School/Clinical Child Psychology
Department of Educational Psychology
The Combined School/Clinical Child Psychology doctoral program at the University of Texas at Austin has a long history of scientist-practitioner training, scholarly contributions to research, and academic and professional leadership. The program is accredited by the American Psychological Association as a combined Clinical/School Psychology doctoral program.
Accreditation status may be confirmed by APA via:
Education Directorate
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
750 First St. NE
Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: (202) 336-5979
TDD/TTY: (202) 336-6123
Fax: (202) 336-5978
Email: apaaccred@apa.org
Program Overview
Consistent with the broad and general health service psychology specialties of both school and clinical child psychology, the doctoral program prepares students to be scientist-practitioners capable of addressing the significant and complex problems and issues facing children, youth, and their caretakers in a variety of settings and contexts.
Required Courses
As a program we strive to advance equity in our admission, retention, and graduation of diverse students; through our scholarship, we create opportunities for students to engage in research with diverse and marginalized populations; through training in evidence-based and culturally-responsive practice, we promote the health and resilience of youth and their systems over time.
Faculty
The following faculty will be reviewing applications and plan to admit Ph.D. students in 2025:
- Kizzy Albritton
- Mark Eddy
- Erin Rodriguez
- Monica Romero
Examines ways that school psychologists can improve the academic, social-emotional, and behavioral outcomes for young children (i.e., preschool) from minoritized and marginalized backgrounds in early childhood settings.
Active in current healthcare reform endeavors, studies integrated behavioral health, attachment theory, and consultation theories and processes such as home-school partnership and family-centered treatment.
J. Mark Eddy's primary area of expertise is the development, refinement and rigorous testing of culturally informed multimodal preventive and clinical psychosocial interventions to improve physical and mental health outcomes for children and families...
Supports the clinical training of doctoral students, teaches clinically-focused courses and prepares students for psychology internship training. Jane Gray does not serve as a research mentor for students in the School Psychology nor Counseling ...
Dr. Erin Rodríguez studies family, sociocultural, and contextual influences on childrens development and health outcomes, with a focus on understanding and reducing health disparities affecting low-SES Latinx youth.
Investigates culturally and linguistically responsive interventions and assessments for emergent bilingual/multilingual learners and Latiné students.
Training in School Psychology Positive School Climate Home, School, and Community Partnerships
Affiliated Faculty Mentors
Studies predictors of risk for mental health problems in early childhood.
FAQs
Affiliated Labs
Pediatric Coping and Language Lab
Studies family, linguistic, and sociocultural influences on children’s adaptation to stress and their mental and physical health outcomes.
Families, Schools and Communities Translational Research Lab
Focuses on developing and rigorously testing evidence-informed health promotion, prevention and intervention programs intended to benefit children and families, particularly those living in stressful circumstances and those often marginalized in our society.
Program Starts: Fall, Summer
Deadline to Apply: December 1
Credit Hours Required: 105
Schedule: Full-time enrollment required until admitted to candidacy
Program Location: On Campus
GRE Required? No
Area Chair
J. Mark Eddy
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