Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development: Tufts University

Internship Opportunities

Agencies

21st Century CLC Program

The 21st Century CLC Program is grant funded through the Massachusetts Department of Education. The theme of the program is Building a Strong Community through Learning. The program is located in 5 schools in Somerville (see above). It is a free after school program for 4th through 8th graders and serves over 500 students. The 21st Century CLC Program runs Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 2:30-5:30. We offer every student snack and community building time from 2:30-3:00, a mandatory homework help session on all program days from 3:00-4:00, with the exception of Fridays, and clubs from 4:00-5:30. On Fridays, clubs begin at 3:00 and an optional homework help session is offered at 4:30. All enrichment clubs must have a direct link to the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks. We strive to ensure that programs are both creative and effective in promoting student learning.

ABC News Medical Division

Engage in the fast paced work of a medical unit at the local ABC Station. Duties include research about latest medical information and some writing and computer work.

The Academy

A specialty outpatient agency, The Academy offers a number of psychotherapeutic services for children and their families. It also offers traditional services such as individual and family psychotherapy, psychological assessment and school consultation. These services are designed to meet the needs of children and families, to collaborate with schools to include children in the most normalized setting possible, and to develop action-oriented goals and solutions within the home and classroom.

There are limited placements available for undergraduate students, and The Academy is mostly looking for Masters and Doctoral level students in counseling, clinical, school, or educational psychology, child development, social work and related human service fields. The main tasks include social skills groups, school consultation, counseling in a therapeutic day camp, diagnostic intakes, parent support, and an introduction to the administrative tasks necessary to run a therapeutic agency. The time commitment would be 16-24 hours per week for graduate students, and 10-15 hours per week for undergraduates.

Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition

This program is a community organization committed to improving the health, safety, and cohesiveness of Allston-Brighton by coordinating local services and increasing resident involvement in community planning. School-Linked services ensures that children come to school ready to learn by linking the 12 local public schools with other community resources and promoting more family involvement in the schools. The goals of the program are: to increase parent access to and involvement in their children's education, to provide positive images of the public schools, to increase access to affordable, high quality out of school programming for children in the area, and to increase access to mental health services for children and families attending schools in the area. An intern would assist with continuing the development of a network of community resources to support the schools, planning an annual community meeting on education, helping parents at each school work with principals to plan and implement programs for their schools, working with local schools and mental health providers to improve access to mental health services for students and families, and developing a plan to raise funds to subsidize child care slots in the neighborhood.

Animals as Intermediaries

In 1983, the Seabury School, Inc. developed Animals as Intermediaries (AAI), a traveling program that brings nature, animals, and the arts to hospitals, special needs schools, psychiatric units, nursing homes, and inner city youth programs. In addition, they provide program training to students, institutions, and professionals. Seabury School/Animals as Intermediaries is dedicated to supporting the human spirit by offering and building connections between people and the natural world. An interdisciplinary approach is taken, drawing on the natural sciences, psychology, education, and the creative arts.

Arlington Infant Toddler Center

The Arlington Infant Toddler Center is a community-based early care and educators placement. The Center serves children ages 3 months to 5 years.

Associated Early Care and Education

An association of 12 early care and education sites in the greater Boston area where students can work with diverse populations of children. Varied opportunities for interns.

The Atrium School

An independent school for children K-6. There are a variety of classroom opportunities.

Beginnings

Beginnings has created a unique program and curriculum to provide an important pathway to help children, from 3 months to six years, in all areas of growth and development - cognitive, social, emotional, and physical. Children have the opportunity to explore and experiment at their own level of knowledge and interest.

"Between the Lions," WGBH-TV

"Between the Lions," a daily children's series for four- to eight-year olds, is seeking interns to assist with various aspects of the project, including research, production, and outreach. We are looking for candidates with strong research and computer skills, experience working with children, and interest in children's television. Duties will include: testing show segments for appeal and/or comprehension at local after-school or community organizations, assisting the production team as needed, and general office work. Candidates should be able to work independently on projects as well as with other BTL team members. Ideally, interns should be able to work 10-12 hours a week, split over 2 days. Please note that this internship is unpaid and individuals must receive college credit in order to intern at WGBH.

Boston Area Educators for Social Responsibility

Educators for Social Responsibility is a national teachers' organization that offers curricula and professional development with emphases on dialogue, critical thinking, multiple perspectives, cooperative problem-solving, non-violent conflict resolution, decision-making, and democratic participation. ESR provides teachers with workshops, curriculum materials, and a network of concerned colleagues. The setting is a small office in Cambridge that has programs in a variety of schools in the area. Depending on the individualized arrangements with the intern and supervisor, an intern could: organize a conference on children's literature and social responsibility, work on environmental education, or participate in conflict resolution.

Boston Medical Center

This setting offers a unique health center opportunity for those interested in working with children in an urban multi-ethnic setting. Child Life Services--two separate
placements:

Placements involve working in Child Life Services either on the inpatient floor or in pediatric surgery. Inpatient program (including small PICU) services patients, birth-22 years, with a variety of illnesses. Experience includes therapeutic play, distraction and some preparation. Surgery program is an early morning placement that involves working with children and families in a combined adult and pediatric surgical area.

Boston Photo Collaborative

The Boston Photo Collaborative was established in 1991 to offer high quality programs on photography that stretch the boundaries of conventional photo education and to bring photography to people traditionally without access to the medium.

Brookline Arts Center

The BAC is unique in that it offers art education to people of all ages. Classroom or administrative internships are available and can provide valuable, hands-on experience in innovative, quality visual arts programming.

