Intern- Quest Kids
- Employer
- Quest, Inc
- Location
- Orlando, Florida (US)
- Salary
- Unpaid Internship
- Posted
- Oct 31, 2016
- Closes
- Dec 30, 2016
- Ref
- Unpaid Internship
- Industry
- Healthcare
- Category
- Education / Training
ARE YOU SEEKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS? JOIN THE QUEST TEAM!
Quest, Inc. helps people with disabilities achieve their dreams of going to school, having a job, living on their own and experiencing summer camp. As Central Florida's largest provider of these services, Quest, Inc. makes a difference in the lives of more than 1,000 people with disabilities each day and has been a part of the community for 50 years.
Quest Kids - Unpaid Internship
Recognizing the increased need for quality early intervention and therapy services, Quest opened the Quest Kids program in 1996. Quest Kids specializes in helping children with disabilities ranging from 15 months old to 18 years of age. About half of the children in the program are on the autism spectrum, while the remaining 50 percent have developmental delays, learning differences, Down syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, chromosomal abnormalities and other learning and behavior concerns.
Working hand-in-hand with speech pathologists, occupational therapists and educational professionals, Quest Kids develops and implements an appropriate path of learning that meets each child's specific needs. At Quest Kids, children are taught how to learn using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and are given tools to communicate.
Children receive intensive instruction in language, self-care, social skills, academics and decision making. Through early intervention, children have a higher chance of succeeding in mainstream education, obtaining a career and fully participating in their families and communities.
Intern Position Responsibilities: Implement skill acquisition and behavior programs and file, organize, and create teaching materials.
- Conduct individual teaching sessions for each child as assigned.
- Filing, organizing, and creating teaching materials
- Collect data for each child’s performance on a daily basis.
- Graph all data as assigned.
- Assist in ensuring cleanliness and orderliness of the Quest Kids classrooms.
- Implement individual teaching programs, and reduction procedures, when requested.
- Design elements of validation and reduction programs, ensuring links with support plans.
- Train staff on skill acquisition and reduction programs as requested.
- Monitor the implementation and success of validation and behavior reduction programs.
- Enter monthly notes for validation programs and reduction programs in the consumer database.
- Conduct elements of behavioral assessments as requested.
- Each month, enter elements of ATF data as requested.
- Adhere to all Quest policies and procedures.
- Perform all other duties and special projects as requested.
Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or working on said degree
NOTE: THIS IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP. EDUCATIONAL CREDIT IS AVAILABLE.