弗吉尼亚大学的临床和学校心理学计划使用科学家-从业者模型来准备博士学位。心理学家要了解并促进儿童，青少年和年轻人的成长和福祉，尤其是学校。教育和培训包括以下方面的牢固基础：临床和学校心理学的基本要素，消耗和产生新的循证知识所必需的研究技能以及提供有效的道德评估，干预和咨询服务所必需的临床技能。该计划具有跨学科的观点，致力于培训具有文化背景的学者和从业者，这些学者和从业者可以有效地与来自不同背景的人一起工作。最终，我们的使命是培养在促进，预防和干预方面为儿童，青少年及其家庭提供心理服务的研究和实践的领导者。
The Clinical and School Psychology Program at the University of Virginia uses the scientist-practitioner model to prepare Ph.D. psychologists to understand and promote the development and well-being of children, adolescents, and young adults in context, with a particular emphasis on schools. Education and training includes strong grounding in: the foundational elements of clinical and school psychology, research skills essential to consuming and producing new evidence-based knowledge, and clinical skills necessary to provide competent, ethical assessment, intervention, and consultation services. The program embraces an interdisciplinary perspective and is committed to training culturally competent scholars and practitioners who work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds. Ultimately, our mission is to develop leaders in the research and practice of psychological services for children, youth, and their families that span promotion, prevention, and intervention.<br><br>The Program offers training to all students in the recognized specialty areas of clinical psychology and school psychology, and is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association and approved by the National Association of School Psychologists. Research and clinical skills are considered to be equally vital to the success of psychologists in the profession today. This is reflected in our commitment to having students participate in active research labs and engage in our state-of-the-art outpatient clinic from the first semester they arrive in the program. The program of instruction for each student includes a foundation of basic science in psychology and significant involvement in research. Research training includes critical on-the-ground work within a faculty member's research lab, either focused on secondary data analysis of existing data or active data collection and management within current projects. All students begin working on a manuscript in their first year that is submitted to a peer review journal by their second year, and many students graduate having authored one or more publications.