Cambridge Community Services

Cambridge Community Services (CCS) is a non-profit organization with a mission to identify human services needs in the Cambridge community and to create innovative, collaborative programs and resources that respond to those needs. The agency's current focus is on youth development. City Links, one of CCS' longest running youth development programs, is a school-to-career internship program for new immigrant youth attending Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School. This joint venture with the city of Cambridge and the Cambridge Public Schools, offers students exposure to public sector careers and high education opportunities, provides them with practical work experience and empowers them to take leadership roles in the community. Interested volunteers can work with students in a variety of capacities; including hosting students for an on-campus tour of technology labs, advising students on how to create a work plan, and advising and referring program staff to resources that may enhance their ability to work with students

There are many other possibilities. Graduate Students only.

Cambridge/Somerville Early Intervention Program

Opportunity to work with young children and their families in the classroom and the community.

Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Child Care Center

The mission of the CEOC is to challenge structural causes of impoverishment. The child care centers are based on the philosophy that children learn by doing. Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack are provided. There are a number of health centers as well.

Cambridge Public Schools - Home Based Programs

The Home Based Programs of the Cambridge Public Schools have three components - The Home-Based Early Childhood Education Program, The Home-Based Individualized Learning Program, and The Bilingual Home-Based Program. These programs are sponsored by the Cambridge School Department, serve 230 families each year, and are free to the participants. The goals of each program are to stimulate children's learning and development at an early age, to help children get ready for school, to encourage parents in their role as first teachers, and to support families' efforts to connect with their schools and communities and make the best use of available services provided by the Cambridge Schools and the City. Students can be involved in home, school and family, specifically looking for literacy skills in the child. Outreach and assessment activities as well as research in a number of topics are also possibilities.

Early Childhood Education Program - two-year program which serves families with children from 18 months to 3 years. The program also provides home-visiting to The Cambridge Even Start Program, a family literacy program for children up to age 7 and their parents.

Individualized Learning Program - special start options addressing 3-and 4-year olds who have been identified as needing special education services. The toys, books, and learning materials along with educational and instructional techniques used in the home visits, address the child's developmental delays.

Bilingual Program- provides services to families whose primary language is other than English and who have children between the ages of 3 and 5. Home Visitors are bilingual in the language of the home and English. Giving families support during the child's transition into the public schools is a vital component of the program.

Cambridge Youth Guidance Center

The Family After School Program is available each weekday afternoon with emotionally challenged children ages 6-13 and their families. Program staff use therapy, creative interactive projects and games to develop each child' self-esteem and social skills. Parents participate as partners in the program and their active involvement helps them build concrete parenting skills. Children are referred to the program through the Departments of Social Services and Mental Health.

Camp Fire Boys & Girls

Camp Fire is a non-profit organization providing opportunities for boys and girls to realize their potential and to function effectively as caring, self-directed individuals, responsible to themselves and to others. The Member Center Training Program promotes quality school-age child care by providing multi-session training and professional development for teachers and administrators. Intern responsibilities include one or more of the following : identify, order, and organize materials for the library, establish lending systems for books, videos, VCR and other materials, facilitate communications between Camp Fire and member centers, and develop training units for the computer station. The commitment would be 10-15 hours a week for 3-6 months.

Casa Myrna Vasquez, Inc.

Work with children services and Mental Health assessing cognitive, social, emotional and physical status. They would provide child care during scheduled hours and individual parent appointments, help in planning and implementing developmentally appropriate activities for children (ages 2-12), etc.

Catholic Charities Greater Boston Community & Social Services

Catholic Charities Greater Boston, headquartered in Somerville and Dorchester, provides a comprehensive network of support services ranging from adoption and child care to emergency food and clothing assistance to family counseling and AIDS services.

Center for Applied Child Development Outreach Program, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development

The Center for Applied Child Development (CACD), part of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development, is a professional development and consultation organization, offering customized in-service programs designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning in schools all over New England. Internship opportunities are sometimes available for qualified Tufts students with interests in literacy instruction, curriculum development, program evaluation, education reform, and/or school consultation strategies. CACD attempts to create custom internship experiences that match a particular student's skills and learning goals. Opportunities that involve working with children (such as tutoring struggling readers or assisting classroom teachers) are generally available only during the academic year and usually require students to provide their own transportation to locations accessible only by car. However, other opportunities are sometimes available on campus during both the academic year and summer months. For more information about CACD, please visit our website: http://ase.tufts.edu/cacd_outreach.

The Center for Children with Special Needs

A variety of opportunities related to children with special needs and their families.

The Center for Family Connections

A variety of opportunities for students to learn about and work with adoptive families both national and international.

The Center for Reading and Language Research, Tufts University

Established in 1996 through grants from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), the Center for Reading and Language Research is affiliated with the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development. The primary purpose of the Center is to use cutting edge research, with particular emphasis on the cognitive neurosciences, to push forward our understanding of children with reading disabilities. The Center offers a variety of theoretical and applied experiences for undergraduate and graduate students. Examples include: tutoring at-risk impaired readers in community schools; neuropsychological assessment; curriculum development; data collection and data entry.

Child Care Resource Center, Inc.

The Child Care Resource Center, Inc. is a child care resource and referral agency that has been in existence since 1971. The agency has a multicultural staff of 19 employees working to make quality, affordable child care available to every family who needs it. The agency works closely with the child care community as a whole, including parents, child care providers, employers, state agencies, and policy makers. There are a number of internships available that cover a wide variety of departments within the center. Internships are open for public relations and marketing, management information systems, communications, corporate services marketing, parent counseling, and child care provider services.

Child Life Program, Boston Medical Center

Placement is 1/2 time in Child Life Room on pediatric floor (inpatient) and 1/2 time in the emergency room. A varied, exciting, and stimulating placement. See Boston Medical Center for further descriptions.

The Child Witness to Violence Program

The Child Witness to Violence Program is a collaborative project between the Guidance Center, Inc.; the Family Center, Inc.; RESPOND; and Transition House, local agencies treating domestic violence. The program focuses on enhancing and facilitating services for child witnesses of domestic violence and their caretakers. It services residents of the Cambridge/Somerville community as well as families from other communities who have been temporarily placed in Cambridge or Somerville shelters. This internship is open to graduate students only.

