Pursue an in-demand career of transforming the lives of children and families with a degree from an award-winning school.
With a doctorate in school psychology, you can develop the core psychology skills you’ll need to become a leader in the field of school psychology, addressing both the complexity of contemporary schools and the needs of students and families. You can pursue a career in elementary, middle and high schools, as well as agencies, hospitals, community-based organizations, colleges and universities.
My experience studying for my doctorate at Adelphi has been engaging and thought provoking. The professors are truly interested in your well-being and push you to perform your best academically.
A clinic in nearby Hempstead, run by the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, is providing mental health care to disadvantaged students while teaching graduate students just how big a difference they can make in the life of a child.
Research and clinical experiences are critical to doctoral-level training, and through Adelphi's own Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, the Social Training Center and the Equity Lab Institute we offer our students experience on and off-campus.
Staffed by faculty and students from Derner, provides opportunities for clinical practice and mental healthcare to students and their families in Hempstead, Long Island, school systems.
The Social Training Center for Students on the Spectrum at Adelphi University provides ongoing therapeutic and support services for individuals, aged 15-22, with a diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome or high functioning autism.
The Equity Lab Institute is devoted to questions of equity in schools at the levels of policy and practice.
Lea A. Theodore, PhD, a visiting professor at Adelphi's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, licensed psychologist and school psychologist, knows the effects of environmental conditions on children all too well.
There are two tracks available for the PsyD in School Psychology:
Application deadline is December 1. Applicants for this program and should submit the following:
