Applied Internship Sites
The Applied Internship Program provides students in a number of great Internship opportunities. Listed below you can find information on each site.
Hays-Caldwell Women's Center
The Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center (HCWC) is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3 organization that offers free, short-term (up to six months) counseling and advocacy services to victims of family violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and child abuse who reside within the Hays County and Caldwell County area of Central Texas. HCWC also educates the community on the primary prevention of sexual assault and parenting. HCWC is headquartered in San Marcos and has offices throughout our service area.
Day in the Life: Interns may do any of the following tasks: Prepare and clean-up materials for groups; research and plan therapeutic activities; assist Shelter staff with day-to-day functions; help plan special events; partner with parents to coordinate the best care for the child; assist in distributing supplies; answering the help-line calls.
Rehabwithoutwalls
Rehabwithoutwalls is a unique group of interrelated treatment facilities that together form a comprehensive continuum of care for individuals with brain injury and other neurological disorders specializing in neurobehavioral rehabilitation, transitional rehabilitation, and long-term support services. Rehabwithoutwalls is GARF accredited.
Our seven treatment programs create a supportive environment that allows individuals to transition to more independent settings, stop along the way to fully master newly acquired skills, or step back to practice challenging tasks. This continuity ensures that progress is never interrupted and that each person experiences success at his/her own pace. With transitions to more independent settings, higher-level skills are addressed. Individuals may be admitted to any program along the Continuum.
Rehabwithoutwalls is led by a treatment team with over 100 years of combined experience in brain injury rehabilitation. Our functionally based residential settings offer active treatment from 7:00 am until 9:00 pm, seven days a week. The rehabilitation environment includes cognitive rehabilitation (for memory, attention, organization, initiation, planning, and problem-solving skills), behavioral management to include social skills, conflict resolution, and stress/relaxation groups, individual licensed therapies (when indicated), group therapy, psychological counseling, substance abuse counseling/programs (where indicated), medication management and training, and pre¬vocational training/support. Treatment also includes weekly health team rounds (Medical Director and Manager of Medical Services), monthly/quarterly outcome plan review meetings, and family training.
Day in the Life: Interns may do any of the following tasks: Prepare and clean up materials for groups; visit with residents, assist in planning therapeutic activities; assist staff with day-to-day functions; plan innings and outings.
Talent Search
The Talent Search programs identify and assist individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who have the potential to succeed in higher education. The programs provide academic, career, and financial counseling to its participants and encourages them to graduate from high school and continue on to and complete their postsecondary education. Activities include workshops, 1-1 students advising sand support, and college/career exploration trips.
a) Talent Search San Marcos
Currently serving 640 students at Goodnight Middle School, Miller Middle School, and San Marcos High School in San Marcos Texas (about a 10–15-minute commute from TXST main campus in San Marcos).
Talent Search - San Marcos : TXST TRIO : Texas State University
b) Talent Search Seguin
Serving 500 students at AJ Briesemeister Middle School, Barnes Middle School and Seguin High School in Seguin Texas (about a 35-minute commute from TXST main campus in San Marcos, Texas).
Upward Bound
Upward Bound projects provide academic instruction, tutoring, and advising services designed to improve high school students academic performance, help them graduate high school, and continue on to and complete their postsecondary education. Activities include workshops, 1-1 students advising sand support, and college/career exploration trips, once a month Saturday sessions, weekly after school tutoring sessions, and a six week summer residential program held at the TXST campus .
a) Upward Bound San Marcos serves 89 students from:
i. San Marcos High School (about a 10-minute commute from TXST main campus in San Marcos, Texas)
ii. Lehman High School (Kyle, Texas, about a 20-minute commute from TXST main campus in San Marcos, Texas)
iii. Seguin High School (about a 35-minute commute from TXST main campus in San Marcos, Texas).
Upward Bound San Marcos : TXST TRIO : Texas State University
Veterans Upward Bound
Veterans Upward Bound is designed to motivate and assist veterans in the development of academic and other requisite skills necessary for acceptance and success in a program of postsecondary education. The program provides assessment and enhancement of basic skills through counseling, mentoring, tutoring and academic instruction in the core subject areas. The primary goal of the program is to increase the rate at which participants enroll in and complete postsecondary education programs.
a) The Veterans Upward Bound Program services 125 students with a service area from San Antonio to Waco. There are two main offices, the TXST main campus and the TXST Round Rock campus.