Children's Community Early Intervention

Work with children ages 0-3 from diverse backgrounds (disabilities, environmental risk, etc.). Home visits, center visits, and groups. Graduate students preferred, but will consider undergraduate students. Summer.

Children's Hospital Boston, Office of Child Advocacy

Child Health Policy
The Office of Child Advocacy (OCA) at Children's Hospital Boston is looking for a student with an interest in public health, public policy or law to join them for a part-time child health policy internship for the Spring of 2005. This internship will provide a unique learning experience for a student with an interest in government, advocacy and health policy, and an opportunity to work at the nation's premier pediatric medical center.

Children's is a 325-bed comprehensive medical center for pediatric health care and innovative research and the primary pediatric teaching hospital for Harvard Medical School. With more than 800 physicians and researchers, Children's is the largest pediatric medical center in the United States, and leading provider of hospital care to Massachusetts children.

OCA supports Children's community health mission to improve the health and well-being of children and families. OCA addresses priority community health issues by supporting innovative programs for children and families from Boston, and by advocating for child health policies at the state and federal level.

Working under the supervision of Lisa Mannix, Coordinator of Child Health Policy and Education, the child health policy intern will obtain a broad range of experiences including:

Job Responsibilities:

Review and track state and federal legislation, especially as it relates to OCA priority areas of access to care, asthma, injury prevention and mental health. Draft position statements and testimony, monitor progress, and update staff as necessary. Research policy issues and attend relevant committee hearings at State House.

Help with communications with members of grassroots advocacy group, the Children's Advocacy Network (CAN). Draft email alerts and newsletter articles, assist with recruitment activities, and help develop membership events and training opportunities.

Assist in planning our bi-annual legislative breakfast at the Massachusetts State House

Generate grassroots advocacy around legislative priorities. Create fact sheets and template communications to policymakers.

Participate in appropriate coalitions, and serve as liaison with OCA.

Approximately 10-20 hours per week. Possibility of a stipend.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates should have an interest in government, health policy, and advocacy; possess strong writing and interpersonal skills; enjoy a busy, creative and challenging work environment.

Children's Legal Services, Inc.

Children's Legal Services provides assistance to children and families in a variety of legal matters, including, but not limited to, adoption, child abuse and neglect, status offense, special education, mental health, custody and visitation issues. Interns at Children's Legal Services assist agency staff in overall program development. Duties may include: statutory, regulatory, administrative and case law research; investigating and assisting in the writing of agency grants; drafting research memoranda; developing marketing materials; and general community correspondence.

Children's League of Massachusetts

Children's Museum

A variety of possibilities including staffing the Playspace exhibits and Parent Resource Room. Help visitors to feel welcome, answer questions, and assist staff with preparing and running activities. Students need to be comfortable working with a diverse audience, be able to work with children 4 years and under, possess the flexibility to work in a hectic environment.

The Children's Room

The Children's Room offers hope and quality of life to bereaved children and those who are part of their lives. In this safe and caring environment, children, teenagers, and their families can receive the support they need while grieving the death of a loved one. Ongoing groups focus on the child's experience of grief and loss, and on how family members can adjust to change and support the child's healing. Most of the work is done in the evening. A car is desirable, but program can be accessed by bus. Graduate Students only.

Citizen Schools

Citizens Schools focuses on preparing students for leadership roles in the 21st century. To achieve this goal, Citizen Schools has identified four important objectives for students' success: 1. Strengthen academic skills 2. Develop personal leadership skills 3. Enable access to resources 4. Build community connections. Every aspect of the Citizen Schools' educational curriculum has been specifically designed to reinforce these four objectives. In addition, each individual student's progress is communicated to parents and teachers. In the skill development areas, Citizen Schools links closely to school-day activities and learning standards.

Coalition on Addiction, Pregnancy, and Parenting

Students can participate in a parenting and child life program that enables the residents of the New Day House, most of whom are victims of intergenerational abuse, to develop caring relationships with their children and become responsible parents. Graduate students preferred for year long placements.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education

Community Partnership Fellowships are now available through the Massachusetts Department of Education (DOE) Early Learning Services. DOE Early Learning Services administers over $90 million in comprehensive early care and education funds for children ages three to four. The planning for grants are conducted and implemented at the local level. Early Learning Services is interested in expanding its ability to provide its local partners with technical assistance in evaluation and data analysis and reporting. DOE-ELS is seeking two graduate students to work on our innovative research, technology, and evaluation projects. Opportunities for evaluation, survey research methods, data management, statistical analysis and reporting, technology development, early care and education program development, and state administration and public policy development. Applicants should be working on a graduate-level degree. Fellow will be paid an hourly rate of approximately $12-13/hr. Minimum 10 hours expected, but days are negotiable.

Community Resources for Justice

Community Resources for Justice is a residential facility servicing court-referred adolescent boys between the ages of 14-17, whose average length of stay is 4 weeks. There are twelve residents in the program under 24-hour supervision. It is a residential community-based program that services delinquent teenagers who have had involvement recently with the local court system. Interns should be at a minimum age of 20 years and will be involved in the supervision of clients, one-on-one counseling, group counseling, tutoring, and residential activities. Others tasks may include the assessment and evaluation of the clients, direct care and one-on-one client involvement, and clinical assessment and recommendations.

Community Therapeutic Day School in Lexington

Opportunity to work with children ages 3-12 who have a range of disorders in a therapeutic school setting. Students will have the opportunity to participate in therapeutic groups as well as work with individuals.

Comprehensive Family Evaluation Center at New England Medical Center

Doctoral internship opportunities in evaluation of families working with the court system. The internships begin in September and run through the school year. Hours are flexible to accommodate doctoral candidates. Interns assist clinicians in interviewing children and families and conducting each stage of the forensic assessment. Parents and children are observed on and off site as necessary for evaluation. Diagnostic assessments beyond the clinical interviews are conducted only as necessary. Each intern will be assigned to an experienced forensic psychologist.

