Listing of Host Externship Organizations
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Freshmen Externship 2020 Program Host Organizations Listing rv. 10/7/19 Adult Care Consultants, Inc. * Adult Care Consultants, Inc. was established in 1992 as a refreshing approach to supporting individuals with a mental illness. Adult Care Consultants, Inc. values client-centered collaboration using trauma informed care that adapts to each person’s treatment goals. Our goal is to teach people tools to empower themselves and create opportunity out of challenges. Within Adult Care Consultants, Inc., there are 5 main programs: Adult Family Home, CBRF, Youth Group Home, Foster Home, Case Management, and Supportive Home Care. Location: Fond du Lac Preferred Majors: Psychology, Social Work, MH Nursing, Criminal Justice, and undeclared. Externship Activities: Learn about Forensic Case Management, Bonnie View Adult Family Home, Supportive Homecare, Group Home for Children & Children’s Level 5 Shift Staff Foster Home. Students will learn introductions to Trauma Informed Care, Motivational Interviewing, Sensory Integration, Cycle of Security, DBT, etc. Students will then use their introductions to participate in affiliated organization tours, facilitate group sessions and social skills groups, interact in- home with clients, establish case studies, and tour additional external facilities including a Mental Health Institution and/or prison. Number of Externship Positions: 6 students Number of Hours: 30-40 hours Dress Code: Business Casual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Animal Hospital of DePere – Tentative – More details coming soon! Location: DePere, WI Preferred Majors: Pre-Vet focus Externship Activities: Students will observe all treatment and care of small animals. Number of Externship Positions: 1 student Number of Hours: 30-40 hours Dress Code: Business Casual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ATI Physical Therapy – Tentative - More Information Coming Soon! ATI Physical Therapy offers customized therapy treatments in physical therapy, worker’s compensation rehabilitation, sports medicine, hand therapy, women’s health, specialty therapies, home health, fitness, and complimentary injury screenings. Locations: Fond du Lac, WI and New Lenox, IL 1 Preferred Majors: Exercise and Sport Science Externship Activities: Students will observe physical therapy of all age groups. Students will learn assessment and specialized treatment plans, types of physical conditions and injuries, how care plans are evaluated and modified to achieve best outcome, and day-to-day operations. Number of Externship Positions: 2 students Number of Hours: 30-40 hours Dress Code: Business Casual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Beaver Dam Community Hospital (BDCH) * We’re here to improve quality of life, to help celebrate new arrivals and to honor loved ones by helping them live with dignity and grace at the end of their lives. For all the late night fevers; for all the bumps and bruises that can’t be handled at home; for life-changing surgery and recovery, we want to be the resource for wellness. Through our compassionate staff and convenient locations, we offer all the services family’s need to stay well, including primary and specialty care, obstetric and inpatient acute care, outpatient surgery and oncology services, rehabilitation, home care, hospice, long-term care, and even a day care for the kids. We’re locally owned and locally focused, working tirelessly to improve our communities. Location: Beaver Dam Preferred Majors: Nursing Externship Activities: Students will be introduced to all aspects of nursing including: Interventional radiology, cardiac rehabilitation, medical/surgical, OB, home care, hospice, perioperative care, oncology, and long term and transitional care. Students will also attend an interdisciplinary group meeting. Number of Externship Positions: 1 student Number of Hours: 30-40 hours Dress Code: Business Casual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Big Brothers Big Sisters * Vision: All youth achieve their full potential. Mission: Create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth. Accountability Statement: By partnering with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving: Higher aspirations, greater confidence and better relationships; Avoidance of risky behaviors; Education Success. For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor-and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and children. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people. Our staff consists of Match Support Specialists, Enrollment Coordinators, Office Manager and Executive Director. Location: Fond du Lac Preferred Majors: Marketing and Communication Externship Activities: Learn about the non-profit organizations and the internal functions of Big Brothers Big Sisters. Dedicated time with all staff members with a focus on special events and marketing. Number of Externship Positions: 1 student Number of Hours: 28-33 hours 2 Dress Code: Business Casual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Boys & Girls Club of Fond du Lac * The Boys & Girls Club is a youth development organization that serves youth in Fond du Lac and the surrounding areas. Our mission is to empower all young people to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens through academic, social and emotional support. We run afterschool programs and summer programs that serve youth in 1st-12th grade. Location: Fond du Lac Preferred Majors: Education, Community Health & Human Services, Social Work, Sport & Recreation, and Undeclared. Externship Activities: Orientation and introduction to the organization with the Director of Operations. Dedicated time spent with Chief Executive Officer and Director of Resource Development. Sit in on leadership team/staff meetings. Hands on experience in classroom and recreational spaces helping run activities for youth in all age groups. Number of Externship Positions: 4 students Number of Hours: 25 - 35 hours Dress Code: Business Casual * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CESA 6 * TENTAIVE – More Information Coming Soon! CESA 6 is a non-profit, member-driven cooperative educational service agency – thus part of our name is CESA. The services that we provide through CESA 6 to support our school districts are vast - ranging from business services, human resources, special education staffing and support, instructional/coaching, technology solutions, professional development, evaluations, continuous improvement strategies, and grant writing, to give you an overall idea. Our primary focus is supporting our school districts in their educational and instructional needs. Website/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cesa6/ Location: Oshkosh Preferred Majors: Education, Business, and Information Technology. Externship Activities: Activities for the externship may include: meet with CEO to learn our agency's mission, vision and core values and the roles of CESAs with school districts, one-on-one time with each of our division leaders (human resources, operations (business office and tech), academics and student services), and, depending on student’s field of interest, on-site shadowing opportunities, and dependent upon our schedule that week, and attend our cabinet meeting with our executive staff. We are one of 12 CESAs in Wisconsin. With offices headquartered in Oshkosh, WI CESA 6 serves 39 public school districts in Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green Lake, Outagamie, Washington, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties. At CESA 6, we keep our eye on the current education landscape, and think ahead (Smart Thinking that is!) to be proactive and responsive and meet the changing needs of the educators who use our services. Schools, educators, school districts and education-related organizations can rely on CESA 6 to be a partner for innovative products and services delivered with expertise and professionalism. Students may also have the opportunity to attend a training workshop. Number of Externship Positions: 1 student Number of Hours: 30-40 hours Dress Code: Business Casual 3 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Community Works, LLC * Community Works, LLC was established in 2018 as an innovative and leading community youth servicing agency. We specialize in working with youth to develop and maintain healthy relationships within our community. We adapt to each child’s individual growth and provide smaller group sizes to ensure that they receive the attention they need and deserve. Our goal is to help these children develop specific skills, maintain and manage their emotions, graduate from their group, and ultimately, retain and implement the skills they have learned as they enter adulthood. Community Works offers two main services: individual skill building and emotional regulation & social skill groups. Location: Fond du Lac Preferred Majors: Psychology, Social Work, MH Nursing, Criminal Justice, and undeclared. Externship Activities: Learn about childhood mental illness, behavioral disorders, de-escalation tactics. An introduction into the multiple and diverse roles that exist in the helping professions. Students will have brief trainings on Trauma Informed Care, the social services