COMBINED SCHOOL-CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM
COMBINED SCHOOL-CLINICAL – Psy.D. – 114 credits
APA Accredited
This program is accredited by the American Psychological Association as a Combined School-Clinical Psychology program.
It is also approved by the National Association of
School Psychologists. The program provides the students with the knowledge and
skills to assume the role of a school psychologist or a clinical child
psychologist in diverse settings. It is a full-time sequence of training that
consists of four years of coursework, practica and field, culminating in
full-time internship in the fifth year.
The Program’s mission is to provide doctoral-level training through an interdisciplinary model that concentrates on both school and clinical child psychology. Students are prepared to deliver psychological and psycho-educational services to children, adolescents and their families in urban and suburban schools, mental health settings, early childhood centers and other schooling environments.
The
training model is that of Practitioner-Scholar, with an emphasis on school and
clinical child psychology, built upon a foundation in developmental psychology.
Students gain more than 3,500 hours of supervised school/clinical field
experiences in diverse schooling environments, hospitals and mental health
facilities, usually in urban centers with largely multi-cultural populations.
The program also provides specialized training in infancy/early childhood,
family systems and adolescent psychology.
The specific goals are
to:
1)
PRODUCE GRADUATES WHO HAVE THE REQUISITE KNOWLEDGE IN THE CORE
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY FOR THE DOCTORAL-LEVEL PRACTICE OF SCHOOL AND
CLINICAL CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
2) TO DEVELOP STUDENTS’ SKILLS AND RELATED KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR CONDUCTING PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS IN SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES, EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES CENTERS WITH CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND FAMILIES
3) TO DEVELOP A PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY AS A DOCTORAL-LEVEL PSYCHOLOGIST AND TO BE AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN THE PROFESSION
4) TO PRODUCE GRADUATES WITH ADVANCED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN SCHOOL AND MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS
5) TO ENHANCE STUDENTS’ SENSITIVITY AND ABILITY TO WORK WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS
Students
receive the Masters of Science degree in School Psychology, the Advanced
Certificate in School Psychological Services and are eligible for New York State
Certification as a School Psychologist after completing a 60-credit course of
study within the doctoral program. Students are also eligible for the Bilingual
Extension to the School Psychology Certificate that permits them to become
“Certified Bilingual School Psychologists.”
The
Max and Celia Parnes Family Psychological and Psychoeducational Services Clinic
is our primary practicum facility. It provides facilities for assessment,
diagnosis, psycho-educational remediation and interventions with children, adolescents and their families by
students under faculty supervision. Externship, internship and other field-based
experiences sequenced and integrated with the level of training are provided in
schools, hospitals, mental health facilities and the Albert Einstein College of
Medicine facilities.
Five-year program- 114 credits
This
five-year program is for full-time students. The 114-credit course of study
includes didactic courses, extensive practica, externships and internships.
During the last two years of the program, students can also concentrate their
studies in early childhood treatment, school family collaboration, adolescent
psychology or multiculturalism.
Program requirements
are:
Core
and Foundations – 33 credits:
PSD
6115
Infant Social Development
PSA
6518
Child Development II
PSA
6066
Cognitive Psychology
PSA
6812
Childhood Psychopathology
PSA
6280
Statistics I
PSA
6939
Neuropsychology
PSS
6286
Research Methods in Professional
Psychology
PSA
6601
History and Systems
PSS 6405 Social Psychology
PSA 6930 Physiological Psychology
PSA 6813 Adult Psychopathology
Required Courses – 81 credits
PSS
6801
Professional and Ethical Issues in
School
Psychology
PSS
6195
Ethnic and Cultural Diversity
PSS
6131
Cognitive Assessment I
PSS
6132
Cognitive Assessment II
PSS
6153
Appraisal of Personality
PSS
6191
Child Assessment with Practicum I
PSS
6192
Child Assessment with Practicum II
PSA 6071 Psychopharmacology
PSS
6618
Introduction to Child Therapy
PSS
6623
Relational Perspectives in Child
and Adolescent Psychopathology
PSS
6611
Practicum in Child Therapy I
PSS
6612
Practicum in Child Therapy II
PSS
6448
Behavior Therapy with Children
and Adolescents
PSS
6401
Learning Disorders
PSS xxxx Learning Disorders Lab I - II
PSS
6402
Neuropsychological Assessment
PSS
6467
Family Systems Theory
PSS
6311
Adolescent Psychopathology and
Treatment
PSD
6251
Developmental Disorders
PSS
6221
School Consultation I
PSS
6222
Practicum in School Family
Collaboration
PSS
xxxx
Psychometric Issues in the Practice
of School-Clinical Psychology
PSS
6915
Research Project I
PSS
6916
Research Project II
PSS
6630 Working
with Families: From a Multicultural
Perspective
PSS
xxxx Case
Conceptualization: Children, Adolescents,
and Adults
PSS
xxxx Working
with Young Children (Zero to 3) and
Families
To
meet specialization requirements, students may select from the following Program
courses or others offered in the school provided they met program conditions:
PSS
6520
Interventions: Infants and Young
Children
PSS
6138 Early Childhood Assessment
PSS
6629 Family Counseling in the Schools
PSS
6161
Working with
Children from Multicultural
Populations
PSS
6616
Practicum in Child Behavior Therapy
PSS
6204
Advanced Issues in Clinical
Child Psychology
PSS
6196
Gender Identity Development
PSS
8949
Bilingual and Multicultural
School Psychology Internship Seminar
I-II
PSS
6198 Contemporary
Issues in School
Psychology
PSA
6071
Psychopharmacology
Externship:
Students are required to take School-Clinical Child Psychology Internship Seminars I - VI (0 credit) each semester they are on externship. Typically, a student will complete three, year-long (600-750 hours) experiences in schools, mental health facilities, hospitals or infancy/early childhood centers. Each experience will be supervised by a licensed psychologist and will continue for 10-12 months, two or three days a week. At the end of the fourth year the student will have accumulated approximately 1750 hours of supervised externship experiences.
Internship:
The culminating educational experience is the internship that occurs after all course work has been completed and Research Project I has been signed. All students are required to complete a full-time internship in a school, mental health facility or hospital setting, lasting between 1500 and 1750 hours (the equivalent of one full year). Supervision must be conducted by a licensed psychologist and meet State regulations.
