Program Goals and Objectives

Within a competency framework, our program emphasizes four broad goals, each of which is associated with a number of more specific objectives:

1. The development of professional, interpersonal, and diversity-related knowledge and skills

2. The development of ethics and professional standards

3. The development of scholarly and research skills

4. The development of clinical skills

All of these goals and objectives culminate in the defense of a PhD thesis and the successful completion of one year of residency in a CPA accredited clinical setting. At the end of their formal training, graduates of the CCAP program are prepared to undertake the professional life of a clinical psychologist (supervised practice) working with children and adolescents in clinical, clinician-scientist, and academic settings.