The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute
	The Educational Program . . . CURRICULUM II Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis Enrollment in Curriculum II may begin concomitant with enrollment in Curriculum 1. Personal Analysis It is desirable that candidates begin the curriculum while still in a personal analysis. Didactic Courses Curriculum II covers the theory and technique of child and adolescent psychoanalysis, child development and psychopathology, direct child observation, and a thorough study of classic and contemporary literature. The candidate must have already acquired a solid background in these topics, as well as in psychoanalytic metapsychology in order to apply. This is a four-year didactic curriculum. Each year is divided into trimesters. One trimester is devoted to an observation component. The other two trimesters consist of a didactic component and a Continuous Case seminar. The case seminar involves the presentation of a latency child one trimester and an adolescent the other. Each candidate is expected to make at least one case presentation. Upon approval, a research component may be substituted for one or another aspect of the program. Supervised clinical work Child cases can be started at any time with the approval of the Child Faculty. To qualify for graduation, the candidate is required to have satisfactorily analyzed three children: at least one of latency age and one adolescent including patients of each sex. At least one case must have been carried through a termination experience under supervision. A pre-latency child experience is highly recommended. The Child Analytic Committee will review the progression of the candidate's child analytic cases in supervision. The Education Committee may consider graduation from Curriculum II when an analytic process is demonstrated in the third case. DESCRIPTION OF COURSES [Page in Development]
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