Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Residency – Walnut Creek

We are committed to nurturing and integrating diversity training into all aspects of our postdoctoral residency program by:

• Providing residents with opportunities to work with patients who represent various aspects of diversity, including age, religion, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, values, and lifestyle.
• Placing a high value on residents’ willingness to engage in self-reflection, and supporting the exploration of attitudes, beliefs and therapeutic postures that could impact clinical interactions.
• Maintaining a consistent focus in clinical supervision on expanding residents’ multicultural awareness and competence in the provision of neuropsychological assessment services and providing guidance, training, and resources on topics such as mitigating unconscious bias, respecting every voice, and cultivating a sense of inclusion and belonging in the workplace.
• Residents are encouraged to participate in the Regional Mental Health Training Program EID Committee’s advanced trainings on topics related to cultural sensitivity and competence along with a forum to reflect on and discuss their varied experiences in a safe environment. There is also opportunity to participate in an EID committee at the local clinic level.

• Two hours of weekly training that includes a neuropsychological case review from 10:00-11:00, and a neuropsychological didactic from 9:00-10:00 that focuses on a different topic in advanced neuropsychology every week. Both the 9:00 and 10:00 hour are led by clinical neuropsychologists and other neuropsychological trainees in the Northern and Southern California regions.
• As part of the training program, our two-year residents are required to present at least 1 didactic and 1 neuropsychological case per training year.
• One full-day seminar on neuroanatomy and other topics that prepare Residents for board certification
• Monthly regional didactics on advanced psychology practice

General training in Neuropsychology following the Houston Guidelines:

• Neuropsychological interviewing, report writing, and feedback
• Validity testing
• Capacity evaluations
• Memory: anatomy and assessment
• General Neuroanatomy
• Neuropsychology of mild and severe traumatic brain injuries
• Neurodevelopmental Conditions
• Pediatric Neuropsychological Evaluations and Consultation

• Individual neuropsychological supervision is required for 2 hours per week, with additional time available based on trainee need. §
• Neuropsychology Trainee Group supervision is offered monthly as part of the NCAL Neuropsychological Consortium, lead by a clinical neuropsychologist.
• Weekly clinical psychological group supervision with the Walnut Creek clinical post-doctoral group, lead by clinical neuropsychologist.
• Individual supervision focused on the Community Partnership Program as needed throughout the year

• Reflecting Kaiser Permanente’s core commitment to mental health and wellness in our communities, each resident will spend at least 32 hours during each training year on a Community Partnership Project that focuses on improving mental health in the local community beyond our Kaiser Permanente patient members. Recent projects have included partnerships with Dozier Libbey Medical High School in Antioch, the KP Launch Summer
• Internship Program, and the Trinity Center in Walnut Creek. § The goal of this project is to provide outreach to underserved populations to promote health and advancement. Anchors for this project include developing alliances with individuals and/or systems to improve the lives of those served; providing education and training based on the empirical literature; and presenting relevant outcomes data to partnership stakeholders. Residents will meet with the Community Partnership supervisor to assist with placement and developing a project