Alternative Paths Training School: Fredericksburg

Alternative Paths Training School (Fredericksburg Campus)

Overview

Alternative Paths Training School (APTS) is a small, private school for children K-12th grade with autism and other developmental disabilities. Applied Behavior Analysis serves as the basis for all school programming and behavioral interventions. The focus results in school-age children with disabilities overcoming the behavioral obstacles that prevent them from reaching their fullest potential and achieving success in academic, vocational, and life-skills training.

The best candidates for this internship are psychology students interested in an educational perspective for children with developmental disabilities, language issues, and behavior problems.

Duties

• 10 to 20 hours per week, depending on credits contracted.
• The intern will be required to attend trainings and learn specific behavioral intervention strategies and individualized curriculum strategies.
• The intern will apply these ABA techniques to the assessment of the students.
• The intern will be expected to actively participate with the students using these strategies.
• Assigned activities also include implementing planned academic programming for students, academic and behavioral data collection, and some data analysis.
• Weekly contact with the faculty advisor and any assigned tasks.
• Keeping a journal of internship experiences.

Pre-Requisites

• Must meet all UMW and Department of Psychological Science internship requirements.

Required Courses

• PSYC 231 – Infant and Child Development or PSYC 232 – Adolescent and Emerging Adult Development
• PSYC 253 – Fundamentals of Learning and Motivation

Recommended Courses

• PSYC 211 – Psychopathology
• PSYC 320 – Psychology of Exceptional Children and Youth

Assessment

• 42 hours of work per credit hour (most interns do 3 credits with 126 hours of work)
• Grade is based on on-campus supervision, agency evaluation, reflective journal, and a professional development portfolio.

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