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Student Admissions, Outcomes, and Other Data

CLASS PROFILES

Entering Class Fall 06 Fall 07 Fall 08 Fall 09 Fall 10 Fall 11 Fall 12
Applications 289 266 237 263 255 264 294
Enrolled 15 16 18 20 18 20 20

Enrolled Class
Mean GPA 3.53 3.69 3.53 3.52 3.46 3.56 3.63
Mean Verbal GRE 592 577 593 580 573 600 606 (162)*
Mean Quantitative GRE 627 634 638 669 626 680 664 (155)*
Mean Writing GRE 5.1 5.1 4.8 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Mean Psychology GRE 651 653 661 641 637 670 705

*new scoring scale for GREs

STUDENT GROUPS

 

Doctoral Student Association

The Doctoral Student Association (DSA) is the student organization for the program that meets on a monthly basis to discuss the needs, concerns and various areas of interest of the doctoral students. This organization seeks to enhance the students' professional development and training. Membership is open to all full–time doctoral students in the program.

Peer Advisement

All first year students are assigned upper–class students who serve as peer advisors.

Safe Zone Project

The Safe Zone Project is a diversity training program that was adapted by LIU Post Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program to increase the doctoral students’ sensitivity, awareness and knowledge of important issues that concern lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals. In an effort to provide clinical doctoral students with training that will help foster LGBT–affirmative attitudes and engender LGBT–sensitive psychologists, the C.W. Post Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program provides a Safe Zone training that is mandatory for all entering students enrolled in the program. By bearing some of the responsibility of training individuals to competently and ethically work with LGBT individuals and related issues, the Safe Zone Project is an integral part of the program’s effort to respond to the American Psychological Association’s call to clinical training programs for the promotion of knowledge and training in human diversity. Although the Safe Zone Project does not provide comprehensive clinical training for treating those with LGBT–specific problems, or sexual and gender identity/orientation issues, the training does prepare a new generation of students to be more informed, sensitive, and ultimately better clinicians to the LGBT community. The Safe Zone Project offers the opportunity for a dialogue about diversity and endorses the program’s provision of an atmosphere that respects all individuals, regardless of sexual orientation, ethnic background, age, ability, and gender.

The Safe Zone Project is comprised of three training sessions, two that occur during the fall semester, and the third during the spring. Attendance at both sessions is mandatory for all entering students. For more information about similar safe zone programs at other universities, see: www.lgbtcampus.org/old_faq/safe_zone.html.

Students for Multicultural Advancement in Research and Training (SMART)

SMART is an organization maintained and run by the program's doctoral students. It's primary aim is to promote and advocate for continued education and training in issues pertaining to diversity and under–served populations within the doctoral program in clinical psychology at LIU Post. Our interests include, but are not limited poverty, ethnic/cultural diversity, race, sexual orientation, identity, and disability.

SMART committee members organize activities and outings to provide an atmosphere for learning and discussion. Previous activities have included obtaining a grant enabling us to invite renown psychologists to provide colloquium lectures to the department, movie nights, and international pot luck dinners. The Smart committee aims to meet monthly on campus. Officials are elected on a yearly basis and hold their appointments for one year.

For more information please contact the program secretary to receive appropriate contact information of current officials.

PRE–DOCTORAL EXTERNSHIP PLACEMENTS 2012–13

 

All second and third year students who applied for externships received one for 2012–2013. As can be seen from the list below, students will receive training in a diverse group of state–of–the–art settings.

Third Year Students

Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
Nassau University Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Geropsychology Unit
Hoboken University Medical Center
Long Island Jewish Zucker Hillside
Child ADHD Track Pathways to Housing – Harlem
Jamaica Hospital
Hackensack University Medical Center
Long Island Jewish, Zucker Hillside – Acute Care Concentration
City College of NY Wellness and Counseling Center
Brooklyn VA, Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Recovery Center
Nassau University Medical Center Manhattan
VA Family/Caregivers Psychotherapy Research program
Jamaica Hospital Center Inpatient Psychiatry Unit
Long Island Jewish Eating Disorders Program Pilgrim Psychiatric

Fourth Year Students

Queens Children's Psychiatric Center
NYU Child Study Center Neuropsychology
NY Presbyterian/Columbia Medical Center School–based Mental Health Program
Stanley Children's Hospital
Montefiore Medical Center
Sagamore Children's Psychiatric Center
Creedmoor Psychiatric Institute
JBFCS–Henry Ittleson Center
Bellevue Hospital
Forensic Track Child Mind Institute – ADHD & Disruptive Behavior Disorders Center
NYS Psychiatric Institute Eating Disorders Inpatient Unit
North Central Bronx Hospital
Queens Hospital Center Cognitive Behavioral Associates, Great Neck
Maimonides Child & Adolescent Outpatient Services
Long Island Jewish Adolescent Pavilion Rikers Island

 

Pre–doctoral Internships

The percentages below are based on the total number of students applying for internship that year.

