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Students who are not part of the Leadership Training Project can complete the Pediatric/Health Subspecialization portion of the doctoral program.
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Students take two years to complete the subspecialization. To be eligible to participate, students must be at least second year doctoral students, having completed a Master's degree in a field related to school psychology (i.e., special education, psychology, human development), or at least 30 credit hours of the graduate training program at Lehigh University. Prior to entering the project, students will have attained competencies in: conducting psychological and educational assessments, designing behavioral intervention programs for students with academic and social/emotional problems, providing services through a consultative delivery model, understanding basic foundations of psychology, and applying principles of research design methodology. All students will have completed or be in the process of completing at least one independent research project.
Upon completion of this program, students will be expected to have attained the following set of competencies:
spacer 1. Develop knowledge regarding the link between E/BD and unhealthy patterns of behavior.
  2. Develop skills in curriculum adaptations & techniques for meeting special education needs of young students with E/BD.
  3. Develop early intervention programs to prevent emergence of unhealthy patterns of behavior.
  4. Develop knowledge of medical conditions, including psychiatric disorders, that affect the adaptive functioning of students in school, family, and neighborhood settings.
  5. Develop skills in assessment of emotional & behavioral difficulties associated with health problems.

  6. Develop skills in the evaluation of intervention and prevention programs.
  7. Develop skills in working with children with E/BD from culturally diverse backgrounds.
  8. Develop experience in dissemination of knowledge about health promotion and service delivery to E/BD.
  9. Develop knowledge and experience in facilitating collaboration among community agencies.
  10. Develop action research skills in health promotion/service delivery.