PSYC UNDERGRADUATE INTERNSHIP SITES DIRECTORY

Mission: Our team of licensed practitioners specialize in mental health, physical wellness, and holistic services. We work together to create a welcoming, integrated and customized wellness plan to fit your specific goals.

 

Agency Website: https://www.ahawellnesscenter.com/

 

Agency Contact: Tali Elitzur, Executive Director,  tali.elitzur4@gmail.com 

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Mission: To create a more just society by building power and improving the quality of life in low-income immigrant communities. ESOL/Educational issues and adult learners.

 

Agency Website: http://wearecasa.org/

 

Agency Contact: Rebecca Cusic, ESOL Program Coordinator rcusic@wearecasa.org

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Mission: CREATE Arts Center is a nonprofit visual arts organization that has been bringing the arts to Montgomery County for 30 years through art education and art therapy.

 

Agency Website: http://createartscenter.org/

 

Agency Contact: Jeremy Flick, Executive Director, jeremy@createartscenter.org

Mission: The Mission of Friends Community School is to nurture young people to be lifelong learners, courageous risk-takers, and joyous peacemakers; to discover that of God within themselves and others; and to reach their fullest potential as individuals and as contributing members of society.

 

Agency Website: https://www.friendscommunityschool.org/page

 

Agency Contact: Adrianna Murphy, Middle School Head Adriana@friendscommunityschool.org

Mission: Holy Redeemer School is a Catholic parish school rooted in Gospel values, and is committed to excellence in education with the power of faith. 

 

Agency Website: http://school.holy-redeemer.org/

 

Agency Contact: Brianna Nickel, Vice Principal bnickle@holy-redeemer.org

Mission: Our mission is to enable students to achieve their highest level of development; to support families in their efforts to make intelligent, thoughtful choices with their children; and to be leaders in the community and in the broad field of special education so that the School’s expertise is widely accessible.

 

Agency Website: http://ivymount.org/

 

Agency Contact: Felicia Lyons, Staff Services Associate flyons@ivymount.org

Mission: MHP serves more than 4,000 residents of Montgomery County and neighboring communities by providing more than 2,275 quality affordable homes. The organization is committed to housing people, empowering families, and strengthening neighborhoods. Since 1989, MHP’s mission has been to preserve and expand access to quality, affordable housing. We advance our mission through three key strategies: By acquiring, rehabilitating, building and managing quality affordable housing. By developing and implementing community life programs to improve the quality of life and increase opportunities for our residents. By collaborating with concerned citizens and businesses, public officials and community organizations to build strong, vital neighborhoods.

 

Agency Website: https://mhpartners.org/

 

Agency Contact: Estela Giron, Site Coordinator, egiron@mhpartners.org

Mission: The University of Maryland is committed to fostering a supportive environment for all graduate students, regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, age, religion, language, sexual orientation, disability, or academic discipline. UMD recognizes that the unique and varied identities and experiences of our graduate students enrich the campus community as a whole.

Working closely with campus graduate programs, the Graduate School’s Office of Graduate Diversity and Inclusion (OGDI) recruits the best and brightest students to the vibrant campus graduate community, including those from historically underserved and underrepresented populations.

 

Agency Website:  https://gradschool.umd.edu/ogdi

 

Agency Contact: Christopher Pérez, cperez6@umd.edu

Mission:

The Literacy Lab provides students–in communities experiencing racial and/or economic inequities–with evidence-based, culturally responsive literacy instruction as preparation for academic, professional, and personal success.

The Literacy Lab serves children from age three through grade three. We partner with school districts to help close the literacy gap largely by embedding full-time, rigorously-trained tutors in early childhood centers and elementary schools.

Agency Website: https://theliteracylab.org/

 

Agency Contact: Alexis Underwood, aunderwood@theliteracylab.org

Mission: The Treatment and Learning Centers is a private, non-profit organization founded in 1950 in Rockville, MD that annually serves nearly 2,000 children and adults with a wide range of special needs. Our mission is to improve the lives and expand possibilities for individuals with disabilities through offering a family of services within one organization. 

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Agency Website: http://ttlc.org/

 

Agency Contact: Brigid Baker, Director of Clinical Programs, bbaker@ttlc.org , Julie Buddensick, Psychologist, jbuddensick@ttlc.org , Lisa Lenhart llenhart@ttlc.org

Mission: The Truancy Prevention Program is an early intervention program with the mission to improve attendance of middle school children in Montgomery County Public schools by discovering the root causes of truancy and assisting students and their families with issues that impact attendance.  

 

Agency Website: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/sao/other/truancyprogram.html

 

Agency Contact:  Steve Neff, Director, Pupil Personnel Services, Montgomery County Public Schools, steve_neff@mcpsmd.org

Mission: The Truancy Prevention Program is an early intervention program with the mission to improve attendance of middle school children in Montgomery County Public schools by discovering the root causes of truancy and assisting students and their families with issues that impact attendance.  

 

Agency Website: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/sao/other/truancyprogram.html

 

Agency Contact:  Steve Neff, Director, Pupil Personnel Services, Montgomery County Public Schools, steve_neff@mcpsmd.org

Mission: Since 1993, Washington English Center, a community-based program, has offered English and literacy training to low-income adult immigrants in the greater Washington area using volunteer teachers and tutors.

 

Agency Website:  https://www.washingtonenglish.org/

 

Agency Contact: Yaritza Abrego, Volunteer Manager,

yabrego@washingtonenglish.org

Mission: The Mission of Vocational Support Systems is to "Develop People for Lifelong Success". VSSI achieves this by consistently providing high quality services and engaging clients in developing person-centered goals to further their careers.

 

Agency Website:  http://vssi4jobs.com/

 

Agency Contact: Katerina Andrews vssi@verizon.net