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The administration office of the ICDL Graduate School is located in Kentfield, California. However, all courses are administered via a distance learning program so that students can participate in this program regardless of their current place of residence.

Yes. Students have access to distance learning via online classes, by loging into the ICDL Virtual Classroom, a private interactive web platform housed on the ICDL website. To find more information about this interactive distance learning format, click here.

Full-time students (taking 8-9 credits or more per trimester) should finish this program in approximately 4 years. Part-time students (taking 4 credits per semester) may have to devote 5-7 years to finish the program.

A dynamic bio-psychosocial developmental approach guides the curriculum. It includes knowledge from all the disciplines that contribute to understanding early human development and its disorders including; emotional and social development, cognitive and language functioning, perceptual motor and sensory functioning, neurobiology, caregiver/child interaction patterns, family patterns, psychopathology, and the larger community and cultural contexts. To learn more about the curriculum, click here.

The ICDL Graduate School is committed to the pursuit of excellence, welcoming applicants who have a strong interest in working with infants, young children and their families, to promote their mental health and overall well being. To learn more about the admission criteria, click here

No. Applicants need to have a college bachelor's degree from an institution accredited by one of the six (6) regional accrediting commissions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or the equivalent for international students. To read more about admission criteria, click here

Applications will be accepted for the second class of students until July 1st, 2008. The number of spaces in the second class is limited, so students who applied prior to April 15th will be given priority. If space is still available we will consider applications submitted after this date. The next class will start in September 2009.

Is the ICDL Graduate School Accredited? What is the difference between Approval and Accreditation?

The ICDL Graduate School was approved to operate as a degree granting institution by the state of California. This is a legally valid doctoral degree (not a license), valid as any PhD from any approved University. Although we are approved by the state of California, we are not accredited yet. Approval is public and mandatory, accreditation is private and voluntary. However, accreditation is very important to us, as it ensures that the institution “meets high standards of quality and effectiveness”. The ICDL Graduate School will seek accreditation from WASC (see http://www.wascsenior.org/wasc).The process of becoming accredited by WASC takes some time (we can only start it after the third year of enrolled students) , so we might not have accreditation until the fourth to sixth year of operation. Our goal is to be accredited prior to the first graduating class.

No. The instruction provided by the ICDL Graduate School prepares students to become leaders in a new field for which no licensure standards have yet been set. The interdisciplinary nature of the program brings health, education, and social services components together in a comprehensive curriculum that helps students to develop competencies in all of these areas. Students graduating from this program will be prepared to work in different settings (e.g. health, education, social services, policy) and improve the life of infants and young children with an integrated approach. The comprehensive content of the curriculum prepares students to seek, if interested, one of the following professional accreditations in California: Marriage and Family Therapist License (after completing additional internship), Early Childhood Education Specialist Credential, Specialist Credential in Early Childhood Special Education. To read more, please download the following statement To review the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) website and a Directory of Licensure and Certification Boards, click here.

The tuition for students who enroll during the 2008 academic year will be $620 per credit hour, comparable to the national average at private American universities. To learn more about tuition and financial aid click here

Yes. If you are planning to work and study part-time, we recommend that you allocate at least 3 hours / week for each credit taken. For example, students taking 4 credits/ trimester should allow 12 hours/week for participation in online courses, discussion groups and study required for each course. Full-time students (8 credits/ trimester) should allow at least 24 hours/week to study and participate in online courses and discussion groups required for each course.

I have many years of clinical experience. Does the program give credits for previous experience? What is the credit transfer policy?

Due to the uniqueness of the curriculum, the ICDL Graduate School only accepts a maximum of 10 transfer credits. Transfer credits can be applied to research courses (IMH 501-504) and/or to courses in which the student has demonstrated proficiency due to previous professional education and training (e.g. IMH 203, language development for students with a master’s degree in language pathology). As part of a doctoral program, students are required to participate in a number of practicum hours which cannot be replaced with previous experience. Experienced clinicians will benefit from direct supervision given by senior faculty in a variety of practicum that will build on their strengths and develop new competencies. To read more about our policy on transferring credits click here

Where are the practicum sites located? Do I need to travel to do my practicum courses?
- Most of our students are working in places that provide services to infants, young children and their families. The ICDL Graduate School makes every effort to consider those places as appropriate practicum places, in order to facilitate the student's access to practicum experiences in regional proximity of where they live and work. If the students is not currently working or does not have access to a place that provides services to infants and young children, the ICDL Graduate School helps the student find an approved practicum place in the closest distance to the student's residence
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More questions? Please send your additional questions to admissions@icdl.com