人类发展中心

UW-欧克莱尔's 人类发展中心 (HDC) is an interdisciplinary program that provides both educational support and 行为健康 services to individuals, 家庭, 威斯康辛州的学校.  

Our clinics and services staff are skilled professional clinicians and educators dedicated to providing critical support to 家庭 and children in the 欧克莱尔 community while creating many unique pre-professional and clinical learning opportunities 为 Blugold students in a wide range of disciplines and degree programs.    

Appropriately credentialed faculty supervisors and student clinicians represent the following professional areas:

• 教育与学习
• 家庭评估及社会工作
• 家庭护理
• 学校心理学
• 特殊教育
• Speech Language Pathology (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

The HDC sponsors four clinical programs:

Interdisciplinary Assessment Clinic: Student clinicians from multiple areas provide comprehensive evaluations 为 children, 青少年, 还有年轻人.

心理服务中心: Student clinicians from the university’s highly regarded school psychology graduate program provide assessment, 干预, and consultation services to children, 青少年, 还有年轻人.

学术干预诊所: Student clinicians provide school-aged children and 青少年 with educational support in the areas of math, 阅读, 以及书面语言.

语言及识字诊所: A collaborative ef为t between communication sciences and disorders and school psychology graduate programs and offers assessment, 干预, and consultation services to clients referred from the community.

The HDC also sponsors research programs and provides consultation and professional development programming in the areas of academic assessment and 干预, 行为健康, 儿童和学校心理学. The HDC is located on the first floor of the Human Sciences and 服务 building.

Educational opportunities 为 students 

本科阅读实习 

In the Interdisciplinary Assessment Clinic, student interns work with children to examine their 阅读 needs. These interns complete assessments of 阅读 skills, test evidence‐based 干预 strategies and consult with parents regarding assessment results. 

学术干预诊所 student jobs

The AIC uses evidence‐based assessment and 干预 approaches to improve the academic skills of students in local schools. Undergraduate Blugold students work 1:1 or with small groups of students to deliver 干预s and monitor progress. Undergraduate students work collaboratively with graduate students and public school staff.

Collaborative student-faculty research 

There are many opportunities through the HDC 为 collaborative student research during each semester as well as during the summer. Participating in research provides valuable experience that can complement future graduate school applications and/or employment. Many research projects allow Blugold undergraduates to collaborate with current graduate students in the communication science and disorders program or school psychology programs. 

Summer 阅读 or math 干预 

As an extension of the 学术干预诊所, clinic‐based summer programs provide area school children with an opportunity to receive 阅读 and math 干预 support during summer vacation. Blugolds can gain extensive pre-professional training in the delivery of evidence‐based 干预s and research through these summer HDC experiences. 

Additional opportunities 为 interested students include:

• Assisting in local elementary schools with 阅读 and mathematics screening assessments.  
• Observing clinic cases within the 人类发展中心. 
• Collaborating with a faculty member to develop an individualized undergraduate internship experience. 

If interested in any of these opportunities or to find out what else is going on in the HDC, 请联系博士. 迈克·阿克塞尔罗德 axelromi@xgcr.net.