Internship I: Infancy

Catalog description

Students spend 15 hours a week in a yearlong (nine-month) internship designed to meet their specific professional needs. Internships typically take place in a setting for children and families but may also include working with adults (e.g., college teaching or staff training) or special advocacy, research, or demonstration projects. Concurrent with the internship, students participate in a weekly group seminar. The group meets for two hours each week, and seminar leaders arrange individual meetings with students at least once per semester and as needed. The seminar is a place for students to reflect on their experiences in internship and practice applying the competencies and practice principles they are learning in their course work. Issues addressed in seminar include professionalism, building reflective capacity, group process, leadership skills, and practice principles when working with infants, young children and families.