Interdisciplenary Training Initiative for Underserved Children
Program Information

THE INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR UNDERSERVED CHILDREN (ITIUC) is a specialized program for graduate students in psychology. The ITIUC is one of 18 graduate psychology programs funded nationally by the Health Resources and Services Administration to increase the number of trained psychologists to work with this special population of children. The program is directed by the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.

The goal of the ITIUC is to improve the health of abused or traumatized children and adolescents by increasing psychology trainees’ competencies including knowledge, attitudes, and skills to work with underserved children through a discipline-specific and interdisciplinary training program.

ITIUC students participate in a one or two year academic and clinical program to prepare them to provide clinical services and conduct research to improve the lives of underserved children. The ITIUC is conducted by an interdisciplinary faculty including twelve psychologists who participate as lecturers and academic advisors, clinical supervisors, and research mentors.

• Designed for 12 credit hours
• Two semester didactic seminars (90 clock hours)
• Major project
• Mock Trial

• Discipline-specific clinical practicum
• Training and supervision in evidence-based treatment approaches
• 40 hours cross-discipline practicum observations such as
  • Juvenile and criminal court
  • Child Welfare investigations
  • Child protection team at The Children’s Hospital at OU Medical Center

• Participation in a two-semester academic program with students from medicine, law, social work, dentistry, public health, psychiatry, and education
• Developing competency in evidence-based treatment approaches
• Coordination with Oklahoma Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
• Foreign student involvement
• Mock Trial in a courtroom with juvenile judge and jury
• Student stipend
• Formal graduation ceremony

• Current enrollment in a graduate or postgraduate psychology program
• Have sufficient background in psychology to benefit from interdisciplinary training
• Evidence of academic and career goals in serving underserved children and families
• Demonstrate leadership potential
• Acceptance into the Interdisciplinary Training Program in Child Abuse and Neglect (ITP)

Interested in applying for the Interdisciplinary Training Program (This year it is the same application as the ITP program)? Click here to access the application, or click on the application on the right side of the page in the "ITIUC SPOTLIGHT" box.

Interested in the Interdisciplinary Training Initiative for Underserved Children? Click here to access the brochure, or find more information by clicking through the menus on the right side of the page in the "ITIUC SPOTLIGHT" box. Additional information and applications are available from Alisha Booth.