Specialty Specific Requirements

Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

The Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology specialty requires completion of an organized doctoral education and training program in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, which includes an internship. The specialty also requires postdoctoral supervised practice and experience in the specialty. Please refer to the Document Library for more detailed information.

The specialty’s specific program requirements are met if:

• The doctoral degree program was in Clinical Psychology, either a child/adolescent track, or a specialized child/adolescent program, from a program accredited by the APA or CPA OR

• The doctoral degree program qualifies as equivalent to an APA or CPA accredited program in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology as determined by the ABCCAP. This option is particularly applicable to degrees awarded throughout the U.S. or Canada OR

• The original doctoral degree is from a nonprofessional program in psychology, but the applicant has completed at least a two year doctoral level retraining program designed to meet APA or CPA accreditation requirements in professional psychology (clinical, school, or counseling) with significant child and adolescent focus (as noted above) OR

• The doctoral degree program was in a counseling or school psychology program accredited by the APA or CPA (see additional experience requirements in the post-doctoral section below).