Child and Family Therapy

Online Certificate Program

This certificate provides a comprehensive spectrum of courses for clinicians interested in expanding and deepening their understanding of work with children ages preschool through latency. In addition to play therapy, the curriculum includes courses in child development, attachment, parenting, diagnosis of disorders of childhood, and child-focused family interventions. This course utilizes a focus on practice with children and families in a range of settings, including treatment strategies for children who have been traumatized, as well as those seen in schools and family service agencies.

Program Highlights

• Focus on child development from infancy to age 12
• Focus on disorders associated with trauma
• Explore influence of family dynamics on child behavior
• Assessing parenting skills
• Play therapy: pre-school through preadolescent children
• Play therapy with traumatized children

This certificate requires the completion of two semesters over one year. 28 sessions over two semesters, running 6:20-8:20pm. Assignments include weekly readings and a final learning assessment in the form of a project or test.

The program runs for 28 two-hour sessions, Thursday evenings, 6:20-8:20pm, over the course of the Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 academic year.

Fall 2020

• September 3, 10, 17, 24
• October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
• November 5, 12, 19
• December 3, 10, 17

Spring 2021

• January 14, 21, 28
• February 4, 11, 18, 25
• March 4, 11, 18, 25
• April 15, 22

Judith Siegel, PhD, LCSW, Program Director, Course & Content Developer 

Dr. Judith Siegel is Professor of Social Work and Director of the Post-Master’s Certificate Programs in Child and Family Therapy and Advanced Diagnosis and Assessment at NYU Silver. She is widely published in the areas of couples treatment and the application of neurobiology to social work practice.

56 NYSED Continuing Education Contact Hours will be awarded for this program.

You will need the following items to apply for this program:

• Current resume/CV 
• An essay describing your interest in this program and reason for applying 
• One professional reference

Application deadline: July 15, 2020

The cost of this certificate program is $3,344, which includes registration fee and cost of an online compendium of readings.

Available discounts include:

• 25% discount for NYU Silver School of Social Work MSW/PhD alumni
  
• 25% discount for field instructors currently working with NYU Silver School of Social Work graduate students.
• 15% discount for applicants who have already completed one NYU Silver certificate program.
• 50% discount for veterans.

Please note: discounts may not be combined.

Deposit: Upon acceptance into the program, a $250 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your place. This deposit is applied to the total cost of tuition. Remaining payments are broken into three installments and must be paid by the due date indicated in the acceptance notification.