The Cotting School

The school provides high quality, individualized education as well as vocational, therapeutic enrichment and functional skills programs which will enable students to realize their highest potential in academic achievement, skill development, social/educational maturity and independence.

Criterion-Stoneham Early Intervention Program

Criterion-Stoneham Early Intervention Program serves children and families birth to three years of age. We are located on the Stoneham-Woburn line. Children are eligible for services if they were born with a disability or health condition that affects their development; if they demonstrate a moderate developmental delay; or if they have environmental risk factors. Services are provided by Developmental Educators, Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapists, Speech Pathologists, Social Workers, and Nurses.Services include Screenings, Assessments, and Home Visits, as well as a variety of Groups which are held in our center and in the community. For more information visit our Website www.criterionchild.com.

Criterion Child Enrichment - (Stoneham or Milford)

Work with children and families in an early intervention setting. There are a number of centers in greater Boston.

Crittenden Hastings House

The Crittenden Hastings House operates innovative programs in response to the changing needs of women, families, and the community. CHH provides a variety of comprehensive services including reproductive health care, counseling, education, housing, job training, and family life support services. Volunteers provide tutoring to high-risk, pregnant and parenting adolescents who are involved in CHH's Comprehensive Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Service program. Volunteers commit to a minimum of one 3-hour shift on a weekday because there are no weekend or evening shifts available. Volunteers provide basic reading, writing, and mathematical instruction to women in need of assistance and work in the child care center with the children of these women.

Dimock Behavior House

Early Intervention is a service which is provided to families with children ages 0-3 who are developmentally delayed, or whose families' environmental difficulties put their children at risk. It is comprised of a multidisciplinary team, so a prospective intern could gain experience in almost any human services field in which they are interested (psychology, social work, education, speech therapy, child development, etc.) Because of language and cultural barriers, our Latino clients are often underserved, and it is our hope that ameliorating this situation at our agency and, in general, is something to which our intern will be strongly committed. Responsibilities as an intern would be assisting with toddler groups, parent/child groups, home visits, developmental assessments, and some document translation.

Dove, Inc.

Dove, Inc. is a battered women's shelter that also has two hotline telephones to assist with emergency situations. The Children's Program is run for two hours a day with the children in the shelter. The goals are for the children to learn appropriate ways to express their feelings, increase self-esteem, and to provide an opportunity for group therapy. Interns are involved in the planning of activities for the program, teaching parenting skills, and doing individual counseling with the children. There is also the opportunity for individual counseling with the mothers on parenting issues. Interns also become involved in assessments of the children. Children at the shelter range in age from birth to young teenagers. Dove requires a two semester commitment with working 16 hours a week.

Early Learning Services

A variety of opportunities related to early care and education, family support and training. The mission is to develop a comprehensive, high quality, accessible system of programs and services for all young children and their families in collaboration with other groups involved with young children and families.

Early Learning Specialist - Preschool Function Program

The Early Learning Specialist is a member of a multi-disciplinary team that includes a pediatrician and psychologist. The team is accountable for evaluating children ages 4 to 6 for learning and behavioral problems. The Early Learning Specialist assesses children, participates in the team conference and develops written reports. Interns must have a background in teaching children, have taken at least one course in testing young children, a well developed ability to communicate ideas in writing, a commitment for being on time and an interest in making a contribution of new ideas to the team. Flexible hours.

Elizabeth Stone House

Founded in 1974, we are a feminist mental health alternative that provides residential and community-based services to break the cycle of violence, disempowerment, distress and institutionalization of women in emotional distress and their children. Programming includes a therapeutic community, battered women's shelter, transitional housing, advocacy, support groups, parent/child center, outreach and education.

Emerson Hospital - Pediatric Intervention Team

The Pediatric Intervention Team is a multi-disciplinary group with representation from Child Life Specialists, Pediatric-Psychiatric Nursing, and Child Psychiatry. The Team, an integral part of pediatric care at Emerson Hospital, provides education and support for children and their families throughout the hospital and in the community.

Families First (Affiliate of Wheelock College)

Opportunity to participate in parent education workshops, some administrative tasks, preparing parent resource materials.

The Family Center

The Family Center is a family therapy center which serves families from
Cambridge/Somerville area. There are a number of programs in progress
at the Center, including support groups for victims of domestic violence, home-based family intervention, the Parenting Journey, as well as live supervision of family therapy sessions. The Center has a family-systems orientation.

Federation for Children with Special Needs

The Federation is a grassroots organization dedicated to facilitating the education and community participation of people with disabilities. Students have the opportunity to be involved in a number of projects that involve children with disabilities and their families.

FIRSTLink Program, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

The FIRSTLink Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health is a linchpin" in the newborn screening and homevisiting programming for the state. Interns would engage in a variety of policy development and implementation projects associated with supporting maternal and child health policies and programs across the state.

Franciscan Hospital

Germaine Lawrence, Inc.

Germaine Lawrence is a residential facility for adolescent females with a variety of emotional and/or behavioral problems. The campus includes Germaine Lawrence School, the Diagnostic Center, several dormitories, and two group homes. Each dormitory is specialized according to the problems experienced by its residents. For example, there is a dormitory for girls with substance abuse problems, a dormitory for violent and sexual offenders, and a dormitory for younger girls (generally pre-teens). Graduate students only.

Greater Boston Association for Persons with Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities (GBARC)

GBARC is an advocacy organization that seeks to be a resource to families and persons with mental retardation; to support persons with mental retardation to realize full and satisfying lives; to promote inclusion of persons with mental retardation in the life of the community, and to include the community in the lives of persons with mental retardation; to educate the community about mental retardation; to create demonstration programs which reflect full inclusion, choice and active participation of persons with mental retardation. There are opportunities for students in after-school programs (KOALA), disability awareness trainings, and family support services.

