With funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), the training in Integrated Pediatric Psychology Services (TIPPS) project provides training for graduate students in the clinical psychology doctoral program at Georgia State University in partnership with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA), Emory Brain Health Center (Emory), Grady Health Systems (Grady), and the Atlanta VA Health Care System (VA). Local and national data indicate that Georgia is in crisis in terms of healthcare professionals able to address pediatric mental health and opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorder (SUD). In response, TIPPS aims to train doctoral psychology students to provide evidence based, culturally-sensitive, integrated, interdisciplinary, team-based care to disadvantaged pediatric populations with a special emphasis on tele-behavioral health, pain management, and the prevention and treatment of OUD and other SUDs. 

Specifically, TIPPS aims are to train psychology students to 1) conduct evidence-based practice with youth; 2) engage in culturally-sensitive practice; 3) provide integrated, interdisciplinary, team-based care and tele-behavioral health; and 4) master behavioral pain management and the prevention and treatment of opioid use disorder and substance use disorder.

The project is managed by Drs. Cohen (Project Director), Tully (Experiential Site Coordinator), and Swartout (Project Evaluation Coordinator). Learn more about TIPPS leadership here.