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1 Cliical/couselig activities Research Assessmet Treatmet Teachig Cosultatio Admiistratio

2 Cliical/couselig settigs Private ad Group Practices Colleges ad Uiversities Hospitals Medical Schools Outpatiet Cliics Busiess ad Idustry Military Other Locatios

3 Sub specialties Child Cliical Psychology Health Psychology Neuropsychology Foresic Psychology Geropsychology

4 Related Professios School Psychology Psychiatry Social Work Psychiatric Nursig Marriage ad Family Couselig Pastoral Other Couselors /LPC/Addictio Other Psychologists Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

5 Traiig i Cliical Psychology Udergraduate preparatio Graduate School Cotiuig Professioal Educatio Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

6 Udergraduate Preparatio Educatio i Psychology Basic psychology courses Cliically-relevat courses Statistics ad research methods Broad Liberal Arts Educatio Hard scieces Related social scieces Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

7 Gettig ito Graduate School Grade Poit Average Graduate Record Exams Research experiece Cliically-relevat experiece Letters of recommedatio Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

8 Graduate Traiig i Cliical Psychology: Overview APA Accredited? Local? Uiversity? Professioal school? PhD? PsyD? Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

9 Scietist-Practitioer Model Cliical Psychology a brach of scietific psychology Traiig i research ad practice Lik betwee sciece ad practice Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

10 Scietist-Practitioer Traiig Traiig i three broad areas: Research Assessmet Itervetio Advaced educatio i core areas of psychology Biological bases Learig ad cogitio Social iflueces Idividual differeces Experietial learig Cliical practica (leadig to pre-doctoral itership) Research metorig (leadig to doctoral dissertatio) Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

11 Terms Scietist-practitioer model = Boulder model Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

12 Criticisms of Boulder Model Most applicats iterested i practice Few private practice cliical psychologist do research Research traiig ot ecessary to be a good cliicia Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

13 Alteratives to Scietist-Practitioer Model Scholarpractitioer model (Vail model) De-emphasis o direct research experiece Relatively greater emphasis o psychological service delivery Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

14 Alterative Degree Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) Practitioer/Scholar Emphasis is o traiig for practice First program 1968 Uiversity of Illiois Curretly about 25% of APA accredited doctoral traiig programs i cliical psychology offer Psy.D. Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

15 Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) Focus of traiig is o cliical service delivery Exposure to research methods but ot expected to do research Dissertatio does ot require origial research (sometimes called doctoral project) Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

16 Professioal Schools Free-stadig (ot always affiliated with a uiversity) For-profit private istitutios Emphasis is o cliical traiig Psy.D. or Ph.D. Accept large classes Faculty ted to be Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

17 Free-Stadig Professioal School vs. Uiversity-Based Doctoral Program Costs Class size Faculty Research Emphasis Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

18 Post-Doctoral Traiig Licesure Most states require oe year of supervised postdoctoral experiece Research/Academic Career 1 to 3 years of posdoctoral traiig experiece is commo Grat-supported post-doctoral Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

19 Cotiuig Professioal Educatio Cotiuig Professioal Educatio (CPE) i psychology is a ogoig process cosistig of formal learig activities that (1) are relevat to psychological practice, educatio ad sciece, (2) eable psychologists to keep pace with emergig issues ad techologies, ad (3) allow psychologists to maitai, develop, Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

20 Cotiuig Professioal Educatio Maitaiig licesure Expadig practice Volutary certificatio (e.g., ABPP) Copyright Ally & Baco 2005

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