Harvard Yard Childcare Center

The Oxford Street Childcare Cooperative is an independently-run, Harvard affiliated daycare center that is run by both staff and parents. The facilities include four rooms that hold up to 38 children from 5 months to 5 years of age. Parents are involved in all aspects of center life, including classroom assistance, and all decisions are made together by parents and staff. They aim for a diverse population, which includes families from all over the world, gay and lesbian families, and children of staff members. An intern would assist in providing quality childcare under the supervision of the staff. You may be involved in the planning of activities in the rooms, problem solving situations, and possibly committee work. The extent will depend on the maturity and experience of the student.

Head Start, Jamaica Plain

Head Start in a Jamaica Plain after school program run by Harvard students.

Head Start, Somerville

Under the guidance of a head teacher, students work with a diverse group of preschoolers in a classroom setting.

Health Care For All, Children's Division

The Children's Division at Health Care For All focuses on ensuring that every child in Massachusetts has health care coverage and access to quality health care. The intern will be assigned primarily to the Children's Quality Initiative (CQI), but also be involved in a number of other projects that include the Covering Kids Initiative and Children's Health Access Coalition (CHAC). Through CQI, the intern will work extensively with parents to organize them around quality of care issues around Massachusetts that include the rural west, suburban Cape, and urban central, eastern, and northeast regions in the state. The intern will help to facilitate communication for program events. Other responsibilities include coordinating meetings, recruiting participants for meetings, maintaining a newsletter for parents, creating a cultural competency library, and analyzing data from a mental health survey completed by parents.

The Home for Little Wanderers

Advocacy/Policy Internship: Learn about the Massachusetts legislative process from the perspective of a child welfare agency. This unpaid internship offers a number of opportunities at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Typical tasks include:

updating/maintaining the legislative database

researching miscellaneous public policy issues

attending and reporting on legislative hearings

attending outside coalition meetings

general office support for advocacy staff/director

Requirements: Previous legislative experience is NOT required.

excellent organizational skills

familiarity with MS Word and Access

ability to work independently

strong interest in the legislative process, policy-making, and/or child welfare

familiarity with standard office procedures, such as printing, faxing, literature drops, etc.

Hours: Flexible. Minimum commitment is 2 days per week for 1-2 semesters.

Research and Evaluation Internship
The Home for Little Wanderers (The Home) is the oldest and one of the largest child and family service agencies in New England. The Home serves thousands of families in the metro-Boston area each year through 28 programs that range from community-based prevention to residential treatment. Please see our website at www.thehome.org for more information about our agency.

The Department for Performance and Outcomes is the program evaluation, quality management, and research branch of The Home. Our department's priority initiatives include developing program evaluations, helping programs implement quality initiatives, and creating a feedback loop between research and practice. Research and Evaluation interns will work on the following:

Research topics relevant to child welfare and mental health; provide recommendations for practice-based application

Assist Associates in creating program-based evaluation plans for The Home's programs

Data entry and analysis, including the creation of graphic representation of data

Participation in quality management projects, including risk management and peer review

Interns will work predominantly on research projects, but will also gain general knowledge about quality management and program evaluation. Given the scope of our work, we can often tailor internships to interns' interests.

A successful candidate will have excellent written communication skills, prior research experience, and the ability for independent work. Interns are accepted on a rolling basis and may be eligible for a $500 per semester stipend. Hours are flexible and will be agreed upon between the intern and the department; however, interns must work at least 15 hours per week to be eligible for the stipend. Please contact Kara Sabalauskas for more information.

Graduate Level Internship Opportunities at Face to Face
Face to Face is a new program that is a partnership with The Home for Little Wanderers and the Boston Public Schools (BPS) to enhance parental involvement in their children's education. Face to Face will have two major service components for parents, parent partnering for those with children in school and parent outreach services for those with preschool age children. Parent partnering will focus on training city-funded parent liaisons to develop skills for getting parents involved in their children's education and creating and maintaining services to help parents improve the academic achievement of their children. For parents with 0-5 age children, the program will focus on helping children meet their development milestones through methods that support parent-child attachment.

The five operational objectives of Face to Face are: (1) increase the depth of services available at the existing Parent Information & Resource Centers in Boston; (2) assist parents in becoming partners in educating children with particular emphasis on school-parent interactions; (3) improve the developmental progress and school readiness of children age 0 to 5 and prepare schools to serve them; (4) coordinate and implement activities with parent oriented programs, groups, and/or agencies; and (5) research best practices in parent involvement in their children's education and apply lessons learned to the Face to Face program.

Face To Face - Jamaica Plain
3 Openings for MSW MACRO students, M. Ed students, MBA students or other disciplines
Interns will serve as Resource Coordinators who will be responsible for outreach to parents and resource coordination in Family Resource Centers within the Boston Public Schools. Other responsibilities include researching services offered by community organizations and devising creative advertising/marketing of resources. (Internship is T-accessible)

Face To Face - Family School at the Otis - East Boston
1 Opening for a 1st or 2nd Year MSW MACRO student
Intern will work in this Family Literacy Program run by The Home for Little Wanderers and the Boston Public Schools. The program runs adult English classes and a literacy-based after school program with a home visiting component as well. There is extensive opportunity for data collection and analysis, with some report and grant writing depending on the need and interest of the student. It is an opportunity to work with a variety of systems, education, literacy, and immigration in a dynamic setting. The program runs daily during the school year from 2:30-5pm. Supervision provided by a M.Ed. (Internship is T-accessible)

The Horizon's Initiative

Playspace Activity Leaders (PALs) work and play with children in one of the 37 family shelters and/or in the Community Children's Center each week. Requirements are a strong interest in the preschool and school aged children, patience, dependability, sensitivity to homeless issues. There is a six hour volunteer training.