Year Number of Students Who Applied for Internship Percentage of Students Who Obtained an Internship Percentage of Internships APPIC listed Percentage of Internships That Were Full–time Percentage of Internships That were Paid Percentage of Internships Accredited by APA
2005 12 100 92 100 92 92
2006 15 100 87 100 93 80
2007 14 100 71 100 86 50
2008 10 100 100 100 100 80
2009 16 100 100 100 100 93
2010 19 84 89 100 100 89
2011 12 100 75 100 92 75
2012 17 100 65 100 76 65

 

Internship Placements in 2012–2013

 

  • New York Harbor VA Medical Center – Brooklyn
  • Kings County Hospital Center Adult Clinical Psychology Track – Brooklyn
  • Audrey Hepburn House – Hackensack, NJ
  • Albert Einstein College Of Medicine Early Childhood Center – Bronx
  • Pilgrim Psychiatric Center – West Brentwood, NY
  • Fordham University Counseling Center – Bronx
  • Andrus Children's Center, Child Outpatient – Yonkers, NY
  • Center For Cognitive Behavior Therapy – Manhattan
  • Wilford Hall Med/Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tx
  • Harvard Med/Cambridge Hospital Adult Outpatient/Inpatient Jewish Child Care Association
  • Foster Home Division – Pleasantville, NY
  • VA Hudson Valley Health Care System – Montrose, NY
  • Jacobi Medical Center – Bronx
  • MercyFirst – Syosset, NY
  • Interfaith Medical Center – Brooklyn
  • Mount Sinai Neuropsychology Track – Manhattan
  • Faye Lindner Autism Center – Brookville, NY

Time to Complete Program & Attrition

In the six years from September 2006 until September 2012, 102 students graduated from our doctoral program.

During that time, the mean number of years students took to complete the program from the time of first matriculation was 5.98 years and the median number was 6.00 years.

Below you will find a more detailed breakdown of the time students took to complete the program.

Percentage of students who completed the program in fewer than 5 years – 3.0%
Percentage of students who completed the program in 5 years – 44.1%
Percentage of students who completed the program in 6 years – 20.6%
Percentage of students who completed the program in 7 years – 16.7%
Percentage of students who completed the program in more than 7 years – 15.7%

The table below provides information on the students who enrolled in the program from 2005–2011. You will see how many students initially enrolled, how many have graduated, how many are still in the program, and how many left the program for reasons other than graduation.

Year of first enrollment Number of students initially enrolled Number of students who graduated with doctorate as of 11/05/11 Number of students still enrolled in program as of 11/05/11 Number of students no longer enrolled for any reason other than graduation as of 11/05/11
2005 13 8 5 0
2006 15 5 6 4
2007 15 0 13 2
2008 17 0 16 1
2009 24 0 22 2
2010 18 0 18 0
2011 20 0 20 0

Licensure

The 2011 Report from the Association of State & Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB), available here, reported that from 2006–2010, 77.3% of doctoral students who took the EPPP national licensing exam passed. The percentage of LIU Post students who passed the exam during that period was 87.9%. This compares favorably with most other doctoral programs on Long Island (CUNY-City College, 78.9%, Hofstra, 81.6%; Adelphi, 83.6%; Stony Brook, 91.4%).

Sample Alumni Employment

 

  • Bronx Children's Psychiatric Center
  • Crossroads School for Child Development
  • Developmental Disabilities Institute
  • Elmhurst Hospital
  • Jamaica Hospital
  • Jacobi Medical Center
  • Interfaith Medical Center
  • Long Island Jewish Hospital
  • Long Island Jewish Medical Center
  • Montclair State University
  • National Development and Research Institutes – NYC (NDRI)
  • North Shore University Hospital
  • Pederson–Krag Center
  • Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
  • Port Authority of New York
  • Sagamore Children's Center
  • St. Mary's Child and Family Services
  • SUNY Stony Brook Developmental Disabilities Center
  • The Autism Help Center
  • The New Jersey Center for Outreach and Services for the Autism Community (COSAC)
  • The New York Forensic Mental Health Group
  • United Cerebral Palsy
  • Victims Information Bureau of Suffolk (VIBS)
  • Young Adult Institute/National Center for People with Disabilities