The Clinical Neuropsychology Division provides training in the theory
and practice of clinical neuropsychology. Our Psychology Clinic, located
within the UF Health Sciences Center, serves as the primary training ground
for the practice of clinical neuropsychology. The Health Sciences Center
includes Shands Teaching Hospital (570 beds) and 23 associated clinics.
In the Psychology Clinic both inpatient and outpatient services are provided,
ranging from tradtional neuropsychological evaluations, to briefer assessments
for targeted populations, to provision of consultative services via attendance
at case management conferences (i.e., epilepsy, movement disorders, acute
TBI, ADHD, etc.).
Clinical Populations:
Epilepsy, Parkinson Disease and Movement Disorder, Mild
Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Dementia, Adult LD/ADHD, TBI, Post-operative
cognitive changes, Stroke and vascular disease, General Neurologic
disorders (MS, radiation necrosis, cadasil, etc.) , General medical
conditions; Pediatric populations
Clinical Neuropsychology Supervisors:
Bauer, Bowers, Crosson, Dede, Fennell (child), Heaton
(child), Loring, Price
Clinical Orientation
The approach to clinical assessment and supervision varies among
the faculty, spanning the range from flexible battery approaches to
fixed batteries for specific populations. Both process and psychometric
traditions are emphasized during clinical training
Graduate Student Training
Neuropsychology graduate students receive broad based training in the practice of clinical psychology during rotations through five core clinical practica. Four of these core practica occur during the second year of graduate school and include rotations in Neuropsychology, Child, Medical/health, and General Mental Health. These rotations take place in the Psychology Clinic. A fifth rotation in Rural Mental Health occurs later at offsite locations in the surrounding rural communities.
Beyond the core rotation, students in the Neuropsychology tract also obtain additional training in the practice of neuropsychology through advanced practica. These include one general Advanced Practicum in Neuropsychology in the Psychology Clinic and various Specialty Practica in Neuropsychology. General information regarding these practica is shown below.
| Clinical Practicum Rotations for Graduate Students |
| 1. Practicum in Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology) | |
| 2. Advanced Practicum in Clinical Neuropsychology | |
| 3. Speciality Advanced Practicaa in Clinical Neuropsychology: |
| a) Stroke Evaluation & Rehabilitation (BRRC) | |
| b) Memory Training in Older Adults | |
| c) North Florida Evaluation Treatment Center (NEFTC) | |
| d) Others, to be arranged |
Neuropsychology Internship
Our APA-approved internship involves broad exposure to a variety of neuropsychology
supervisors and diverse clinical populations. A typical day in the life
of the neurpsychology intern includes two formal clinic days where the
intern works with an assigned neuropsychology faculty mentor seeing patients
coming through that faculty member's clinic. The remaining days involve
clinical supervison, seeing therapy clients, attendace at various educational
meetings (i.e., neurology grand rounds, epilepsy management conference,
etc.), and desiganated research. Timewise the internship is divided into
four quarters, during which the interns rotate among different supervisors.
During the third quarter, interns roatate "off" neuropsychology
and see patients through the child-pediatric and medical-health psychology
services.
Requirement for Intern Applicants: Because neuropsychology interns
rotate through adult and child services, applicants should have some prior
clinical experience in the intellectual and cognitive assessment of both
adults and children.
Additional information about the internship program can be found on the
following website www.phhp.ufl.edu/chp/internship/info.html
or by contacting Dr. Lori Waxenberg (internship director) or Dr. Dawn
Bowers (neuropsychology area head).
