Trauma evaluation and intervention: evaluation of children in the Child Welfare system to determine functioning and needs; Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), parent training, Trauma-Focused CBT, EMDR, and other interventions for families where there are issues related to attachment and adoption 

Anxiety and habit/tic disorders intervention: providing Cognitive-Behavior Therapy (CBT), Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and related therapies for treating GAD, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, phobias, Selective Mutism, OCD, etc. as well as habit reversal training for habits and tics 

Disruptive behaviors: providing assessment of disruptive behaviors and underlying causes and delivering interventions such as Incredible Years, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Parent Child CARE (PC-CARE), parent training, and individual therapy for anger control and emotion regulation 

Diagnostic evaluation: providing evaluation to clarify diagnoses such as ADHD, cognitive delays/intellectual disabilities, ASD, LDs and more 

Adolescent behavioral health: providing evaluation and individual therapy to teens for treatment of anxiety, mood disorders, ADHD, learning disabilities and differences, social skills, gender identity and sexual orientation support 

Residents receive a minimum of one hour of individual supervision per week and weekly group supervision. Supplementary training opportunities may include: 

• Providing Supervision of Supervision to interns or practicum students 

• Mentorship meetings with the Director of Clinical Services twice monthly with a focus on professional development 

• Attending our seminar series on a wide range of topics, designed specifically for trainees 

• Participating in in-house clinical trainings, DEI journal club and meetings, and consultation groups  

• Selecting a minor emphasis to round out training (e.g., disruptive behavior disorder treatment, trauma treatment, ASD evaluation, and many, many more options) 

• Assisting lead clinicians in our established therapeutic summer camps 

• Traveling with a team of clinicians to rural Oregon counties to conduct evaluations (1-2 times/year) 

• Program development on an existing project or project of choice 

Required Qualifications:   

• Candidates should hold a Psy.D. or Ph.D. in Clinical, Counseling, or School Psychology from an APA accredited institution    

• Applicants must have completed an APA- or APPIC-recognized pre-doctoral internship   

• Have clinical training and applied experience serving children and families   

• A background in both assessment and intervention with children and families is required and experience with evidence-based evaluation and therapy is preferred 

The benefits of working at our clinic include:    

• Salary range of $58,000-$60,000  

• 5 days PTO per quarter (to use as sick time, vacation, etc.) 

• 8 paid holidays per year: New Year’s Day, Labor Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day 

• Medical and dental benefit-eligible position (with employee contribution) 

• Malpractice insurance 

• Access to FSA and dependent daycare through AFLAC 

• Disability insurance (1x employee salary up to $50,000 after a 60-day waiting period) 

• Training stipend available for approved trainings 

• Access to legal/ethical consultation resources 

• Numerous internal training/continuing education opportunities 

• Full-time staff support with administrative tasks, including:    

• Intake screening 

• Scheduling 

• Billing & collections 

• Credentialing & insurance paneling 

• Marketing & community outreach 

• IT 

• Well-established sources of client referrals from medical & mental health professionals, schools, and other institutions in the Portland metro area 

• A vibrant, fun, supportive office environment  

Children’s Program values diversity among staff, trainees and the population we serve. Our non-discrimination policy indicates that trainees, clients and staff have the right be treated considerately and respectfully regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, cultural background, economic status, education or disability. We believe that diversity enhances the climate and training environment and are committed to ongoing efforts to recruit and retain diverse staff (including training supervisors) and trainees, as well as to improve our ability to serve diverse populations in our region. We seek to provide ongoing training and educational opportunities for our staff and trainees around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, with a goal of improving clinical practice, increasing outreach to underserved communities and improving our ability to welcome and support trainees and staff from a wide range of backgrounds.  

To apply: 

For further information or to apply for the positions, please email CV and cover letter to Rose Eagle, Ph.D., Director of Training at reagle@childrensprogram.com. 

For further information and to apply for the position, please email CV and cover letter to Rose Eagle, Ph.D., Director of Training, at reagle@childrensprogram.com.

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The class will involve:
1) psychoeducation around how anxiety/acute stress can affect memories and body responses,
2) daily lessons of coping and regulation skills, and
3) experiential practice of skills taught, through conversation, writing, arts and crafts, and movement activities. This class is well-suited for both children who have and have not had treatment for anxiety and acute stress/trauma responses.

This class is best suited for children who are thoughtful, reasonably comfortable in social situations, and engaged. Having another mental health condition is acceptable (e.g. ADHD, depression), as long as other conditions are well-managed. This class is not appropriate for children classified as high-risk: one who is at risk of harm towards self or others or is currently in the midst of an acute stressor/trauma. Please reach out to pramanujam@childrensprogram.com with questions about whether this group is a fit for your child.

Worry Warriors Class: Trauma Edition
Dates: Six Thursdays, January 23 – February 27, 2025
Time: 3:30PM-4:30PM
Cost: $395.00 (cost includes all supplies needed for class)
Age range: 9-12 years
Location: 6443 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97224
Class facilitators: Karina Peters, Psy.D. and Priya Ramanujam, Ph.D.

