Graduate Internships
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At The New England Center for Children,
graduate internships, practicum and
field placements can be designed to
meet the academic requirements of
each student’s college or university
in a variety of academic areas. Recent
students have completed placements
in counseling psychology, school psychology,
special education and speech and language
pathology.
Our student population present interns
with severe emotional, behavioral,
language and educational challenges.
Two specific programs
are offered:
Internship in Communication
Disorders
Students from graduate programs in
Communication Disorders at Emerson
College, Northeastern University,
Worcester State College and MGH Institute
of Health Professions, a Massachusetts
General Hospital affiliate,
have taken advantage of NECC's practical
training opportunities with the following
benefits:
- The
experience offers students an opportunity
to learn and observe a wide variety
of language intervention techniques
that serve to improve an individual’s
communicative skills and enrich
the individual’s understanding
and use of language.
- Interns
have frequent opportunities to collaborate
with other disciplines such as applied
behavior analysts, occupational
therapists, special educators, and
medical staff.
- Interns
refine their diagnostic skills through
formal measures, such as standardized
testing and discrete trials, and
informal measures, such as observations
of an individual’s communicative
behavior across contexts and people.
- Interns
gain experience in providing treatment
and intervention in a variety of
settings – in the classroom,
residence, and in 1:1 and group-setting
formats.
- Interns are provided hands-on practical experience in areas such as incidental teaching, electronic AAC devices, aural rehabilitation, and the use of picture supports in the classroom.
- Internships
can be designed to meet the specific
academic requirements of the institution
with supervision provided by licensed
professionals.
We encourage students interested in either of the above opportunities to contact us.
