Internship Opportunities
Internships should be set-up at least 1 month prior to the start of the semester.

 

Internship in the Laboratory for Child Development

Looking for a summer internship?
Do you like working with children?

The Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Child Development is seeking dedicated, mature individuals to join our research team this summer.  We investigate aspects of children’s cognitive development including language learning, memory, reasoning, and numerical cognition.  The internship involves 40 hours of research per week for 9 weeks, starting June 2nd , 2008.  Students are eligible to receive credit or a small stipend.  Applications are due by March 1st, 2008

For more information, write to infant.research@jhu.edu or contact Andrea Stevenson at (410) 516-6075

Clinical Independent study/research opportunity

Clinical experience in forensic psychology and behavioral medicine reviewing medical records and researching bases for various clinical pathologies while investigating latest developments in the diagnostic classification and treatment techniques for those conditions. For more information contact Aaron Noonberg at racingdoc@verizon.net .

Cognitive Neuroscience Section
Summer Student Internship Program
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

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Internship in Forensic Psychology at Springfield Hospital Center

The Office of Forensic Services at Springfield Hospital Center (“the Office”) is offering a semester long Internship in forensic psychology for undergraduate psychology majors at Johns Hopkins University. The Office is responsible to the Circuit and District Courts of Montgomery, Prince Georges, Anne Arundel, Howard, and Carroll Counties of Maryland. The Office provides these courts with evaluation reports in response to court ordered examination of a criminal defendant’s competence to stand trial and/or criminal responsibility. As part of this service, evaluators, including psychologists and psychiatrists, maybe required to attend a court hearing and offer opinions to the court. These opinions represent the Department of Hygiene and Mental Health’s final opinion to the court. Furthermore, the Office is involved in supervising the treatment of defendant’s committed to the hospital for restoration of competence and for treatment after an adjudication of not criminally responsible in court and commitment to the hospital.

The Internship would require attendance and participation at Wednesday didactic programs, that is, the morning Forensic Seminar (Wednesday 9-10 a.m.), and afternoon Case Conference Program (Wednesday 1:30-2:45 p.m.). The focus of the Forensic Seminar is an analysis of a crucial relevant forensic issue faced by the courts, especially the U.S. Supreme Court, whereas the Case Conference Program provides the opportunity review of an important clinical treatment or release decision with regard to a defendant/patient at the hospital. The subject of the Case Conference is a defendant/patient interview by a staff person, following by a discussion of the clinical issues by the group at large. In addition, the Internship student would observe clinical forensic interviews at the hospital, and provide assistance to the forensic staff, consistent with that student’s level of training and education. Study materials will be provided to the student, and it is expected that the Intern will read and review documents relevant to topics covered in the sessions and evaluations. A final project is required, either a fifteen minute presentation to occur that the Case Conference related to a diagnostic issue, or a paper topic or journal of the Intern’s experience.

Students interested in this Forensic Internship experience should contact Dr. Lawrence Raifman, at ljraifman@comcast.net

The Math Skills Development Project (MSDP)
Title: FWS Research Assistant or Intern (See below)
Reports To: Dr. Mazzocco
Website: MSDP Website
Or email resume to: mazzocco@kennedykrieger.org
Summary
The Math Skills Development Project (MSDP) was initiated in 1997, by Dr. Mazzocco. The MSDP is an ongoing, prospective, longitudinal study of the development of mathematics and related skills in school age children. Although math disability (MD) is a common disorder of significant consequence, little is known about MD compared to what is known about reading disability (RD). Like RD, MD is a significant obstacle to academic achievement for many children. There is a need to better understand its causes and manifestation. The broad, long-term objectives of this project are to contribute toward understanding mathematics disability. This includes identifying the trajectory of math skills and performance during the elementary and middle school years, addressing patterns and timing of the emergence of MD, and identifying the relation between math skills and other cognitive, social, and metacognitive abilities. We have completed data collection for the Elementary School portion of this study, having recruited 249 kindergartners from a relatively random sample, and completed a two- to three-hour assessment with each of nearly 225 of those children annually through fifth grade. Nearly 200 of the original sample were seen through 7th grade. We will carry out the 8th grade assessments during the second term of the 2005-2006 school year. Involvement in this research is possible as either a FWS research assistant, through Research in Psychology, or as an Intern during the winter-session/Spring terms of 2006. Internship opportunities will be offered first to those already engaged in our research during the fall term. Graduate student projects are also available.

FWS assignments involve general research support for 4 to 12 hours per week.

Research credit assignments, for 6 to 9 hours per week, involve work devoted to a specific aspect of the existing data. For example, previous students enrolled for research credits have contributed to scoring and coding data from a specific subset of tests from several years’ worth of data, or looking in depth at several measures collected during one year of the study. Students with a long term commitment to this project have been involved in conference presentations and, in exceptional cases, also with manuscript preparation and data collection.

