Agency
Aston Park Health Care
Center, Asheville, NC
Site Information
Geriatrics
Agency Web: http://astonparkhcc.org/
*This site is on hold; there has been a transition in staff
Therapeutic Recreation
*Summer internships only
Program, Asheville Parks and
Recreation
Different Populations - Children & Adults
Asheville, NC
Agency Web:
http://ashevillenc.gov/departments/ParksRCA/default.a
spx?id=13292
Behavioral Health-Davidson Adult Behavioral Health
Carolinas Health Care
Agency Web:
Davidson, NC
http://www.carolinashealthcare.org/davidson-ncbehavioral-health
Bradford Woods, Martinsville, Internships will run for 17 weeks, beginning in May
IN
and ending in September. Interns will have an
opportunity to work with all facets of recreation
therapy summer camp programs, and will also work
with weekend camps, adventure therapy programs, and
learn the logistics of working as a recreation therapist.
Children and Adults with a variety of cognitive and
physical disabilities
Agency Web: http://www.bradwoods.org/
Broughton Hospital
Morganton, NC
Cape Fear Rehab Hospital
Fayetteville, NC
Carolinas Réhabilitation
Institute
Charlotte, NC
Behavioral Health
Adults & Adolescents
Agency Web:
http://www.broughtonhospital.org/index.html
Physical Rehab - Adults
Agency Web:
http://www.capefearvalley.com/rehab/aquatics.html
*Summer only
Physical Rehab
Adults & Pediatric
Agency Web: http://www.carolinasrehabilitation.org/
and
http://www.carolinasrehabilitation.org/body.cfm?id=10
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Caswell Center
Kinston, NC
Central Regional Hospital
Butner, NC
Developmental Disabilities, Adults
Agency Web: http://www.caswellcenter.org/
Behavioral Health, Adults
Agency Web:
http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dsohf/services/crh/index.htm
Cherry Hospital
Behavioral Health, Adults
Goldsboro, NC
Agency Web:
http://www.cherryhospital.org/career_tr.htm
Children’s Hospital of Atlanta *Fall internships only
Atlanta, GA
Pediatrics
Agency Web : http://www.choa.org/
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Due to the state in which this internship takes place,
OH
you will need to apply for an additional exemption to
intern here.
Pediatric and other populations in a research hospital
Children’s Hospital Web:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/childrenshospital/specialties-services/therapy-rehab/outpatienttherapy.aspx
Cleveland Clinic Rehab Web:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/rehab/cleveland-clinicrehabilitation-hospitals.aspx
CMC -Randolph
Behavioral Health - Adolescents and Adults
Charlotte, NC
Agency Web:
http://www.carolinashealthcare.org/body.cfm?id=6#cm
cr
Coastal Harbor Health System Behavioral Health - Children
Savannah, GA
Agency Web :
http://www.coastalharbor.com/index2.php
Duke University Medical
Oncology/Adults
Center
Agency Web:
Durham, NC
http://www.dukehealth.org/patients_and_visitors/volun
teer_services/program/oncologyrectherapy
Durham TR Program
Different Populations - Adults & Children
Durham, NC
Agency Web:
http://www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks/special.c
fm
Emerald Ridge Rehab and
Geriatrics
Care Center
Agency Web: http://emeraldridgerehabandcare.com/
Asheville, NC
Givens Estates
Geriatrics
Asheville, NC
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Givens Estates, Highland
Farms
Black Mountain, NC
Golden Living Center
Mt. Airy, NC
Greenville Hospital System,
Greenville, SC
Helen Hayes Hospital
West Haverstraw, NY
Agency Web: http://www.givensestates.org/bestnursing-home-skilled-nursing-nc.php
Geriatrics
Agency Web: http://www.highlandfarms.com/
Geriatrics
Agency Web: www.goldenliving.com
Geriatrics, physical rehab in brain injury and spinal
cord injury, and psychiatry
Agency Web: http://www.ghs.org/ (then look up
Roger C Peace Rehab or Psychiatry or
Geriatrics/Alzheimers
Due to the state in which this internship takes place,
you will need to apply for an additional exemption to
intern here.
Physical Rehabilitation
Agency Web:
http://www.helenhayeshospital.org/hospitalservices/adapted-sports-recreation/
Free housing available
J. Iverson Riddle Center
Developmental Disabilities
Morganton, NC
Adults
Agency Web: http://www.jirdc.org/recreation.html
J.F. Keith Alcohol and Drug Substance Abuse/Behavioral Health
Abuse Treatment Center
Adults
Black Mtn, NC
Agency Web: http://www.jfkadatc.net/
KADEP, Rocky Mountain MS Multiple Sclerosis/Neuro
Center
Adults
Denver, CO
Agency Web: http://www.mscenter.org/
Laurel Heights Hospital
Children through young adults who have autism with
Atlanta, GA
co-occurring mental health disorders
Agency Web:
http://www.laurelheightshospital.com/ourservices/intensive-residential-treatment/
Lenoir Memorial Hospital
Behavioral Health, Adults
Kinston, NC
Agency Web: http://www.lenoirmemorial.org/
Mecklenburg County
Different Populations - Children and Adults
Therapeutic Recreation
Agency Web:
Section
http://charmeck.org/mecklenburg/county/ParkandRec/I
Charlotte, NC
nsideTheDepartment/Divisions/Therapeutics/Pages/def
ault.aspx
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Medical University of South
Carolina
Charleston, SC
Behavioral Health
Children and Adolescents
RT Web:
http://www.muschealth.com/psychiatry/Recreation%2
0Therapy/rt.htm
Miami Valley Hospital
Rehab Institute of Ohio
Dayton, OH
Due to the state in which this internship takes place,
you will need to apply for an additional exemption to
intern here.
