School Clinical and Child Psychology

The Educational Psychology Foundation courses represent core knowledge in educational psychology, and reflect APA guidelines requiring doctoral-level psychologists to have basic knowledge in the breadth of scientific psychology, its history of thought and development, research methods, and applications. Foundation courses must be completed prior to the Qualifying Process.

Methods Foundation (17 hours)

• Prerequisite Course: EDP 380C.2 Fundamental Statistics: prerequisite for all Methods courses.
• EDP 480C.6 Statistical Analysis for Experimental Data
• EDP 380D.4 Psychometric Theory and Methods
• EDP 480C.4 Correlation & Regression Methods
• EDP 381C.2 Research Design & Methods for Psychology and Education

Development & Learning Foundation (9 hours)

Learning and Affective Foundation Course:

• EDP 382D.4 Psychology of Learning OR EDP 382D.6 Motivation and Emotion

Human Development & Social Foundation Courses:

• EDP 382C.2 Social Psychology
• EDP 382F.3 Life Span Development

The following Program Courses reflect three areas of training: assessment, intervention, and research, with both didactic courses and those with an emphasis on practice. Students may be able to waive some program courses if they have already completed relevant graduate work in these areas.

Professional Development (6 hours)

• EDP 385C.8 Law, Ethics, & History of School Psychology
• EDP 382D.2 History & Systems of Psychology

Psychoeducational Assessment and Intervention (7 hours)

• EDP 483C.4 Individual Testing
• EDP 383C.6 Academic Assessment & Intervention

Social/Emotional Assessment and Interpersonal Intervention (6 hours)  

• EDP 383C.8 Social/Emotional Assessment with Children & Adolescents
• EDP 383C.30 Developmental Psychopathology

Behavioral Assessment and Intervention (3 hours) 

• EDP 384C.21 Fundamentals of Cognitive/Behavioral Interventions in Youth & Adolescents

Family Intervention (3 hours) 

• EDP 384C Family & Couples Interventions

Consultation Theory and Process (6 hours) 

• EDP 385C.14 School Consultation Theory & Practice
• EDP 385C Advanced Consultation, Collaboration, and Supervision

Neuropsychological Assessment (3 hours)  

• EDP 382E.2 Biological Bases of Behavior

Multicultural Competency (3 hours)

• EDP 384C.18 Multicultural Counseling, or alternative approved by School Psychology Area Chair

Specialty-aligned Elective (3 hours)

Specialty-aligned EDP elective, approved by Area Chair

Practicum in School Psychology (9 hours)

• EDP 383D Practicum in School Psychology: Level 1
• EDP 383E Practicum in School Psychology: Level 2
• EDP 383F Practicum in School Psychology: Level 3

EDP 384V Advanced Practicum (9+ hours)

• Advanced Practicum is required Year 3 through Year 4. Most students continue in Advanced Practicum in Year 5. Advanced practicum are typically completed in community settings (clinics, hospitals, integrated behavioral health, juvenile justice, schools) that align with the student’s interests.

Internship (3+ hours)

• EDP 193N or EDP 393N Internship in School/Clinical Child Psychology (3 semesters)
• EDP 194.16 Internship Colloquium

In addition to foundation and program area requirements, students must complete additional coursework outside of their program area. 

• 1 course taken outside of the EDP department (3 hours)
• 2 courses taken either in another program area within EDP or outside of the department (6 hours)
  • Note: the required course EDP 382E.2 Biological Bases of Behavior may be counted as one of these courses.

The Specialized Competency is required of School/Clinical Child Psychology doctoral students to advance to Candidacy. To fulfill the requirement, students must submit research in which they have played a substantial role (i.e., their own research or a collaboration in which they have been particularly active) at a professional conference and/or submit their research for publication. This must be submitted before the student submits paperwork for advancement to candidacy.

The objective of this requirement is to provide students with the experience and skills necessary for professional scholarship (e.g., research, writing, presenting a conference paper) and to further students’ identities as scholars/scientists. It is completed under the supervision of the student’s adviser, typically during the first two years of the program. 

Often students will not be the primary or sole author on a resulting publication, but should be involved to a significant degree. In the rare situation where a project/paper was submitted but not accepted for presentation or publication, this part of the requirement (acceptance) may be waived with approval by the faculty adviser, Area Chair and Department Chair.

EDP doctoral students admitted without a master’s in the field often complete an en-route master’s degree before receiving the doctoral degree. The en-route degree differs substantially from the terminal School Psychology Master’s program also offered in the Department. School Psychology doctoral students planning to pursue a career in clinical work are usually advised to choose the En-Route Master’s specialization in School Psychology. Students who plan to pursue a career in academia may prefer one of the non-clinical en-route master’s degree options (note that out-of-area en-route master’s degree typically involve additional coursework/requirements). See the En-Route Master’s page for requirements.

Portfolio programs are optional opportunities for doctoral graduate students to obtain credentials in a cross-disciplinary academic area of inquiry while they are completing the requirements for a degree in a particular discipline. A portfolio program usually consists of four thematically related graduate courses and a research presentation.