The Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University offers a Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) degree and has as its basic purpose the training of doctoral level clinical psychologists who will exhibit professional attitudes and apply current knowledge and practice skills for the prevention and alleviation of psychological problems. The program is also committed to training students who will provide services in public sector settings to traditionally underserved groups. While the mission is to broadly train clinical psychologists, the program also seeks to provide each student with special competencies in one of three areas: family violence, developmental disabilities, or serious and persistent mental illness. The program also provides its graduates with clinical and theoretical training in two major orientations-cognitive-behavioral and psychoanalytic. The Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program is fully accredited by the American Psychological Association (see the Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation, 750 First St., NE Washington, D.C. 20002-4242/ 202-336-5979). In 2009, the APA awarded the Program with accreditation until 2016, the longest possible period of accreditation. The program is also registered by the New York State Education Department and listed by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards and the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology as a designated institution offering a doctoral program in psychology. The program is based on the practitioner-scholar model of clinical training.