Moses Cone Memorial
Hospital
Greensboro, NC
Murdoch Center
Butner, NC
National Health Care
Greenville, SC
Physical Rehab
Adults
Agency Web:
http://www.miamivalleyhospital.org/
Behavioral Health
Agency Web:
http://www.conehealth.com/TherapeuticRecreation
*Fall internships only
Developmental Disabilities
Adult
Agency Web: http://www.murdochcenter.org/
Geriatrics
Agency Web: www.nhcgreenville.com
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National Institutes of Health
(NIH), Bethesda, MD
National Rehab Hospital
Washington, DC
Due to the state in which this internship takes place,
you will need to apply for an additional exemption to
intern here.
Various medical populations
Agency Web: http://www.cc.nih.gov/rmd/rt/index.html
Due to the state in which this internship takes place,
you will need to apply for an additional exemption to
intern here.
Physical Rehab
Adults and a children’s unit
Agency Web:
https://www.medstarhealth.org/nrh/Pages/Services%20
and%20Locations/Outpatient%20Services/Therapeutic
-Recreation.aspx
North Star Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health, Children
Anchorage, Alaska
Agency Web: http://northstarbehavioral.com/
*This internship site is on hold; there has been a
change in staff
Oregon State Hospital,
Salem, Oregon
Presbyterian Hospital
Charlotte, NC
Rowan County Parks and
Recreation
Therapeutic Recreation
Division
Salisbury, NC
Sharon Towers
Charlotte, NC
Due to the state in which this internship takes place,
you will need to apply for an additional exemption to
intern here.
Behavioral Health, Adults
Agency Web:
http://www.oregon.gov/OHA/amh/osh/Pages/services.
aspx
Behavioral Health
Adults and Children
Agency Web:
http://www.presbyterian.org/Home/Services/Behaviora
lHealth.aspx
NEW SITE FOR THIS SPRING!
Deadline for fall internship applications: 6/30
Skilled memory care, assisted living, and short term
Medicare
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Older adults
www.sharontowers.org
Shepherd Center
Atlanta, GA
Springbrook Behavioral
Health
Travelers Rest, SC
Summit Hills Senior Living
Communities, Spartanburg,
SC
Tennessee Valley VA
Healthcare System
The Pines at Davidson
Thomasville Medical Center
Thomasville, NC
UNC Hospitals
Chapel Hill, NC
Deadline for summer: 1/15/16
Deadline for fall: 4/15/16
Physical Rehab
Adults
Agency Web:
http://www.shepherd.org/resources/therapeuticrecreation
Behavioral Health
Adults and Children
Agency Web: http://www.springbrookbehavioral.com/
Geriatric. Agency Web: http://www.summithills.com/Healthcare/skilled-nursing-spartanburgsouth-carolina.aspx
Deadline for fall: May 15th
Deadline for spring: September 15th
NO SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
Geriatric
Agency Web/Skilled Nursing Facility:
http://www.thepinesatdavidson.org/skilled-nursingcharlotte-north-carolina-nc.php
Behavioral Health/ Adults and Geriatrics
Agency Web:
http://www.thomasvillemedicalcenter.org/site/home.ht
ml
Deadline for summer internship passed
Deadline for fall internships Feb 1 – Mar 15th;
reviewed as received
Rehab, Behavioral Health, Burn, Peds
All ages
Agency Web:
http://www.unchealthcare.org/site/rectherapy
VA Medical Center
Bay Pines, FL
Rehab, Behavioral Health, Geriatrics
Adult Veterans
Agency Web: http://www.baypines.va.gov/
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VA Medical Center
Durham, NC
VA Medical Center
Salisbury, NC
Vidant Medical Center,
(formerly Pitt County
Memorial Hospital)
Greenville, NC
VOANS Senior Community
Care of North Carolina
Durham, NC
Wake Forest Baptist Medical
Winston-Salem, NC
Wake Med
Raleigh, NC
WellSpring Retirement
Community,
Greensboro, NC
Whitestone/Masonic and
Eastern Star Home
Greensboro, NC
Woodrow Wilson
Rehabilitation Center
Fishersville, VA
Youth Villages/Inner Harbour
Hospitals
Douglasville, GA
Rehab, Behavioral Health, Geriatrics
Adult Veterans
Agency Web: http://www.durham.va.gov/
Rehab, Behavioral Health, Geriatrics
Adult Veterans
Agency Web: http://www.salisbury.va.gov/
Physical Rehab and Behavioral Health
Agency Web: http://vidanthealth.com/
RT in Rehab
http://www.vidanthealth.com/medicalcenter/servicesD
etail.aspx?id=333
RT in Adult Psych
http://www.vidanthealth.com/medicalcenter/servicesD
etail.aspx?id=180
NEW SITE!
Application deadline for summer: Mar 30
Application deadline for fall: June 30
Application deadline for summer: Feb 1
Application deadline for fall: May 1
Phys Rehab and Behavioral Health
Adults and Adolescents
Agency Web:
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/rectherapy_childlife
Adult Rehabilitation
Agency Web:
http://wakemed.org/landing.cfm?id=2443
Geriatrics
Agency Web: www.well-spring.org
Geriatrics
Agency Web: http://www.liveatwhitestone.org/
Vocational Rehabilitation
Housing provided for interns
Agency Web: http://wwrc.virginia.gov/default.htm
Currently accepting applications/ reviewed on a firstcome, first-interviewed basis
Behavioral Health
Children & Adolescents
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Agency Web: http://www.youthvillages.org/what-wedo/residential-programs/inner-harbour-campus.aspx
*Feb 1 is the targeted application deadline unless there is another date listed.
Number of sites on this list = 57 (2 inactive due to staffing changes)
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