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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 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.

Guiding Principles

We care about how children and adolescents perceive their world and value what they tell us about their experiences
We believe all children and adolescents should be respected, valued, understood, and acknowledged.
We believe all children and adolescents should always be given the time and space in which to be heard.

Core Values

Compassion
A commitment to act towards 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.

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Our Legacy

For over 70 years, Reiss-Davis has provided education
and training to mental health professionals serving the
mental health needs of children, adolescents and their
families in Los Angeles. Following this commitment, in
2009 Reiss-Davis began offering doctoral education
with the merger of The Graduate Center for Child
Development and Psychology, now The Reiss-Davis
Graduate School. With the support of parent agency
Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services, Reiss-Davis
continues to further the legacy of helping children and
their families to live happier, more fulfilled lives.

Our Team

Is RDGS Right
for You?

Reiss-Davis Graduate School (RDGS) education programs provide a unique psychodynamic, neurobiological, and trauma-informed (PNT) perspective optimized for child, adolescent, and family diagnostics and psychotherapy.

If you are a mental health provider seeking an affordable and accessible PsyD program to improve your practice and sharpen your clinical skills, then RDGS is right for you.

For more information, please visit
education.reissdavis.edu.

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Continuing Education Programs

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Reiss-Davis has provided quality continuing educational opportunities to the community of child mental health practitioners in Los Angeles since its founding in 1950.

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Reiss-Greenberg Chair Event

Since 2004 we have selected a living pioneer in the field of infant, child or adolescent mental health to honor, and bring to the Vista Del Mar campus to present on their latest research.

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Post Graduate Fellowship Program

Reiss-Davis offers 2 Post Doctoral Fellowship programs; the Clinical Psychology/ Social Work Fellowship and the Psycho-Educational Diagnostic Testing Service Fellowship.

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