Aiken County School System

· Assistantships in the Aiken Country School System typically involve working with autistic children by creating and implementing behavioral treatment plans.

Aiken Barnwell Mental Health Center (ABMHC)

· ABMHC is an outpatient facility, where students typically meet with a variety of clients, including those with depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. Both individual and group counseling is provided as part of assistantship duties.

Helping Hands

· Helping Hands is a 24 hour residential care home for child victims of abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Residents are both male and female and range in age from birth to 21 years old. Assistantship responsibilities include conducting group therapy (e.g., anger management) with children and adolescents.

· http://www.helpinghandsaiken.org/

Child Advocacy Center of Aiken County (CAC-A)

• The CAC-A provides medical and forensic evaluations in cases of alleged child abuse, holds interdisciplinary case conferences (e.g., law enforcement, mental health professions, medical professionals) and makes referrals to families. Assistantship responsibilities include observing and documenting forensic interviews, participating in case conferences and administrative duties.

Aurora Pavilion

• Aurora Pavilion is an acute care, crisis stabilization program offering short-term inpatient hospitalization, partial hospitalization and adult intensive outpatient treatment programs. Assistantship responsibilities primarily include conducting group therapy and psychosocial intakes.
• http://www.aikenregional.com/index.php?PageID=1731

USCA Student Counseling Center

• The USCA Counseling Center provides counseling services to students of USCA. Assistantship duties primarily include conducting intake interviews with students.
• http://www.usca.edu/CC/

Psychology Clinic

• The Psychology Clinic is the department clinic where graduate students see clients from the community, primarily in individual therapy. Assistantship duties include seeing clients in individual therapy, conducting intakes for the parenting and anger management groups, and administrative duties (e.g., reviewing charts).
• http://www.usca.edu/psychology/pdf/psychology%20brochure%203.26.08.pdf

Disability Services

• Disability Services reviews students’ disability documentation, provides them with accommodations and runs the Assistive Technology Center (ATC) on the USCA campus. Assistantship duties include assisting in these services for USCA students and overseeing sessions in the ATC for developmentally disabled individuals from the community.
• http://www.usca.edu/ds/atc.html

Tri-Development Center (TDC)

• The TDC is a disability program that provides services to the developmentally disabled (e.g., mental retardation, autism, brain injuries). Assistantship duties primarily include creating and implanting behavioral treatment plans for consumers.

• http://www.aikentdc.org/

Cardiac Rehabilitation

• Cardiac Rehab is a program housed on the USCA campus that provides services to those in the community who had a recent cardiac event (e.g., heart attack). Assistantship duties primarily involve assessing individuals for depression and anxiety, making the appropriate referral for further services if needed, and conducting psychosocial groups (e.g., stress management).
• http://www.usca.edu/wellnesscenter/wellnessprograms.html

USCA Intercultural Program

• The Intercultural Program provides services and support for diverse members of the campus community. Assistantship responsibilities include over-seeing and contributing to the monthly news letter, assisting in the development and implementation of various campus activities (e.g., Kwanzaa celebration) and administrative duties.
• http://www.usca.edu/multicultural/