The purpose of requiring an intensive internship is to provide the student with an opportunity for experiential learning in an applied situation. Its goal is to integrate the theoretical aspects with one's ability, when placed in a significant new role under professional supervision. The internship is taken in the summer prior to or during the spring of the students Senior year.

By the Junior year the student, in conjunction with the mentor and internship professor, should begin to think about an appropriate internship experience. Practical aspects of interning must be planned, such as transportation and course load for that particular semester. In addition, the student must notify the internship professor in which semester she/he desires to be enrolled. A certain number of group and individual meetings are required with the internship professor each semester. Evaluation procedures are explained in these meetings. The internship is very demanding but rewarding as a learning experience launching one into the career-work world.

Recent internships have included:

Acodo Orphanage (Cambodia)

Youth development

Cambodia Dutch Organization

English language instruction

Community Action Stops Abuse (CASA)

Community education, shelter and counseling services for survivors of domestic violence

Community Partners for Youth

Grant writing

Department of Children & Families

Abuse investigations

Don Cesar Hotel

Human resource work, interviewing, paperwork, phone intake

Family Resource Center

Counseling, intake

JWB Best Initiative

Grant writing, group facilitation, workshop development

Loyola Hospital

Interviewing and research

Neonatal Unit

Research, shadowing

Perkins Elementary School

Counseling, group facilitation, curriculum development, tutoring

Pinellas Association for Retarded Children (PARC)

Services for developmentally disabled or developmentally delayed children, teaching, group work, case management and counseling.

City of Sarasota

Grant writing for Resource Council regarding social needs of community

St. Petersburg Challenge School

Counseling, mentoring, tutoring in dropout prevention school for 4^th & 5^th graders

St. Petersburg Free Clinic

Individual and family support, needs assessment, counseling,financial assistance, medicare, etc.

Turning Point

Intake for homeless alcoholic and drug dependents

Women's Resource Center

Facilitating women's groups, teaching, counseling, curriculum development

Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

Health and social services for men, women and children. Counseling,group work and administration.