2006 Internships will involve testing children on the 8th grade testing battery. Since most of our testing occurs in the Baltimore County Public Schools, it is preferable that student interns have their own transportation. The internship would include training on the assessment tools, involvement in pilot testing and finalizing the testing protocols, preparing for testing sessions, data collection, data scoring, and data entry; and participating in lab meetings.

For more information, contact Dr. Mazzocco, Principal Investigator of the MSDP, at mazzocco@kennedykrieger.org. You may also visit our study website, at www.msdp.kennedykrieger.org Applicants for all positions will be asked to provide the names and contact information for two or three references (including at least one academic reference), and to provide an unofficial copy of college transcripts. Please note that Dr. Mazzocco’s offices are off campus. The MSDP is housed at the Kennedy Krieger Institute Greenspring Campus, at 3825 Greenspring Avenue, one mile north of the Baltimore Zoo.

AFLAC DE/MD-E/DC
Job Title: Sales Associate
Department: Field Force
Reports To: District Sales Coordinator
Jay Nwachu, D.O.M. (443) 276 - 2239
Or email resume to: aflacrecruiting@earthlink.net
Summary
Assist the Regional Manager to facilitate the organization’s recruitment cycle while implementing it’s established and successful recruitment strategies.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Maintain a staffing plan and work with managers to recruit quality candidates

Write position descriptions, job postings, and newspaper ads and coordinate     advertisement of all open positions

Research recruiting opportunities in the region and represent the organization at career     fairs, college campuses and company events as necessary

Arrange and prepare for all open houses, job fairs and special recruitment events

Maintain extensive database of resume contacts and recruits using an applicant-tracking system (ACT)

Coordinate recruiting efforts with the District Operations Manager and other district associates

Maintain a master calendar of all interviews, including date, type of interview, name of candidate, source of candidate and interviewer.

Implement recruiting campaigns to attract quality potential employees through online career databases such as Hotjobs.com, Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com
Supervisory Resposibilities
None
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
An undergraduate student majoring in the social sciences, business or related course of study with the intent of exploring the field of business and human resources. No experience is required but all candidates must be trainable and willing to learn. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and HR related concepts. Must have excellent oral and written communication skills. Must feel comfortable in working in a corporate atmosphere while working with professionals of various backgrounds.
Work Environment
The working environment is fast paced yet comfortable and relaxing. With clearly stated goals and excellent training methods, our employees feel comfortable in carrying out their duties and have fun simultaneously. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Baltimore Child Abuse Center
Larell Smith
2315 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
410-396-6147 / Fax 727-3526
The Baltimore Child Abuse Center is available to provide forensic interviews, medical exams and mental health services to all reported victims of child sexual abuse in Baltimore. We receive all client referrals from the Department of Social Services, the Baltimore police Department and the State's Attorney's Office.

Hopkins Peer Counseling Group, A Place to Talk
Website
410-516-8001
APTT provides student-to-student peer counseling for the Hopkins community. We provide a safe and relaxing enviornment for you to discuss your concerns with a fellow student who has been trained to listen and respond without giving advice. We'll help you to explore your thoughts and feelings and come to your own solutions. All phone calls and visits to APTT are always confidential. Who is in APTT? APTT is staffed by a group of Hopkins sudents who have been chosen as peer counselors through a careful selection process. Our counselors are non-judgmental, empathic, and are always ready to listen. Peer counselors are thororughly trained and practiced in counseling and peer relations; once they have passed training, they can begin sitting shifts in the APTT room in the AMR 1 lobby. APTT is here as a support group for our peers. We stress the importance of listening rather than advising. Currently seeking counselors.

Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Child Development
Web: Lab for Child Development

Dr. Lisa Feigenson & Dr. Justin Halberda
Homewood Campus
Baltimore, MD 21218
jennifer.jimenez@jhu.edu

The Johns Hopkins Laboratory for Child Development, directed by Dr. Lisa Feigenson and Dr. Justin Halberda, studies how young children come to perceive and think about the world around them. We use a variety of methods to investigate early knowledge, including measuring infants'looking time to various scenes, measuring children's reaching for hidden objects, and measuring children's choices in simple experimental games.

We are currently seeking the answers to such questions as:

How many objects can infants and young children keep track of and remember over time?

What early numerical abilities do infants and young children have?

How do toddlers and preschoolers reason through simple logic problems?

How do young children learn the meanings of new words?

We are offering a limited number of summer internship positions in our lab for the Summer of 2005 (starting in the first week of June and ending in the first week of August). Student interns will gain experience in all aspects of our research, including: recruiting families to participate in our studies, understanding and helping to design experiments to be run with infants and children, constructing experimental stimuli, conducting experiment sessions with children and their parents, analyzing and interpreting data, and attending lab meetings in which general issues in cognitive development are discussed.

