The stated mission of the Psy.D. program at Alfred University is the preparation of psychologists for applied professional practice in schools and other child and family oriented settings.

In pursuing its mission, the program pursues goals for its students in the areas of personal, professional, and research competencies.

Training is organized around the following three broad goals:

• Produce professional psychologists with the personal qualities, interpersonal skills and awareness, and the ethical sensitivity predictive of success in a broad array of social, economic, and political contexts.
• Produce psychologists competent to access a broad range of theoretical and practical approaches with sufficient depth to be effective, flexible practitioners.
• Produce professional psychologists competent in the conduct, comprehension, and application of research to professional practice.

To accomplish these goals, students are presented with a program that balances coursework and practica, research and practice, assessment and intervention, direct and indirect intervention, as well as traditional and emerging approaches to assessment and evaluation, including the use of technology.