Intern at our Southeast Alternative School (SAS)


is a comprehensive, therapeutic day program operated by Community Care Services, Inc. SAS serves students in three campuses:  Berkley, Cape Cod and Middleboro. SAS has nearly 25 years of experience offering individualized special education, clinical treatment, prevocational and vocational experience and therapeutic supports in a community-based setting.

 

The Berkley Campus is a middle school that serves students ages 10 to 14-years-old. The school serves medically stable students challenged by emotional, learning and behavioral disabilities. Typical diagnoses include depression, bipolar disorder, impulsivity, organizational and attention issues, processing and expressive disorders, reading disabilities, etc.

The Cape Cod Campus is a community-based high school that serves medically stable students challenged by emotional, learning and behavioral disabilities. Typical diagnoses include depression, bipolar disorder, impulsivity, organizational and attention issues, processing and expressive disorders, reading disabilities, etc. About half of the students have been diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome or have AS characteristics. At the Cape Cod campus, students regularly participate in community service activities.

 

The Middleboro Campus is a community-based high school that serves medically stable students challenged by emotional, learning and behavioral disabilities. Typical diagnoses include depression, bipolar disorder, impulsivity, organization and attention issues, processing and expressive disorder, reading disabilities, etc. Students explore their readiness for work through our School to Career program, which allows students to investigate occupational interests through intern and apprenticeship placements.


  • Southeast Alternative School Internship Benefits

    Education Major

    • Implement individualized education plans for students with disabilities.
    • Knowledge and practice in multi modality teaching.
    • Practice with new learning technology and software.
    • Experience in designing appropriate methods of teaching grade level Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks content to students with learning disabilities.
    • Apply content knowledge by formulating and implementing lesson plans under the guidance of experienced teachers.
    • Experience in a milieu where academic and social emotional goals of students are met simultaneously.

    Psychology, Social Work Major

    • Practice in developing and implementing social groups for students.
    • Experience in designing social emotional goals and programs for meeting student needs.
    • Knowledge of how student social emotional needs are met through collaboration between school, homes and collaterals.
    • Experience in a milieu where academic and social emotional goals of students are met simultaneously.

    The Southeast Alternative Schools runs 198 days, beginning in August and ending in June.  The school operates during the following hours: Monday – Thursday 7:30am – 2:15pm, and Fridays 7:30am – 12:00pm.  All three school sites (Berkley, Cape Cod, and Middleboro) each run a summer component as well.  Please contact the program directors for more details. 


Qualifications (Education and Experience):
  • Interns should have an interest in – and sensitivity toward - the population that this program serves.  Community Care Services requires a Criminal Offender Record Investigation (CORI) which may take 2 weeks for some programs. Other requirements include Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training, as well as tuberculosis screening at some programs. We will arrange for completion of all your requirements.

 

SAS is a program of Community Care Services which is a large, nonprofit human services agency with over thirty very diverse programs located throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  The agency has over 450 employees and 250 volunteers, including interns.  Please visit our web site www.communitycareservices.org to learn more about the agency.


CONTACT:

Timothy Hurley, Director, Berkley Campus Traci Wyse, Director, Cape Cod Campus John Bonin, Director, Middleboro Campus
49 Plymouth Street 117 Stowe Road 132 South Main Street
Berkley, MA 02779 Sandwich, MA 02563 Middleboro, MA 02346
508.822.7728 phone 508.942.4088 phone 508.947.0131 phone
508.824.2083 fax 508.862.0388 fax 508.947.1569 fax
thurley@communitycareservices.org twyse@communitycareservices.org jbonin@communitycareservices.org
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