School-Clinical Child Psychology Program

This Combined-Integrated program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. It was last accredited in 2010 for a maximum seven-year period and will be site visited again in 2017.

Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Tel: 202.336.5979

If you have any questions, please contact:
Program Director: Dr. Abraham Givner at: abraham.givner@einstein.yu.edu
Program Telephone No.:718-430-3945
Program URL: http://yu.edu/ferkauf/school-clinical-child-psychology 

The School-Clinical Child Psychology Program’s mission is to provide doctoral-level training that integrates school and clinical psychology. While this training focuses primarily on children, adolescents and families, students also work with adults in individual, parenting or couples treatments. Graduates are competent to deliver psychological and psychoeducational services in schools, medical centers, mental health settings, early childhood centers and other related environments. The Program requires students to understand and adhere to ethical and professional standards while applying their knowledge in developmental psychology, psychotherapy, education, assessment, developmental disabilities, family and systems theory, psychopathology, measurement, individual differences, neuropsychology, and school psychology. The Program’s curriculum is grounded in developmental psychology and complemented by educational, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral and family systems orientations.

Our students complete 3500 hours of externship and internship experiences in educational and mental health setting across the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut area. Program alumni work across the lifespan in schools, medical centers, mental health facilities, related agencies and in private practice.