Undergraduates Engaged in Research Practica and Internships 2004 - 2005

 

Katherine Young katieyjhu.edu
Sheppard Pratt and Baltimore Child Abuse Center
Involved in working with children and case workers at BCAC, including background interviews and referrals for treatment. At Sheppard Pratt, taking part in treatment of children aged 4-12, some of whom may be abuse victims.

Allison Shale ashale1jhu.edu
Sheppard Pratt
Working on the Children's Inpatient Unit. This unit has children that are primarily emotionally disabled. Many are suicidal, have issues with aggression, have been abused, or have been exposed to some sort of trauma at home or at school.

Shayna Bailey sbaileyjhu.edu
Sheppard Pratt
Working as a teacher's aid at the Forbusch School at Sheppard Pratt, with children aged 8-10 who have a variety of emotional and psychological disorders.

Brian Harris baharrisjhu.edu
Kennedy Krieger Institute
My project at my internship involves analyzing magnetic resonance imaging (mri) scans of subjects with Fetal Alcohol Symdrome or some sort of prenatal alcohol exposure.

I've had a great experience at my internship as my PI's have been very relaxed, supportive, and enthusiastic. I have flexible hours so that I can work around my course schedule. Also, the research has exposed me to an area, neuroimaging, of which I may eventually pursue as a career.

Nicole Seltman nseltma1jhu.edu
Kennedy Krieger Institute and Baltimore Child Abuse Center
I was involved in a family study of OCD. My duties included data entry from variouse self-report instruemnts (BASC, NEO, SCL-90, etc), contacting participants, using STATA to analyze date, and general organizational duties.

Dr. Grados was great to work with, he was very helpful and sparked my interst in a varitey of topics concerning OCD. However, the state at which the study was, did not provide me with teh type of experience I was looking for. I wanted more hands-on experience and was bored by the data entry.

I also, work at the Baltimore Child Abuse Center, I do this as a work study job but know that it is made available to many students as an internship. I am a student facilitator and as such I am responsible for taking detailed notes during parent/child interviews with counselors, social workers, and/or psychologysts regarding child sexual abuse cases. I also am responsible for meeting and greeting various professionals as they arrive (police officers, CPS, attorenys, ets) and keeping files on each case.

I love my position at the BCAC. The staff is very suppotive and nice, always teaching me new aspects of the process at the BCAC. Furthermore, it provides me with clinical experience with children, something that is generally difficult to find on campus.

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