Vista Del Mar Employee $26K Tuition Incentive Program
Accreditation
RDGS is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)
Financial Aid
Financial Aid and Enrollment Incentives now available for the 2022 cohort
PsyD Program Overview
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Vista Del Mar Employee Tuition Incentive
How it Works
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services will offer three employees who enroll in Reiss-Davis Graduate School a $8,666 scholarship annually for three years of coursework. In total, a VDM employee will receive $26K over the span of three years to support their education. Requirements for applying are:
- Be employed at VDM for one year before applying for the VDM Employee Tuition Incentive Program (ETIP)
- Employee performance must be in good standing to apply and in good standing annually to receive the VDM ETIP
- Remain employed for two years after completing three years of coursework
How it Impacts You
A significant financial barrier has been removed with the support from the agency. Employees will have the opportunity to elevate their understanding of psychodynamic, neurobiological, and trauma informed (PNT) perspective optimized for child, adolescent, and family diagnostics and psychotherapy. In addition, the first-year students also qualify to receive a $5K first year enrollment scholarship!
How to Get Started
Sign up to attend a virtual open house, call or email our admissions office.
Are you looking for a program designed to:
- Be Affordable and Conveniently Accessible?
- Be Tailored to Fit Your Busy Schedule?
- Improve Your Professional Practice?
- Increase your knowledge about psychodynamically-oriented and neurobiologically-informed child psychology and psychotherapy?
- Sharpen your clinical skills when working with children in your therapeutic cases?
Then Reiss-Davis is right for you.
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What Distinguishes our PsyD Program
Our PsyD Degree is Unique to the Industry
Combining a psychodynamic, neurobiological and child-focused approach
Conveniently Located
Our freeway-adjacent Vista Del Mar campus in West LA offers ample parking and a beautiful setting for your studies
Affordable
Reasonable tuition, scholarships and FAFSA availability make graduate education possible
Learning Management System
Academic contact through our LMS system keeps students connected with each other and faculty for a sense of community and better understanding and retention of monthly coursework
Seminar-style Classes
Encourages collaboration, interaction, and absorption that ensures a better experience than traditional lecture-based courses
Quality Instructors and Mentors
Clinical leaders in their own rights, our staff guide students throughout their education and into their advancing careers
Targeted
You can earn your PsyD with three years of coursework plus dissertation even while working full-time and maintaining your quality of life
Manageable
You commit to a one-weekend per month residential class schedule. From there, our hybrid program options keep you connected and learning throughout the rest of the month
Our Mission
To offer mental health providers a unique doctoral education integrating psychodynamic, neurobiological, and trauma-informed perspectives and prepare them with competency in theory, skills, technique, and professionalism to more effectively serve the mental health needs of children, adolescents, and their families from a position of cultural humility, equity, and inclusion to make a difference in their lives.
Our Core Values
- Compassion: A commitment to act toward all in a spirit of empathy, caring, justice, and respect.
- Excellence: A commitment to high expectations with accountability and creativity; to develop life-long learners who contribute to our professional mental-health community.
- Inclusion: A commitment to respect the distinct abilities, talents, perspectives, and skills of all through awareness of self and others.
- Integrity: A commitment to act authentically with truth, honesty, professionalism, and transparency.
What Students and Graduates Are Saying*
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