Ph.D. Program Information

Concentration in Clinical Developmental Psychology

Although the Ph.D. concentration is not tailored to prepare students for clinical psychology licensure, this concentration may further the preparation of those students seeking licensure. Whether or not the concentration is sufficient preparation will depend on the courses taken as electives and the requirements of a particular state. The clinical developmental psychology concentration is different from clinical programs in that the focus is on the normal and atypical development of children, studied in the contexts of home, school, and society; this approach integrates clinical psychology with other disciplines within child development. Given this focus, Eliot-Pearson doctoral students are well-positioned to assume leadership positions in early intervention, counseling, programs for learning disabled children, and psycho-educational assessment.

The course requirements for the Ph.D. with a concentration in Clinical Developmental Psychology are as follows:

1. CD211 Contemporary Perspectives in Child Development or CD243RL Applied Development Science*
   Note: Only 1 of these two courses may be selected to meet the 3 theory course requirements.
2. Theory: CD 151 Advanced Intellectual Development
3. Theory: CD 161 Advanced Personal-Social Development
4. Research Methods: Two of the Following:
   • CD 140 Statistics or
   • CD 142 Problems of Research: Method and Design
   • CD 120 Evaluation of the Young Child
   • CD 191 Developmental Psychopathology and Adaptation or
   • CD 291 Advanced Seminar in Clinical-Developmental Psychology
5. Evaluation of the Young Child (CD 120)
6. Assessment course or CD 291
7. Developmental Psychopathology and Adaptation (CD 191) or Advanced Seminar in Clinical-Developmental Psychology (CD 291)
8. Three Concentration Electives, including an advanced seminar or independent study
9. Four Open Electives
10. Internship
11. Two Qualifying Papers
12. Doctoral Dissertation

M.A. and Ph.D. Clinical Developmental Psychology Concentration Electives:

• CD 122 Assessing Young Children with Special Needs
• CD 143 Pediatric Consultation
• CD 143 Early Intervention: Young Children at Risk
• CD 143 Neuropsychological Assessment
• CD 143E Child, Family, and Society
• CD 164 Cultural Diversity in Child and Family Services
• CD 190 Children with Special Needs
• CD 192 Approaches to Problem Behaviors in Children
• CD 193 Pediatric Psychology
• CD 195 Developmental Disorders in Language and Reading
• CD 197 Learning Disorders
• CD 199 Community Field Placement (in a clinical setting)
• CD 240/241 Directed Research (in Clinical Developmental Psychology)
• CD 281 Consultation Strategies
• CD 291 Advanced Seminar in Clinical-Developmental Psychology

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