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Working Alliances
Spring 2014 Vol. 2 No. 2
The Newsletter for the University of Detroit Mercy Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
APA Site Visit Planned for fall 2014 The UDM Doctoral Program submitted its self-study to the APA Commission on Accreditation (CoA) on May 1, 2014. The self -
potential conflicts of interest, which would rule out specific psychologists from serving on the site visit team.
tudy is a required document for re-
relationships with the program. Since the last site visit, the program has received a number of grants to support the education and training of
accreditation of all accredited
We must take into consideration
students in the program, including an
programs. We’d like to thank all
the schedules of the site visitors,
equipment grant from HRSA for
students, faculty, and alumni who
the president of UDM, the provost
video equipment in the Psychology
were asked to provide us with
and the dean of CLAE. We will
Clinic, a Scholarships for
information for the self-study.
announce the dates of the site visit
Disadvantaged Students Grant, and a
when the site visit team confirms.
grant to run a Psychology Summer
We will invite practicum directors
Enrichment Program to assist
and local internship directors, as
educationally and economically
well as UDM Psychology Clinic
disadvantaged undergraduates apply
supervisors to participate in a
for graduate school in a behavioral
meeting with the site visit team in
health area.
After the initial review process, the CoA sent preliminary feedback to the program on the self-study and a list of names for potential site visitors. The program is in the process of contacting individuals on the list to put together a site visit team. The program first reviews the list to determine if there are any
order to provide feedback about their experiences training students from the doctoral program and their