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Exploring Health Professions
Pediatric Psychology
Pediatric psychology encompasses all activities that
involve the study of or intervention with psychological
and behavioral problems encountered by children and
their families in medical and health care settings.
Special concerns include the prevention of illness and
injury in children through psychological and behavioral
interventions, and interdisciplinary assessment and
management of children with chronic illnesses and
developmental disabilities.
There is no single path to becoming a pediatric
psychologist. Most practitioners have completed
doctorates in clinical psychology or clinical child
psychology, although there are a limited number of
formal doctoral training programs in pediatric
psychology. Check the website for the Tufts Child
Development Department at
www.tufts.edu/as/cd for
informative links.
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