Our Ph.D. Program in Clinical and School Psychology is like that too. Both parts of our combined program are beautiful. Hofstra University's unique combined doctoral program in Clinical and School Psychology is fully APA-approved, follows the scientist practitioner model, and trains candidates for both research and practice. We designed it to produce psychologists with a strong background in the fundamentals of psychology, and with the ability to translate those fundamentals into inspired research of their own as well as sound practice in clinics, hospitals, regular and special schools, and independent practice.
Students apply the findings of meaningful research by learning how to produce it themselves.
Not all graduates become lifelong researchers, but all become knowledgeable research consumers. Members of our faculty teach what they variously call Behavior Analysis, Social Learning Theory and Cognitive-Behavior Therapy. Although clearly behavioral, the program challenges students with differences in emphasis. These differences teach our students, not only to become competent in these variations, but also to learn to question each approach and to use what they learned carefully because they have considered each approach critically. Furthermore, our students become competent in behavioral as well as in traditional assessment, which likewise fosters critical thinking.