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Gallaudet University

Updated: 03/15/2024

800 Florida Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002-3695

Program Director: Tania Thomas-Presswood

E-mail: tania.thomas-presswood@gallaudet.edu

Program Website: https://www.gallaudet.edu/department-of-psychology/psyd-school-psychology/program-overview/

* The Gallaudet School Psychology Program offers a subspecialty in working with the deaf that includes the opportunity to learn and use American Sign Language. It is the only program of its kind. Gallaudet Specialist program recently transitioned to a four-years doctoral level training program (PsyD). It admitted its first cohort in the fall of 2021 and closed the PsyS program. The program will be pursuing NASP and APA accreditation.

Programs Offered and Program Approvals
  • Doctoral level, NCATE/CAEP Recognized
    Approved by the State Department of Education
    Graduation Credit Hours: 99
    Not Accessible to Working Professionals
    Does not offer at least 50% of instruction via distance education
Financial Support
Doctoral

Assistantship/Traineeship

 
Do students in your program have access to an assistantship/traineeship?Yes
Total number of students receiving an assistantship/traineeship8
Minimum hours per semester6.0
Minimum stipend/salary per week$2250
Do students in your program have access to hourly work?Yes
Total number of students receiving hourly work1
Minimum stipend/salary per week$2250

Internship

 
Number of interns who received stipends5
Median Stipend / Pay per year$15000
Student Enrollment Data

2024 / 2025

Doctoral
Total Enrollment (including interns)13
# of First Year Students5
# of Male Students4
# of Minority Students*4
# of interns during the academic year5
# of accepted students for 2024 / 20259
# of applicants for 2024 / 202515
* Note: Minority students are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.
Faculty
NameEmailFTEMinority
Tania Thomas-PresswoodTania.thomas-presswood@gallaudet.edu100 %✔
Sherry EyerSherry.Eyer@gallaudet.edu100 %
Robert WhitakerRobert.whitaker@gallaudet.edu100 %
Cheryl Wuchryl.wu@gallaudet.edu25 %✔
Note: Minority faculty are defined as those from ethnic/racial minorities historically underrepresented in United States colleges and universities.
Unfilled faculty positions from the previous academic year?Yes
Anticipate opening a search for a new faculty member in the upcoming academic year?No
PRAXIS
No data from program has been submitted.
Respecialization

Specialist

Formal Option for Respecialization?
No
Special Notes
No official respecialization option, but the Program reviews the transcript of the prospective student and may accept some courses towards the Specialist degree

Doctoral

Formal Option for Respecialization?
No
Internship Settings

2024 / 2025

SpecialistDoctoral
Total Number of Interns5
Total completing internship entirely in school settings5
Total completing internships partly in school settings0
Total completing internships entirely outside school settings0
Total APA Accredited Internships0
Total APPIC listed meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines (not APA)0
Total APPIC listed not meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines0
Total meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines not APPIC listed5
Total not APPIC listed and not meeting CDSPP Internship Guidelines0
1. The 2010 NASP Standards for Graduate Preparation of School Psychologists defines a school setting as “…one in which the primary goal is the education of students of diverse backgrounds, characteristics, abilities, disabilities, and needs. Generally, a school setting includes students who are enrolled in Grades pre-K–12 and has both general education and special education services. The school setting has available an internal or external pupil services unit that includes at least one state-credentialed school psychologist and provides a full range of school psychology services.”
Multicultural Settings
Program offers a bilingual specialization (i.e. students graduate beign eligible for a bilingual school psychologist certification or designation).No
Program or department provides the following graduate preparation activities related to multicultural responsiveness.
  • A specific required course on multicultural responsiveness
  • Inclusion across some (not all) required courses
  • Inclusion across all required courses (excluding statistics)
  • Extracurricular Events (e.g., Town Halls, Institute Days)
Program or department provides the following graduate preparation activities related to social justice that align with the NASP definition and extends beyond cultural awareness into action.
  • A specific required course on social justice
  • Inclusion across some (not all) required courses
  • Inclusion across all required courses (excluding statistics)
  • Extracurricular Events (e.g., Town Halls, Institute Days)
Student Outcome Data

2022 / 2023

Doctoral
# of students completing program (including internship)5
Mean # of years to complete the program4
Median # of years to complete the program4
# of students that left the program prior to graduation0
# of graduates employed by schools4
# employed in settings other than schools0
# employed in a faculty position0
# entering other fields0
# continuing formal education0
# not employed or continuing education0