship, the equivalent amount of days of leave (including clinical and research days) must be completed, unpaid, once the leave is over. Postdoctoral fellows who are on international student visas may not be able to take extended leave due to constraints of their visa requirements.]   

YES*No
Other Benefits (please describe): n/a  

Initial Post-Residency Positions
(Provide an Aggregated Tally for the Preceding 3 Cohorts)

  
 2021-2024
Total # of residents who were in the 3 cohorts 13
Total # of residents who remain in training in the residency program0
 PDEP
Academic teaching00
Community mental health center01
Consortium30
University counseling center 00
Hospital/medical center01
Veterans Affairs Health Care System00
Psychiatric facility05
Correctional facility01
Health Maintenance Organization00
School district /system00
Independent practice setting01
Other01
Note: “PD” = Post-doctoral residency position; “EP” = Employed Position. Each individual represented in this table should be counted only one time.  For former trainees working in more than one setting, select the setting that represents their primary position.

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Questions related to the program's accreditation status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC  20002
Phone: 202-336-5979 / E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org
Web:  www.apa.org/ed/accreditation 

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Providence RI 02912 401-863-1000

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