The Behavior Management Clinic (BMC) provides in depth training in caregiver behavior management, behavioral assessment, and evidence-based treatment for a broad array of externalizing and internalizing concerns occurring in early and middle childhood.

The BMC offers postdoctoral training for future psychologists seeking advanced expertise in evidence-based assessment and intervention for young children and their families. Fellows receive intensive training in behavioral assessment, caregiver coaching, and empirically supported treatments for a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and developmental concerns affecting children from toddlerhood through middle childhood.

The mission of the BMC fellowship is to prepare future psychologists and clinical leaders to deliver individualized, data-informed, and culturally responsive care to children and families. Through extensive supervision, diverse clinical experiences, and meaningful professional development opportunities, fellows develop advanced competencies in evidence-based practice while building skills that support long-term career growth.

Diverse Clinical Training

BMC offers a 12-month postdoctoral fellowship with the possibility of extending it to a second year. Fellows work with children ages 12 months to 12 years presenting with a broad spectrum of concerns, including:

  • ADHD and disruptive behavior disorders
  • Anxiety disorders and selective mutism
  • Habit disorders and tic disorders
  • Depression and emotional regulation difficulties
  • Aggression, tantrums, and noncompliance
  • Social skills challenges
  • Sleep, toileting, and feeding concerns
  • School-related difficulties

The clinic serves children across a wide range of developmental and functional levels, including typically developing children and those with mild cognitive, speech-language, or motor difficulties.

Evidence-Based Treatment Expertise

Fellows receive advanced training in a variety of empirically supported interventions, including:

  • Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
  • PCIT-Selective Mutism Adaptation
  • Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
  • Behavioral Parent Training
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Habit-Reversal Training/ Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (HRT/CBIT)
  • Parent-focused interventions for childhood anxiety (e.g., SPACE)

Training emphasizes individualized treatment planning, functional assessment, ongoing outcome monitoring, and collaborative partnerships with families. Services are delivered through both in-person and telehealth formats. 

Comprehensive Assessment Experience

Fellows conduct initial evaluations that include clinical interviews, parent questionnaires, and structured observations intended to determine the context and function of problem behaviors and/or baseline parenting skills and child behaviors. Information gathered through the assessment process informs collaborative development of an individualized treatment plan designed to reduce challenging behaviors and to increase adaptive skills. Ongoing data collection is integral to the treatment approach to guide treatment direction and to verify outcomes. BMC has an interdisciplinary focus and draws heavily from behavioral/cognitive behavioral approaches to assessment and treatment, with treatment modality dictated by presenting concerns. 

Supervision and Mentorship

Training is supported by a robust supervision model that includes:

  • Two hours of individual supervision each week
  • Two hours of group supervision and didactic training weekly
  • Peer consultation and case discussion
  • Opportunities for co-treatment with experienced clinicians
  • Opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with developmental pediatricians, psychiatrists, schools, and community providers
  • Professional development experiences are integrated throughout the fellowship, including developing focused research projects, leading webinars, delivering community talks, and/or publishing online resources for families. 

Supervisors are highly experienced clinicians committed to mentoring fellows as emerging psychologists and future leaders in child mental health.

Tailored Professional Development

A hallmark of the BMC fellowship is its flexibility. Fellows can individualize their training experience to align with their professional interests and career goals. Opportunities include:

  • PCIT Certification: Supervising psychologists are certified Within Agency Trainers in PCIT, and postdoctoral fellows within the BMC are offered clinical and training opportunities to receive PCIT certification during their fellowship year. Supervisors are trained and/or certified in PCIT adaptations for anxiety, selective mutism, toddlers, and older children. Certification in the PCIT Selective Mutism adaptation may also be possible. 
  • Providing Care to Military-Connected Families: Fellows who seek to gain expertise working with the unique needs of military-connected families may have a site assignment that is located near a military installation that serves a large number of military-connected families. Additional training focused on meeting the needs of military-connected youth is also provided.
  • Pediatric Anxiety Specialization: Training is provided about utilizing parent-focused approaches (e.g., PCIT CALM, PCIT-SM, Supportive Parenting for Anxious Children [SPACE]) to address anxious behaviors in young children. Additional training may focus on treatment for pediatric OCD, Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics (CBIT), or Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for children. 
  • Parent or Child Group Therapy: Fellows may focus on recruiting and leading group therapy for parents and/or children (e.g., Coping Cat, Unstuck & On Target, social skills group). Certification in the behavioral parent training group, DOCS K-5 ADHD, may also be provided.
  • Brief ADHD Diagnostic Evaluation: Fellows may obtain additional assessment experience through conducting brief ADHD diagnostic evaluations.
  • Brief Treatment of Common Childhood Problems: Fellows may obtain experiences working with young children with common challenges, such as toileting, sleep, or feeding concerns. 
  • Supervision: Fellows may choose to focus on opportunities in building supervisory skills (e.g., peer supervision, supervision of doctoral externs or undergraduate practicum students, etc.). 
  • Community Outreach: Fellows are also offered opportunities to participate in community outreach and clinic marketing efforts by providing presentations/training (e.g., daycares, schools, after-care programs, parent and professional groups, and medical staff) and attending local events/conferences. 
  • Clinical Outcomes Research: Fellows may participate in a research project over the course of the training year. 

Qualified candidates for the BMC fellowship program will have received their doctoral degrees in School, Counseling, or Clinical Psychology and have successfully completed an APA-accredited internship program.

Candidates for BMC’s rotation typically have experience and interest in areas such as the following: 

  • Serving preschool and school-aged children and their families and providing early intervention/prevention services.
  • Emphasis on treatment grounded in evidence-based interventions, data collection across settings, experience with graphing and interpreting data, and providing performance feedback to families, as well as ABA and CBT approaches, including third wave CBT interventions, such as mindfulness and ACT.
  • Interest in or experience providing Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). 
  • Treating families with varied and complex psychosocial stressors in addition to child behavior difficulties.
  • Functional approach to case conceptualization and familiarity with the principles and procedures of applied behavior analysis.
  • Prior experience with interdisciplinary and/or multidisciplinary teamwork, including school consultation.
  • Experience with development and implementation of child and parent groups is highly desirable (e.g., ADHD, social skills, emotion management, anxiety, etc.).
  • Treating and working with military-connected families.

Why Choose BMC?

The BMC fellowship provides a unique opportunity to build advanced clinical expertise while receiving intensive mentorship from experienced psychologists in a nationally recognized pediatric setting. Fellows leave with a strong foundation in evidence-based assessment and intervention, opportunities for certification and specialization, and the skills necessary to become leaders in child and family mental health.