ADLER President

Full disclosure--I am President of Adler Graduate Professional School. I know this thread is old, but I just discovered it and want to answer some questions. ADLER has been offering its own degrees in Ontario only since 201, so we are new on the block. Our curriculum was designed to meet the educational requirements of the College of Psychologists of Ontario (CPO) for practice in clinical or counselling psychology, which allows qualified master's graduates to register as Psychological Associates. Although there is some movement toward eliminating this designation, it allows greater access for people who want to provide psychological services without having to spend considerable time as researchers before engaging in clinical work. Neither CPA nor APA accredits master degree programs, but our graduates have been successful in having their credentials accepted by CPO. Many of them are now moving toward registration with CPO (we haven't been in operation long enough to have our graduates get through all the CPO hoops). As a private institution, we receive no funds from the government. I agree that our tuition is ridiculous, but so is the tuition now charged by public universities in Canada--about half of what we charge. I would prefer that all education be free. Meanwhile, we offer courses on weekends and weekends so that working professionals may attend (and afford it). Our program is for those outliers who have the capacity for graduate professional education but have somehow tripped up along the way or only realized later in their careers that they want to do clinical work. Clearly, I am a blatant promoter of our program--for the right students, of course. So please ask around and check out the experience of our students and their supervisors as they enter the profession.