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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
Walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed.
Serving as your child's primary doctor's office.
Pediatric specialty consultations available closer to home.
A full range of comprehensive services all under one roof.
Connect with providers from the comfort of your own home.
With over 800 pediatric clinicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
The focus of our program is to train psychology interns in the areas of pediatric health psychology and clinical neuropsychology. A graduated program of training experiences is provided for doctoral level psychology trainees. Our program is based on a Practitioner Scholar model, an integration of scholarship with experiential learning. The program includes exposure to knowledge and skills necessary for the completion of doctoral level training in professional psychology.
From didactic seminars to shadowing experiences, interns are trained in a manner that is sequential, cumulative and graded in complexity. The intern's progression toward independent practice informed by science is closely monitored through supervision provided across all aspects of training, the importance of psychological research and the application of that research to practice emphasize.
Trainees participate in supervised experiences in diagnostic, therapeutic, and clinical research settings. The development of knowledge is also facilitated through supervision; supervisors serving as professional role models. The intern's primary supervisor is responsible for monitoring progress and insuring that the intern's training needs are being met. Interns will be required to present case conceptualization and supporting empirical data for the interventions selected as treatments.
"I was honored to be able to complete my internship and fellowship training at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. At NCH, I are awarded the opportunity to work with various multidisciplinary teams to offer children, adolescents, and their families a full scope of treatment and care. The psychology department has worked diligently to be a strong member of the medical team which allows access for the trainees, interns, and fellows to learn from different providers and further their knowledge of various medical diagnoses and treatment plans. The training program allowed me the opportunity, build my confidence as a provider, to expand my knowledge of pediatric psychology, and grow my skill set to provide best care for the patients and their families. The supervisors and full psychology department were supportive and welcoming throughout my training. I am truly appreciative of my time and training at NCH. "
"My experience as a pediatric health intern at Nicklaus Children's Hospital was one of the best! I was exposed to a wide array of training experiences, such as participating in assessment, individual and family therapy, multidisciplinary pediatric health clinics, and the consultation-liaison service. I also had the opportunity to supervise practicum students, which was a unique asset to the program. The supervisors are truly focused on your growth and improvement and are kind, caring, and supportive! Everyone in the department welcomes you as family as well. This internship fully prepared me for applying to fellowships in pediatric hospitals and has shaped the beginning of my career."
"The training one receives as an intern at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is exceptional and comprehensive. During my time as a pediatric neuropsychology intern, the opportunities I had working with patients and families within the context of inpatient and outpatient neuropsychological testing, consultation-liaison services, multidisciplinary clinics, and individual/group therapy set me up for success as I began to apply and interview for post-doctoral fellowship positions. The wide breadth of clinical experiences, paired with the well-rounded didactic training and uniquely diverse patient population at NCH fosters an incredible opportunity for interns to learn and grow as clinicians. Additionally, the supervisors and staff within the psychology department at Nicklaus Children’s create such a warm, fun, welcoming environment for trainees, and it truly does feel like you are part of a family. The continued support and professional expertise of my NCH supervisors and colleagues is an invaluable asset that I am grateful to have as a post-doctoral fellow and beyond."
"During my training at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, I was afforded the opportunity to work with a diverse patient population. I also gained in depth experience providing consultation-liaison services, working in multidisciplinary clinics, providing comprehensive assessment, as well as individual and group based psychotherapy. My supervisors were knowledgeable, warm, and welcoming! Overall, I felt that my internship year at Nicklaus prepared me well for my current fellowship at Children's National Hospital and for my future career as a pediatric psychologist."
COVID-19 - Our Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Experience
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be a challenging and evolving time in Medicine, Medical Education, and Psychological Services. Across the country, institutions rapidly transitioned from the initial stage of preparation and learning into a mode of execution and mitigation. Throughout this time, the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Psychology Internship Program also quickly adapted to ensure that we could continue to provide high-quality training while delivering safe and effective patient care.
Marisa Azaret, Psy.D.
Saneya H. Tawfik, Ph.D.