Internship for Human Services and Child Development Options

The HDFS program provides the rewarding opportunity for students to be immersed in field experience out in the Central Oregon community through Internship.  Internships are ten weeks in length and range from six hours a week onsite to 27 hours a week onsite.  Students in the Child Development option may choose Internships in preschools, classrooms, serving special populations of young children and families, and kindergarten, first or second grade, classrooms in public elementary schools.  Human Services students experience their Internship in non-profit and government agencies throughout Central Oregon.

Internship Placement

The Internship experience takes advanced planning.  Below is an Internship Placement Process document to assist the student with the various steps needed to secure a placement.

Child Development

Outline and checklist of the steps for the placement process for the Child Development Internship (PDF Document).  This document explains the step-by-step process to secure an internship in the Child Development option.

Human Services

Outline and checklist of the steps for the placement process for the Human Services Intership (PDF Document).  This document explains the step-by-step process to secure an internship in the Human Services option.

Internship Forecasting Deadlines

For Students planning to do HDFS 410 internships in their final year, the following deadlines apply:

• Child Development option Forecasting Meeting with Candace:  by November 15, (for students taking HDFS 311 in the fall) and by January 31 (for students taking HDFS 311 in the winter)

• Human Services option Forecasting Meeting with Dennis: by January 31