Immigrant Workers Resource Center

The Immigrant Workers Resource Center was established in 1987 as a labor support center offering assistance to immigrant workers suffering from abuse on their jobs. IWRC provides direct services, workers rights education, and assists immigrant workers in organizing against exploitation. As part of the education program, IWRC offers workplace ESL classes combined with workers' rights workshops. They are looking for volunteers or interns to teach Art and Reading to immigrant children on Saturdays. Interns will have room for autonomy and a good opportunity to design, develop, and structure their own classes with the support of IWRC.

Institute for Learning and Development and Research ILD
Address: 125 Hartwell Ave., Lexington, MA 02421

ILD provides a variety of psychological and educational services, including psychoeducational assessments, educational therapy, counseling, and ADHD services for both children and adults. Research ILD is a non-profit partner of ILD and is dedicated to research and development of innovative techniques for helping students “learn how to learn.” Through research, product development, and teacher training, as well as the individualized educational services offered to students, ILD and Research ILD have assisted countless children and adults to succeed in and outside the classroom.

ILD and Research ILD offer a variety of applied and research-based opportunities for graduate students. Interns have the opportunity to learn about and participate in all aspects of the assessment process, including testing, scoring, developing a learning profile, case discussions, feedback meetings, and report writing. They also participate in the many ongoing research projects at Research ILD, including Drive to Thrive, a new study focusing on the relationships among students’ effort, motivation, self-concept, and strategy use. Responsibilities for research work include school-based data collection, development of materials, and data analysis.

Jewish Family Service of Metrowest

Internship includes working as childcare assistants, focusing on helping in parenting support groups for mothers with their toddlers. The groups follow a psycho- educational format which assesses different topics every week.

Jump for Joy

A Montessori based creative movement program run for preschoolers by a choreographer and early childhood movement specialist. The focus is rhythm and patterning, balance and body control, quality of movement, social skill building.

Jumpstart

Jumpstart is a nonprofit organization that engages young people in service to work toward the day when every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. The Jumpstart Entrepreneurial Fellowship is a seven month fellowship appropriate for launching a career as a public service entrepreneur. Fellows become familiar with the different aspects of a non-profit organization such as Jumpstart through a rigorous apprenticeship integrating training, mentoring relationships and other responsibilities through a commitment of 10-15 hours per week. Fellows learn about team management and communications, event planning and execution, community and family engagement, and the day to day operations of a national non profit organization. The work of Jumpstart corps members focuses on help young children at risk develop the skills and attitudes necessary to become successful readers. If a Tufts Child Development major can make a year-long commitment, becoming a corps member can count for two credits toward the major - through the CD 99/199 Community Field Placement registration process. Tufts students must be willing to work in the summer. Corps members can be paid through the work study program. They receive free housing in the summer, and a certificate allowing them at the end of their training to teach in an early childhood program.

The LEAP School

The Language Enrichment Arts Program, the LEAP School, is a non-denominational private program founded in 1985 in Lexington, MA by Robin Tsevdos Shapiro, MA. It is uniquely designed to support the diverse needs of toddler, preschool, and kindergarten youngsters and their families. The LEAP environment is both dynamic and nurturing. Youngsters are inspired to develop their creative and intellectual abilities while having fun! The varied curriculum offers children a range of experiences that build positive self-esteem and stimulate excitement in learning. The small class size and low child/teacher ratio enables each child to be seen as a special individual.

Lesley Ellis School

An inclusive private school serving pre-school to grade 3. Interns have the opportunity to function as part of a classroom team.

Malden YMCA

Opportunities to work in an after-school program teaching between 1 P.M. and 5 P.M. Students may choose to teach something that interests them (e.g. chess, soccer, community service, nature and the environment, etc.)

Manville School

The Manville School is a day school for children (ages 5-15) who experience emotional, behavioral, or learning problems that inhibit successful school performance. Manville is a school where troubled children receive caring attention that addresses their psychological and emotional needs as well as their academic achievement. It offers individualized and small-group instruction, coupled with a strongly supportive therapeutic program. Interns are needed for either pre-practicum or practicum placements. They would assist in the classroom activities and be a support system during the therapy sessions.

Massachusetts Campaign for Children

The Massachusetts Campaign for Children is a new grassroots organizing effort designed to mobilize people who care about children to become active on their behalf on the local and political level. We are a membership-led, non-partisan organization. Our goals are: to educate concerned adults and youth about children's issues through user-friendly updates and other publications, our website, action alerts on important legislation, community newspaper columns, and community forums; to inspire people to get involved and to help them learn to participate in the political process. We are looking for students who are familiar with children's issues, and/or are willing to learn about them, to do public speaking statewide to various groups. Students will be trained as community organizers for the Campaign for Children, and are expected to help organize and plan community forums and candidate nights.

Massachusetts Child Welfare League of America Executives Group

The Massachusetts Child Welfare League of America Executives Group is an association of approximately 35 child welfare agency Executive Directors. Their responsibilities include ensuring that all Executive Directors are well informed on current legislative and budgetary matters related to children and are prepared to advocate on behalf of children and youth. Interns would be involved with writing legislative testimony, writing letters to legislators, producing fact sheets on legislation, producing a legislative scorecard, and attending hearings and meetings of interest. There may be opportunities to organize events, and much depends on the "issue of the day."

Massachusetts Community Water Watch

Internships with Massachusetts Community Water Watch- Water Watch is a state-wide non-profit working to improve Massachusetts water quality. Many people take it for granted, but MA actually has the second dirtiest waterways in the country, cleaner than only New Jersey. Water Watch is education and service based because of its funding, which is provided by Americorps, the Massachusetts Service Alliance and the MASSPIRG Education Fund.

