Agency Description

Psychological Assessment, Inc. is an Oakland, California based psychological corporation dedicated to offering an array of psychological services. Founded in August 2014, we opened our first office on April 1, 2015. We offer a broad spectrum of psychodiagnostic, psychoeducational, neuropsychological, and forensic assessments. Our referral sources are predominantly private clients, attorneys, and the courts. As trainees, you will be exposed to a broad spectrum of different types of forensic treatment and assessments. Forensic Assessments: Including, but not limited to: Legal and Court-Ordered Evaluations, Child Endangerment Evaluations, Violence Risk Assessments, Sex Offender Risk Evaluations, Malingering Assessments, Competency Evaluations, Qualified Medical Evaluations. Neuropsychological Assessments: Including, but not limited to: Evaluations following head injury (TBI), Functional Analysis, Dementia Screenings, Learning Disability and Accommodations Evaluations, Developmental Delay and Intellectual Disability Assessments, ADHD Evaluations, Medico-Legal Evaluations, Disability Evaluations/ADA Evaluations, Personal Injury Assessments, Worker's Compensation Evaluations. Corporate Services: Including, but not limited to: Return to work/Fitness for Duty, Pre-employment testing, Organizational cultural assessment, Work Group Climate, Inter-Group Communication, 360 Evaluations, Team and leadership development, Change Management, Leadership coaching. In addition, we provide sex education and sex offender treatment through the Shaping Success program and competency restoration for individuals with intellectual and developmental delay through the Crossroads Competency Restoration program.

Agency Mission

To prepare trainees for a professional career as doctors able to provide a variety of series including psychological testing and assessment with excellence, responsiveness, and expertise.

Population

We provide assessments for individuals from 3 years of age and up without restriction. Our Shaping Success program serves individuals from 10 years of age and up and includes juveniles/adults, male/female/transgender. Our Crossroads Competency Restoration program serves adults and juveniles aged 12 and up who are Regional Center clients, most have intellectual or developmental delay. Impetus corporate services serves adult in the corporate realm.

Staff (#, Degree, Prof. Lic.)

# of Psychologists: 4

# of Derek Krauss, MFT: 1

Required days and times

Fridays are training days. Additionally, all trainees are asked to offer some weekend/evenings to accommodate client needs.

Training and Education Offered

Psychology training should provide trainees with models of established clinical and ethical standards of professional practice. PAI is dedicated to the following training goals: 1. To provide high quality training that adheres to the Practitioner-Scholar Model. 2. To develop practitioners who accurately select, administer, score, and interpret multiple psychological assessment tools; who are able to synthesize assessment findings into well-integrated reports; and who are able to use assessment findings in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. 3. To develop practitioners who integrate research and theory in clinical practice. 4. To develop practitioners who recognize the importance of diversity and individual differences, and who are aware of the effects of their own cultural and ethnic backgrounds in clinical practice. 5. To develop practitioners who know and use ethical principles as a guide for professional practice, research, self-evaluation and professional growth. 6. To develop practitioners who are knowledgeable about one or more models of supervision and consultation and who, in their professional work, are able to make use of and to provide supervision and consultation to different constituencies, e.g., professionals, paraprofessionals, clients. (Interns and Post-Doctoral trainees only) 7. To develop practitioners who combine an awareness of personal and professional strengths and limitations with a commitment to respect and collaborate with others; an openness to new ideas; and a dedication to life-long learning.

X-Cultural Training

Responsibilities

Predoctoral interns are responsible for providing psychological assessments under the direct supervision of a licensed psychologist, and patient care for individuals in Shaping Success and/or Crossroads Competency Restoration. As evaluators they function as psychometricians and are responsible for preparing for evaluations, administering/scoring tests, and coordinating with the psychologist to write reports. As treatment providers they are responsible for providing services and preparing monthly training/treatment reports for various stakeholders. Interns function as part of interdisciplinary teams serving mandated clients.

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