Didactics

Example Didactic Topics

  • ABA therapy
  • Acute encephalitis
  • ADHD and ADHD treatment
  • Anxiety and anxiety treatment
  • Autism and treatment
  • Bipolar Disorder and treatment
  • Biofeedback
  • Catatonia
  • CBT therapy
  • Communication disorder
  • Delirium
  • Depression and treatment
  • Diagnostician testing
  • Dissociative disorders
  • DMDD
  • Eating disorders and treatments
  • ECT/TMS
  • EMDR and trauma focused CBT
  • First psychosis episode management and treatment
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Grief
  • IDD
  • Learning Disorders
  • Lithium for mood disorder treatment
  • Management of aggressive patients
  • Mood disorder and treatment
  • Movement disorders
  • Neuropsychological testing
  • Neurotransmitters
  • Oppositional defiance disorder
  • Personality Disorders
  • Play therapy
  • Psychodynamic psychotherapy
  • Psychosis and treatment
  • Rural and global psychiatry
  • Sleep wake disorders
  • Social anxiety disorder
  • Somatic symptoms and related disorders
  • SPACE training for anxiety
  • Speech therapy assessment
  • Substance use disorders and treatment
  • Supportive Therapy
  • Suicide and prevention
  • Taking a pediatric psychiatry history and MSE
  • Trauma and related disorders


Unique additions to didactics

  • As part of our didactic series we do a research methods series course with our research instructor.
  • As part of our psychotherapy series we do introduction with a presentation portion and a practical portion with our Psychologist.
  • We do weekly group case discussion supervision.
  • We do family therapy supervision didactic series. 
  • We do regular journal clubs with the fellows throughout the year.
  • We do year-long lecture series with first year fellows about development of children.
  • We do year-long lecture series with second year fellows about advanced therapeutics.
  • We have some guest speaker didactics from the community and from other programs as well.
  • Every year we also have a family therapy session in which all fellows participate.
  • We have half day practical experience with learning about how children develop.
  • We do EMDR training, ADOS training, Sand Tray training, Motivational Interview training, and other trainings as needed as well.