Coursework in the Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Specialty is designed to provide students with foundational knowledge in the field of clinical psychology as well as in the areas of child development and clinical child/pediatric psychology. Consequently, students complete the course requirements for the clinical training program including a year-long sequence in Intellectual and Achievement testing taken through the University’s School Psychology Program. These latter two courses replace the year-long sequence in Adult Assessment taken by students within other specialty areas in our clinical program. Students within the Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Specialty will also take elective courses that focus specifically on clinical child psychology (child psychotherapy, pediatric psychology).
- During the first two years, students take graduate courses that cover developmental (developmental psychology, cognitive development) and clinical child research (child psychotherapy, pediatric psychology). In addition, the student gains expertise in ethnic minority and cultural issues in development pathology and adaptation as well as in both statistics and research methods.
- Students seeking to further develop their quantitative skills have the opportunity to participate in our department's strong quantitative psychology minor