Community Psychology and Health Promotion (CPHP) interns are required to complete the equivalent of two (2) field experiences. You may opt to complete two entirely separate experiences, each requiring a 120 hour time commitment, or you may opt for doing an extensive internship for 240 hours at the same site or with the same group/community coalition. The guidelines and expectations described in this Handbook all apply.
IN ADDITION, for at least one of your field experiences, you will need to provide evidence of having engaged in at least 30 hours of one or more of the following applied learning experiences:
- needs assessment,
- program development,
- program evaluation, and/or
- grant writing.
Fulfilling this portion of the field experience may take the form of becoming involved with some initiative already in progress (e.g., local YMCA is conducting a community needs assessment and you assist with this). Alternately, you may initiate one or more of these community resource development/evaluation efforts (e.g., you develop a short, but structured questionnaire at a not-for-profit agency to assess how the agency might better meet the needs of clients they serve) or you may start a new program and include a short evaluation of that program. Feel free to contact the Faculty Supervisor, Miss Hess (zoe.hess.2@smsu.edu ), to further clarify how this requirement may be met. Evidence of having completed this requirement should be included in your additional documents (make sure to make it clear which documents meet this requirement).
Resources below may be helpful for you as you plan for meeting this requirement.
Community-Based Prevention and Program Evaluation Resources
https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/toolkits/health-promotion/4/types-of-evaluation
Needs Assessment
Community Action Partnership – Needs Assessment Resources https://communityactionpartnership.com/publication_toolkit/community-needs-assessment-resource-guide/
The Community Toolbox – Wide variety of grant writing, needs assessment, and program evaluation resources (very accessible!) https://ctb.ku.edu/en https://ctb.ku.edu/en/applying-for-grants