Washburn Internship and Practicum Opportunities
Washburn Center for Children offers internship and practicum opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students who seek experience working with children and their families in therapeutic programs. These programs are center-based, home-based and school-based and include individual, family and group treatment modalities.
Interns may assist staff and/or provide direct service with supervision and have many opportunities to learn about services in mental health for children and families. To enhance their training experience, interns may attend agency clinical in-services on children's mental health and case consultation meetings.
Washburn services include: diagnostic assessment, family therapy, individual therapy, psychological testing, parent counseling, therapeutic groups, home-based therapeutic services, case management, psychiatric services, and consultation with schools, day care centers and other agencies.
Washburn programs run year-round and internship and practicum opportunities can range from three months to a year.
- Undergraduate Internship in Education, Human Services, Psychology or Social Work
- Master's Practicum/Field Placement in Counseling, Education, Marriage and Family Therapy, Psychology or Social Work
- Predoctoral Therapy Practicum and APPIC Predoctoral Psychology Internship
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology
Additional Resources for Interns
Here are links to professional articles about therapy approaches which have been incorporated into Washburn's clinical programs. If you have any problems accessing these sites, please contact internships@washburn.org.
Attachment Theory
Becoming Attached by Robert Karen. Available at: www.djeffrey.id.au/Attachment
Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children by B.D. Berry. Available at: www.childtrauma.org/Articles..
Therapy Techniques
Developmental Repair: A Training Manual by Anne Gearity. Available on here.
Child Trauma
Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents: White paper from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Complex Trauma Task Force. Available at: www.NCTSNet.org. In menu bar, select Trauma Types, go to Complex Trauma and under Complex Trauma Speaker Series, click on first item.
School Based Programs
Children's Mental Health Fact Sheets for the Classroom provided by the Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health. Available at: www.macmh.org/fact_sheets.