Mission statement
Mission
- Contribute to knowledge about human development through research and related scholarly activities;
- Promote the welfare and optimal development of children and youth from all cultural backgrounds in the context of family, school, and community settings;
- Contribute to the advancement of human development as an interdisciplinary, basic, and applied science.
Priorities
- Prepare graduate students for leadership in research and teaching roles in child psychology as well as in professional roles in school psychology and child clinical psychology;
- Contribute to the development of undergraduate students who will be well-prepared to pursue professional careers and graduate education in specialties of psychology and other disciplines;
- Collaborate within and outside the University in "giving away" child development and in fostering an appreciation of the role that knowledge of human development can play in solving educational and social problems.
About the Institute (history and scope)