Program Intern, Autism Center (Summer 2025)

We’re dedicated to transforming the lives of children and families struggling with mental health and learning disorders by giving them the help they need. We’ve become the leading independent nonprofit in children’s mental health by providing gold-standard evidence-based care, delivering educational resources to millions of families each year, training educators in underserved communities, and developing tomorrow’s breakthrough treatments. 

The Autism Center at the Child Mind Institute is pleased to offer an 11-week summer internship for an accomplished undergraduate students

The 2024 Clinical Summer Internship at Child Mind Institute begins on Monday, June 2, 2025, and ends on Friday, August 15, 2025. This internship experience is a full-time, 40-hour per week experience, and selected interns are expected to be available for the duration of the internship.The intern will work full-time at the Child Mind Institute in midtown Manhattan, easily accessible by public transportation. Financial support for public transportation may be available.   This is a highly competitive unpaid internship.

Therefore, we strongly encourage applicants to investigate stipend programs through their college placement offices and to pursue independent college study credits for this experience. We can provide any requested documentation to assist students in getting stipends and college credit.  

•    In the Autism Center research lab, the intern will have exposure to diagnostic assessments, including the evaluation of developmental, cognitive, language, and social-emotional functioning, and the use of gold standard autism diagnostic instruments, including the Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale (ADOS-2), and Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R).•    Writing treatment and testing progress notes.•    In the clinical practice, the intern will be exposed to evidence-based treatments for autism, including Applied Behavior Analysis, Project Impact, and social skills curricula, such a LEGO-based therapy and PEERS®•    Opportunities to shadow clinicians during treatment and evaluation sessions and provide direct support to clinicians during clinical treatment sessions.•    Attend interdisciplinary clinical/research team meetings.•    Interns also participate in numerous didactics provided by clinical faculty, which span a variety of topics and include mentorship in preparing for graduate or medical school, as well as a career in the mental health field.

The weekly didactics will also include review of assigned seminal readings in the field. 

•    Complete a literature review under the mentorship of a faculty clinician and prepare a presentation for the Child Mind Institute community at large at the end of the internship.•    Interns assist in completing special projects assigned by faculty clinicians, and by providing general office support.  •    Supervised research and clinical experiences with children and adolescents with autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders Co-leading treatment groups.•    Writing treatment and testing progress notes and receiving feedback from supervisors.

·       Current undergraduate student with a background in psychology.·       Eligibility to participate in an off-site internship program.·       Excellent communication skills (oral and written).·       Availability to participate in a fully on-site internship.

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