Kennedy Krieger Institute

Doctoral Externship at the Center for Autism Services, Science and Innovation

The primary focus of this externship program is to gain clinical experience in working with autistic children and adolescents from age 3 to 17.

Clinical and Training Experiences
For externs interested in learning about the identification of autism, externs will participate in autism diagnostic evaluations, including diagnostic interview, Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2) administration and coding, feedback, and report writing.
For externs interested in learning about the treatment of co-occurring emotional and behavioral concerns, externs will participate in short-term therapy services, such as manualized parent training, group therapy and psychotherapy services.
Externs will also participate in didactic seminars and ADOS-2 consensus scoring activities.
Externs will be directly supervised by licensed psychologists.
Commitment: 12-month externship with commitment of at least two days (16 hours) per week; start date is flexible (typically July 1 or September 1)
Stipend: $2500/year
Applications: If interested in applying for this externship, please submit the following materials by January 15, 2025 to Dr. Elizabeth Cross at crossel@kennedykrieger.org:
Letter of interest
Curriculum vita (CV)
Two letters of reference from a clinical or research supervisor (emailed directly from the letter writer)

For more information: https://www.kennedykrieger.org/training/programs/programs/postdoctoral-residency-clinical- child-psychology-autism-related-disorders/doctoral-externship

Please direct questions to Dr. Shijia Liu at liushi@kennedykrieger.org or Dr. Elizabeth Cross, at crossel@kennedykrieger.org