These two parent seminars will teach you how to foster academic motivation, task completion, time management, organizational habits, goal setting, and other skills to help your child succeed in middle school. 

This class is for parents only. 
Dates: 2 Wednesdays, November 13 & 20, 2024
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: In Person at the Children’s Program, 6443 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Suite 300
Cost: $100.00/family for both seminars (not insurance billable)

Pay Attention to Attention

Time: 9:00am – 12:00pm each day (Breaks included)
Cost: $500.00/ weekend (not insurance billable, but includes subscription to all Pay Attention to Attention online modules)
This workshop is designed for elementary age children (1st – 5th grade) who struggle with self-control and/or effortful attention (AD/HD).  We will focus on teaching children to exercise self-control in peer interactions, so that they can work productively and play appropriately. The in-person class setting will closely approximate classroom and social situations, so that your child can practice these skills in a representative environment. Parents will observe the class so they are better able to reinforce these skills through at-home practice.  

This group is led by Jeff Sosne, Ph.D., a child psychologist with more than forty years of experience. He specializes in helping children with attention and self-control problems.

Workshops are held in person at the Children’s Program, 6443 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy

Date: Thursday, November 21, 2024
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: In Person at the Children’s Program, 6443 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Portland, OR 97221
Cost: $50.00/family (not insurance billable)

The Children’s Program internship has full membership status in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and will participate in the APPIC match (APPIC #254311). This program is not accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA).

We will be accepting 3 interns for the 2025/2026 training year

Click here to view our 2025 internship brochure.

Click here to view our presentation on why Portland is a great place to live!

Click here to review our CPI 2024 Internship Admissions, Support, and Initial Placement Data

The Intern Manual, which details internship policies, is available electronically by request. Please email the Training Director, Dr. Rose Eagle, at reagle@childrensprogram.com. 

Clinic Overview

We are pleased you are considering the Children’s Program doctoral clinical psychology internship program. Children’s Program is a multi-disciplinary mental health clinic serving children and families. Our internship in clinical psychology offers an opportunity to learn from more than 20 licensed psychologists, all of whom have a unique specialty relating to children and families. Areas of specialty include: diagnosis and treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders (including ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and developmental delays), mood disorders and anxiety, and issues related to trauma and attachment. Children’s Program clinicians use empirically supported treatments and work primarily from a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy perspective. We offer a number of therapy and psychoeducational group programs and classes for children and families.

We are proud to have served our community since 1987. Although located in Southwest Portland, Children’s Program serves children, families and agencies from across the state of Oregon. In addition to psychologists, Children’s Program employs developmental behavioral pediatricians, a child psychiatrist, licensed professional counselors, a social worker, a psychometrician, tutors, and also is a training placement for students from various training programs and specialties (e.g., Pacific University, OHSU).

The Children’s Program internship has full membership status in the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and will participate in the APPIC match (APPIC #254311). Children’s Program will be accepting 3 interns for the 2025/2026 training year. Please see the Children’s Program Internship Brochure for details regarding the training year experience. Please email Dr. Rose Eagle, Training Director (reagle@childrensprogram.com) with questions.

Prerequisites for Application

Internship candidates must be doctoral students in counseling, clinical, or school psychology. Both psychometric assessment and psychotherapy experience are required. Qualified candidates will ideally have completed at least 400 intervention and assessment hours, with preference being given to applicants who have a majority of hours completed with children and/or adolescents. A minimum of 4 years of graduate training is required. All qualifying examinations must be passed by the internship application deadline. A candidate’s dissertation proposal must be approved before the internship match ranking deadline.

Please note, we require a Supplemental Assessment Report for all applicants, which should include a comprehensive evaluation with a child or adolescent client (not for a class).

Applications

Applications are due on 12/2/2024. Applicants will be notified of interviews on 12/16/2024. Interviews will be held on 1/15/2025 and 1/17/2025, either virtually via Zoom or in-person, depending on the preferences of the applicant and logistics. No preferential treatment will be given to applicants interviewing in-person versus virtually. If applicants are unable to interview that day, alternative arrangements may be made. Applicants will meet the Director of Training or Assistant Director of Training for an individual interview. An optional virtual group meeting is offered to provide applicants with the opportunity to speak with current trainees (e.g., current interns, residents).

Children’s Program values diversity among staff,  interns and other trainees and the population we serve. Our non-discrimination policy indicates that trainees, clients and staff have the right be treated considerately and respectfully regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, cultural background, economic status, education or disability. We believe that diversity enhances the climate and training environment and are committed to ongoing efforts to recruit and retain diverse staff (including training supervisors) and trainees, as well as to improve our ability to serve diverse populations in our region. We seek to provide ongoing training and educational opportunities for our staff and trainees around issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, with a goal of improving clinical practice, increasing outreach to underserved communities and improving our ability to welcome and support trainees and staff from a wide range of backgrounds.

