Testing Psychologist with focus in Autism Evaluations
Testing Psychologist with focus in Autism Evaluations
lumiere childrens therapy chicagoChicago, IL
yesterday
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse CentersOffices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists
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Lumiere Children's Therapy Chicago is seeking applications for a Psychologist. The focus of this position is to provide psychological evaluations and diagnosis of autism, with a small amount of ADHD, Learning Disorder, Trauma, and other social-emotional issues to children and adults.
You will provide diagnostic autism evaluations for clients 24-months old through adulthood.
Responsibilities:
Complete evaluations
Communicate with clients’ family members and previous/ongoing treatment providers to gain data for evaluations
Coordinate care with and hand-off to treatment providers for future care (ABA therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, play therapists, psychiatrists, mental health therapists, etc.)
Create, update, and maintain documentation, note-taking, and additional administrative duties as needed
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Completion of an APA-accredited PhD or PsyD degree program in psychology
Obtained licensure in Illinois
Experience with and understanding of early child development
Completed clinical ADOS-2 training and obtained certification to administer ADOS-2
Recent (within past 6 months) experience providing multiple testing measures including cognitive, or development assessment measures, Such as the WISC-V, WAIS-IV, WJ-IV, Mullen Scales of Early Learning
Focused study and/or clinical experience with autistic individuals
Preferred Qualifications:
Training in the following additional assessment measures: ABAS-3, SRS-2, Mullen Scales of Early Learning, CPT-3, CATA, K-CPT, CVLT-3, Stroop Test, Woodcock Johnson Tests of Achievement
Skills and evaluation process Identification of symptoms and symptom categories
Collection of background information
Considerations for differential diagnoses
Selecting test measures that are age-appropriate and relevant to the specific inquiry
Test administration and data collection
Scoring, interpreting, and analyzing data
Diagnosis formulation
Formulating and customizing specific treatment recommendations
Writing comprehensive psychological reports
Providing feedback to client and/or family
Hand-off to treatment providers
Additional services and duties may includeADHD evaluation (ages 6 through adulthood)
Specific Learning Disorder evaluation (ages 6 through adulthood)
Outreach & partnership management of treatment providers in the autism community
Contribution and organization of autism resource page
Job Responsibilities:
Complete evaluations
Communicate with clients’ family members and previous/ongoing treatment providers to gain data for evaluations
Coordinate care with and hand-off to treatment providers for future care (ABA therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, play therapists, psychiatrists, mental health therapists, etc.)
Create, update, and maintain documentation, note-taking, and additional administrative duties as needed
Next Steps:
Please apply for the position
Please prepare two redacted/HIPPA compliant examples of psychological reports
Please prepare two letters of recommendation
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
Also on the board Same function, level within a rung
Level
Senior
Location
Chicago, IL
Occupation
Psychologists, All Other
Industry
Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers
Posted
yesterday