This Combined-Integrated program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. It was last accredited in 2014 for a maximum seven-year period and will be site visited again in Fall 2023.
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This doctoral program in School-Clinical Child Psychology carefully integrates field experience with academic preparation within a practitioner-scholar training model. Students are trained in psychological foundations, assessment and evaluation techniques, remediation and intervention procedures, and program evaluation and research. The goal of the program is to prepare professional psychologists as health service providers with expertise in school and clinical psychology. Research methodology and theoretical academic subjects are essential parts of the program, but emphasis is placed on professional preparation. Graduates are uniquely prepared to provide clinical and education expertise and consultation in order to best serve children and families across a variety of systems of service delivery.
Program graduates will have completed all pre-doctoral academic and internship requirements needed for admission to the New York State Licensing Examination for the professional practice of psychology.
Graduates typically have been awarded the Master of Science in Education in School Psychology (or equivalent program in school psychology) and recommended for New York State certification in School Psychology. This program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) as a combined-integrated school-clinical program and is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists. All information about this program and related ones may be found in the Graduate Catalog of the University’s New York City Psychology Department.
Prior to receiving the doctoral degree in school-clinical child psychology, students must first complete a master's degree in school psychology or have been awarded state or national school psychology certification. Sixty-nine hours of the first three years of study in the doctoral program generally correspond to the M.S. Ed. in School Psychology at Pace University. Applicants with graduate credits from other institutions may enter the program but this prior work will be evaluated for transfer credit on a course-by-course basis only after acceptance into the doctoral program.
Program Prerequisites:
Full-Time or Part-Time Study and Residency Requirement:
Students may undertake the program on a full-time or part-time basis, but the program must be completed within ten years, and a minimum of three years of residency at Pace University is required, including one year of full-time study. Class hours permit field work and generally allow for limited part-time employment in the first four years of study. Whenever possible, paid internships are arranged in order to help alleviate the financial expense involved.
Program Elements:
The program requires 111 credit hours of study, a Qualifying Examination after the first year, a Comprehensive Examination typically during the third year, a School and Clinical Child Psychology distributed internship typically in the third and fourth years, a full-time internship typically in the fifth year, and a doctoral project. Details about specific deadlines and the distributed internship are in the department’s Graduate Catalog.
Prior to receiving the doctoral degree in school-clinical child psychology, students must first complete a master’s degree in school psychology or have been awarded state or national psychology certification. Sixty-nine hours of the first three years of study in the doctoral program generally correspond to the M.S. Ed. in School Psychology at Pace University. Applicants with graduate credits from other institutions may enter the program but this prior work will be evaluated for transfer credit on a course-by-course basis only after acceptance into the doctoral program.
Year 1 | ||
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Fall | Credits | |
At the end of the first year students are required to take a Qualifying Examination which they must pass in order to proceed to the second year of study. Students are permitted to take this examination a maximum of two times. Students who have received transfer credit for first-year courses are required to pass the Qualifying Examination for corresponding courses. | ||
PSY 501 | Introduction to School-Clinical Child Psychology I: Professional Attitudes and Behavior | 0 |
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 704 | Advanced Developmental Psychology | 3 |
PSY 717 | Cognitive and Affective Bases of Behavior | 3 |
PSY 721 | Tests and Measurements | 3 |
PSY 725 | Advanced Personality Theories | 3 |
Credits | 12 | |
Spring | ||
PSY 502 | Introduction to School-Clinical Child Psychology II: Communication and Interpersonal Skills | 0 |
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 703 | Psychological Assessment I | 4 |
PSY 703B | Psychological Assessment I: Lab | 0 |
