Training emphasizes the integrative study of processes of change in human and nonhuman animals.
This program focuses on the interactional processes of normal and non-normal development from a broad perspective. The goal of training is to produce scientists able to cut across existing disciplines to conduct research on the basic science of development, and able to design and implement theoretically and empirically sound programs of diagnosis and intervention. Pre- and postdoctoral trainees will conduct research into normal and atypical development in infants, young children and animal models. In addition to direct research experience, trainees take required core and specialized courses. They attend the weekly Developmental Process Seminar, designed to implement common training goals, and Research Seminars, in which they present research plans and results to the training group as a whole.