Applicants should have experience with children. Previous research experience is also a plus, although not required. A background in psychology or development is preferred.

The position is a full-time commitment. Depending on the strength of the application, we offer either: 1) 4 credit hours or 2) up to $1000 in stipend money. Receipt of university credit is dependent on agreement from the student's home institution. Students are also strongly encouraged to seek external sources of funding (e.g., many universities offer summer research funds to students who can demonstrate a strong research plan). We encourage students to look into such possibilities or to apply for such funds at their home institution (whether JHU or elsewhere) before applying, and to describe such opportunities in their application.

To apply, email Jennifer Jimenez, Lab Coordinator for the JHU Lab for Child Development, at jennifer.jimenez@jhu.edu. An application will be sent or emailed to you. We will accept applications until March 24, 2005. Late applications will be considered only if positions remain open.

National MS Society, Maryland Chapter
10946 Beaver Dam Rd., Suite E
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Phone: 410-527-1770
Fax: 410-527-9970
Web: www.nmss-md.org
Contact: Julie Hedges, LGSW
Program Manager
410-527-1770 x153
jhedges@nmss-md.org
Information Resource Center Internship Description
Intern will provide information and referral services to people in Maryland who have multiple sclerosis, their family members, and the general public. Intern will gain a working knowledge of multiple sclerosis, the National MS Society (NMSS), Maryland Chapter programs and services, as well as local resources.
Tasks:

Provide information and referral services, written and orally

Maintain detailed and accurate documentation of interactions

Record all interactions in the NMSS database

Maintain an inventory of publications

Skills:

Strong written and oral communication

Active listening

Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Pleasant and professional phone manner

Work independently

Hours: 10-20 per week (or as needed for credit); flexible –     please Call.

National Multiple Sclerosis Society - MD Chapter
Kim Trohaugh, Development Coordinator, MS Challenge Walk & Volunteers
10946 Beaver Dam Road, Suite E
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
410-527-1770 x 126
ktrohaugh@nmss-md.org
National Multiple Sclerosis SocietyMarketing and Fundraising Intern will work with the Development Department on various fundraising campaign initiatives related to the MS 150 Bike Tour and the MS Challenge Walk. Intern will gain a working knowledge of running fundraising campaigns and help with all aspects of events including pr and marketing, logistics, and database maintenance.
Tasks:

Develop event materials including newsletters (both copy and design)

Write PSAs and press releases and send them to statewide media contacts

Assist with planning of MS 150 Start & Finish festivities

Help plan Challenge Walk Expo

Maintain registration for Challenge Walk

Process informational requests for Challenge Walk

Solicit Corporate Sponsorship and in-kind donations, when needed

Participate in grassroots marketing through presentations in the community

Volunteer and Participant Recruitment and Management

Skills:

Strong written and oral communication

Strong people skills

Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines

Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Publisher, PowerPoint

Pleasant phone manner

Work independently

Hours: 10-20 per week (depending on requirement); flexible Compensation: up to $500 (depending on agreement)

Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System
Karen Blake, Director of Volunteer Services
6501 N. Charles Street
410-938-4850
Sheppard-Pratt is a psychiatric center for treatment, education, and research. The Hospital is a private, not-for-profit, facility with inpatient, outpatient, and community-based treatment services for children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly. Volunteer/Intern positions are available in patient care and support areas of the health system. During an initial interview, the student and Ms. Simons (or one of her colleagues) will choose where and with what population the student will work. There are many varied opportunities. Buses servicing Charles Street make Sheppard-Pratt easily accessible to Hopkins students.
Due to the minimum 3-month commitment and registration process, any interested student should contact this agency in the beginning to middle of August for consideration in the fall semester.

The Children's Guild
Susan Haigley, Volunteer Coordinator
6802 McClean Blvd.
410/444-3800 ext. 171
The Children's Guild is a private, nonprofit school for emotionally disturbed children (ages 3-12). The Guild combines special education and mental health intervention to address problems such as neurological impairment, developmental delays, and learning problems, as well as family issues and socioeconomic factors. The school is staffed with special education teachers, social workers, psychologists, a psychiatrist, a pediatric neurologist, speech and language therapists, a dance movement therapist, and occupational therapists.

Villa Maria
Carol Shear, Director of Volunteer Services
2300 Dulaney Valley Road
410/252-4704, ext. 233
Villa Maria is a residential treatment center for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed children five to thirteen years old. Children treated at Villa Maria may be residents, day students, or recipients of Therapeutic Foster Care. Internship positions are available in one of three general areas: (1) Educational Treatment Assistant Internships involve work with children in Villa Maria's level-5 private school; (2) Residential Treatment Internships involve work with children in a residential setting; (3) Pre-Vocational Center Internships involve working with children on learning independent living skills.