Internship Site Summary
Please fill out the following summary of your agency and attach any available program information (e.g., literature or brochures) regarding the services your site provides.
SITE INFORMATION
Name of Agency: EMPOWER(Enhancing My Personal Options While Evaluating Risks)
Agency/program Website: cbirg.fiu.edu
Address: 11200 SW 8th Street MARC-310, University Park, Miami, FL33199
Stipend: X Yes No Amount per semester: $ TBA
Site Practice Domain:___ Forensics/Corrections____ Eating Disorders
(Check all that apply) X Substance Abuse____ Developmental dis.
____Crisis Intervention____ Abuse/Trauma
____ Geriatrics____ Chronic Mental Illness
X Other: Risky Sexual Behaviors
Setting: ___Hospital ___ School___ Correctional Institution
___ Residential___ Group Home X Outpatient
___ PHPX Other: Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies in Broward and DadeCounties
TRAINEE INFORMATION:
Number of trainees needed per semester: unsure
Number of days3-5and hours15-25per week available for students to work.
Days/hours Flexible XYes ____No, explain: Most assessments and treatment sessions are conducted in substance abuse treatment agencies in Broward and DadeCounties. Some clients may be seen during the day, but most must be seen in the afternoons and evenings. Follow-up assessments may be done in community settings or over the phone.
Evening and weekend hours available: XYes____No
Special skills required: Excellent interpersonal skills are important; ability to work independently and as part of a team; ability to work within community settings; eager to learn! Valid Florida Driver’s License and a reliable car is required. Bilingual skills (Spanish) a plus.
Attendance required at particular meetings: Yes, attendance at weekly staff and supervision meetings is mandatory.
DESCRIPTION OF CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Description of agency/program: The EMPOWER program is a large, federally funded clinical research grant examining the effectiveness of clinical-based HIV risk-reduction intervention for adolescents undergoing outpatient treatment for substance use problems. The student will be responsible for conducting project-related assessments and for administering a comprehensive set of measures to participants and conduct subsequent post treatment follow up assessments. The student is also responsible for attending weekly staff meeting supervision with the project coordinator and clinical director. The student receives training and regular supervision in the recruitment process and the use of the assessment instruments.
Experiences that students will engage in, check all those that apply:
X Assessments___ Individual Therapy___ Couples/family therapy
___ Group Therapy___ Report Writing___ Consultation
X Other: Follow-ups
Supervision Description: Student will attend group supervision for approximately two hours once a week. All clinical and logistical issues and concerns will be addressed. Individual supervision to be arranged based on program requirements.
2+# of supervision hours that agency will provide supervision per week.
CLIENT DESCRIPTION INFORAMATION
Population:
X Adult (Brief parent assessments)___ ChildX Adolescents
___ Couples___ Families ___ Geriatrics
Race/Ethnicity:
X Caucasian___ Native AmericanX African American
___ Asian X Hispanic___ Appalachian
X Other: (diverse)
Special Needs:
___ Physically Challenged ___ Developmentally Disabled ___ Visual/hearing impaired
Presenting Problems (please rank the top three presenting problems):
___ Anxiety___ Domestic Violence___ Phobias
X Chemical Dependency___ Job-related___ Psychosis
___ Chronic Pain___ Learning/academic___ PTSD
___ Delinquency___ OCD___ Depression
___ Relationship Issues___ Parenting___ Stress
___ Divorce___ Personality DisorderX Other: Substance Use, Risky Sexual Activity
Other Information about your agency/site, which would be help for prospective trainees: EMPOWER(PI: Jonathan Tubman, Ph.D.) is part of the Community-Based Intervention Research Group (C-BIRG) at FIU, co-directed by Eric Wagner, Ph.D., Andres Gil, Ph.D., Jonathan Tubman, Ph.D., and Staci Leon Morris, Psy.D. C-BIRG is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary research group devoted to the design, implementation, and evaluation of community-based interventions for problems facing multicultural urban populations. With the support of extramural funding, the main goal of C-BIRG is to bridge applied clinical science, state-of-the-art methodologies, and public health research approaches, in order to address pressing prevention and treatment research problems.The functions of C-BIRG include:Promoting a community-based intervention research agenda; Maintaining an expanding portfolio of locally- and federally-funded research projects designed to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based interventions with multicultural populations; Developing and testing theory and models related to community-based intervention with multicultural urban populations; Applying and extending state-of-the-art methodologies to community-based intervention; Developing and testing innovative data collection, data collation, and data management approaches for community-based intervention research; Mentoring undergraduate, graduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral students in community-based intervention; Training professionals in community-based intervention with multicultural urban communities; Providing opportunities for multidisciplinary research collaboration in community-based intervention research; Establishing and promoting university-community liaisons in community-based intervention efforts; and Providing community-based interventions to vulnerable populations.
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