Children’s Program Internship has received notification of approval for an accreditation site visit by APA. Please be advised that there is no assurance that we will be able to successfully achieve accreditation.

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 2002
Phone: (202) 336-5979/Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Web: www.apa.og/ed/accreditation

We offer two separate sections of SPACE, for elementary and middle school age groups. . Each consists of 7 virtual parent sessions.

SPACE Elementary Age (for parents of children in grades K -5)

For parents of children in grades K – 5. Limited to 8 families. 
with Nichole Sage, Psy.D., Michael Schwartz, Ph.D. (Licensed Psychologists), and Hailey Albin, MA (Psychology Intern)
Time: Mondays from 4:00pm – 5:30pm (90 mins – via Zoom) 
Dates:  September 23 – October 28, 2024; booster session on November 11.

Cost – $575.00 (not insurance billable) – Limited scholarship funds available

SPACE Middle School Age (for parents of children in grades 6 – 8)

For parents of children in grades 6 – 8. Limited to 8 families. 
with Mariko Clark, MA (Licensed Professional Counselor), Allan Cordova, Ph.D. (Licensed Psychologist), and Hannah Bianco, Ph.D. (Licensed Psychologist),
Time: Wednesdays from 10:30am – 12:00pm (90 mins – via Zoom)
Dates: October 16 – November 20, 2024; booster session on December 4.

Cost – $575.00 (not insurance billable) – Limited scholarship funds available

This research-based curriculum is designed to support parents with children ages 3-8 years-old with disruptive behavior including hyperactivity, defiance, impulsivity and tantrums. Parents learn to improve their child’s coping, self-regulation and social skills and decrease negative behaviors at home and/or at school through supportive parenting techniques. Sessions are highly interactive, engaging, informative and positive. Families leave each session with tools for every-day use. A packet of materials will be sent to each participant prior to the start of group. All sessions will be conducted via Zoom. 

Cost: $450.00/family, non-insurance billable(includes all group sessions and session materials. A limited number of scholarships are available–indicate your interest at registration).

For biological parents, adoptive parents, resource parents, and caregivers of children and teens who have experienced early trauma or loss.

This support group will provide parenting tools and techniques to use with children and teens who have had early trauma and continue to struggle with regulation and healthy connection. Each session will have a learning segment, followed by an interactive time to process and problem-solve the unique challenges that each caregiver is experiencing with their child.

Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) is an evidence-based therapeutic model that trains parents and caregivers in attachment-based, trauma-informed interventions to meet the complex needs of vulnerable children. TBRI® uses Connecting Principles for attachment needs, Empowering Principles to address physical and regulation needs, and Correcting Principles to disarm fear-based behaviors.

We offer three TBRI Series. Though we encourage folks to enroll in all three to build skills progressively, you are welcome to register for any of the three modules. In other words, you could start with Series III in the spring, and later take series I and II. You can register one series at a time, or you can register for more than one in order to hold your spot in a future series.

Series I: Connecting Principles
In the opening series, we will guide you in examining your own attachment pattern, and how this impacts your relationship with your child, as well as how to use connection strategies to help your child feel safe, regulate their emotions, and heal from trauma.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 9:00am – 11:00am, October 29 – December 10, 2024 (NO class on 11/26, week of Thanksgiving)

Series II: Empowering Principles
This series will focus on strategies to help you and your child stay regulated. It will include a deep dive into sensory issues, physiological regulation strategies, and ecological regulation strategies to support your child across home, school, and community environments.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 9:00am – 11:00am, January 28 – March 4, 2025

Series III: Correcting Principles
This series will focus on strategies to help you learn how to correct your child’s behavior while maintaining a strong connection with your child. Proactive Strategies are designed to teach social and behavioral skills. Responsive strategies are designed to aid caregivers in handling challenging behavior.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 9:00am – 11:00am, April 15 – May 20, 2025

Costs
Per series: $200.00 individual/$250.00 couple
CareOregon Members: Free – these groups are available to you for free in partnership with CareOregon.
Location: This will be a virtual group, and registrants must reside in Oregon.

AS OF 10/28, SERIES I IS AT FULL CAPACITY—but you can still register for Series II and III!

Here’s what past participants had to say about our TBRI Group (Comments are Anonymous to Protect Participant Privacy):

“I wish I would have taken this 4 years ago when we started getting support from Children’s Program. The skills taught are realistic and they work. It’s worth the investment of time and money.”

“Taking the TBRI Parents Support Series has been life changing for our family. It provides a new lens through which to view my child’s and our behavior, and has made working through some of the trauma-based behavior so much easier. The resources and regulation tools are so valuable.”

“As we have worked to implement strategies that we learned in the TBRI parenting class, we have see a transformation in our relationship with our daughter.”