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Black Mountain Center
"Black Mountain Center provides services and supports to individuals and families affected by lifelong disabilities and by Alzheimers Disease" For more information, visit their website.

Camp Ramapo

"Camp Ramapo is one of the few residential summer camps serving children with emotional, behavioral, and learning problems. Camp Ramapo provides a safe, predictable, and highly structured environment, which fosters the development of positive social and learning skills."
For more information, visit Camp Ramapo's website.

 

Clemson Research Internship(s)
10 paid summer undergraduate research internships with the Department of Psychology at Clemson University.
For more information and application forms, click here

Cooper Riis

Students can apply for an internship with Cooper Riis, a healing farm community for individuals with mental illness. For more information on how to apply visit the Environmental Leadership center, or visit Cooper Riis website for information on how to volunteer.
Davidson College academic internship
Davidson College sponsors an eight-week summer academic program for undergraduates which includes an internship at Broughton Hospital in Morganton, N.C., a state psychiatric facility serving western North Carolina. Students earn credit for one course from Davidson College as Practicum in Psychology (PSY 290) which includes working in the hospital and weekly classes, times to be arranged once the class arrives in Morganton. This course is taught by the Psychology Department Director at Broughton Hospital as an adjunct faculty member at Davidson College. For more information and application forms, click here.

 

Hospitality House of Asheville
The National Association of Hospital Hospitality Houses, Inc. is a non-profit corporation serving facilities that provide lodging and other supportive services to patients and their families when confronted with medical emergencies. Each facility assures that a homelike environment is provided to persons who must travel to be with a patient or to receive necessary outpatient care

Horse Sense of the Carolinas
Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc. offers mental health and life skills building services to individuals by working with horses who themselves often come from difficult and challenging backgrounds. Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc. embraces the unique opportunities of each individual, encouraging personal growth, discovery, and healing through the horse and human relationship. Click Here for more information. 

Magnolia Healthcare Center of Asheville
The Magnolia Healthcare center is a "nursing home for lower to middle class citizens that have lost the ability to care for themselves". Patients' conditions including physical and mental illness. Work alongside patients in a supportive, therapeutic role

Orelena Hawks Puckett Institute
The Puckett Institute (PI) is a research-to-policy organization that focuses on promoting healthy child, parent and family functioning. They offer a wide-range of experiences that cover the entire spectrum of research to practice.
For more information, please contact Dr. Kathryn Burleson, Psychology Department.

 

Phoenix Outdoor
"Phoenix Outdoor is a wilderness therapy program located near Asheville, North Carolina. We work with teenagers, ages 13-17 by stepping in when a teenage crisis has escalated. The program utilizes an outdoor setting to remove distractions, accelerating the process of understanding the issues that are driving negative behaviors. We help you create a plan and process for long-term success and get your teenager to buy into that process, making needed behavioral changes."
For more information, visit their website.

Scottie's Place
Scottie's Place is a special needs camp for homeless children. The mission of the camp is to empower, educate and enliven homeless children through programs that emphasize wilderness adventure, pioneer living and community service. While at camp the children undergo mental and physical challenge that is essential for personal growth. The child:staff ratio is 3:1 to ensure that the children receive the attention they need to achieve their potential. Scottie's Place serves urban and rural areas within a five hundred mile radius of the camp. For more information, Contact Stan Cross.

Southeastern Fitness and Rehabilitation
An injury rehabilitation and physical fitness center located in Asheville. Work alongside "physical therapists and athletic trainers". A great opportunity for students interested in sports medicine, sport psychology and health psychology. (Nich Hester, 2003)

Summer Research Internship at the Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory, University of Louisville. Selected students will be involved in one or several ongoing research projects that involve testing infants, children of various ages, and adults. Students will receive graduate level training in brain recording techniques. For more information on the application process and deadlines, click here

 

 

Teaching internship

The teaching internship provides students with an opportunity to assist in the introduction to psychology course. Teach interns attend class, hold regular office hours, and teach 2 class sessions. Photo: Kat Slager teaches intro psychology course