interns and externs, and medical residents and fellows. CASD provides multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment services for children and adolescents with atypical or complicated developmental disorders and their families. The CASD clinic is designed to address the needs of all 2019-2021 Post-Doctoral Fellowship children with disorders, but specializes in three main areas: 1) Diagnosis and Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders neuropsychological evaluation of children with Children’s National Medical Center primary deficits in social cognition, The George Washington University communication, and executive functioning 2) Early School of Medicine diagnosis of children at all levels of functioning, Washington D.C./Rockville, MD and 3) Evidence-based treatments. Our clinic serves a culturally and clinically diverse population, Fellowship in Autism Spectrum ranging from toddlers to young adults, and Disorders presenting with varying cognitive ability and a This position will provide focused experience in the wide range of co-occurring clinical conditions, evaluation and treatment of, as well as research including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Social with, children and adolescents with autism Communication Disorder, Attention- spectrum disorder and related conditions. The Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Learning fellow will have the opportunity to provide Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, mood and diagnostic, developmental, and neuropsychological anxiety disorders, as well as neurological, genetic, evaluations within the context of multidisciplinary and medical conditions including , teams. Clinical activities also will About Children’s National Serving the include advanced nation’s children since 1870, Children's National is a leading clinical and research institution, and is training in ADOS- currently ranked fifth among the best children’s 2/ ADI-R and hospitals in the country. Children’s National offers opportunities for services at the main hospital in the District of individual and Columbia and at regional satellites throughout the group therapy. DC area. The Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders Weekly didactics, has its main office at a regional outpatient center in case conferences, individual and group supervision Rockville, Maryland, and also serves children at the are all provided. The fellow will participate in main hospital and at additional satellite locations in ongoing research projects through CASD, which can Maryland and Virginia. The Children’s Research include neuroimaging, cognitive phenotyping and Institute (CRI) at Children’s National advances intervention studies focusing on executive research and education to improve child health and well-being. The research at Children’s National has functions, medical populations at risk for ASD, become a focal point for multi-institutional projects females with autism, and gender variance. in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and nationally. See www.childrensnational.org for more Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders information. The Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (CASD) The atrium of Children’s National – main hospital campus is a multidisciplinary center including neuropsychology, , speech/language pathology, developmental , child psychiatry, and social work. Trainees include postdoctoral neuropsychology and psychology fellows, pre-doctoral psychology

neurofibromatosis, cerebral palsy, and congenital . Two hours of individual supervision weekly. heart disease. Our faculty is committed to . Weekly research meetings excellence in clinical care and training and is also . Optional: Weekly Neuropsychology Seminar, actively involved in clinical research into the Behavioral Sciences Grand Rounds, Children’s manifestation, assessment, and treatment of ASD. Research Institute Seminars, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Training Seminars

The Center for Research Autism Spectrum The fellow will be funded (usually 25-30% time) to Disorders (CASD) is a participate in ongoing research projects through part of the Division of CASD, including intervention, behavioral and Pediatric neuroimaging studies examining executive Neuropsychology at function and other non-social impairments in Children’s National, autism. CASD currently has grant funding and which also provides postdoctoral contracts supporting imaging, behavioral training fellowships. As such, the phenotyping, school-based interventions, and CASD psychology fellow has the gender expression in ASD. The Fellow is expected unique opportunity to specialize to be a productive member of his or her research in advanced clinical work and team and to demonstrate competency for research in ASD, while also independent research after completing the learning from and working with program. For example, Fellows are expected to neuropsychologists treating present at professional conferences, and to submit children with a wide range of medical, a review paper, developmental, and psychiatric conditions. chapter, research Clinical Experiences article, and/ grant The fellow will have the opportunity to: application by the . Provide neuropsychological and end of the residency. developmental evaluations both independently Our program includes and within the context of multidisciplinary a research curriculum teams (psychiatry, speech/language, and monthly research neuropsychology). meetings/ seminars to support the development of . Provide diagnostic assessments of young research skills. Our postdocs are authors on children as part of a multi-disciplinary team to numerous peer-reviewed publications, book enable access to early intervention services chapters, and conference presentations. See below . Administer gold standard autism diagnostic for some examples of recent postdoc publications.

measures (ADOS-2 and ADI-R) and provide Teaching and Supervision Opportunities diagnostic evaluations in clinical and research The fellow will have the opportunity to develop settings. teaching and supervisory skills to prepare . Provide evidence-based treatment. themselves for independent practice within clinical Didactics and academic medical settings. Fellows will be The fellow will participate in specialized didactics given supervision and experience in developing in autism: their own supervisory skills with psychology . Weekly multidisciplinary team meetings that externs and psychometrists. Fellows will also include didactic presentations, guest speakers, present a topic in the didactic lecture series, and and practice discussions. may be asked to present in the Core Seminar . Weekly multidisciplinary case discussions. Series for psychiatry trainees, and/or Psychology . Weekly assessment and monthly ADOS Intern Seminar or other presentations within the reliability trainings. hospital.

