The HDC comprises a wide range of programs, including the comprehensive Child Development Clinic, specialty clinics, and outreach services. The clients are children, adolescents and adults from the community whose concerns range from adjustment disorders to more serious psychopathology. The staff members of CAPS include faculty members and other practitioners who provide outpatient services. CAPS has regular meetings to assign new cases and discuss the progress of clients. The HDC supervisory staff include faculty members and advanced graduate students.
Supervisors have specialization in a variety of child and family disorders and treatment modalities.
The CSDC also offers a practicum in counseling for selected second-year students in Community Counseling. The CSDC practicum provides clinical training parallel to the Program's primary practicum site, the JMU Human Development Center. The CSDC provides preventive, developmental and therapeutic mental health services to the JMU student community. Through individual therapy, group counseling, crisis intervention, consultation, teaching, training, research and psycho-educational programming, the CSDC aids students in resolving personal conflicts, developing a healthy and satisfying lifestyle, and enhancing their educational development. The CSDC counseling staff is comprised of psychologists and professional counselors, each of whom is licensed or presently pursuing professional licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia.