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CHILD AND FAMILY SPECIALIZATION
About the Program
The Child and Family specialization is designed to
provide students with a grounding in theory, research, and practice
concerning the psychological and behavioral problems of children, adolescents,
and families. Attention is given to the main areas of psychopathology,
assessment, and intervention, with consideration of developmental, systems-related,
and cultural issues. The goal of the specialization is to provide students
with a solid foundation, which they can then build upon in their later
training experiences.
The specialization enables students to focus their elective coursework,
externship placements, and research projects in order to develop a higher
level of competency in child and family therapy. Students completing
this specialization should be able to compete for selective clinical
child internships and postdoctoral fellowships, as well as entry-level
clinical child positions. The child and family specialization is coordinated
by Drs. David Glenwick and David Chabot.
Requirements
The requirements to fulfill the child and family specialization are
the following:
Courses
- Introduction to Family Therapy (Chabot)
- Seminar/Practicum in Child Therapy (Glenwick)
- Developmental psychology elective.
Externship
- At least one year of clinical externship in a child/family facility
Research Project
- A predoctoral research project and/or dissertation on a topic within
the child/family area, under the mentorship of either of the specialization
faculty (Drs. Chabot and Glenwick)
Note that the Child and Family concentration, like the other concentrations
within the Clinical Psychology program (Forensic and Health/Neuropsychology
) does not accept applications per se. These concentrations are available
to ANY interested doctoral student within the Clinical Psychology program.
Interested applicants must apply to the Clinical Psychology Doctoral
program. Those students seeking additional information are encouraged
to contact one of the faculty members directly (preferably via email).
Program Faculty
Dr. David Glenwick is a Professor of Psychology.
He received his Ph.D. in clinical and community psychology from the
University of Rochester in 1975. Dr. Glenwick’s research interests include
stress and coping in children and families, cognitive and behavioral
interventions with children and adolescents, prevention and early intervention
programs, developmental disabilities, and juvenile justice. He has published
numerous articles and three books, most recently Innovative Strategies
for Promoting Health and Mental Health Across the Lifespan (Springer,
in press) in these areas. Dr. Glenwick has worked in and consulted to
a variety of child settings, including community mental health centers,
special education programs, preschool programs, and juvenile justice
facilities. He is a fellow of six divisions of the American Psychological
Association (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; Child, Youth,
and Family Services; Community Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Teaching
of Psychology; and Health Psychology), a member of the Association for
the Advancement of Behavior Therapy, the New York State Psychological
Association, and the American Association of Correctional Psychologists;
and a licensed clinical psychologist (New York, Ohio).
Dr. David Chabot is an Associate Professor of
Psychology. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Child Psychology from
the University of Minnesota in 1968. Dr. Chabot’s research interests
include psychological assessment (particularly the MMPI), family processes,
and family therapy. He has developed two assessment instruments to facilitate
evaluation and research in the areas of family processes. The Chabot
Emotional Pursuer-Distance Movement Scale measures one’s interpersonal
style in the context of an intimate relationship. The Chabot Differentiation
Scale is a measure of intrapsychic emotional differentiation utilizing
a Bowenian definition of differentiation. Current research with these
instruments has focused on cross-cultural variations. Dr. Chabot has
made numerous presentations in the area of family therapy and more recently
coauthored the family systems theory chapter in the APA publication,
Theories of Psychotherapy: Origins and Evolution. Dr. Chabot is on the
faculty of the Center for Family Learning, a postgraduate training center
in family therapy, and maintains an active family therapy practice.
He is a fellow member of the American Psychological Association, the
American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the American Association
of Marriage and Family Therapists. He is a licensed clinical psychologist
(New York) and a licensed marriage and family therapist (Connecticut).
Dr. Peggy Andover is an Assistant Professor of Psychology. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Binghamton University in 2006 and completed postdoctoral training in treatment development and outcome research for suicidal behaviors at Brown Medical School. Her research interests focus on the continuum of self-harm behaviors, including non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and attempted suicide in adults and adolescents. As a cognitive-behavioral therapist, Dr. Andover uses empirically-supported techniques to treat clients ranging in age from childhood to adulthood with a variety of presenting problems, including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, aggressive behaviors, suicidal ideation and behaviors, NSSI, and borderline personality disorder. Dr. Andover is a member of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury, and the American Association of Suicidology
Resources
Child and Family Journals
Journal
of Clinical Child Psychology
Journal
of Abnormal Child Psychology
Child
and Family Behavior Therapy
American
Journal of Orthopsychiatry
Residential
Treatment for Children and Youth
Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Journal
of Marital and Family Therapy
Journal
of Family Psychology
Child and Family Psychologists Organizations
American Psychological
Association
Clinical
Child and Adolescent Psychology
Child,
Youth and Family Services
Family
Psychology
Clinical
Psychology
American Orthopsychiatric
Association
Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy
American
Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
American
Family Therapy Association
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