PSY 710 | Psychopathology in Childhood and Adolescence | 3 |
PSY 722 | Intervention Tech II: Cognitive-Behavioral Perspectives | 3 |
PSY 727 | Learning Disabilities-Diagnosis/Remediation: Theories and Practice | 3 |
Credits | 13 | |
Summer | ||
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 876 | Multicultural and Gender Intervention Issues | 3 |
PSY 839 | Psychoanalytic Theory | 3 |
Credits | 6 | |
Year 2 | ||
Fall | ||
During this second year students must review their academic progress with program advisors. At the end of this second year, upon completion of at least 42 graduate hours in the program, they are eligible to apply for the New York State School Psychology Internship Certificate. Candidates who wish to acquire school psychology certification in states other than New York should consult with program advisors. New Jersey, for example, requires a course in developmental disabilities. | ||
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 707 | Psychological Assessment II | 4 |
PSY 707A | Psychological Assessment II | 0 |
PSY 715 | Statistics and Research Design I | 4 |
PSY 737 | Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy | 3 |
PSY 738 | School Field Experience and Seminar | 3 |
Credits | 14 | |
Spring | ||
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 712 | Advanced Biological Bases of Behavior | 3 |
PSY 713 | Psychological Assessment III | 4 |
PSY 713A | Personal Assessment | 0 |
PSY 723 | Advanced Social Psychology | 3 |
PSY 739 | The Exceptional Child: Field Experience and Seminar | 3 |
Credits | 13 | |
Summer | ||
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 720 | Integrating Seminar | 0-3 |
Credits | 0-3 | |
Year 3 | ||
Fall | ||
During the last semester of the School Psychology Internship (typically the third year of the doctoral program), students are required to take the comprehensive examination. To proceed to further doctoral study, they must pass the Comprehensive Examination. | ||
Note: Department catalog contains additional details relating to advanced standing | ||
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 734 | Consultation | 3 |
PSY 759 | Early Childhood and Infant Assessment | 3 |
PSY 750 | School-Clinical Child Psychology I: Internship, Ethics and Seminar | 4 |
PSY 711 | Intervention Techniques I: Psychodynamic Perspectives | 3 |
Credits | 13 | |
Spring | ||
PSY 509A | Practicum in Psychological Services: Psychotherapy | 0 |
PSY 751 | School-Clinical Child Psychology II: Internship, Ethics, and Seminar | 4 |
PSY 716 | Statistics and Research Design II | 4 |
PSY 777 | History and Systems in Psychology | 3 |
*Elective Courses* | ||
PSY 874 | Group Interventions | 3 |
Credits | 14 | |
Year 4 | ||
Fall | ||
Required Courses | ||
PSY 726 | Evidence-Based Practice | 3 |
PSY 821 | School-Clinical Child Psychology Internship I: Practicum and Seminar | 3 |
PSY 834 | Doctoral Project Seminar | 0-1 |
Elective Courses. Selected in consultation with program advisor. See listing of electives (e.g., PSY840, PSY841, PSY848, PSY849) below. | 0-6 | |
Credits | 6-13 | |
Spring | ||
PSY 810 | Advanced Psychopathology | 3 |
PSY 822 | School-Clinical Child Psychology Internship II: Practicum and Seminar | 3 |
PSY 835 | Doctoral Colloquium | 0 |
*Elective Courses. Selected in consultation with program advisor. See listing of electives (e.g., PSY740, PSY829, PSY842, PSY844) below. * | 0-8 | |
Credits | 6-14 | |
Year 5 | ||
Fall | ||
PSY 861 | Full-Time Internship I | 0 |
Credits | 0 | |
Spring | ||
PSY 862 | Full Time Internship II | 0 |
Credits | 0 | |
Total Credits | 111 |
Students select their electives by advisement. For other upper-level electives that might be available, please see program advisor.
Code | Title | Credits |
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PSY 656 | Developmental Disabilities | 3 |
PSY 680 | Program Evaluation | 3 |
PSY 701 | Doctoral Mentored Lab Class | 0 |
PSY 743 | Advanced Seminar in School-Clinical Child Psychology | 3 |
PSY 828 | Advanced Psychodiagnosis | 3 |
PSY 829 | Family Interventions 1 | 2 |
PSY 842 | Crisis Intervention: Brief and Short Term Psychotherapies | 3 |
PSY 844 | Advanced Topic: Parenthood and Parent-Child Relations | 2 |
PSY 857 | Infant / Toddler Assessment and Intervention | 3 |
PSY 874 | Group Interventions 1 | 3 |
PSY 875 | Brief Interventions | 2 |
PSY 849 | Psychopharmacology | 2 |
PSY 848 | Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice | 2 |
PSY 840 | Neuropsychology I | 2 |
PSY 841 | Neuropsychology II | 2 |
PSY 745 | Bilingual Language Development and Disorders | 3 |
PSY 741 | Communication, Language, and the Bilingual Child in the Classroom | 1 |
PSY 709A | Counseling the Culturally Different: Implications for Bilingual Psychological Service Provision | 1 |
PSY 703A | Practice: Limiting Bias in the Assessment of the Bilingual Child | 1 |
Elective choices must include either PSY874 or PSY829.
Updated: November 23, 2021
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