University of Missouri-Columbia
The department has access to a wide variety of facilities. It interacts with a nationally recognized Counseling Center that provides space and equipment for supervised training in individual and group counseling and psychological assessment. In addition, several of our faculty have joint appointments in the nationally recognized Career Center, which is an innovative, national model of diverse career planning programs and services. The Career Center provides numerous training and research opportunities for students and faculty in the department. The department houses the Center for Multicultural Research, Training, and Consultation, which serves as a focal point in the department as well as the College of Education for scholarly work and training on multicultural issues. The department developed and administers the Assessment and Consultation Clinic that serves a wide-variety of children and adults. In addition, the department also runs the Center for Learning, Evaluation, and Assessment Research (CLEAR), which works closely with the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to enhance educational assessment across the state of Missouri. The department houses the Polmantier Library, which has a very large collection of psychological literature. Additionally, the department has an expansive test library, which allows students to access various educational and psychological tests. Recently, the department developed the Center for the Advancement of Mental Health Practices in Schools, with the goals of promoting the development of best practices in mental health promotion, prevention, early identification, and intervention in the school environment. The Center strives to ground teachers and school administrators in effective approaches to mental health promotion, as well as prepare school-based mental health practitioners to offer mental health services to families, children, and youth.
