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Northeastern University’s Doctoral Program in School Psychology
In the Fall 2009, Northeastern University is launching a new PhD program in school psychology.  The application deadline for the Fall 2010 incoming class is January 5, 2010.  This program is derived from the Combined School & Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program, which began in 1992, and was re-approved in 2008 by American Psychological Association for the next seven years.

Program Overview
The Doctoral Program in School Psychology is designed to train the next generation of leaders in school psychology.  The program is designed to meet state psychology licensure requirements and to be accredited by the APA. It will also meet state and national certification requirements for school psychology.

The program emphasizes:

• Translational research related to health promotion and education of children and their families
• Scientifically-based practice in urban schools, community centers, and hospitals

 The program has four principal foci:

• Prevention of health-related and educational problems in young children
• The reciprocal influence of science and practice in a multicultural and urban context
• Development of leadership skills in researchers and practitioners
• Interdisciplinary research and practice

Our training goals are to produce graduates who demonstrate:

• Knowledge of the basic areas of psychology
• Competence in research and scholarly activities
• Competence in teaching at the college level
• A systemic, problem-solving approach to assessment, intervention, and evaluation
• Competence in applied research methods
• Commitment to:
  • the profession of psychology, with a particular focus on school psychology
  • life-long professional development
  • leadership to the profession
  • research and practice to benefit individuals and groups in a multicultural and diverse society

Northeastern University’s PhD program in School Psychology espouses a scientist-practitioner training model.  We emphasize applied research, using research to inform clinical decision-making, training PhD students to conduct research, and contributing to the scientific foundation of professional practice.  The ecological model provides a foundation for the program's educational goals.

Faculty
The core program faculty include seven multiethnic faculty members in the Department of Counseling and Applied Educational Psychology who have doctoral degrees and/or focused training in school psychology and/or educational psychology. They work as a team in preparing students at the master’s and doctoral level of preparation. They have extensive expertise in many areas including consultation, child, family, and systemic interventions, assessment, human behavior in organizations, early intervention, cross-cultural counseling and assessment, development and developmental disabilities. The core faculty include:

• Jessica Blom-Hoffman
• Louis Kruger
• Chieh Li
• Karin Lifter
• Emanuel Mason
• Robert Volpe

Fall Orientation

Tuesday September 8, 2009
Click here for Fall Orientation schedule.

Fall 2009 Registration Information

Registration starts on July 13.
For information on how to register:
http://www.northeastern.edu/registrar/banner-fl09-gs.html

Courses for which you need to register can be found by clicking here.  In the first box scroll down to your program.  (Note: you may find your program with the letters CPS behind it.  DO NOT Select that program.)

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