Interns work 10-12 hours per week organizing a variety of events and programs. As an intern you might coordinate the annual Mystic Super Clean Up, which typically involves more than 500 people from around the watershed as well as many local officials; lead the stream monitoring program, which will be releasing the first ever Report Card for the Mystic River on April 23rd; help organize our Education program, which includes an effort to teach more than 750 local school children, especially those in at-risk families which are eating contaminated fish from the river; work with the media; or organize on-campus events like forums, discussion groups, and parties. Many other opportunities are also available, including being our internet guru, or developing any number of your own projects to help in the campaign to make the Mystic River, and all Massachusetts waterways safe.

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Massachusetts Trial Court Child Care Project

The provision of drop-in child care for family crisis/emergency settings is a newly emerging child care specialty that integrates components of drop-in child care, child assessment, therapeutic child care, parent education, and social service programming. The role of the Massachusetts Trial Court Child Care Project is to facilitate the process of establishing a series of court-based, drop-in child care centers. Examples of opportunities for student interns are: researching the need for drop-in family crisis / family emergency child care programs in various settings, researching the impact of court-based child care on families or on courts, and developing specialized curriculum or teacher trainings.

Math, Science and Technology Education (Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development)

This is an opportunity for students who are interested in working with new technologies in Eliot-Pearson's Curriculum Lab. The goal will be for the intern to design technologically-rich curriculum material to be used in early childhood education. The student will also help to prepare a workshop for early childhood educators and technology. Previous experience with computers is desired and students who have taken CD 171, Curriculum for Young Children: Math, Science and Technology.

Max CareMe

The intern will be involved with support and assistance with early childhood health and safety in and out of home care.

Medford Early Education Program

The Medford Early Education Program includes opportunities in Medford Public Schools, including Medford High School. Work with occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists or classroom teachers in an integrated preschool program. This is an opportunity for the intern to learn from therapists and teachers in inclusive classrooms. Therapists utilize a wide variety of approaches in order to support each child's ability to participate and progress in their educational environment.

Mills & Pardee, Inc.

Mills & Pardee, Inc. is a child care consulting firm that works primarily with employers in the greater Boston and New England area. The projects they work on are varied, and range from day care center development for large companies, to developing subsidy programs for working parents, to advising employers on child care policy in the workplace. They also work with community-based programs, and have done a lot of work with day care centers on quality issues. Intern experiences would include participation in meetings and ongoing projects that they are working on, as well as the identification of one or two major areas of interest as a focus. Some of the internship work contributes to the day to day operation of the company, such as researching a certain piece of child care legislation, developing a mailing list of employers with child care programs or compiling an equipment list for an employer-supported child care center. Interns will have the opportunity to attend meetings with employers, and to visit employer supported child care settings.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

The Depart of Museum Learning and Public Programs is divided into three major sections: Programs and Resources for Adults, Programs and Resources for Children, Teens, and Families; and Administration. There are number of opportunities for students, both undergraduate and graduate, in all of these areas. Ocassionally, there are opportunities in the Museum's curatorial departments as well as in the library, publicity, and marketing departments. in Deadlines for applications: Fall Semester: September 4; Spring Semester: December 1.

Museum of Science

The Museum of Science has summer internships (June-Aug), and have paid and unpaid jobs. The student will be involved in supporting the development and teaching of educational programs for teens.

New England Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children

Floating is a general pediatric hospital and, as such, treats kids with a broad range of diagnoses. The largest departments are Hematology/Oncology, Pulmonary, and Gastroenterology. Floating treats many chronically ill children who are very familiar with the hospital and its program. In addition, they treat a number of acutely ill children coming in for treatments and/or surgeries for the first time. Volunteers in the inpatient area would spend time with children of various ages and diagnoses, both in the centralized playroom and at bedside. Volunteers might play games, assist with craft projects or just sit and watch a video with a patient. Volunteers might join a group game; hold a baby, run after a toddler with an IV pole, or play pool, air hockey, or basketball out on the deck. Often parents are with their child, but may need a break. Especially appreciated are volunteers who are willing to help set up the playroom in the morning and clean up in the afternoon, straighten up, or wash toys when children are not available for visiting. The hospital requires an interview to ensure a good match. Scheduling and follow-through must be consistent. Scheduling needs are during the day, Mon. - Fri., either for morning session from 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon or afternoon sessions from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

North Shore ARC

Building Blocks is a new program funded through the Department of Public Health that provides intensive home-based intervention for children in the PPD-autism spectrum less than 3 years of age. Children receive 10-20 hours of intensive intervention in addition to speech therapy, occupational therapy and in some cases a play group, provided by Early Intervention. Educators provide the play based intervention. Practicum students first work along side educators, attend 2-hours per week of supervision while assisting young children with autism.

North Shore Infant Toddler Program - Early Intervention Services

Services are provided to a diverse population of children, ages birth to three years and their families. Services are available to any child who has a delay in one area of development, has a diagnosed disability, or is at risk for developmental delays due to medical, biological or environmental factors. The staff works together with families and the medical community to focus on the strengths and needs of children. Families are assisted in establishing a home program that helps them work on their child's needs on a daily basis. Services are provided by physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, social workers, and developmental educators. Community Toddler Groups and Parent-Child Groups are also offered.

Parents' and Children's Services

Parents and Children's Services is a small, non-profit, private mental health clinic and social service agency that provides counseling and other services to children, adolescent, adults, and families. Much, although not all, of the work done is with low-income families experiencing difficulties in multiple spheres. The intern would be placed in the out-patient counseling clinic of Parents and Children's Services. The primary tasks would include comprehensive evaluations and treatment of children, teens, parents, and groups. The clients range in age from pre-school children to adults. The Help Lines in the Parents' and Children's Services Program provides aid and assistance for parents and people in need in the Boston area. Providing a "listening ear" for parents having problems with their children is the purpose of the Parental Stress Line, a 24-hour commitment to stop child abuse in Massachusetts. The First Call for Help line focuses on providing information and telephone referrals to callers seeking help with a particular problem. Staffing of both lines is performed by volunteers or interns who have trained through our on-site mentoring and classroom methods. Volunteers work one shift of 3.5 hours a week and a 10 hour overnight shift once a month.