Salary/Benefits Direct information to: Current salary is $48, 434. Children’s National Dr. Anne Inge Health System offers an excellent benefits Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders package. Postdoctoral Fellows receive twenty days Children’s National Medical Center of annual leave (vacation) per year, and accrue sick 15245 Shady Grove Road, Suite 350 leave. There are nine paid holidays. We provide a Rockville, MD 20850 professional expense stipend for conference travel, E-mail: [email protected] books, licensure fees, etc. The hospital offers a Phone: 301-765-5438 selection of health insurance plans, optional dental Fax: 301-765-5497 and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts, Faculty and Staff in the Center for Autism employee assistance program, back-up dependent Spectrum Disorders care assistance, optional life and disability Neuropsychology/Psychology Faculty insurance. More information about hospital benefits is available at Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., Director, Center childrensnational.org/careers/benefits/. At our for Autism Spectrum Disorders, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Rockville office, fellows have private offices with of Pediatrics, The George Washington large windows, free parking, and free use of University Medical Center exercise facilities in the building. Fellows receive [email protected] the support of psychometrists for their testing cases. We maintain scoring and statistical analysis Anne Inge, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Director, Center for Autism software, and through our academic affiliate, The Spectrum Disorders, Assistant Professor George Washington University, offer excellent of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and online access to library resources including full-text of Pediatrics journals. [email protected]

How to Apply Angela Bollich, Ph.D., Pediatric Qualifications of Applicants Neuropsychologist, Assistant Professor of We will consider applicants who have completed Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of APA-approved doctoral programs in a relevant Pediatrics area of psychology (usually Clinical Psychology) [email protected] and an APA-accredited pre-doctoral internship. Applicants should have substantial child-clinical or Srishti Rau, Ph.D., Pediatric pediatric psychology experience, including prior Neuropsychologist, Assistant Professor of clinical and/or research experience with children Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of with autism spectrum disorders. Graduate course Pediatrics work and training should include developmental [email protected] and/or neuropsychological assessment.

Deborah Potvin, Ph.D., Pediatric Application Procedure Neuropsychologist, Assistant Professor of Candidates should include the following: letter of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of interest indicating clinical and research interests, Pediatrics curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, [email protected] graduate transcripts, and two de-identified

assessment reports written by the applicant, to be submitted by email by January 4, 2019 Cara Pugliese, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Pediatrics [email protected]

Allison Ratto, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pugliese, C.E., Anthony, L, Strang, J. F., Dudley, K., Behavioral Sciences and of Pediatrics Wallace, G.L., Naiman, D. Q., & Kenworthy, [email protected] L. (2016). Longitudinal Examination of Adaptive Behavior in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Influence of Executive Function. Journal of Autism and John Strang, Psy.D., Pediatric Developmental Disorders 46(2):467-77. doi: Neuropsychologist, Assistant Professor of 10.1007/s10803-015-2584-5. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and of Pediatrics Pugliese, C. E., Anthony, L., Strang, J. F., Dudley, K., [email protected] Wallace, G. L., & Kenworthy, L. (2015). Increasing Adaptive Behavior Skill Deficits From Childhood to Adolescence in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Role of New Faculty Executive Function. Journal of Autism and Ann Clawson, Ph.D., Neuropsychologist Developmental Disorders, 45, 1579–1587. Meagan Wills, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10803-014- 2309-1 Associated Faculty and Staff Abigail Brandt, MA ,CCC-SLP, Speech and Language Granader Y, Wallace GL, Hardy KK, Yerys BE, Lawson Pathologist RA, Rosenthal M, Wills MC, Dixon E, Pandey J, Penna R, Schultz RT, & Kenworthy, L (2014) Characterizing Colleen Morgan, MA ,CCC-SLP, Speech and Language the Factor Structure of Parent Reported Executive Pathologist Function in Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Role of Cognitive Inflexibility. Journal of Autism and Allysa Ware, MSW, Social Worker Developmental Disabilities 44(12) 3056-62

Amy Youmatz, MA, Psychometrist Kenworthy, L., Anthony, L.G., Naiman, D., Cannon, L., Wills, M.C., Luong-Tran, C., Werner, Kelly Register Brown, MD, Child and Adolescent A., Alexander, K., Strang, J., Bal, E., Sokoloff, J.L., & Psychiatrist Wallace, G. (2014). Randomized controlled effectiveness trial of executive function intervention of Shalinee Khurana, MD, Developmental and Behavioral children on the autism spectrum. Journal of Child Pediatrician Psychology and Psychiatry, 55(4): 374-383. PMCID: PMC4532389 Cathy Scheiner, MD, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician Bal, E., Yerys, B.E., Sokoloff, J., Celano, M.J., Kenworthy, L., Giedd, J.N., & Wallace, G.L. (2013). Selected Recent Publications by Our Do social attribution skills improve with age in children with high functioning autism spectrum Postdocs disorders? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 7, Reflecting work done during fellowship with us (postdoc names are in 9-16. bold).

Kraper, CK, Kenworthy L, Popal H, Martin A, & Wallace G (2017). The Gap Between Adaptive Behavior and Intelligence in Autism Persists into Young Adulthood and is Linked to Psychiatric Co-morbidities. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(10), 307-3017.

Ratto AB, Anthony BJ, Kenworthy L, Armour AC, Dudley K & Anthony LG (2016). Are non-intellectually disabled black youth with ASD less impaired on parent report than their white peers? Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46 (3) 773-81 .