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Perspectives on education and training in clinical psychology: integrating reactions
1Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, KS 66045, USA. mroberts@ku.edu
Abstract:
Reacting to the conceptual matrix of C.R. Snyder and T.R. Elliott as described in their article, "Twenty-First Century Graduate Education in Clinical Psychology: A Four Level Matrix Model" (this issue, pp. 1033-1054), a perspective is provided through the roles of a clinical training director and a clinical child and pediatric psychologist. Changing the direction of clinical psychology is complicated but the subfield of pediatric psychology demonstrates how such changes can be integrated with a focus on healthy development and promotion of strengths, on policy and public health concerns, and on program evaluation.
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