Child Development

The Child Development department offers a clear example of the significance of internship experiences. Students are required to have internships in three upper division courses. A large group of these students intern on campus at the Associated Students Children's Center/Child Development Laboratory, working with children from infancy through age five. Each semester, faculty also supervise approximately 100 students, mostly seniors, placed in agencies all over the region. There are about 115 agencies that take the child development students as interns, providing a valuable opportunity to pair agencies with students based on student career interests and skills.

Following is a partial list of agencies that our child development students work with:

All in One Family International Amber Palmer Counseling Center American Heart Association AS. Children's Center Assoc. for Retarded Citizens (ARC) Athletic Horizon Gymnastic Center Beth's Family Day Care Better Babies Big Brothers/Big Sisters Boreal Ski Area Bright Beginnings Family Center Butte County Behavioral Health Butte County Office of Educ. Butte County Special Education Butte County Victim Witness Butte Home Health Hospice California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) California Health Collaborative Catalyst CD Honors Project Chapman Elem. School/Head Start Chico Area Recreation Dist. (CARD) Chico Boys and Girls Club Chico Children's Medical Center Chico Climbing Wall Chico Community Children's Center Chico Com. Shelter Partnership Chico Country Day Charter School Chico High School Chico Housing Improv. Prog. (CHIP) Chico Montessori Elementary School Chico Police Department Chico Unified School District Child Development Incorporated Child Health Disability Program Children to Cherish Children's Enrichment Center Children's World Christian Elementary School Citrus Elementary Colusa County Office of Educ. Community Action Volunteers in Education (CAVE) Community Legal Information Center (CLIC) Continuation High School Cottonwood Head Start Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Deanna's Day Care Department of Social Services Diocese of CA, Ministry Setting Discovery House (Orland) Doctor's Medical Center Dorothy F. Johnson Center Durham Elementary School Elliot House Emma Wilson Elementary School Enloe Hospital Equestrian Center Esplanade House Fairview High School-Young Parent Program Family Center Family Solutions Feather River Family Health Ctr. Four Winds of Indian Education Handi-riders Head Start Hooker Oak Elementary School Infant Day Care Homes Innovative Preschool Jay Partridge Elementary School Kathy's Family Day Care Kinder Kids KIXE-TV Ready To Learn Lee Kndg. Readiness Program Level 9 Group Home Lisa Lane Little Chico Creek Elem. School Loma Vista Elementary School Marigold Elementary School McKinley Primary School Mill Street Elementary School Montessori Children's House Mountaingate Head Start Neal Dow Elementary School North Valley Legal Services Northern Valley Catholic Social Svc. Notre Dame Elementary School Oakland Children's Hospital Ophir School OPT for Fit Kids Paradise Family Resource Center Parent Education Network (PEN) Parent Effectiveness Training Parenting Center Parkview Elementary School Peace and Justice Center Peanut Butter Palace Pee Wee Preschool (Paradise) Planned Parenthood Pleasant Valley High School Redeemer Lutheran School Rock Creek Group Home McManus Elementary School Rosdale Elementary School Santa Clara Valley Medical Center School Readiness Project Sierra View Elementary School St. Timothy's Episcopal Church Stanford Univ. Children's Center Super Luper After School Prog. Sutter Memorial Hospital Table Mountain School at Juvenile Hall Touchstone Prenatal Project Valley Oak Children's Services Whiskeytown Environ. Camp Women, Infant & Children (WIC) Youth and Family Programs Youth for Change

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