In this section we provide links to some of the Program’s key documents, as more are developed they will be added to this page.

The current version of the PsyD Student Handbook can be found here.

Here is the link to the page containing current and past years of the RU Graduate Student Handbook:

http://gradcollege.asp.radford.edu/catalogs.html

Here is the link to the Radford University Standards of Student Conduct, which applies to both undergraduate and graduate students: http://www.radford.edu/~dos-web/standards0910%5b1%5d.pdf

The faculty believes prospective students should have informed consent regarding how they will be evaluated if they enroll in the Psy.D. Program. The link below takes you to a document that begins with a model policy and then includes the Radford University policy as well as set of operational definitions. This document is given to applicants before they come for interviews and they are given the opportunity to ask questions. If an applicant is offered admission, the document is sent along with the admission letter and the student must sign and return the document or else the admission offer will be withdrawn.

The Comprehensive Evaluation of Student-Trainee Competence in
Professional Psychology Programs (pdf)

Counseling Psychology has a long history of attending to diversity and as we indicate in the section on our emphases, attention to and respect for cultural diversity (broadly defined to include characteristics such as (but not limited to) age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion/spirituality, sexual orientation, disability, language, socioeconomic status, rurality, and intersections of all of these) is one of the Program’s four primary foci. The faculty believe it is important for prospective students to appreciate how seriously we take being respectful of others and therefore we have adopted a values statement on diversity. Lack of respect for diversity can lead to removal from the program.

Counseling Psychology Model Training Values Statement Addressing Diversity

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As we discuss in both the Accreditation page and the first section of the FAQs page, the Radford University Psy.D. Program is not yet accredited by the American Psychological Association. If you have questions about the accreditation process for doctoral programs in psychology, you can contact the APA via the following means:

American Psychological Association
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation / Commission on Accreditation

750 First Street, NE

Washington, DC 20002-4242
Phone: 202-336-5979
TDD/TTY: 202-336-6123
Fax: 202-336-5978
E-mail: apaaccred@apa.org
Internet Webpage: http://www.apa.org/ed/accreditation