Internships
The Department of Psychology
at Millsaps College has placed students in several different internships
in the Jackson area, such as those listed below. Please contact
Dr. Thaw at 974-1380 or thawak@millsaps.edu
for more information on internships.
Magnolia Speech School: Counseling/Behavioral
Analysis; working with hearing impaired children to improve speech
and sound recognition
Region 8 Mental Health: Counseling
Psychology: working with mentally impaired subjects
University of Mississippi Medical
Center:
Education Center: School
Psychology; observe and work with children with learning disabilities
in an attempt to improve their comprehension and behavioral skills.
Includes testing.
Mississippi School for the Blind:
Behavioral Analysis; working with visually impaired subjects to
improve their abilities on physical tasks
Mississippi State Mental Hospital
at Whitfield: Clinical Psychology; working within the realm
of Abnormal Psychology students examine the process of admitting,
treating and rehabilitating patients.
Mississippi Crime Lab: Forensic
psychology; Learning how to properly investigate crime scenes,
process evidence, and interpret findings.
Hinds County Sheriff’s Department:
Forensic psychology; Learning how to properly investigate crime
scenes, issue warrants, and collect evidence.
MS Children’s Home Society:
Human Services; working with adoption cases to help place
and monitor children
Galloway Day Care: Developmental
Psychology; executing lesson plans and activities and interacting
with children
Morris and Associates: Industrial/Organizational
psychology; learning the ins-and-outs of how psychology is applied
to the workplace environment.
Rankin County School District:
School/Counseling Psychology; working with school counselors in
the elementary grades to help assess, test, and counsel children.
