| Abstract: | Determined the extent to which doctoral and postdoctoral/internship training programs (TPs) focus on working with adolescents. A questionnaire was mailed to all American Psychological Association approved clinical and counseling psychology doctoral TPs and all postdoctoral and internship TPs listed with the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers. Data were obtained from 299 program directors, 146 of whom were postdoctoral/internship respondents. The majority of doctoral level TPs do not offer specific training in working with adolescents. Only 25% of TPs were identified as offering any course work in adolescent psychopathology and in all cases adolescents were lumped together with children. In the category of postdoctoral/internship TPs, only 27% offer courses in the treatment of adolescents and only 21% offer practicums. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
