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Family Resilience Internships

The Family Resilience department at The Family Center offers internships that are designed to provide
both undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to engage in direct client practice by
empowering parents to change family cycles. Each intern will be placed to work in a specific program:
Nurturing Families, Positive Parenting…Plus, or Parenting Seminars. Programming will potentially be
provided in community and jail settings, both remotely and in-person.

General Intern Expectations

Assist with client paperwork and session data entry
Help with additional program tasks, potentially outside of program assigned
Attend agency meetings and events
Attend intern group supervision biweekly led by Supervisor
Attend individual supervision biweekly led by Task Instructor

Parenting Seminars Intern Expectations
*Parenting Seminars are one time only and will cover a specific topic (Co-Parenting, First 3!, etc.)

Attend seminars on a frequent basis as outlined in schedule
Facilitate/co-facilitate (if master level) or lead an activity/section (if bachelor level) each session once trained
Enter client paperwork and session data for seminars

Positive Parenting…Plus Intern Expectations (Master Level)
*Positive Parenting…Plus includes eight weeks of parenting groups

Attend at least two groups weekly
Facilitate/co-facilitate at least one group session on a weekly basis once trained
Enter client paperwork and session data for at least one session weekly

Positive Parenting…Plus Intern Expectations (Bachelor Level)
*Positive Parenting…Plus includes eight weeks of parenting groups

Attend at least one group weekly
Lead an activity during at least one group session on a weekly basis once trained
Enter client paperwork and session data for at least one session weekly

Nurturing Families Intern Expectations (Master Level)
*Nurturing Families focuses on individual family sessions

Facilitate/co-facilitate family sessions on a weekly basis once trained
Enter client paperwork and session data for all sessions facilitated/co-facilitated

Nurturing Families Intern Expectations (Bachelor Level)
*Nurturing Families focuses on individual family sessions

Attend at least one family session weekly
Lead an activity during at least one family session on a weekly basis once train

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