Project CHILD

Project C.H.I.L.D. (Community Health Initiatives against Learning Disabilities) works with many children and families defined as "at risk." At risk factors include environmental, biological, and medical and developmental. Through a three year study of low-income and minority children ages 4-7 years, CHILD will develop specific profiles of those at risk of educational failure, paying particular attention to social and cultural issues affecting this population. The CHILD Project will institute a comprehensive program designed to address individualized needs of parents, children, and their teachers. As an intern, you would have to be able to commit 10-12 hours per week for preferably six months. The responsibilities would include becoming familiar with the school or daycare program the child is involved in, organizing and implementing activities which are appropriate for the child's specific needs, communicating prearranged activities to parents by telephone or mail, and keeping appropriate records to update information as requested (attendance of child, issues, behavioral observations, progress, etc.)

Project for School Innovation

The Project for School Innovation is a nonprofit collaborative, providing consulting and public relations services to participating schools. Founded in 2000 by the Neighborhood House Charter School, one of the first and most successful charter schools in Massachusetts, PSI is supported through grants from the Mass Department of Education, the US Department of Education, and others. There are a variety of opportunities for interns.

Project Respite Care C/o Harvard Children's Initiative

Project Respite Care is a demonstration research project designed to match students interested in healthcare and human services with special health care needs. Students will receive training from the project as well as parents. There is the opportunity to work one-on-one with a child with special health care needs.

Roxbury Youthworks, Inc.

Roxbury Youthworks is a non-profit agency dedicated to reducing juvenile delinquency in the inner city neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and surrounding areas within the city of Boston. Our programs encourage prior offenders to display more positive behavior and deter other youth from criminal activity. We are committed to instilling maturity in young people, developing their social awareness, and providing training in the necessary skills to succeed in today's complex society. Our services are offered through four operating units: clinical services, employment and training, detention diversion, and outreach and tracking.

Somerville Mental Health

Outpatient community health center. They offer individual, family and group work. They also consult to public schools, Head Start, and provide clinical services for special education in Somerville.

Somerville Transition Shelter

The Somerville Transition Shelter is a residential facility servicing court-referred adolescent boys between the ages of 14-17, whose average length of stay is 4 weeks. There are twelve residents in the program under 24 hour supervision. It is a residential community-based program that services delinquent teenagers who have had involvement recently with the local court system.

Interns should be at least 20 years old and will be involved in the supervision of clients, one-on-one counseling, group counseling, tutoring, and residential activities. Other tasks may include the assessment and evaluation of clients, direct care and one-on-one client involvement, and clinical assessment and recommendations.

Somerville Youth Program

An after school program for adolescents. There are a variety of opportunities for students.

Starlight Children's Foundation of New England

The Starlight Children's Foundation of New England is a non-profit organization that works to brighten the lives of seriously ill children and their families through both inpatient and outpatient services. To read more about the organization, please visit http://www.nestarlight.org. The Starlight Foundation is looking for enthusiastic interns who are interested in learning the different aspects necessary to operate a non-profit organization. These aspects include marketing, children's services, fundraising, research and office support. The desired applicant will be proficient with computers, possess excellent written and verbal skills, and will be able to work in a fast-paced environment. The position is unpaid, but can be taken for academic credit. The time commitment is flexible and a small stipend is possible.

Teen Voices

Teen Voices is a national quarterly magazine written by and for teenage women, a vital alternative to mainstream teen publications. Their goal is to make female voices heard. A variety of opportunities exist including editing.

Tri-City Community Action Program; Children & Family Services Department

Tricap provides students with early intervention experience. Students can be teaching assistants in daily curriculum programs, assessing individual developmental needs for children, and conduct home visits.

Tri-City Early Intervention Program

Tri-City Early Intervention is a program that works with children from birth to three years. The children fall into one of three categories: a known disability/diagnosis (deaf, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy), a developmental delay identified by our assessment tools, or are at a risk for a delay due to four environmental and/or medical risk factors. You will be working with agency personnel and other therapists on home visits, groups and assessments. On the home visits, we work with both the child and the parent on whatever the needs are. The parent needs to be involved since staff can only be there for 1-2 hours a week and the parent is there all the time. During group work, we are facilitating language and addressing other needs. The assessments are to determine initial eligibility and to see how they are progressing.

Tufts University Center for Children (TUCC)

TUCC catalyzes and facilitates interdisciplinary research, service, education, training and social action advancing the well being of children, their families and their communities. The center involves faculty and associates from the medical, veterinary and nutrition schools as well as the Fletcher School and numerous departments within Arts and Sciences at Tufts. There are currently two paid internship opportunities: 1) resource specialist to establish an actual and virtual resource room and outreach to students, and 2) divorce education intern to research resources for a court-mandated class for divorcing parents.

UMASS Medical Center, Child Life Department

The Walker Home and School

The Walker Home and School is a day and residential treatment center for children with severe emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities. The Walker School services 80 children between the ages of 5 and 13 (both day and residential.) Interns in the school program work primarily in a classroom setting with teachers, child behavior specialists, and social workers. All interns will receive supervision, will have an excellent opportunity for hands-on involvement with children, and will participate on a multidisciplinary team. Interns should plan on working at least 15 hours per week.
Approximately 35 children receive residential treatment at Walker. Interns in the residential program are assigned to a unit, where they will work with children in the evenings or on weekends. Interns focus on helping children with social and recreational skills, behavioral issues, and skills for daily living.

Winchester Hospital

Small Child Life program.

"Fetch," WGBH-TV

A daily interactive show for children ages 6 to11 years old, written and performed entirely by kids. All of the content comes from children from around the country. Candidates should be able work independently on projects as well as with the production team. Please note that this internship is unpaid and individuals must receive college credit in order to intern at WGBH.