Clinical Psychology

Developmental Psychopathology Emphasis

The field of developmental psychopathology has its origins at the University of Rochester, which has extensive resources for promoting training in developmental psychopathology. These include opportunities to do research alongside faculty investigating:

Specific behavioral health disorders:

The Mt. Hope Family Center, which is a unit of the Department of Psychology, is a central clinical training and research resource in developmental psychopathology closely integrated with the clinical psychology program. The center is directed by Jennie Noll and includes participation by several faculty members.

Drawing on these intellectual assets, the clinical psychology program at the University of Rochester offers an emphasis in developmental psychopathology that provides interested students with the opportunity to acquire specialized research and clinical training in this area. The goal of this specialization is to produce clinical psychologists with a unique background in developmental psychopathology.

Graduate students in clinical psychology who wish to participate in the emphasis are required to complete:

The Developmental Psychopathology Research Workshop meets once a month during the academic year. The schedule for the year will be determined in August. Students must document dates of attendance and are required to attend scheduled meetings for two semesters (one excused absence is allowed). Students are encouraged to attend for multiple years as their schedule allows.

Participating and Affiliated Faculty

Note: This specialization is open to all students enrolled in the clinical psychology doctoral program and no special application is required. This emphasis is separate from the developmental psychopathology emphasis offered by the developmental psychology program.