Location: New Haven, CT
Open Date: Nov 03, 2026
Deadline: Nov 03, 2027 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time
Description
The Yale Child Study Center’s Clinical Services are comprised of a multidisciplinary faculty and a number of training programs, including psychology practicum, internship, and post-doctoral fellowship. Our services include child and adult treatment, home-based services, and assessment services. Psychoeducational testing, developmental evaluations, and team evaluations are an important part of our array of services. The Child Study Center is committed to recruiting and supporting clinicians, researchers, and leaders representing diverse backgrounds today, as well as those in succeeding generations in the service of its clinical, research, training, policy, and prevention agendas. Yale Child Study Center Clinical Services has an opening for full-time child psychologist dedicated to providing evaluation and treatment services to young children and their families. The successful candidate will be appointed as an Assistant Professor of Child Psychology on the Academic Clinician ladder track. A primary focus of this position is to provide developmental assessment and evidence-based treatment for children under ten and their families. Additional job responsbilities include:
- Conducting developmental and psychological assessments of children and adolescents
- Providing evidence-based treatment to children and their caregivers, with a special emphasis on services for children aged 10 and younger and their families.
- Providing Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP) to young children who have experienced traumatic events
- Collaborating with members of clinical teams to inform comprehensive care plans
- Participation in the psychology training faculty, including training and supervision of practicum students, psychology interns through the Yale Child Study Center’s APA-accredited internship, and/or post-doctoral fellows on the pediatric psychology track
While not required on the Academic Clinician track, research and quality improvement projects are available and encouraged as part of a collaborative team.
The salary ranges listed below reflect the anticipated compensation range for all ranks included in this recruitment.
$125,000-$150,000
Qualifications
Successful candidates must possess an APA accredited doctoral degree in psychology, postdoctoral experience in clinical or health service psychology. Licensed or license-eligible child psychologists in the state of Connecticut with the following skills or experience are encouraged to apply:
- Treatment experience with young children (ages 0-10), including provision of Child Parent Psychotherapy
- Assessment experience providing developmental and psychological evaluations to children
- Bilingual clinicians able to provide treatment and assessment in Spanish
- Candidates from diverse backgrounds
Application Instructions
Applicants should submit a CV, three letters of reference, a cover letter outlining their relevant experience, and a de-identified developmental or psychological assessment report for a child under 10. Please send material to is https://apply.interfolio.com/196878. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Application Process
This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.